last year the president trump gave a speech at the un general assembly talking about north korea.e height of tensions with north korea, this was after the icbm missile test launches and the nuclear tests and the war of words between kim and trump. in that u.s. generally assembly speech president trump talked about talked about everything that north korea has done wrong and the things that international norms that north korea has violated.he talked about nuclear and ballistic missiles of course, but he also talked about the murder of his half-brother in malaysia using chemical and biological weapons.he talked about north korea's proliferation, past proliferation. he talked about the japanese abductions, the abductions of the japanese that north korea did conducted in the past. he also talked about human rights. and about the detention and eventual death of warm year lat at the un general assembly speech at 2018 a month ago. president trump said missiles and rockets are no longer flying in every direction. nuclear testing has stopped and remains of our fallen heroes are being return

which has been the subject of several general assembly resolutions. in september, 2016, our withdraw proceedings under the united nations convention on the law of the sea were instituted by ukraine against the russian federation with regard to, a, and i quote, dispute concerning coastal states' rights in the black ea, sea of azof, and kirch straight, end quote. the russian federation argues that the sea of azof and the straits are not subject to the tribunal. mr. president, the united nations is deeply concerned about this escalation of tensions which is taking place in the broader context of the conflict in eastern ukraine and the annexation of crimea. in our last briefing to the council, we urged all parties to avoid any unilateral steps that could deepen the divide or depart from the spirit and letter of the minsk agreements. in that context, i wish to reiterate that the u.n. fully supports the lead role of the normandy four, the try lateral contact group, the osce and other key actors define a peaceful -- to find a peaceful setment. i reiterate ou

general assembly, talking about north korea. this was at the height of tensions with north korea, this was after the icbm missile test launches, and the nuclear tests, and the war of words between kim and trump. in that u.n. general assembly speech, president trump talked about everything that north korea has done wrong and the things that north korea has, the international norms that north korea has violated. he talked about nuclear and ballistic missiles. of course. but he also talked about the murder of his half brother, in malaysia, using chemical and biological weapons. he talked about north korea's proliferation, past proliferation. he talked about the japanese abduction, the abductions of the japanese citizens that north korea conducted in the past. and he also talked about human rights. and about the detention and the eventual death of otto warmbier. fast forward a year later. at the u.n. general assembly speech in 2018. just a month ago. president trump said, missiles and rockets are no longer flying in every direction.

these events are yet another testament of developments of the united nations general assembly prepared by ukraine and the group of like-minded states regarding the issue of militarization, once again, we are grateful for today's strong statements in support of ukraine, with the call upon the russian federation to guarantee the freedom of litigation in the region, while condemning the russian of aggression in the black sea. ukraine demands russia to immediately release the 23 captured ukrainian soldiers and all three ukrainian ships. also calling on the international community to implement a new set of sanctions. aimed at addressing the situation in the region including -- the increased political pressure on moscow would contribute to the de- escalation of the security -- secure situation, and unblocking the free crossing of the canal. if unopposed, kremlin regime will take another and another aggressive action, creating even wider conflict in the region. thank you mister president. >> represented another russian situation has asked for the floor. >> think you have heard a lot of intere

these events are yet another testament to the relevance of the united nations general assembly draft resolution prepared by ukraine and the group of like-minded states regarding the issue of militarization of crimea and black and azov seas. once again, we're grateful for today's strong statements in support of ukraine. we call upon the russian federation to guarantee the freedom of navigation in the region while condemning the russian acts of aggression in the black sea and the sea of azov. ukraine demands russia to immediately release 23 captured ukrainian soldiers and all three ukrainian ships. also, call on the international community to implement a new set of sanctions aimed at addressing the situation in the region, including against the russia's azov ports. the increased political pressure on moscow would contribute to the de-escalation of the security situation on the sea and on blocking the free crossing of the kerch canal. if unopposed, kremlin regime will take another and another aggressive act, creating even wider conflict in the region. i thank you, mr. president. >> as a

is she taking soundings of the wider membership of the general assembly or the conversations that she is having about this. caps we for her and the counterparts beyond the un inquiry there are a number of other legal options and precedence former chad dictator his send our brain was eventually jailed for war crimes after first being prosecuted in belgium under what's known as universal jurisdiction the concept is controversial and the belgian law has since been repealed but international lawyers say as saudi arabia is a signatory to the un convention against torture it might face calls from other countries for extradition laws passed by congress in the us also might be relevant the magnitsky act passed in twenty twelve after the murder of a russian lawyer working for the american businessman bill browder could be used against saudi arabia there's also the possibility of private prosecute. stephen rapp who served as president obama's ambassador at large for war crimes issues says the saudi crown prince mohammed bin soma should watch his stand and certainly be comes to america and tries

is she taking soundings of the wider membership of the general assembly or the conversations that she is having about this. caps we for her and the counterparts beyond a u.n. inquiry there are a number of other legal options and precedence former chad dictator his send our brain was eventually jailed for war crimes after first being prosecuted in belgium under what's known as universal jurisdiction the concept is controversial and the belgian law has since been repealed but international lawyers say as saudi arabia is a signatory to the un convention against torture it might face calls from other countries for extradition laws passed by congress in the us also might be relevant the magnitsky act passed in twenty twelve after the murder of a russian lawyer working for the american businessman bill browder could be used against saudi arabia there's also the possibility of private prosecute. stephen rapp who served as president obama's pastor at large for war crimes issues says the saudi crown prince mohammed bin soma should watch is stan it's a really big comes to america and tries to g

general assembly where we saw. what lead me on the foreign minister of syria actually being congratulated by certain arab states. voiding him like the plague. and sort of congratulating him so i think there is a shift taking place so the shift is in europe finally taking place and a shift also in the g.c.c. . one that is leaving was even at the general assembly leaving thirty arabia and the a slightly isolated and of course they are probably in great deal more isolated well than. exactly where i want to go with the story the saudis change their story a number of times it looks quite obvious to anyone that is following in that area one is playing a game maker here he's basically determining the cost of what the saudis are going to have to cough up. to keep that audiotape in video from the public and of course we have the united states oscillating not very good optics from donald trump when it comes the story here how does this affect saudi arabia's position in the middle east right now and is the crown prince going

i would like to remind everyone that article three of the general assembly resolution 3314 qualifies as an act of attack on armed forces.- sea or air recent belligerent acts constitute another relation of international law including the internet united nations convention, the budapest memorandum of 1994, as well as other existing agreements. this is a provocation aimed at aggravation of the securing of the region with aim to establish its full control over the sea of -- sea of azov. there is an irrefutable evidence that the recent aggressive actions were authorized by the top russian military leadership. president, the action of the current clearly demonstrates that we are committed to solve the current situation by peaceful means and in full compliance with international law and existing bilateral obligations. nevertheless, further escalation of the situation by the russian federation should not be ruled out. intelligence data, there is a clear trend for invasion and seizing of -- further aggressive acts and provocations by the efforts border guard service and russian navy remain a

to be clear at this is that this is the united nations general assembly which is the end of september those leaders who are now thing at the way the president brought up the election results and how he won the election that's the point where they started to gnaw off now how do you interpret that well the rule has always considered us in the last after the before trump the last eight years just the week nation and i think now that after this last election and president trump we are now going to be considered a strong nation again we need to have a beer strong nation we need to have a strong military and that's the issues the president proper good so that's the way i see it i'd like to as i don't know is in your hand say i believe i was just going to say don't but if they were doubting thomas i need to become a superpower by seven finish up by what. they were laughing at mr trump they want laughing at previous presidents that signed those agreements sort of a joint tree and in all of those things. it is and they were laughing at that and now you know what is good what is happening is th

. >> reporter: the senate president mike miller says the general assembly sometimes has to use a heavy democratic majority to reign in governor hogan. >> especially on,like, education. we had to override his vetoes teand man he fund education. >> reporter: as he bs his second term in office, governor hogan's top priorities will be to draft a budgetnd come up with his legislative priorities. for the general assembly session that begins here in january, reporting from napolis, chris gordon, news 4. >>> suburbanommunities show power turning out for democrats and helping to flip the house. nowhereru more than here in our area. erica gonzalez has a closer look at a changing virginia. >> reporter: the power of the suburban vote foremts pocol dls closed last night, in fact, it was the first race that nbc called. jennifer wexton with a big win over barbara comstock, and senator tim caine also won. as to where t votes came from? look here on the left hand side, that's the 2016 presidential election, and then on the right hand side, that's 2018. it's not surprising that the suburbs werblue, but

the plan goes before the general assembly in january. >>> a woman says a major airline did nothing to stop amidair sexual assault. >> now she's takinghe company to court. she says it happened back in december on a united airlines flight from new jersey to buffalo. a man sitting next to her started groping her. >> kept saying things want to kiss you, i want to touch you. then after he grabbedaty and she screamed out and said, don't touch me, and struck his hand away, he had the wherewithal to say, i'm n touching you. >> american airlines reased a atement saying the flight attendantshod have moved campos to a different seat after learning of this customer's behavior. our pilot requested that local law enforcement meet the aircraft on arrival in buffalo, after which authorities removed the customer fromhe flight. >>> in news for your health, a new study finds that eating a b proteinefore going to bed could help you lose weight. researchers from florida state university found that eating 30 grams of protein at least 30 minutes before bedtime may be good for your body. the protein had a po

the original monuments bytection act was enacted the general assembly in february, 1904. that law has been expanded, amended, revised, and refined 12 times in the last 114 years. on a dozen separate occasions, the state government has given attention to civil war memorials. that monuments protection act is not some piece of legislation in theng moss and dust back shells of the state library. it is an active law. 12 times that has been brought up. the original intent has always been the same. quoting from the 1982 amendment, it shall not be lawful for the authority of any county or any other persons whatsoever to disturb or interfere with any monuments. 1988 amendment, the general assembly expanded the language to include removal of or damaging order facing monuments or memorials. the reference for monuments, first expressed in law in 1904, is still law in 2018. put in simple words, monuments cannot be removed by the whims of a local agency or some loudmouth seeking notoriety. a year or so ago, as you all know, the law was tested, twice. first, leesburg, then alexandria, s

there were two senators by the republican party in the maryland general assembly, but democrats gained in t house of delegates. >> what do you think the second term wil look like. >> very much like the first, according to governorn. ho he says his priorities are the same. he says h'll continue to work for accountability and education as well as jobs and being business friendly in the state of maryland. i talked to senate president mike miller who said you knowf many those achievements that the governor claims werell r the democratic-controlled general assembly png those laws and we have had to -- he has had to along with the general assembly veto some of hogans measures because ly hasn't fuunded education. there is a dfference in a struggle on some key points. >>> moving to virginia, that state's blue wave started with jennifer wexton beating barbara comsto comstock. it was the first sign and early sign of the wave in virgia. it was the first time the seat has flipped from red to blue in four decades.e id it with an army of volunteers, an army of women. >> an army women and, you know,

instance but i do think it's a good change for the people in the state considering that the general assembly is wrong roughshod over local governments and the governorship and tried to you know take power with these amendments from the governor's office and from the from the court system there in a. progressive economics k. namely antitrust is it because the biggest oil accomplis are in san francisco based tech sector that democrats won't tackle this issue they may be socially liberal but only god please or all is not progressive economic. les i think you get the gist of my question here yes does big tech companies in california are agree just lay and horrendously over concentrated. that democrats don't seem to really go after those guys what he thinking. well i think that the viewpoint over many years is other than that the strong libertarian strain that you see within tech leadership and kind of the broke old sort of tech leadership right. they've generally been socially liberal but fiscally conservative and the assumption is that you know tech is not a smokestack industry so you know we'r

the general assembly has been astonished at what the oversight committee has accomplished. the most observable tenet, how much it's been in favor of one measure or another and almost always in a positive manner. suffice it to say that true bipartisan oversight featuring both ethical rigor and undiluted transparency has so far been a startling, unexpected success in south carolina. we are continually striving to improve our process and our full steam forward on completing the studies and investigations on the remaining agencies. i personally have been heartened by the national response to our modest efforts. again, i thank you for this honor. i can say with confidence that the subject of this conference, considering its reception in south carolina, can well be a keystone to the necessary reboot of politics and government at all levels. thank you very much. [applause]. [applause]. >> while our panelists are taking their seats. it's my pleasure to announce mikayla carr, i promised i had a he pronounce her name correctly once. who's on the house committee of ways and means and

hard for the last couple years break the majority which is essentially a north carolina the general assembly has been run by the republicans ever since the great victory of two thousand and ten they had a veto proof majority so our governor could veto legislation that a vast plurality didn't like and they could override it now we've overcome that and i think we're going to add somewhere around ten seats in the house which will give democrats fifty five and six seats in the senate which means both chambers will be . there won't be a supermajority so they could sustain a gar veto by governor cooper but the key takeaway is all of these gains for the most part happen in urban areas where the districts were region ron from a gerrymandered scenario to something that's more equal for the voters so the voters can actually pick their legislator and a lot of these races were very close i mean right now i think in wake county you only have one republican legislator left and the border commissioners for instance as all republicans in the mecklenburg county another major urban county the entire county bo

groups are making it difficult for health workers to contain the disease the united nations general assembly has been debating a number of propane resolutions on the annual international day of solidarity with the palestinian people the day mark seventy one years since the u.n. adopted a resolution partitioning palestine into a jewish and arab states. it seems there is no. political crisis with parliament passing a motion to cut ministers salaries and travel expenses it's designed to disrupt the administration of disputed prime minister mahinda rajapaksa he was controversially installed after the president sacked his prime minister last month and a move many considered unconstitutional rajapaksa supporters boycotted the vote declaring it illegal. doctors nurses teachers students and civil servants have gone on strike in the spanish region of catalonia they're demanding the regional government spending cuts and focus on managing the economy rather than trying to split from the rest of spain the parliament declared independence in october last year after a disputed referendum in response natio

been overwhelmingly condemned by the united nations the cuban sponsored resolutions of the un general assembly passed one hundred eighty nine to two with no abstentions cuba's foreign minister says that the u.s. embargo has held back his country for generations. the u.s. has announced sanctions on venezuela's gold sector which it says has been used to finance criminal groups national security advisor john bolton also threatened more measures against cuba and nicaragua u.s. president donald trump is pledging a crackdown on migrants trying to claim asylum saying that anyone crossing the border illegally will be detained until their claim is heard in the course is called the number of people arriving from central america an invasion phone service is a shut down protesters continue to block roads in pakistan as anger grows over a blasphemy case involving a jailed christian woman the protesters are demanding that the government overturns the supreme court's decision to release and see a baby who was convicted of insulting islam in twenty ten she was acquitted on wednesday but hasn't yet been releas

general assembly resolution, the partition plan, which recommended the creation of a jewish and arab state. secretary kerry claimed that, quote, recognition of israel as a jewish state has been a u.s. position for years. though that had only been true for the last five years of president obama's administration. now despite what secretary kerry outlined in his speech, the partition plan never demanded that palestinian arabs recognized israel as a jewish state. palestinian arabs would have been equal in number to the jewish population inside the territory allotted for a jewish state. >> my name is sydney jones. i'm the student programs coordinator. and i would like to echo his sentiments and thank you all for being here. welcome you all. i hope your lunch is good so far. it looks good u

general assembly passed one hundred eighty nine to two with no abstentions cuba's foreign minister says the u.s. embargo is held by his country for generations the u.s. has announced sanctions on venezuela's gold sector which it says has been used to finance criminal groups national security advisor john bolton also threatened war measures against cuba and nicaragua he called the three countries a troika of tyranny accusing them of cracking down on dissent u.s. president donald trump is pledging a crackdown on migrants trying to claim asylum saying that anyone crossing the border illegally will be detained until their claim is heard in court is called the number of people arriving from central america and invasion phone service is a shut down of protesters continue to block roads in pakistan as anger grows over a blasphemy case that involves a jailed christian woman that demanding the government overturns the supreme court's decision to release assy a baby who was convicted of insulting islam in twenty ten more years a little over twenty five minutes from now let's get you back to al-ja

the general assembly is astonished at what the oversight committee has accomplished. the most observable ten is the number of times and debate that is referenced in favor of one measure or another and almost always in a positive manner. suffice it to say true bipartisan oversight featuring both ethical rigor and undiluted transparency has so far been a startling unexpected success in south carolina. we are continually striving to improve our process and the full steam forward to complete the studies and investigations on the remaining agencies. i personally have been heartened by the national response to our modest efforts and again i thank you for this honor and i can say with confidence this conference considering its reception in south carolina can well be a keystone to the unnecessary reboot of politics and government at all levels. thank you very much. [applause] . >> while the panelist are taking their seats it's my pleasure to introduce kayla car general counsel and parliamentarian into the house of us representatives house of ways and means she leads investiga

the general assembly in california advocates their governing rights to the people entirely with initiative petitions and this is what we are seeing, folks getting paid with cigarettes and whatever else to go and collect signatures because they are trying to get something on the ballot rather than going through the process of having deliberation in the general assembly and that is what california does but it is not effective and that is why. shannon: let's talk about georgia on the other side of the country, the democratic candidate for governor, stacy abrams, didn't concede but she legally recognizes brian kemp is going to be the next governor, here's what she has to say. >> it was not a free and fair election. we had thousands of georgians purged from the rolls. brian kemp oversaw for eight years systematic and systemic dismantling of our democracy and that means there could not be free and fair elections in georgia this year. >> this woman discussed me, to be perfectly blunt about it. what she has done and what democrats have done is try to smear every god-fearing voter in the state of g

i remember the first time i walked into the newsroom and it felt like being in the general assembly of the united nations because it was so many nationalities. it is just that we all come from different places but it's one that gives us and gives us the ability to identify the people in a way or the other side of the wall but we can understand what it's like to have a different perspective and i think that is a strength for al-jazeera. the mates the world project ahead they don't want the members of the community vaccinators targeted and vaccines rejected pakistan faces a constant battle in its war against polio a very difficult situation al jazeera follows the extraordinary health workers who risk their lives in one of polio his final strongholds. through terse work with her remains her the story of saw. lifelines the last drops on al-jazeera. a lot has them seeking the headlines on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump says he'll get a full report on the killing of saudi journalist in the next few days he's spoken to the cia chief after reports the spy agency believes saudi arabia's

in riyadh was how to discuss plans to assassinate iranian officials specifically iran's major general assembly money in that meeting businessmen were reportedly presented a two billion dollars plan to use private intelligence operatives to sabotage iran you see qana me. in the united states at least forty two people have been killed in california in the worst wildfires in the state's history investigators are searching for human remains after more than six thousand homes were destroyed in the town of paradise mol bio d.n.a. labs are being used to identify victims more than two hundred people are registered as missing firefighters as so trying to contain the blazes that has hit both ends of the state last week. still ahead on al-jazeera a summit to end seven years of fighting libyan leaders and foreign powers meeting this is sealion city of aleppo and increase international pressure to stop the war in yemen with new calls from europe to end hostilities. and we've got plenty of active showers over the southeastern parts of asia at the moment plenty of them over the southern parts of the philippi

kim jong-un attended the general assembly in dubai. they lobbied against the russian candidate saying the russian government has tried to use interpol for years to track down political dissidents outside of russia. >>> on the u.s. senator is apologizing by complimenting a supporter saying she would public hanging if she was invited to one. she brought up that topic in a run off debate. >> i used to pray, i would fight for him. obviously, i would not stick my arm in a circle saw and none of my comments said i would never enjoy seeing a and witnessing a capital punish: for anyone who was offended by my comments, there was no illwill or bad entente in my statements. >> cindy hyde-smith is in a run off election against the democratic challenger, that run off vote will take next tuesday. >>> and the city is moving forward to honor thmayor, ed lee. if approved, the hall will be named the ed lee departure hall. mayor died last year from a heart attack. a special committee is expected to finalize the plan in january. >> he did so much. >> a go

rather than actually going through the process of having deliberation in the general assembly, and thatalifornia does, but it is not necessarily effective, and that's exactly why. >> shannon: let's talk about georgia. i'm going to go across to the other side of the country. the democratic candidate therefore governor, stacy abrams, did not concede but she says legally she recognizes that brian kemp is going to be the next governor of the state. here's what she has to say. >> it was not a free and fair election. we have thousands of georgians who were purged from the rolls. brian kemp oversaw for eight years the systematic and systemic dismantling of our democracy and that means there cannot be free and fair elections in georgia this year. >> shannon: talk? >> this woman disgusts me, to be perfectly blunt about it. what she and the democrats have done is try to smear every voter, god-fearing voter in the state of georgia. she knows very well that the local counties are responsible for the upkeep and for the local votes. it is not brian kemp's responsibility. she is either ignorant of the

last month the united nations general assembly has issued a new economic sanction against iran and hezbollah earlier this month, but these steps are not sufficient. they will not hurt. russia and china and europe are not involved. we need re-election. please do not imagine i am calling for war, far from it. we have nothing against the iranian people. iranians are good people. we have traded and socialized with them. we have welcomed them in our country. they are a poor people and oppressed people with little freedom. they live in fear. they should be empowered by all means to write their own future. as for the iranian regime -- support of terrorism it can be stopped by eliminating global terrorist hezbollah and also by empowering the iranian minorities who are -- who are abused and crushed by the revolutionary guard, in particular, the occupied people living in extreme poverty and stripped of their basic human right to freely practice their religion. the hezbollah criminal activities have spread out from lebanon to iraq, syria, yemen, south america and elsewhere, even in the united states. i

next year in the general assembly from where unrwa received its mandate to operate we will be up for renewal. it will be very important that member states come together to again renew this mandate and indeed until there is some type of genuine lasting just solution . if not, again, it is hard to imagine the kinds of implications that will bring -- that this will bring to the region. thank you. >> [ applause ] >> thank you very much. i will now turn the podium over to doctor zogby. he is an old timer like john and me. i think he started the whole movement of what to do about palestine here in washington. >> and old-timer -- i like that. >> i feel it, too. >> i want to frame my remarks around my last 50 years of involvement on this issue. not quite 50 -- 47. my first experience was in the camps in lebanon doing dissertation research in 1971. following this all the way to running a project with vice president gore to try to promote economic development in the west bank and gaza. i spent 4 years doing that until the present time. i want to offer three heresies. three observations i have

the plan goes before the general assembly in january. in> in news for your health, a new study finds eg a protein before you go to bed could you lose weight. the snack suggested, cottage cheese. >> yum. >> researchers from florida state university say servings typically have at least 30 grams of protein, and eating it or a snack like it 30 minutes before bedtime may be good for yr body, bad for your bathroom. the protein had a positiv effect on the body's metabolism, improved mcle health, and didn't add body fat. >> i'm just going to skip it. unless i dump a half a jar of strawberry jam on it, i'm not eating it. >>> almost time to set back your clock for daylight savings. our many, that decrease in daylight can makeeel a little down. about 5% of people in the d.c. ar suffer from seasonal affective disorder, s.a.d. the symptoms include decreased energy, the desire to sleep more, a craving for carbs, and unusual crying. experts say all those symptoms together could mean you have seasonal affective disorder. the good news, there a y a few t

general assembly passed one hundred eighty nine to two with no abstentions cuba's foreign minister says the u.s. embargo has held back his country for generations the u.s. has announced sanctions on venezuela's gold sector which it says has been used to finance criminal groups national security advisor john bolton also threatened more measures against cuba and nicaragua u.s. president donald trump is pledging a crackdown on migrants trying to claim asylum saying that anyone crossing the border illegally will be detained until their claim is heard in court is called the number of people arriving from central america and invasion. phone services are shut down protesters continue to block roads in pakistan as anger grows over a blasphemy case involving a jailed christian woman demanding the government overturn the supreme court's decision to release a baby who was convicted of insulting islam and twenty ten google employees around the world have walked out in protest against the company's handling of what place sexual harassment tensions been building since the new york times reported a fo

general assembly this is president donald trump. in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america so true. didn't expect that reaction but that's not. so sad they're laughing he didn't expect that and there is more laughter what did you make of that moment but what do you make of the u.s. is standing in the rest of the world's eyes. you know we're talking about human rights we're talking about the global world and. he hasn't achieved anything in there in fact what he's done is he is he has continued to. bring about this hateful rhetoric hateful suggestions and and pushes towards. divisive policy issues and laws and that will hurt people and that goes beyond the united states that goes to our relationship with saudi arabia and the things that are going on in yemen and how we've contributed to that and that goes. you know the influence of nationalists being elected across the world new just. a president in brazil who has scary scary politics rather sim

serious violations of being committed so it's not for the states on the council and for the general assembly also in italy to take the appropriate action to look to removing saudi arabia unless they address the clear violations that have been outlined in so many reports and undoubtedly are being our client today at the human rights council and what can the international community do it you know to make sure that the pressure that saudi arabia is under right now actually you know new leads to changes in the kingdom and its behavior outside well that they can use the fact that they could be removed from the council to put pressure on the government and the us authorities and now is the time to do so because of how serious the situation has become it was plainly serious in september we did the report and before but it's escalated to the highest of all levels and now is the time to act and to refer the matter to the general assembly if necessary to ensure that these matters are squarely addressed is that likely to happen. we hope it will because of the evidence that has been put before the counc

general assembly this is president. in less than two years my administration has accomplished more than almost any administration in the history of our country. america so true. i didn't expect that reaction but that's. so sad they're laughing he didn't expect that and there is more laughter what did you make of that moment but what do you make of the u.s. is standing in the rest of the world's eyes. you know we're talking about human rights we're talking about the global world and. he hasn't achieved anything in there in fact what he's done is he is he has continued to. bring about this hateful rhetoric hateful suggestions and and pushes towards. divisive policy use and laws' and that will hurt people and that goes beyond the united states that goes to our relationship with saudi arabia and the things that are going on in yemen and how we've contributed to that and that goes with you know the influence of nationalists being elected across the world we just saw a president in brazil who has scary scary politics rather s

at this year's un general assembly, mrtrump rammed home that message once again.related sanctions will be in full force by early november. they will be in full force. after that, the united states will pursue additional sanctions, tougher than ever before, to counter the entire range of iran's malign conduct. any individual or entity who fails to comply with these sanctions will face severe consequences. the sanctions are hitting iran's most vital source of income, oil. the trump administration has said it wants to reduce its output to zero but it has already given waivers to eight countries, allowing them to continue trading with iran in diminished quantities. the other signatories of the iran deal have said they will still honour the agreement and are setting up ways to do so. but iran's businesses are already in dire straits. the currency has been in freefall for months. anti—government protests have sporadically taken place across the country since the start of this year, fuelled by the failings of the economy. this is the vulnerability of iran's political lea