general assembly passes a resolution condemning atrocities against the railing. and demanding answers families grieve for those killed in india during demonstrations against a controversial citizenship till. now the united nations is warning of devastating consequences for civilians an edge of syria's last rebel controlled province nearly 250000 people mostly women and children have fled the area after 2 weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and syrian government forces nicholas cage reports. tents go up in the syrian town of dunn are now a temporary harm for families with nowhere else to go they fled martel newmont in the south of italy province as syrian government forces advance many leaving most of their belongings behind. if not we fled from the bombardment and came here it's a small camp that doesn't really fit a lot of people and the people just keep coming the situation is not that. since the start of december nearly 250000 people have been displaced from the last rebel held area of syria most women and children many have fled by road for others fuel shor

more pressure on me as the un general assembly passes a resolution condemning atrocities against the rangar. i don't and i'm not and this is al jazeera live also coming up the u.n. warns of disaster as almost a quarter of a 1000000 syrians escape intense fighting in the last rebel held province. people until a carry on with their protests even though the president signs off on one of their demands a vote on the new constitution. and a new play in the space race china successfully launches one of the world's most powerful rockets. the un general assembly has condemned human rights abuses against rohingya muslims and other minorities and myanmar 134 member states voted in favor of a resolution calling on the animals government to end of violence against minorities men also faces a charge of genocide at the international court of justice thousands of wrangel were killed and nearly a 1000000 fled into neighboring bangladesh after a crackdown in rakhine state well earlier i spoke to benjamin's a wacky who's a southeast asia list and he says this u.n. resolution is too late and lacks the l

national that the average for women in general assemblies across the country is something like 28% or 29%. the bright spot in indiana as out of our seven statewide officeholders. that is 70% of our statewide officeholders. we are a leader in that regard. just as they have ever since they had in 1920. i currently chaired the woman suffrage centennial commission. women found their voice in 1920, they had been using that for ever since. expect women to grow in numbers and to grow in influence in general assemblies, and congress and in governorships. >> lieutenant-governor, thank you for joining us. our cities tour staff travel to indianapolis to learn about its rich history. to watch more video from other stops on our tour, visit c-span.org/cities tour. you are watching american history tv all weekend, every weekend on c-span3. >> american history tv products are now available on the online store. store to seepan what's new for american history tv and check out the span products. each week, american artifacts takes you to museums and other historic places to learn about american history.

general assembly condemns atrocities against the ratings are piling more pressure on me and. on the $1000000000.00 avocado industry in mexico that gangs are battling to control plus we'll have more on the mars 2020 rover that set to pave the way for manned missions to space. welcome to the program a huge blast has killed and injured dozens of people in somalia billons official says 76 have been killed and many more casualties are feared the car bomb blast in the capital mogadishu was now a security checkpoint during morning rush hour and some reports say as many as 90 may have died including turkish engineers that were working nearby tossers been following events for us from nairobi in neighboring kenya and that death toll is slowly rising and there were real fears it could be quite high. but we know that dozens of people they've been killed and dozens of people have been injured and officials are saying that that number would likely rise because with such a huge explosion we know among those killed include some somali police up. and some civilians what happened was it happen

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the un general assembly has condemned human rights abuses against rohingya muslims and other minorities it being the. $134.00 member states voted for the resolution calling on government to combat hatred and violence against minorities being mars also facing a charge of genocide at the international court of justice thousands of rohit there were killed in the government crackdown and work on studies in 2017 a 1000000 fled to bangladesh benjamin's a walk he is a southeast asia analyst he says this u.n. resolution is too late and lacks the legal ways to trigger international action. you haven't 9 non-binding non legally binding general assembly resolution 2 years late that simply expresses condemnation for something that's now 2 years in the past and it urges the myanmar government to take actions that it has repeatedly indicated that it is unwilling to take so no it's very difficult to see how this resolution could be of any concrete benefit either the. refugees who fled into bangladesh or for the some 400000 or so estimated ranges who remain in myanmar in remain at risk of further genoc

also in the news the un general assembly condemned atrocities. against the regime get piling more pressure on me and. we'll look at the $1000000000.00 avocado industry in mexico that gangs are battling to control. and locked and loaded russia says its newest weapon is operational a missile that can travel $27.00 times the speed of sound. and i'm lee harvey with all of your sports as the miami heat rediscover their championship form but can they keep the fire burning into the 2nd half of the season. so we're starting with a developing story out of somalia where huge bomb blast has killed and injured dozens of people an ambulance official has said 76 people have been killed but many more casualties are feared the car bomb blast in the capital mogadishu was near a security checkpoint it happened during morning rush hour some reports say as many as 90 people may have died and that includes engineers from turkey how to meet also following developments from neighbor. kenya not know. what more you have at this point. we told the number of people dead fo

also the un general assembly condemns atrocities against the writing piling more pressure on me and. plus we'll have more on the 2020 rover that paved the way for manned missions to space. walk into the room we begin with breaking news coming out of somalia where at least 30 people have been killed in a car bomb attack in the capital mogadishu dozens more are feared dead in the blast in a security checkpoint jarring rush hour now local media are reporting that 4 turkish engineers were working nearby the checkpoint and amongst the dead let's get the very latest from her with tassel our correspondent joining me from live robey in neighboring kenya she's on the phone obviously sketchy details at the moment tyro about the numbers of dead and injured but what are you hearing about the explosion . well you're right there's not much information coming out in terms of. the official death toll now is around 30 but there is more people could i be children find out in a couple of hours maybe some of those children include somali. and happen to point in market at this time of the day in the morn

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the president of the united nations general assembly is at the forum, great to have you with us.ou very much for giving us your time this morning. the winner of the award this greta, regards to climate change. how much of the discussion in doha is climate change? discussion has been very engaging. i have spoken about the only agreementot on climate change but also action in the direction that is helpful. they have underlined the importance of the global challenge. one of the biggest global challenges is trade i want to give you -- get the sense of the agreement between the united states and china on this phase one trade deal. does that give you optimism going into 2020? it will impact the world, even in related to trade. , we hope the broader framework eases the between two of the biggest economies in the world. it is a good feeling we have the sense of optimism in the sense of trade. trade is key to our peace. may i ask you, if we look at the world of politics at the moment. if we look at mr. trump as the president of the united states, he has challenged that multilateral framew

think that message across what a lot quicker and you've extended you reach this year into the general assembly was speaking to. world leaders there what was the message you had for them and what was the feedback you got yeah i think it's this for me it's again advocating the power of football in all forms and i spoke about how football can actually contribute to saving lives it can save lives against misunderstanding it saves lives against violence hate division prejudice and the message is really on how we can collectively work across the world governments working and foreign ministers actually working closely with sports ministers on how we can actually talk with some of the most pressing issues your biggest challenge yet a somewhat unorthodox loan from your current club oxford united to real kashmir real kashmir is a club that started from scratch 3 years ago some of those guys had never played football before now it's situated in the middle of one of the most hotly disputed militarized areas on earth with india and pakistan talking now about going to war over it why why have you done it i

general assembly it sounds terrifically aspirational it sounds fantastic in theory give me a sense of 10 dribble result the tangible result for us is to see through change in the youth for example we had 2 events we had up to before we flew out he's been a young peace leader who actually talked about where he would have been if you didn't go through a formal for peace program he grew up in a very hostile environment and today he's addressing heads of state some self he opened a garland with prince ali of jordan for us and now he's back in his community he's working he's been through a program and unfortunately he just a couple of weeks ago he got into. a car i guess a conflict in a suburb crossing with someone put a knife out on him and if you hadn't gone to reform of the peace program he actually said. he would have pulled something out is why you would have gone the other way instead he apologized he tried to get away from the situation as fossett could respect that he has from self his family he's got a lot more belongings selfish thing now and i think that's what for peace is real

crowds with tear gas and water cannon the referendum will take place in april next year the un general assembly has strongly condemned human rights abuses against rangar muslims and other minorities in may at the 134 member states voted in favor and 9 against the resolution and 21 man was government to take action to combat hatred and violence against its minorities general assembly resolutions are not legally binding thousands of people were killed and nearly a 1000000 people fled across the border into neighboring bangladesh. military crackdown and rakhine state well those are the headlines the news continues off to talk to al-jazeera stay with us. the draws to a close really can head to major stories of 2028 from around the world. through a series of intense special reports. joining us is a real sense the global impact of what is to come next. week will be the. china china china china china trying to china china they want to make a deal. question is do i want to make a deal we've heard u.s. president donald trump talk about china many times. in fact it was he who started the so-called trade

general assembly has condemned human rights abuses against muslims and other minorities in me and mom 124 member states voted for the resolution calling on me and government to combat the hatred and violence against minorities mean morals or remember facing a charge of genocide at the international court of justice thousands of rango were killed in a government crackdown in rakhine state and 2017 and nearly a 1000000 more fled to bangladesh but meanwhile as ambassador to the united nations told the general assembly the resolution would only worsen a complex situation the drop feel to recognize the real situation on the ground and refused to appreciate the efforts of the government and the people of myanmar in such of a comprehensive and loves to solution to the multiple challenges inherited from previous abuse since independence the drawbar illusion as it stands. trust and will create a father buller a vision of different communities in the region. it would only be due to mental to the process of liberal tradition as well as the original peace and harmony in rakhine a letter from benj

general assembly has condemned human rights abuses against rohingya muslims and other minorities. 134. voted for the resolution calling on government to combat high trade and violence against minorities be in bars also i facing a charge of genocide at the international court of justice thousands of rohingya were killed in a government crackdown in the collins died in 2017 near the median fled to bangladesh and japan's awak he is a southeast asia analyst he says this u.n. resolution is to light doesn't have enough legal white you haven't 9 non-binding non legally binding general assembly resolution 2 years late that simply expresses condemnation for something that's now 2 years in the past and urges the myanmar government to take actions that it has repeatedly indicated that it is unwilling to take so no it's very difficult to see how this resolution could be of any concrete benefit to either the. refugees who fled into bangladesh or for the some 400000 or so estimated ranges who remain in myanmar in remain at risk of further genocidal attacks the sad part about it is that the un gener

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general assembly established this day of remembrance to commemorate an honor the victims of genocide and to highlight efforts to combat and prevent genocide passing this resolution isfi a fitting tribute to this day of remembrance. i have come to t the floor on various the occasions to talk about the history of the armenian genocide and armenian priest quote said in surroundings only couple hundred miles east of constantinople the killing was done with axis cleavers shovels and pitchforks. was that a slaughterhouse. armenians were hacked to pieces. it was indescribable. even when armenians were supposedly made clear that turkey's ultimate goal was to eliminate the armenian people. a visitor to one turkish said in october of 1915 wrote quote to 16,000 a ported armenians who we living in the tent were sent in cattle trucks at night while thousands of these unfortunate people without food or shelter shivered with cold and those that were supposed to be their guardians attacked them. women and children and all men are packed together in tracks. a man have to climb onto the top of the tra

the united states and for other countries cohosted a panel discussion on the un general assembly along with the eu representatives and the delegation in 20 ngos with standing room only a truly remarkable turnout with the family members addressed sharing their harrowing stories and an eyewitness testimony this is factual testimony they provide no longer allegations that eyewitnesses. the united states is among 23 signatories of human rights violations and abuses delivered at the un committee in october i am also working with a group to launch a priority ministerial call the international religious freedom alliance. once launched will be the first ever international body to vote on freedom of religion to bring together like-minded one - - like-minded countries and this is the first new international human rights organization to focus on the issue of international religious freedom we hope to have that launched the first part of next year. i'm excited by this opportunity and reaching out to a number of countries to bring them on boar board. as i close want to humanize the repression in ch

general assembly condemns atrocities against the writing piling more pressure on me and. plus we'll have more on the mass 2020 rover that's had to pave the way for manned missions to space.

general assembly agreed on a deal to improve the way the world responds and helps refugees i spoke to kelly clements earlier the deputy high commissioner at the u.n. refugee agency who says the country's hosting refugees will benefit from the foreign refugees are right at the center of this global refugee forum both refugee participants speakers refugee led organizations and this really came to a combination last december when the general assembly adopted the global compact on refugees it was with their ideas their their ingenuity to try to drive what we're looking at in terms of solutions this is not going to be your normal un meeting by any stretch we have over $3000.00 people that will be joining us from all walks of life from government international organizations non-governmental organizations civil society and business in order to try to find solutions to these refugee situation some of them which have been going on for decades what we're looking at is not just words but action we expect that that the participants will be coming with pledges and commitments of what they plan to

general assembly agreed on a deal to improve the way the world responds and helps refugees well we've got kelly clements with us now the deputy high commission at the u.n. refugee agency joining us from geneva kelly thanks for your time one of the things i've read about this forum is that you're actually. consulting refugees themselves throughout the whole process which sounds different from the sort of usual ideas of gathering and talking and maybe pledging money or support. indeed thanks thanks 1st of all for your for your interest and attention indeed refugees are right at the center of this global refugee forum both refugee participants speakers refugee led organizations and this really came to a combination last december when the general assembly adopted the global compact on refugees it was with their ideas their their ingenuity to try to drive what we're looking at in terms of solutions this is not going to be your normal un meeting by any stretch we have over 3000 people that will be joining us from all walks of life from government international organizations non-governmental

to the united nations told the general assembly that the resolution will only worsen a complex situation the draft field to recognize the real situation on the ground and refused to appreciate the efforts of the government and the people in such a victim. and lasting solution to the multiple challenges inherited from previous administrations since independence the driver illusion as it stands seeds of mistrust and will create a further blurry vision of different communities in the region. it would only be due to mental to the process of liberal tradition as well as the regional peace and harmony in rakhine. the u.n. special envoy to yemen is making his 2nd visit in 10 days to the capital saw the arrival of martin griffiths coincides with more fighting near the port of her data the main entry point for much needed aid for millions of yemenis threatened with famine now the un's pressing who think leaders to agree to talks aimed at the almost 5 years of war talks have stalled since the stockholm cease fire agreement than a year ago. think for a survivor is in kazakhstan have described how t

here so i'm going to ask all the members that are here both in the senate and the house of the general assembly to please stand. a few weeks ago, we commemorated the 400th anniversary of the new world's first representative assembly. it was a moment worthy of remembrance, not only for what began then but for how far we have come in the 400 years since then. certainly, the same is true of this anniversary for we commemorate four centuries of african-american contributions that have enriched our commonwealth and country and shaped the america that we know today. and yet we also know the unspeakable tragedy and awful injustice that marked that beginning. as i said at jamestown last month, the year 1619 saw the beginning of not only the highs of america but also the lows of america. and we are here today to acknowledge the lowest of all lows, the forced arrival of africans to english north america right here on these very shores, which tragically was the genesis, the shameful evil that became systematic enslavement based on race. this occasion will challenge us to seek a deeper understanding of not

a code conspiracy of high ranking below russian officials and i think it's possible that the general assembly of the council in strasburg now reopened the minsk file we have some information tonight that the those left behind the families of the victims are already creating putting pressure on the politicians to reopen the file in what wages a christian what we're going to need the broader political implications for bill a ruse a ruse is somewhat of a pariah anyways i mean can it get worse for the country the country is pretty isolated in your rope and in the past 23 years president look or shango was working hard on breaking this chain and finding partners in europe again these efforts by this new evidence we have might snow all be in jeopardy and find or do or could have been closed for him we will see christiane for there's always christiane thank you fascinating story. and for more on this story check out d w dot com and our youtube chat that's g w documentary here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world british prime minister boris johnson has welcomed

assembly those issues were just about benghazi that attacks around the world and the upcoming general assembly meeting so there were a bunch of issues beyond benghazi that was in my wheelhouse but my mistake that my disposition and instinct with the leader of the team asked me to do something i want to say yes i didn't think i was incapable to do the job differently than anybody else what i realize subsequently alert my other colleagues were keeping their heads down because they understood in a crisis situation inevitably will be politicized that the messenger not just the message gets attacked. i learned that the hard way. >> is that of becoming secretary of state you went on with the description of the job most days the job of national security advisor the weight feels like a huge slab of concrete constantly resting on one's torso and then to breathe and function as more were on the slab because i also want to get to the subject of race in america. edward snowden and wikileaks revealed the united states was tapping 38 friendly countries that led to a real anger whether the chancellor of germ

at a recent event at the un general assembly, bulgaria was identified as a model for reform. invited tojoin in the team, disability rights international, for part of their tour around 2a group homes across bulgaria. they are documenting conditions for a report on social care across the country. we visit five group homes together. in the first home in north bulgaria, we filmed covertly in order to capture early images of what we are witnessing. ten young people live here across two floors and their lives are more or less confined to the boundaries of the home. mitko is 16 years old. he is autistic. there is only one carer on duty, and she is clearly struggling with mitko, who gets aggressive. while small, this child is actually 15 years old. she lives just along the corridorfrom mitko. the children here are unlikely to be able to learn the skills to become independent. upstairs, two young people are sleeping. a child psychologist in sofia told the dri team that sedation is used in many homes in place of care. later that day, i was able to talk openly with mitko who agreed to b

general assembly when we with ambassador brownback talking, and president trump and secretary pompeo talking about religious freedom. and we do these figures around the world when i travel, and we can make them light and funny but this is a very serious week and had to tell you come out of all of it is within able to do, your video touched the heart of my parents so much. they thought the story of you and how you were standing up for repairs and what your family has gone through, so just wanted you to know that your story is having an impact and hope that you can share this now with the international community. >> like you very much. as secretary pompeo already mentioned, this christmas season is a very difficult season for christians and the rent. in 2014 plainclothes officers raided my families home and arrested all the entities. they arrested my father and took him to prison where he spent 65 days in solitary confinement and another week in a sweet as a color, with 20 other prisoners. in 2018, the same during this christmas season, more than 141 christians have been arrested. now

and then if they fail to do that, then the general assembly should consider this at the next general assembly. there's a lot of that types of voting going on at the u.n. i think it's important to recognize that the u.n. charter and the u.n. was constructed in such a way that it's very difficult to change. there was a purpose for this. u.n. was created on the ruins of world war ii and the most important thing was actually to prevent world war iii. and so it's very difficult to change the u.n. but that's actually on purpose and it will require member states coming together to begin to alter not necessarily the charter because i don't think there's a huge need for charter changes. we live in an age of -- it's going to be difficult to force countries to do something. but more to change the way the u.n. works, the interpretation of what are the roles and responsibilities that the charter gives. when it comes to working with the private sector, the civil society and others, which is, you know, very difficult for the u.n. the u.n. charter may start with we the peoples. but for 75 years, it's

general assembly has condemned human rights abuses against muslims and other minorities in me and the 134 member states version for the resolution calling on me and must government to combat the hatred and violence against minorities made maher is also facing a charge of genocide at the international court of justice a u.s. contractor has been killed in an attack on an iraqi military base several rockets were fired into the base near kirkuk but houses both iraqi and u.s. troops the un's warning of devastating consequences for civilians in syria's province russian and syrian government forces have intensified their air and ground offensive causing nearly 250000 people to flee the area. flags are flying at half staff in kazakhstan as it marks a day of mourning for the victims of friday's plane crash the back flight went down soon after takeoff from port 12 people killed and 54 injured some of them critically the airline's fleet of fokker 100 aircraft are grounded while air accident investigators examine the wreckage. throughout the plane began shaking severely it was a nightmare inside

up in court justice, the nephew of george washington, is actually solicited by the virginia general assembly. they proposed moving washington's body to richmond, to be placed underneath a monument that has not yet been built. again, another attempt, this time by a state government. congress gets wind of it. they writewright -- to the nephew and inquire about moving washington again to the capital. of course, the capital has just been burned. they're rebuilding it but they're having these conversations. and washington's nephew declined. freemasonry, and the freemasons come along in the 1820's. they propose raising money to honor georgeomb in washington and his messianic compliments. a number of lodges will propose putting together money that was raised at the different lodges and creating a national lodge. and having washington attached to it. part of what i argue is that in the 1820's, you have to keep in mind that freemasonry is taken a turn. massionicthe anti- party. and more americans are becoming suspicious of the elitist freemasons. americans are visiting his grave and still attributing

hello i'm a song with the top stories on al-jazeera the un general assembly has condemned human rights abuses against rohingya muslims and other minorities and myanmar 134 member states voted in favor of a resolution calling on myanmar's government to end violence against minorities memo also faces a charge of genocide at the international court of justice thousands of wrangel were killed and nearly a 1000000 fled into bangladesh after a crackdown in rakhine state in 2017 or earlier i spoke to benjamin's a wacky who's a southeast asia analyst and he says this u.n. resolution is too late and law.

general assembly in september defending his response to the crisis they are not no with us still there for us throughout the evening course will be the bill for which is major loss i mean it's a major. and took aim at other countries saying the amazon was presumes to use violence or death as follows mortal bodies easier judge of the embark corners me just as the media paul told you form of there is this pay top. dollar in your earliest. version out archaeal you know that my thoughts get out our north us a bit and here. the president why have you weakened over certain protection in the amazon we made repeated requests to president bolton i was office for an interview but were told he was unavailable there is no doubt. that president obama's own belongs to brazil and the brazilian you know i don't think anybody's putting that into question. but at the end of the day there are people who are suffering most we did the struction of the amazon are brazilians. and yes sad. spaceless small handle. naveed the best prop inside. for don't. you know that is in the back you looked on the past week.

general assembly.there was resulting powerful testimony from uighur survivors and family members, a tunic consecutive statements of concern c under scorn the prc government escalating repression -- underscoring -- against religious groups in china. i want to stop in just a moment and note as welcome last week there was anotherer testimony on xinjiang on capitol hill and i ranmi into three young people fm xinjiang who testified, two of them told the family members convicted of seven to nine years and put in jail for seven to nine years, for them, the younger family member out speaking. god bless the people from xinjiang that are willing to speak out. this comes at a significant cost to them personally, to their families. a number of agencies have executed as well targeted actions. the department of state the post-visa sanctions on chinese officials for the role in the campaign of repression in sentient. the departmentct of commerce add 28 chinese governmental and commercial entities to its entity list w

persecution 25000000 of them are refugees are unable to return to their homes last year the un general assembly agreed on a deal to improve the way the world responds to help refugees claim it says the commissioner at the un refugee agency she says the country is hosting refugees will benefits from the forum refugees are right at the center of this global refugee forum both refugee participants speakers refugee led organizations and this really came to a culmination last december when the general assembly adopted the global compact on refugees it was with their ideas their their ingenuity to try to drive what we're looking at in terms of solutions this is not going to be your normal un meeting by any stretch we have over 3000 people that will be joining us from all walks of life from government international organizations non-governmental organizations civil society and business in order to try to find solutions to these refugee situation some of them which have been going on for decades what we're looking at is not just words but action we expect that that the participants will be coming with

i love being in the general assembly and i think, you've been a tremendous teacher.ome of my students come back and say that. i do think i've got a lot more influence to educate as a teacher because that's what all start. >> i would just add that were here to celebrate the 400th anniversary of virginia's founding. once we have nice discussions and so forth would go about our business. what if we accomplished by doing this? one of the things we all might consider is what can virginia do to improve civic engagement in the state and what can virginia do to improve voting participation in the state? virginia has a special obligation i would argue because it was the virginian who drafted the declaration of independence. it was a virginian who was the father of the constitution. it was a virginian who presided over the constitution convention. it was a virginian who was the person who upset, most upset about the constitution because it did that the bill of rights. it was a virginian who drafted the bill of rights. so virginia has been involved for a long time for civic eng

now, at the same time that we have congress and the virginia general assembly arguing and bickering about where washington should be buried we have storytellers delivering the different washington experience. and we also have this group of writers and poets and artist who are sharing different bits and lurees of washington through poetry, biography or through visual art work. they also play a major role in this memory forming process because most americans will not go get mount vernon in the 19th century. so they're going to rely on things like visuals to help fill in the gaps about what they know about washington. adoptedactually his grandson, and he became a publicist. he gave speeches. he traveled the country, wrote plays that really built up his adopted grandfather's legacy. but probably most important were his recollections that were published right before the civil war which affirmed a lot of these legends. about thisorget person, one of the most influential persons in making washington popular. his washington in washington was in its 40th edition. he continually added more and more