egypt calls on the dprk to immediately cease all violations and measures to the security council resolutions and we call on north korea to abstain from any escalation that would lead to more tension and an instability that would threaten international peace, international regional peace and security. mr. president, egypt the need tor security council and all u.n. to assume their responsibilities in this respect. through endeavoring to reach a sustainable peaceful settlement so the situation that raises grave concern in the korean peninsula, this settlement should include the total elimination of all nuclear weapons and reaching sustainable peace between the two koreas in accordance with the provisions of security council resolutions including endeavoring to revive the party talks and associations so as to exit this vicious circle of continued violations by north korea of security council resolutions. mr. president, in closing, i would like to express our appreciation to the commendable efforts that you have made along with the members of the italian delegation as the chair of the security co

the european union, australia, have gonea and -- well beyond what the security council requires. all of the countries that have taken actions to isolate north korea have acted out of deep concern about the regime's dangerous they have selflessly put the security of all of us above their individual, political and economic interest. they have won the gratitude of the international community for their responsible actions. regrettably, not all countries have done the same. all u.n. member states are at the very obligated to fully implement all minimum u.n. sanctions, but we know that's not happening in every case. this council has banned coal exports from north korea, and yet we have reports of the regime continuing to smuggle coal into neighboring asian countries using deceptive tactics to mask the coal's origins. this council is required that all refined petroleum imports into north korea not exceed the annual cap and we banned ship to ship transfers. and yet, we see north korea illegally obtaining refined petroleum from neighboring states from ship to ship transfer in the yellow se

create a new set of sanctions that there is complete unity on there cannot be a split in the security council on those they will be looking for some kind of united position mike hanna thank you very much jim walsh is a senior research associate at the massachusetts institute of technology's security studies program he's one of a handful of americans who have traveled to both iran and north korea for talks with officials about nuclear issues he says there are limited opportunities when gage met with pyongyang. we had two months of no test two glorious months notice and so if something was going to happen that would have been the time but once you start having tests and sanctions and doesn't sanctions and then the u.s. and south korea have watched your military exercises the north koreans don't want to talk to us during that period so there are only brief chances you have to try to advance in gauge meant and not simply pressure and you want to be able to talk to north korea because you don't want them to make a mistake that will get us all killed so. you have to seize those opportunities when t

security council meets to tackle the grim business of people trafficking as evidence mounts the trade is booming. all of them surely went on this is al jazeera live from london also coming up today as you know that isn't. there for months. and i repeat. down and let me approach it with her a kenyan so promises to unite kenya as he's sworn in for a second term as president. but the opposition remains defiant while adding that says he'll hold his opponents wavering in the small remaining. carefully chosen words pope francis avoids mentioning the race hinge of crisis or claims of ethnic cleansing during a key address in me and moderates. and bali's airport shuts down for a second day running as my md i'm gonna keep song rumbling. very warm welcome to the program the u.n. security council is holding a briefing on the libyan slavery crisis evidence has a march the hundreds of people have been all questioned in modern day slave markets in libya for as little as four hundred dollars libya is the main transit hub for refugees and migrants attempting to reach southern europe by sea well cross

security council meeting taking place as the council is set to vote on two competing resolutions put forward by russia and the u.s. about chemical weapons attacks in syria our diplomatic editor james bays is following all of this in there seems to be a disagreement over the process the procedure james just explain to us what's happening. you're seeing the hands going up now and how these hands are not about the two competing resolutions they're about the order that they're placed in both the americans and the russians want their vote second because if you have your vote first then you can see how other people voted so there is an advantage potentially of being second and it looks as though the u.s. has won that which means that we will now see the russian vote first and then the us vote let's listen in again. the result of the building is a full on the proposal received three votes in favor seven votes against five abstentions the proposal is rejected having failed to obtain nine affirmative votes and i give the floor to the present day of the russian for the nation. believe that it

focusing on the on the security council procedure unusual day in the security council but in fact it's a really important and significant day in syria and the history of the syrian war yeah very important implications to this vote today it is confusing but we'll leave you to get on with monitoring what's happening there and will speak later on for now james thank you. russian president vladimir putin is to host the leaders of turkey and iran in sochi next week for a summit talks on syria the trio are meeting to discuss ways to improve cooperation so as to find a political solution to more than six years of civil war but for those inside syria ideas of a potential diplomatic breakthrough being met was heavy skepticism some of binge of a reports from gaziantep near the tacky syrian border. more syrian soldiers and militia fighters from iran backed groups in syria and iraq have arrived and. it's been a week since the syrian government scheme that it took isis last stronghold since then i said has launched dozens of attacks and its fighters hiding in tunnels inside the city managed to take

just up the road the security council discusses what is to be done with. france calls for a strong expression of condemnation from the security council the horrific images emerging in recent weeks. they underscore the urgency of improving our global policy to tackle this scourge and put an end to this human tragedy. the un's refugee chief proposes immediate measures but says funds as well as words must be deployed strengthening refugee protection and offering solutions along the routes. including in chad and you share is key but dramatic funding gaps persist especially in sub-saharan africa some ninety percent of refugees and migrants attempting to get to europe pass through libya and it's the most vulnerable who are the prey if you can about this so africans over there in libya they sell men even fifteen year old libyans are there in a car they're armed the coming kidnap you and the cell you for seventy two one hundred fifty dollars and then others will resell you their good vision as soon as you arrive in libya the first thing that happens is that you ar

security council is under international law the final court of peace and security if it can't deal with these things then the u.s. is prepared to unilaterally take action military action so a very strong warning there from the u.s. ambassador to join this meeting so that james if there were a clear cut way for military intervention from the u.s. to have made a difference or had effect in this situation what it not have been down quite some time ago. well yes the u.s. is certainly. trying to very carefully under the obama administration it didn't take that sort of action there's been one strike of that sort under the trumpet ministration one of the reasons for it is the us said it was working very closely with the russians on this if you go back all the way back to the one nine hundred ninety s. the organization to stop the use of chemical weapons the o.p.c. w in the treaty that created that was done by us russian negotiation and then when it was decided that chemical weapons had been used in syria it was the u.s. and russia that did the deal for the chemical weapons the assad regime was

security council meets to tackle the grim business of people trafficking as evidence mounts the trade is booming. hello i'm barbara starr you're watching al-jazeera live from london also coming up on the program. before. and i repeat. the promises to unite kenya and warning for a second thought i'm as president carefully chosen words pope francis avoids mentioning the rohingya crisis or claims of ethnic cleansing during a key address in myanmar plus bali's airport shuts down for a second day running as mt of gunk heap song from. the start of program a with some breaking news that we've received just in the past few minutes the south korean news agency young yep says north korea has fired a ballistic missile now earlier japan detected radio signals suggesting that north korea was preparing another ballistic missile launch and now the south korean news agency say north korea has indeed fired a ballistic missile well for more on this let's speak to kathy novak she joins us on the phone from seoul kathy obviously this news broke out just a few minutes ago but what more can you tell us wha

in the security council and some other places the united states ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley she warned after the council vote that we will do it again if we must that's in reference to obviously the action we saw back the strike against the syrian. there is a willingness to take unilateral action seemingly from the u.s. even though trump and putin agreed summit on some common ground do you think there is perhaps a bit of a mixed signals coming from the u.s. with regards to future steps on corporation in syria with isis obviously on the verge of defeat. there are mixed signals and i think that the united states acts with arrogance in many of these cases. i think that if they are part of the united nations if they are are they then if it from being a permanent member of the security council with the right to veto for instance that you they've benefit from being in the more sensitive to control the most sensitive and most important bodies of the of the united nations they should also uphold its principles and. the united nations charter and the united nations charter

charter the security council heard that very same warning it was made behind closed doors to the security council before mr low cock came out and brief reporters now after the security council meeting the current president of the council the italian ambassador came out and spoke to us and it's clear that the security council has decided not really to change its position we heard very carefully constructed statement in that statement there was strong condemnation of the missile that was fired by the who theories but then when they talked about the humanitarian situation and the blockade barely mentioning the country that was carrying out the blockade it seems there are some on the security council who do not want to anger saudi arabia and for now they are being very careful what they say ok james is liable james thank you more now from a hommage am jim on the situation on the ground in yemen. in yemen's capital lines to buy petrol grow longer as fuel prices rise higher having jumped more than sixty percent in recent days the result of monday's announcement from saudi arabia that it would b

security council has been shadowed for wednesday. the man accused of masterminding the two thousand and twelve benghazi attack has been acquitted on the most serious charges brought against him. captured by american forces in two thousand and fourteen u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in the attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound and the u.n. security council has held an emergency session on human trafficking in libya evidence has emerged of hundreds of people being there for as little as four hundred dollars from the school for sanctions to be imposed on the traffickers. now pope francis has called for respect for the rights of all of myanmar as ethnic groups as he appeared alongside the country's. cheney but he avoided any direct mention of the one hundred muslim minority scott high the reports from young. pope francis traveled to the capital april or tuesday on a day trip for me i'm going to meet on song suchi she introduced the pope after their closed door meeting of the many challenges that our

security council is to hold an emergency meeting on wednesday after the latest in a series of north korean missile tests and south korea's president is chairing a national security meeting off of the u.s. to the intercontinental ballistic missile launch from north korea japan says the rocket reached the highest altitude yet before landing in its waters. the man accused of masterminding the two thousand and twelve and galaxy attack has been acquitted on the most serious charges brought against him i'm going to i will have tyler was captured by american forces in two thousand and fourteen u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in the attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound. the head of the catholic church but francis in largest city of young dawn delivering a mass to thousands of people francis is treading a difficult diplomatic line during his visit having to avoid any direct mention of the reply was a minority. u.n. security council has held an emergency session on human trafficking in libya evidence has emerged of hundreds of people being auctioned for as littl

security council resolution to renew an international inquiry into who is responsible for chemical weapons attacks in syria. a low i maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming up zimbabwe's president robert mugabe holds direct talks with the army over his future after military's take over. cambodia supreme court dissolves the main opposition party clearing the way for one sends a ruling party to win next year's election. human rights watch accuses me and ma troops of using rape as part of an ethnic cleansing campaign against muslims. hello we begin our united nations security council where russia has used its veto of a syria for the tenth time blocking the renewal of an international inquiry into whose behind chemical weapons attacks that the us ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley blasted moscow for its actions saying it gives a green light for syrian president bashar assad to carry out further attacks. russia has issued vetoes before to prevent council action and accountability in syria russia has invented reasons not to support a mechanism that helped create because i

security council meets to tackle the grim business of people trafficking as evidence mimes the trade is booming. out of them to deal with all this it is a lie from london also coming up. there for months. and i repeat. who are kidnapped and promises to unite kenya as he's sworn in for a second term as president. but the opposition remains defiant didn't get says he'll hold his own swearing in ceremony as two people are killed in protests. and carefully chosen words pope francis avoids mentioning the range of crisis or claims of ethnic cleansing during a key address in me and on the. u.n. security council is holding a briefing on the libyan slavery crisis evidence says of march that hundreds of people are being auctioned in moderns they say they've markets in libya for as little as four hundred dollars maybe as the main transit hub for refugees and migrants attempting to reach so many in europe by sea we'll have reaction from the u.n. in just a second but first this report is a burned out smith. this is not where these migrants want to be heading back to the african continent thanks t

toe in connection with chemical weapons on syria the japanese draft was a pretty simple one by security council resolution standards a very very short it only had three key points in it and the last one was the council as they always say remains seized of the matter the other two points were not a resolution of this dispute cliff but what we call here a rollover which is they would extend the existing provisions for the chemical weapons investigation for another thirty days so basically it was a way to extend the negotiations because this is such a divisive issue and it also asked the secretary general of the united nations and the executive director of the o.p.c. w that's the body in the hague that deals with the prohibition of chemical weapons . them to come up with some suggestions to try and break the deadlock and yet we have seen russia again use its veto this effectively is the end of what's known as the gym the joint investigative mechanism the body that the security council itself set up in the negotiations for setting it up were done by the u.s. and russia to find out who's been doing

unify the position of the security council and the second goal of the meeting . used to work on the most efficient responses to effectively deal with such as chords. well once again what you are seeing here is something that is focusing tightly on libya and the slave trade there but there's something far greater than this the secretary general in addressing the security council meeting a week ago made very clear that this is a developmental issue that the issue of slave trade in libya is just the peak of what is happening way underneath and it's these issues that need to be addressed along with the a media task of dealing with the slave trade that has bee witnessed within libya. so talk a little bit more about that then mike i mean as you say this this this discussion was ostensibly about the slave trade but what are the issues in this wider context . well what you're looking at essentially is a perfect storm leading to complete human degree dacian on the one hand you have a continent that in many areas is engaged in stride if you have the operations of entities

mainland japan says it's the highest altitude achieved by north korean missile your security council is to hold an emergency meeting on wednesday. the head of the catholic church pope francis is in me and last largest if you don't go on way to the mass to thousands of people progs is treading a difficult diplomatic path during his visit having to avoid any direct mention of the range of muslim minority over six hundred thousand range of the most oldest after military crackdown. and the man accused of masterminding the two thousand and twelve in god the attack has been acquitted on the most serious charges brought against. his captured by american two thousand and fourteen u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in the attack on the u.s. . the u.n. security council has held an emergency session on human trafficking in libya evidence has emerged of hundreds of people being auctioned for as little as four hundred dollars by kind of reports from new york. a small crowd of africa next gather outside the libyan embassy and protest against the practice of modern

security council russia has vetoed a u.s. drafted resolution on extending the work of a joint probe into a deadly chemical incident in syria earlier this year earlier russia's foreign minister criticized the probe's findings describing them as biased and politicised let's cross live now to cable of. new york get us more inside on the story but quite an intense. about the security council what exactly was said. well at this point the joint investigative mechanism that is looking into chemical weapons allegations in syria is set to expire at midnight now the meeting began with the united states putting forward a resolution to extend the work of the joint investigative mechanism to continue its work looking into allegations in syria well the vote was taken and russia blocked it as a permanent member of the security council russia blocked this resolution put forward by the united states we then heard from nikki haley the u.s. ambassador to the united nations and she was not happy with russia's move this is what she said russia ha

the approval of both the security council and the assembly of the united nations agree nude of armed. a very large vote in the security council christopher greenwood christopher created and i've known him because you happen to be a my my junior in the case in kosovo so i've known him there or i've looked at the records of all the judges and they're all of blessed taking and learning and distinction in their own countries and elsewhere so it basically comes down the fact yes i regret that we have not got a british judge but i'm confident that justice will be equally well dispensed with all the judges who have been elected. and runs and tourism is nomination of the christopher greenwood apparently got a stalemate within the u.n. security council including the sort of floating members and then britain wanted to introduce some whole new process where the little post which i think people are saying. if there are two bodies would have a joint determination and they disagree there must be machinery for resolving that issue. greenwood passed the test with the security council he had nine vote

security council resolutions. well north korea and to increase economic pressure until north korea abandons its reckless and dangerous path. all responsible nations must join together in stop arming and financing and even trading with. the murderous north korean regime earlier the two leaders announced two hundred fifty three billion dollars in business deals between u.s. and chinese companies trump said the u.s. deficit with china was one sided and unfair and valid to fix it the un has warned the saudi led coalition that it will cause the world's worst famine in decades unless it lifts a blockade on yemen fuel and food prices have skyrocketed since saudi stopped imports iran's president is warning saudi arabia will achieve nothing by threatening his country hasan rouhani has accused the riyadh of meddling in other country's affairs and clouding the resignation of lebanese prime minister solve her d.d. the u.k.'s international development secretary prithee patel has resigned after it was revealed she failed to dis

what more can the security council do what can they hope to achieve here. well that's exactly what the council has been discussing does agree that the sanctions that are in place have been effective to a degree there was a report from the head of the u.n. sanctions committee which had been shed book for the latest crisis at the same time though there is that division within the security council they are well aware all the members that there needs to be a united position on how to deal with north korea not just in the wake of this crisis but generally and that is where the divide occurs with the u.s. insisting that it will not go a negotiated route unless north korea stands down its missile development program russia and china saying that there has to be the freeze for freeze as i mentioned so in the days and weeks ahead you are going to have behind the scenes negotiations between the major powers as to exactly how the why the issue must be addressed but if the missile testing continues the question will remain will the u.s. continue to negotiate with its se

what are the other options of the un security council? i mean, it is just the un security council? one week the un security council? i mean, it is just one week since donald trump designated north korea as a state sponsor designated north korea as a state sponsor of terror, and it is two weeks since he was congratulating the leaders in asia for getting on board his policy of what he calls maximum pressure on north korea. what they want to do, and what nikki haley called for at this security council meeting, is to isolate kim jong—un‘s regime. he wants all countries to cut trade and diplomatic ties with north korea. the hope is that they will send a message to kim jong—un that he is not part of the world stage as long as he continues to develop nuclear weapons. however, that message does not, at the moment, seem to be getting through. the official position for the state department here in the us is to keep that pressure applied. but this is an unpredictable president, and it still means all options are on the table according to the us. laura bicker in washington, thank you so much f

security council has been shed chilled for wednesday. the man accused of masterminding the two thousand and twelve benghazi attack as being acquitted on the most serious charges against him. was captured by now. and forces in two thousand and fourteen u.s. ambassador chris stevens and three other americans were killed in the attack on the u.s. diplomatic compound and the u.n. security council held an emergency session on human trafficking in libya evidence has emerged of hundreds of people being auctioned there for as little as four hundred dollars france has called for sanctions to be imposed on the traffic as. well led to dollars a spokesman for the international organization for migration and hanks planes what's driving these slave auctions when is this the crisis for libya's libya has been going on for a long time there's a lot of criminality outside the government there's not a great government in position all of the doing the best and on top of that you have a surge of migrants coming through many of them lifting up a smartphone li

just up the road the security council discusses what is to be done. fronts calls for a strong expression of condemnation from the security council the horrific images emerging in recent weeks it's a shocking they underscore the urgency of improving our global policy to tackle this scourge and put an end to this human tragedy. the un's refugee chief proposes immediate measures but says funds as well as words must be deployed strengthening refugee protection and offering solutions along the routes. including in chad and me share is key but dramatic funding gaps persist especially in sub-saharan africa some ninety percent of refugees and migrants attempting to get to europe pass through libya and it's the most vulnerable who are the prey. they sell africans over there in libya they sell men even fifteen year old libyans are there in a car they're armed the coming kidnap you and the so you've heard seventy to one hundred fifty dollars and then others will resell you their goods. as soon as you arrive in libya the first thing that happens is that you are t

security council on syria and one that the council's efforts to hold to account those who use chemical weapons in the country. it was a vote that sparked outrage from the u.s. ambassador and she gave this warning that the u.s. may now work outside the u.n. russia has killed the joint investigative mechanism which has overwhelming support of this council the assad regime should be on clear notice the united states does not accept syria's use of chemical weapons as we did in april we will do it again if we must we will defend the international standard against chemical weapons use there was drama even before the meeting began with ambassador hayley accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refusing to enter into negotiations for some reason the phones at the russian mission aren't working we have tried to get a call with them and they've been too busy to talk to us this week and when i have tried to call the silly for some reason he's not available moments later she was able to express her displeasure in person a very public exchange of words with the russian ambassador vasoline the

toe in connection with chemical weapons on syria the japanese draft was a pretty simple one by security council resolution standards a very very short it only had three key points in it and the last one was the council as they always say remain seized of the matter the other two points were not a resolution of this dispute cliff but what we call here a rollover which is they would extend the existing provisions for the chemical weapons investigation for another thirty days so basically it was a way to extend the negotiations because this is such a divisive issue and it also asked the secretary general of the united nations and the executive director of the o.p.c. w that's the body in the hague that deals with the prohibition of chemical weapons them to come up with some suggestions to try and break the deadlock and yet we have seen russia again use its veto this effectively is the end of what's known as the gym the joint investigative mechanism the body that the security council itself set up in the negotiations for setting it up were done by the u.s. and russia to find out who's been doing the

security council has really harmed its own standing as the security council meeting broke up some members were still trying to create a new compromise resolution to keep the chemical weapons mechanism going on a temporary basis there could be another vote on friday but it will now be very difficult to bridge the deep divisions that have been laid bare jamesburg out zero at the united nations well as the meeting drew to a close russia's ambassador to the u.n. hit back at the u.s. criticizing the way the u.n. inquiry has operated moscow is a key ally of syria which says the handshake an attack was fabricated. the mosque or the endless distortion of the chemical weapons stored in damascus these weapons were indeed withdrawn and destroyed under the o.p.c. w.'s oversight these a stokley reminiscent of the situation around iraq nearly fifteen years ago a united states representatives at the time deliberately misled the international community including the security council in doing so they set the stage for intervention which unleashed unspeakable tragedy on both iraq and the whole region . rus

security council talking about north korea at this emergency session that the security council is holding following that last launch test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile by pyongyang the chinese ambassador saying that the security council needs to settle problems through peaceful means that china will continue to implement resolutions in there and tire to you. and that security council resolutions that it's important that they don't adversely affect the humanitarian conditions and situation in pyongyang well let's go to our correspondent at the united nations now mike hanna is joining us from there so we've just heard from the chinese ambassador mike before that we heard from the u.s. ambassador nikki haley who was really pushing a lot of euless on china what else and b. have we been hearing so far at this session. well important to know that the chinese represent to the deputy ambassador speaking there also repeated a position of china that has been greatly at odds with the united states and that is the idea of some kind of mutual stand down by south korea the u.s. and no

without the indorsement of the security council and arguably is already in violation of international law for the military actions that it is taking. because those have not been explicitly in security council however this long as the united states is. only going after. isis or or. with your groups on the un list of terrorist organizations which are also opposed to the syrian government i think . russian and syrian government complaints about u.s. military activity in syria should be taken with a grain of salt i think they're not serious saying that russian government is really concerned now or would be concerned it would be u.s. military action against the syrian government and the troubling ministry so far except for the symbolic missile strikes is actually doing less than the obama administration arguably having shut down this you know a program this is far as you know to arm syrian rebels against the syrian. you led to a number of points robert there and also some contradictions i might add and if it if the international community who will be watching this will be a bit confused ab

security council when you know you know when when these. you know when the world signs an international treaty and establishes an agency to investigate an incident like this. we expect to be able to to rely on it took to conduct its investigations with integrity and to hear from. experts from all sides and from different or all points of view and this clearly didn't happen. no longer just checking if you're a real person but also judging your views it's all part of new guidelines being laid down now by twitter and it's resulted in a number of people being blocked from the site only boy good takes a closer look at the updated rules. up until this week verification illustrated by a blue tick on twitter was a symbol that a user's account is genuine so if you take the account air don't all trump the blue tick here to notice that yes these really are the words of the u.s. president it's a bit like a certificate of authenticity for a design a handbag or a hologram stick on the back of a box containing a computer game and high profile users like t

security council what can we realistically expect. the meeting was called today and there will be a more formal meeting on december eleventh when japan is the president of the security council but today the opportunity was to be briefed by the secretary of s. the nature of this missile attempt and to see if this was in fact new technology or old technology we're not sure about that it's also an opportunity for the member states to condemn this action and to remind north korea that they have been in violation of many security council resolutions against this type of behavior and it's also an opportunity and we'll see if in fact the security council decides to press for more another resolution i should say with more sanctions or if it seeks to try to improve its ability to implement and enforce existing sanctions u.s. president trump he's been more careful in his dealings with kim jong il this time around why do you think that is so i mean is he worried or do you get a diplomatic slap on the wrist that we don't know about. well i would

security council thank you very much james baseness. from the united nations there in new york and watching al-jazeera much more still to come government in disarray to reason may lose his her second minister in a week as pretty patel resigns at a secret meetings in israel and robert mugabe takes aim at other so-called conspirators after sacking his vice president. following place to save some quieter weather fir queensland australia as we go on through the next day or so still a chance of one or two on shore showers coming in have a set that lets a fair amount of cloud into central parts down towards south australia fair not the woman here as we go on through the next few days that's because we've got the only sure way is coming into queensland twenty three celsius the brisbane towels will twenty seven degrees and then we're coming in across the interior to twenty nine degrees there for adelaide and rising at thirty one celsius here on friday so that warmth also making its way into melbourne twenty four degrees the similar value across

sold has warned the situation could spiral out of control the united nations security council will hold an emergency meeting to discuss the situation. and for more on the implications of this latest missile tests we want to pull in lisa collins in washington d.c. she's a fellow with the korea chair at the center for strategic and international studies it's good to have you on the show a lot of people are saying ok another missile test isn't it time for the international community to accept the north korea is a nuclear weapon state and trying to co-exist peacefully. so there are experts who do argue that we should do exactly that acknowledge north korea is a nuclear weapons state and then deal with the situation and then there are other experts who disagree with that and believe that if we allow that to happen north korea's nuclear weapons state it would do great damage to the nonproliferation treaty regime and it would also give other countries around the room and a reason an excuse to develop their own weapons so there are these arguments out there on both sides ok you know there's a l

that day many of them children russia and syria rejected the investigations findings at the security council meeting moscow presented its own draft resolution it would have changed the methodology used to gather and assess evidence it was not adopted by the council. it is. the mosque the endless distortion of the chemical weapons stored in damascus these weapons were indeed withdrawn and destroyed under the o.p.c. w.'s oversight these a stokley reminiscent of the situation around iraq nearly fifteen years ago a united states representatives at the time deliberately misled the international community including the security council in doing so they set the stage for intervention which on least unspeakable tragedy on both iraq and the whole region our diplomatic editor james pace has been watching these developments at the united nations he joins us now james this the issue of the use of chemical weapons in syria something that the international community has been grappling with for some time how to deal with it specifically the u.n. the security council has been grappling with this all came to

security council resolutions put to the vote this is the u.s. resolution it wants to continue as is the case now of the inspection mission looking into chemical weapons in syria and has already found that they've been used both by eisel and by the syrian government this is the rival resolution from russia that talks about continuing the mission but also talks about reopening some of the cases that have already been inspected and the russians green critical of the chain of evidence and the fact that the inspectors haven't in some cases actually gone to the scene of these attacks they've done it by the russians say by remote control what i think is likely if it goes to vote is that you're going to get the u.s. draft vetoed by the russians and then the russian draft won't pass either because it's unlikely to reach nine votes that will mean that there is no more inspectors and no more system for inspecting the use of chemical weapons in syria and no no accountability for the use of those chemical weapons and so what is at stake then if there's joint

security council has struck a different tone after three days of quiet diplomacy with saudi arabia the u.n. is now changing course laying out the scenario if the blockade of yemen isn't lifted. there will be a famine in yemen. he will not be lying in the famine that. we saw in south sudan earlier in the year where tens of thousands of people are affected he will not be like a family in which cost two hundred fifty thousand people their lives in somalia in twenty eleven. it will be the largest famine the world to see if i'm a need to educate with millions of victims. the response from the security council seemed very guarded the current president the italian ambassador read out a statement strongly condemning the missile fired by the. but barely mentioning the country responsible for the blockade. you have strongly condemned the missile by the who think he's given mr local tax dire warning isn't it now time to strongly condemn the country that is blockading yemen not allowing the humanitarian aid in saudi arabia. the focus by u.s.g. law. was absolutely on the humanitarian aspects of the

security council has held a briefing on the libyan people smuggling crisis amid evidence that the trade is growing libya is the main transit hub for refugees and migrants attempting to reach southern europe by sea and there are claims some of these sold there as slaves michaela is that u.n. headquarters in new york. but week after the u.n. security council passed a resolution condemning the traffic and slavery france called for this emergency session which has been taken place it insists that more needs to be done more quickly in order for this massive problem to be addressed we heard from the french ambassador the word barbaric also saying that every single element within the u.n. security council's power must be used to address this ongoing problem of slave trafficking within libya especially u.s. vice president mike pence says president trump is actively considering when and how to move the u.s. embassy in israel from tel aviv to jerusalem the controversial move is something trump has previously vowed that he would do in june from sign the waiver to keep the embassy in tel aviv but t

in the last hour or the un security council. in the last hourorso, we the un security council.o, we have been hearing from the korean president, moon jae—in, and he has said that this is a reckless provocation. he has accused north korea of military adventurism. he said that peace with the north would not be possible u nless the north would not be possible unless this stops. i think what is alarming these people is the fact that it was at this high trajectory, suggesting to those experts that the, almost the entire continental us, that they could be within range of the intercontinental ballistic missile. that is not yet saying that they have the ability to deliver a nuclear warhead to the continental united states, and that is still the better this nuclear programme that is yet to be completed. but as the unification minister in south korea said yesterday, he said it is possible that final leg, putting an effective nuclear warhead on top of an effective middle to stick missile, that is something that they could complete in the next 12 months oi’ could complete in the next 12 mo

security council respond we're not expecting a formal statement from the security council but we will get some words from the current president of the security council italy holds the rotating presidency we're expecting to hear from the italian ambassador pretty soon so james is this type pressure really the only tool the u.n. has. yes and i think they've been reluctant to use it they know that for many months you could possibly say years there's not been enough food aid in medicine getting in to yemen that the saudis have been very tightly controlling things they know that the situation is really grim already the u.n. has one statistic which is really shocking that every ten minutes a young child dies in yemen from causes that would otherwise anywhere else in the world or many other places in the world be preventable so it is already a very situation but there now i think showing what could happen i put it to the humanitarian chief mr low cock so how long would it take for this dire famine you're talking about he said he couldn't put a time on it and didn't want to put a timeline on

berman a member of the security council at the u.n. a russian veto signals the end of the world body's investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria. and we shall carry this is al jazeera live from doha also coming out in the interest of the people of zimbabwe. mr robert mugabe in my cities and. president refuses calls to step down military leaders say it's the only way to ensure a bloodless change of power. prime minister is due there and a few days but whether he's free to travel or even still in office remains unclear also. this is about giving hard working taxpayers bigger paychecks more take home pay. given those families were struggling peace of mind the u.s. house of representatives approved the biggest tax overhaul and three decades bringing donald trump closer to his first major legislative victory in office. and an evening of high drama at the united nations russia and the united states have vetoed competing resolutions on syria the key resolution was the u.s. one it sought to extend an international inquiry into the use of chemical weapons in syria so this means th

security council meets to tackle the grim business of people trapped.

security council meets tomorrow.already the biggest sanction country in the world. >> bret: the chinese can cut off all the oil shipments. they haven't done that yet. >> china can do a lot more, and i hate to use an old term, but the axis of evil between these nuclear powers and the border with china is incredibly troubling. i do think it's not widely discussed but a lot of people believe there is significant computer hacking going on with these missiles that's causing them to hit the sea of japan and not a more menacing target which i hope it's true. the problem is with even that strategy, it takes one to get through the defense. and we are in a whole new world of chaos. i don't blame donald trump for this. you can say his diplomatic approach has not worked yet, but he inherited a 20 year problem which was to kick the can down the road. now, this is the biggest challenge of the trump presidency. he's faced with terrible options and he's got to do something that takes away this nuclear menace from reaching our allies