special forces, a former french legionnaire, says he has dissolved the constitution and the national assemblynd taken full power in order to restore institutions that reflect the people. during the coup, we saw people taking to the streets in celebration. there is also the expectation that more than 400 political prisoners would be released following this coup. the former president guinea, alpha conde, is still being held despite demands from the international community that he be released. >> guinea is the third west african country in five months to experience a violent transfer of power. in april, the president was killed -- president of chad was killed and replaced by his son. in may, molly's president -- mali's president was replaced. and in niger, there was a failed coup attempt. but why the number of coups is increasing in some parts of africa? senegal has no history of military takeover. ghana has had seven back-to-back elections since 1992. let's bring in our guests. from casablanca, adama gaye is a journalist, author, and former director of information. kwesi aning, director of the

a former french legionnaire says that he has dissolved the constitution, the national assembly, and take it full power in order to restore institutions. that reflects that people during the process of the coup, we saw people taking to the streets in celebration. there's also the expectations that more than $400.00 political prisoners would be released following this. who still in the hands of the crew? leaders is former president or president of guinea alpha con day, who is still being held, despite demands from the international community that he be released. nicholas hawk for insight story. guinea is a 3rd west african country in 5 months to experience a violent transfer power. in april, the president had food charge for 3 decades was killed while visiting soldiers fighting rebels and replaced by his son. in may, molly's vice president, arrest of the president prime minister defense minister in the 2nd school in lie months. the same month emitter 3 unit, inger made a failed qu, attempt days before the inauguration of the president. but while the number of crews is increasing in some pa

all of the ministers and members of upper control government to the people's power or to the national assembly assembly. and it was quite interesting to see the prime minister entering this assembly in the somber mood, surrounded by soldiers as well as key members of the, of the cabinet from the defense security minister to the foreign minister. all present to hear the new leader of guinea as it appear. mamma, the w to express what his vision of, of guinea and what the future lies, especially for them. he says there will be no witch hunt, but their passports, members of governments will be taken away, so will be their vehicles. you'll be forbidden from leaving the country. he says that also they will be the government of national unity, but he hasn't put any timeline to that. fill in detention though is the president also con day, and his wife being detained by security forces, despite condemnation international condemnation, and called for his relief to employee on the sidelines of the people's assembly on the national assembly, spoke to journalists and thought really to reassure the populati

on behalf of the general assembly, i have the honor to welcome united nations excellency in the assembly. >> good morning, one and all. the general assembly, mr. secretary-general of the united nations, heads of government and other heads of delegation. it is an honor to once again open the united nations general assembly. i come to you to showcase on this. it's great deal in january 2019. for two years, we have had no cases of corruption, belief and god and respect and is loyal to those people and this is a lot, a solid foundation. we were at the brink and financial losses and now they are a profitable company. communist countries with none of these. it's the brazilian itself who honor these committees. represent a new credibility for the world. the largest investment in its history, a program already in place being implemented so far 100 billion u.s. dollars in these investments and $23 billion have been collected. we auctioned the terminals to the private sector. we arty have more in private. we have these systems that bring our model also to the u.s. model. we've received 14 for a ne

he learned of the attack in new york while attending the united nations general assembly. -- his car was sprayed with bullets outside kiev. ♪ thank you very much for being with us. a phone call to salvage a special relationship. joe biden and emmanuel macron had a conversation this wednesday about the fallout of the august defense pact. the deal saw france cut out of the inner pacific accord and a 30 billion contract to france was torn up. white house press secretary speaks. >> during their conversation, the president affirms the strategic importance of french and european engagement in the end of pacific region, something we look forward to continuing to work with them on. the french ambassador will return to washington and will start work with u.s. officials. that will be part of the ongoing next steps that we go through here. as we also noted, they will meet in europe at the end of october. >> jen psaki speaking at the white house press briefing. good evening to you. what more do we know about this phone call? >> jen psaki said the phone call lasted about 30 minutes and that it wa

parties lead to say is specifically designed to reduce their influence. seats in local and national assemblies will be divided by the number of registered voters, regardless of whether or not they cast follows should. unfortunately, the name of this law which was passed by opposition parties and those in coalition with us, is to minimize the just and development party. that's why we rejected it from the outset. it's a strange, a very strange law. it's aim is to limit the p. j d's, chance of winning, the biggest challenge, all the waiting people to vote one major survey suggest 64 percent of all them on the real power. still live in hand. king the how much he takes all the major strategic economic decision. the king allowed constitutional reform after the arab spring, 10 years ago. political parties were given a greater role in policy. but mohammed, the 6 appoints the government and high as all fires, cabinet ministers matter and the new way off calculating houses are located will stop one party dominating which is what happened in the 2 previous elections when the p j. d shift important result

it leaders at the united nations general assembly. seems unlikely to happen, as no nation has formally recognised them as afghanistan's new government. however, the taliban are very much in power in the country and that presents a challenge to journalists working there. if they deal with the taliban and interview them as noble politicians, do they risk legitimising terrorists? that is the concern of this viewer who posted on twitter. bbc trying to normalise and mainstream the taliban. the bbc gladly gives a platform for taliban terrorists to speak their point of view, what kind ofjournalism is this? the bbc�*s ofjournalism is this? the bbc�*s released a set has received much praise from viewers for her reporting from afghanistan. it included a podcast series, i wish for afghanistan in which he spoke to a founding member of the taliban. she has been reporting from afghanistan since 1988 and recently posted this photograph of her at work as soviet troops left the country in 1989. i am joined now by our chief international correspondent

president biden was down the road across town today to address the united nations general assembly.hat he did not say is making a lot of the headlines. one of those ignored topics at the u.n. is the border crisis. we'll have a live report from south text. we begin tonight though with the tragic confirmation that many feared that a body discovered in wyoming is that of a young woman who disappeared on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend. authorities say gabby petino's death is considered a homicide. search for missing boyfriend is once again taking place in a florida wilderness reserve. jonathan serrie has the latest from north port florida. good evening, jonathan. >> good evening to you, bret. preliminary autopsy results confirm that gabby petino's death was no accident. investigators are ainvestigating the full report to come in before they can determine the exact cause of death. now, the fbi is still referring to brian laundrie as a person of interest. however, the search for him has become more urgent than ever. today florida authorities resumed the search for brian laundrie

speaking to us from the well we're going to go back to the united nations general assembly were china's president, z, z ping is making his address. let's listen. we'll be suddenly commemorated by china . we will continue our active efforts to take china's cooperation with the united nations to a new level and make new and greater contributions to advancing the noble cause of the un mr. president union. a year ago. global leaders attended the high level meetings. mocking the 75th anniversary of the u. n. an issue. the corporation. pledging to fight coven 19 in solitary t. tyco challenges together. how multilateralism? jace strengthened the row of the un. what for the common future should hold preston and coming generations. one year on. whoa is facing the combined impacts of changes unseen in a century. and the coven, 1910 dam, make go in. i mean, in all countries, people long for peace and development more than ever before. the call for equity and justice is growing stronger. and they're more determine in pursuing when, when the corporation function right now. over 19, hence is still ra

had the opportunity to sit down and have a round table discussion with our counterparts at the national assembly. there were eight of them and eight of us. we had conversations, and we were able to identify and share priorities in the bilateral alliance, and we discussed tax forward in our trade relationship, north korea, human rights issues, among other things. i was very glad that i could say one thing to summit up. our trip was very productive and valuable. rep. bera: the timing of it was also very important, following the may 21 summit. the president also hosted you, is that correct? how did that meeting go? rep. kim: i wish we had more time in an open setting to have morton's -- conversation. when the president welcomed us with the media present, i took that as an opportunity to raise an issue that is very important for me personally. it was also the rest of the delegation. this was a time we knew that there were dozens and dozens of north korean refugees currently residing or hiding out in china. because of covid, the border between china and north korea shut down, but i did get an opportu

had the opportunity to sit down and have a round table discussion with our counterparts at the national assembly. there were eight of them and eight of us. we had conversations, and we were able to identify and share priorities in the bilateral alliance, and we discussed tax forward in our trade relationship, north korea, human rights issues, among other things. i was very glad that i could say one thing to summit up. -- to some it up. our trip was very productive and valuable. the timing of it was also very important, following the may 21 summit. the president also hosted you, is that correct? how did that meeting go? >> i wish we had more time in an open setting to have more conversation. and have the media continue to stay with us. we were able to speak openly when president moon welcomed us with the media present, i took that as an opportunity to raise an issue that is very important for me personally. it was also the rest of the delegation. this was a time we knew that there were dozens and dozens of north korean refugees currently residing or hiding out in china. because of covid, the bord

the united nations general assembly met last week in new york city. we will air speeches from the u.n. secretary general, the president of the general assembly, and brazil's president. >> the third meeting of the general assembly is called to order. [gavel bangs] first, the general assembly will hear a presentation by the secretary-general on the agenda item 112. i now give the floor to the secretary-general of the united nations, his excellency antonio guterres. [silence] sec. general guterres: mr. president, general assembly is , excellencies. i am here to sound the alarm. the world must wake up. we are on the edge and moving in the wrong direction. our world has never been more threatened or more divided. we face the greatest crises in our lifetimes. the coordinating pandemic has supersized glaring inequalities, the climate crisis is pummeling the planet, up people from afghanistan to ethiopia to yemen and beyond. the surge of mistrust and misinformation is polarizing people and polarizing societies. science is under assault. and the economic lifel

nations who's currently speaking. now of course, when is both so now don't take sustain, we will come back to our coverage of the $76.00 general assembly united nations. but for now we're going to move on. james, thanks very much. indeed. sedans governing sovereign council says it's filed a coup attempt. it says 21 officers and a number of soldiers have been arrested under being questioned. they tried to take control of several government institutions, including the state, t, v, and radio army units and now said to be guarding those facilities as well as the general command of the on forces its headquarters and those of the air force or how much i don't reports me is done capital cartoon, a nearby city of them, man, reports of intense military activity and closure of the main bridge across the river nile. according to government media, the cool plotters were trying to take over the state media building, the military se measures were being taken to contain this tuition. news of the attempted cute was broken, paid media, which sought to reassure the public. how does it collaborate with the failed? coo attempt clearly indicates that it's

, or the assembly nationality. of these problems are occurring. there's an economic crisis. there is a food shortage. they want a new political system. they want to lessen the power of the king from an absolute monarch like louis xiv said, the state is me. louis xvi just is not enlightened enough to be that great king that louis xiv was. so they're going to meet and they're going to meet and create a new constitution in the hope that they can quit what we call a constitutional monarchy. for frenchmen they might be embarrassed to say not unlike what the english have your so they meet and a great hall, but the king is worried about this so he decides to close the hall in which they were on beating. so what do they do? they go to a tennis court, a sports facility. it's big enough to accommodate all of them and they decide with this tennis court oath that they would remain there until a constitution would be created. now, these members of the third estate are working hard on creating this. picking becomes even more and

, or the assembly nationality. of these problems are occurring. there's an economic crisis. there is a food shortage. they want a new political system. they want to lessen the power of the king from an absolute monarch like louis xiv said, the state is me. louis xvi just is not enlightened enough to be that great king that louis xiv was. so they're going to meet and they're going to meet and create a new constitution in the hope that they can quit what we call a constitutional monarchy. for frenchmen they might be embarrassed to say not unlike what the english have your so they meet and a great hall, but the king is worried about this so he decides to close the hall in which they were on beating. so what do they do? they go to a tennis court, a sports facility. it's big enough to accommodate all of them and they decide with this tennis court oath that they would remain there until a constitution would be created. now, these members of the third estate are working hard on creating this. picking becomes even more and

assumed the president general assembly told her that i wish him the best of success that somebody on the while they are and he's as soon as anyone, either the united nations general assembly in boca convenes, us all every september, the little miss, if the guy you out of here, we are a little heads of government heads of state, but i see then many prime ministers you allah, out 30000 and the highest authorities. are they want the era to allow us to discuss our views or they want to utilize the ideas get a world, say, given that must can handle to progress towards building more people out of a multi pro theory centric cleaner him alone. without imperialist agenda, i'm waiting to hear him say on the portal. nita, this is the 2nd time we have met in the general assembly of our portal up on the curve at $900.00. struck knowing that i'm going to somebody, i think we are addressing the general populace virtually from countries. they got something we are an official government by e says go me last somebody. i had it all say they, they know why you're in the sunni will need me sell all the little. and i would like to order all ambassador out putting in the midst

. >> the united nations general assembly is always marked by a flurry of activity and lots of comings gngs by world leaders. president biden was here this morning for a speech but now is back in washington. joining us now is our north america editor. john, president biden is promising a new era of relentless diplomacy. is that reassuring to anxious allies like, for example, boris johnson, who was a bit blindsided by that hasty exit? >> i think what joe biden has said today will bring two cheers if not the full three. i think allies of the u.s. were blindsided and frankly horrified by what happened in afghanistan, by the lack of consultation, and by the fact that any advice it gave was completely ignored. america acted alone and ignored the wishes of others. if there are other areas where joe biden has done things which people like boris johnson will applaud to the rafters like the money they are pledging to tackle climate change, on that score, there is a lot of support for joe biden, but some of the actions that have been taken, and the french are particularly angry over the submarin

i do not know what formal action the taliban has taken, but that national assembly is going to be defunct. i cannot imagine that the people elected to it or appointed to it will hold those positions. the taliban have made clear as a form of government that this will be a beaocracy and this is not a movement that embraces democracy or parliamentary assembly or anything like that. what they do with the building or what happens to the people that had served in those positions, i would not be too optimistic they will be able to keep doing the jobs. the taliban has taken over, they have lost power in afghanistan, and i think it will be a government that is similar to how they ran things in the 1990's. host: about 20 more minutes with our guest. jersey, democrats line, hi. caller: i have to ask one question, how come we did not fix what happened in the 1980's? all we had to do was they fix their infrastructure, why can't the country help back in the 1980's? we created this. the three-day bomb in the parking garage in the twin towers. explain that. guest: that is right. there's a lot of people t

. >> the people's palace, also known as the national assembly, members of the president's ousted governmentd after being summoned. behind closed doors he demanded that their passports and told him not to leave the country. he also said that there would be no witchhunt as he outlined a path forward. >> we will start consultations in order to put a framework in place for this period of transition. unity will take over. >> on sunday, when the president was driven away from the presidential palace in custody, krause chanted freedom. -- crowds chanted freedom. scores were killed and almost four people were arrested. >> they were in a separate state, there was no security, or justice. everyone was doing whatever they wanted. our children are killed, have no idea. >> guinea's vast mineral wealth includes a world's largest reserve of an or turned into aluminum. is global aluminum prices soldiering. -- -- it sent global aluminum prices soaring it remains one of the world's poorest states. they say the corrupt economy must be overhauled. >> we will not give you a history lesson today. i want to remin

the president was reelected and he took control of the national assembly.e says the upcoming election highlights venezuela's democratic credentials. >>[speaking foreign language] >> talk to and the applicable impasse is underway. the president hopes to loosen sanctions, which will relax venezuela's economic problems even further. >> the venice film festival has opened with a film that features penelope cruz. she plays an expected -- expected mother in the movie called parallel mothers. more from emmett jones. -- emme jones -- emma jones. >> hollywood has their big red carpet from years and get out some of the films they have been holding onto. one of them is june by the director, the sci-fi actor goes on for 2.5 hours. it has the arthropoda timothy -- it has timothy in it. the power of the dogs starring benedict, batch -- n benedict c. -- as princess diana. i think there is a lot of speculation, the trailer dropped earlier this week, she looks incredibly like diana. what will the performance be like? we have been treated to the ground series on netflix rece

assembly. your excellency, said critic general of the united nations. majesty's highness is excellencies ladies and gentlemen, will allow me of the answer to congratulate mister marsha hill and the from the republic of them on div, on presiding over the 76 session of the united nations general assembly. we wish him success in this noble endeavor. can we express our deep appreciation to mister vulcan was care for wisely, conducting our work in the previous session. allow me also to warmly congratulate mister antonio gutierrez, on his re election, a secretary general of the united nations. when we trust that the initial support his initiative to promote the role of the organization and ensure an effective response to the current international challenges. even then even i would like to seize this opportunity to express the deep sayings and appreciation of the people and leadership of tenicia to all of those who supported our national efforts to combat the coven 19 pandemic. and this has allowed denisia to get out of the woods and progressively embark on its journey to recover from this destructive

we saw him earlier in front of the united nations general assembly talking about a reduction in the u.smilitary presence around the globe, increase in u.s. funding for developing nations, funding to fight climate change, and funding to fight hunger as well. he also talked about the donations that the u.s. has made so far of covid-19 vaccines. we are learning the biden administration plans to donate 500 million shots of the pfizer vaccine. that will be doubling the goal it had previously announced. the biden administration planning the donation of 500 million pfizer shots to countries in need, adding to the immense funding effort this administration wants to pony up for the rest of the world. coming up, speaking to guggenheim partners cio, scott minerd, about what he expects from jerome powell, and his take on what is going on in these markets amidst the evergrande concerns. and what happens when we step off the fiscal cliff. this is bloomberg. ♪ matt: this is bloomberg markets. i'm matt miller. the fomc kicked up its two-day meeting today, and joining us for a preview is scott minerd, g

at the united nations general assembly, he said... k. he said the planet is not an indestructible toy, and called the forthcoming summit on climate change in glasgow, cop26, "a turning point for humanity." our correspondent barbara plett usher sent this report new york. it was not for the faint—hearted, this frenetic trip. the prime minister covered a lot of ground. he shook a few hands, conducted a few interviews, visited a few sites, even took a train ride. the final stop, back to the united nations, where he used his address to press for stronger commitments to end global warming, with a stark warning of the enduring consequences, if countries didn't step up. we will see desertification, drought, crop failure and mass movements of humanity on a scale not seen before, not because of some unforeseen natural event or disaster, but because of us, because of what we are doing now, and our grandchildren will know that we are the culprits. it's time for humanity to grow up. the prime minister chose to focus solely on the subject of climate

but of course, this comes just after a week where the national assembly had voted you budget. and we know that the budgets for the presidential palate for the presidency and for the parliamentary have been increased. but the budgets for security forces, members of the special forces of the military or, or even the police have been drastically decreased. and there has been quite a lot of protest against that. in avenues the battle for control of afghanistan, spongy valley is intensifying, more fierce fighting is reported between the national resistance rather than taliban forces with both sides, claiming to have the upper hand cha, stratford has more from couple to understand there's been heavy fighting in the last 24 hours we spoke to people who are inside the body yesterday they said that yeah that been a lot of shelling, a lot of panic, about desperate to basically try and keep, seemingly people away as well. the security situation is seemingly deteriorating, massive concerns for what was understood to be between 152200000 people in the valley, mainly ethnic tactics. we unde

these are the top stories on al jazeera, the united nations general assembly has opened with a stark warning from its secretary general, and what's being labeled his most serious speech yet. and tony pedo said the world stands on the edge of this could perish, told global leaders, it's time to act on climate change. worsening conflicts and the corona virus. us president joe biden also spoke of a decisive decade pledging to increase funding to fight climate change. the 76, the general assembly in new york is the 1st in person gathering of the leaders. since the start of the pandemic, i'm here to sound the alarm. the world must wake up. we are on the hedge of an obese and moving in the wrong direction. our world has never been more threatened or more divided. we faced the great this cascade of crisis in our lifetimes. coffee, 19, pandemic supersize. the glaring in the qualities, the climate crisis pummeling the planets. upheaval from afghanistan with european men and beyond. s wanted peace. and mike, hannah has been following the speeches of the general assembly at the un in new york.

my name is the most and our i a member of the national assembly focused on and i represent an odd position and i'm central chairman of the national democratic moon . and i also, i'm phoning member of the student to have with the moment kimmy. how can washington dc cause one of her out is here english. ok. 20 years ago. where were you? this is one of those moments what people say, why will you do you remember? of course the answers got to be for many of us. yes. yeah, i remember it vividly, i was 9 months pregnant. i live on capitol hill and i had just moved to the united states and people were running outside my window and i couldn't quite figure out why nor could i join them because i was so pregnant. and so for me, the fact that that baby i was pregnant with is now 20 years old, or turning 20 years old, really crystallizes for me. the impact of this is one generation and i remember the terror feeling where have i moved to what is going on? it was like nothing i'd ever experienced. i'm. i'm just thinking about what president bush said 20 years ago. my ha. and even at the time, for the ext

joe biden arriving in new york for his 1st united nations general assembly. as the us president becomes at a time when he faces an array of foreign policy challenges and tension with a key ally. his 1st meeting was with the un secretary general antonio good terrace to discuss climate cobra, 19 and top of the agenda, the situation in afghanistan. the 2nd general is arguing that the international community has no choice but to engage with the taliban. and the un high commissioner for refugees who's just back from cobble is warning. there's a real risk of a catastrophic economic breakdown. the implosion would mean the seizing of the functioning of the vital functions of state like the health system. for example, the public administration who will pay the salaries that you know until now were paid to a combination of bilateral, multilateral funds and national funds. this whole construct has collapsed now. so if that happens, that kind of implosion would push for sure many to leave the country. kobe 19 will also be a key issue this week. protest is here, and there

that's the national assembly. if they didn't do so, then they would be treated were treated as an act of rebellion overnight. despite the nationwide curfew, there's been several arrest made amongst top ranking commanders of the security forces. and we hear too that there may be a prisoner release. international says over $400.00 political prisoners are currently in detention. many of them opposed alpha con day and that would be seen as a measure put forward and supported by those that thought alpha candidate during the last election. when, when we tweaked the constitution to remain in power for at least 6 palestinian prisoners of escaped from the highest security prison in israel, they dug a tunnel under the jewel boa jail escapes like this red one who got out his former foster field commander zachary, as debating, had been a russian court has sentence, and opposition protested to 11 years in prison. maria class nikoto was a key figure mass demonstrations last year against president alexander lucas shanker. the he