u.n. general assembly the u.s. president says the regime in pyongyang could be destroyed if america or its allies were threatened militarily or his words follow a warning from the u.n. secretary general not to inflame international tensions with strong rhetoric. the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime the united states is ready willing and able but hopefully this will not be necessary that's what the united nations is all about that's what the united nations is for let's see how they do. on the sidelines of the u.n. general assembly the u.s. president and the emea of qatar met to discuss the gulf crisis the emir described kept his relationship with the u.s. as very strong earlier in his address to the u.n. general assembly the emir renewed his call for unconditional dialogue to end the blockade on his country. more than ninety people

u.n. general assembly this week. close to 130 heads of state are expected to be in attendance when the commander in chief delivers his first address to the general assembly on tuesday. according to national security adviser h.r. mcmaster, the president will emphasize three primary goals for the united states at these meetings. number one, peace, prosperity, as well as sovereignty and accountability by all member nations. other expected topics are climate change and u.n. sanctions aimed at trying to rein in north korea's nuclear program. joining me now is democratic strategist danielle moody mills and gop strategist bo rothschild. thanks both for being here. danielle, this is an important address, and the issue of language and how he will be received in the general assembly. you watch every single poll internationally, this president is not liked in very large numbers. they do not like his tone, they do not like his language, and he will be echoing that drum beat of america first. how will he be accepted? >> i'm not su

u.n. general assembly u.s. president says the regime in pyongyang could be destroyed if america or its allies with threatens militarily his words for warning from the u.n. secretary general not to inflame international tensions with strong rhetoric the united states has great strength and patience but if it is forced to defend itself words our we will have no choice but to turn only destroy north korea. rocket man. is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime the united states is ready willing and able but hopefully this will not be notices that's what the united nations is all about that's what the united nations is for let's see how they do or trample so took a swipe at iran calling it an economically depleted rogue state exports is violence he hinted at pulling out of the iran nuclear deal. me a mass leader aung san suu kyi has attempted to rebut criticism over her country's treatment of revenge of muslims she says rights violators will be held to account but refused to blame army. syrian government

u.n. general assembly. many of them were quite astonished and happy to see me german foreign minister here, only a few days before the german election. the reason for that speech going down well might be because he tried to set a counterpoint to mr. trump's message to the u.n. general assembly, saying that putting your country first cannot solve any problems and only lead to more conflicts and less prosperity. germany had experienced that and learn from its history. it's international and european responsibility first that helps germany become a respected nation. >> in addition to those comments, he also tried to save the nuclear deal with iran. let us take a listen. >> it is more important than ever that the architecture for arms control does not crumble. existing treaties must not be called into question. this goes especially for the nuclear agreement with iran. >> what you think? did he manage to position himself as a strong leader for europe and the world? >> he has a strong case. there is nobody who do

u.n. general assembly that the first signs of diplomatic response between obama and rouhani happened here. the question among the senior u.n. leadership is will president trump begin to reverse that at this year's u.n. general assembly. >> thanks very much, jim sciutto at the u.n. let's get to more of this. republican congressman will heard is joining us, a member of the intelligence and homeland security committees. congressman, how do you interpret what the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley said when she said -- and i'm quoting her -- general mattis will take care of it if diplomacy fails? >> well, she's alluding to the fact that our military would take some type of action to stop the problem of kim jong-un trying to achieve a nuclear weapon. we should have all options on the table, and we should be looking at this problem and what can we be doing in the short term, medium term and long term. the reality is this is a great week to increase diplomacy with our allies during the u.n. general assembly and i know this is going to be a topic that is going to consume most conversations.

u.n. and with the north korea crisis to tear orating he knew the world would be hanging on his every word. this is a. message of coming together but once he headed to the general assembly chamber he's excellent see donald trump he had a very different message delivering a speech that astonished many diplomats by including an unprecedented threat to annihilate another u.n. member state the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to turn only destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime the words with just the sort of language that earlier the u.n. secretary general had warned against fiery talk can lead to fatal misunderstandings the solution must be political and this is a time for statesmanship. we must not sleepwalk our way into war president trumps foreign policy challenges a growing his critics say it's only of his own making he doesn't now just face possible confrontation with one nuclear power north korea but with a second one iran too as he continues to suggest he's likely to pull out of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal the iran deal was on

u.n. general assembly address but china has announced new moves to reduce energy supplies to north korea in line with the latest round of u.n. sanctions it started limiting its oil exports to pyongyang and is reducing shipments of certain types of petroleum and natural gas beijing would also ban textile imports one of north korea's main sources of foreign revenue on thursday the u.s. president donald trump announced that china had ordered its banks to stop dealing with pyongyang the chinese government has since denied that the white house is also targeting north korea's energy medical mining and transport industries and the u.s. treasury says it could sanction anyone who owns or controls a port of entry that agent brown has more now from beijing. what china has now essentially begun implementing what it agreed to at the united nations security council on saturday a statement appeared on the website of china's commerce ministry it said that as of now china was no longer importing textiles from north korea textiles have been until now an important source of hard currency for the regime also a

u.n. general assembly for secretary general guttierez. >> moos dang >> most dangerous crisis is the nuclear risk. >> donald trump has made the u.n. unexpectedly relevant. we thought that trump would trash the organization, but his single biggest foreign policy priority containing north korea is being handled right here in the security council. >> reporter: trump will also call for more he reform of the u.n., unclear if he again decommadhands changing of the marble. richard roth, cnn. >>> a russian attack injured members of the u.s. backed syrian forces. the strike hit the rebel group near the former isis stronghold. both russian troops and coalition forces are trying to push isis fighters out of that ordinary. it is not a coordinated effort as the u.s. backed forces who want to overthrow the syrian president bashar al assad. hamas is paving the way for possible reconciliation between the west bank and gaza. very important story, we'll explain to you right after the break. >>> a story just in, the palestinian group hamas says it is ready to dissolve the committee that rules gaza and hold gen

u.n. general assembly this week. because most of the world got on board with this agreement that the u.s. lechltd nd. trump's position seems to be the same as it was in june other than this bit of a blip. he may have another issue to address in terms evof climate again. >> there's this issue. a rumor about a tweak. there's also the talks the president had with democrats about daca, which came to the surprise of his own party. so we've seen more ideological advisers of the president leave the white house. is this a sign, brian that perhaps more traditional republicans are gaining some ground here? >> i don't think so. i think trump is still governing like a republican, but he's still an impulsive person. i don't think he's changed draw mat cla matically. i think his signaling that he is willing to work on something, like daca, just shows that can he read a poll. so i don't think that we've seen some new and totally different trump so far, and i think that the world, going into the general assembly is really worried ab

u.n. general assembly trying to urge the u.n. member states to work together to isolate north korean regime until it seems is what he called its hostile behavior he also made it clear that the u.s. would not shrink from radical military action found inspiration in its respect for human nature human dignity. as we call it i think we're having some technical problems that if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket men is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime the united states is ready willing and able but hopefully this will not be necessary that's what the united nations is all about are going to pull in our correspondent alexander phenomena she joins us now from new york an evening to you alexandra we've already heard lots of a green rhetoric between washington and pyongyang was mr trump's warning today just more of the same. well that's the question everyone here is asking themselves u.n. officials and experts and ask secretary general of nato sto

u.n. general assembly. moments over the past seven. welcome back we'll start by looking at weather conditions across australia this time we're going to be seeing a change in temperatures for parts of south australia through into victoria as the wind changes from the southwest more and towards the west so melbourne will see the temperatures coming up to eighteen degrees as we head on through into wednesday and it should improve across times maybe i seventy look at highs of just twenty showers on the coast of queensland probably dying out of that stage and rather on the cosign for perth with the mix some nineteen degrees across into new zealand's been very unsettled here in recent days and we've still got this area of low pressure circulating close to the north on this the showers here there's a little bit of a gap across the south on a before the next weather system pushes in across the tasman sea produces more wet some windy weather as we head on through into wednesday so let's head up then into northeastern parts of asia.

on tuesday trump will address the general assembly amid concerns of global crises the u.s. president america first policy and his support for the u.n. . when he was under phenomenas covering the u.n. general assembly in new york for us this week and evening to you alexandra will president truong tomorrow find a link from make america great again to perhaps make the united nations great. you know friend that's actually what the president said a couple of days ago i asked about his visit here to the united nations he said let's make united nations great now it's again he added just great so he apparently is on a very ambitious mission here but talking about reforms we have to say that many experts here say that the united nations is. need for reforms nuts to convince donald trump as he and his administration to stay committed to the organization by us but in order to survive. do we know what trump expects from u.n. reform which is champ being where they lean are you when would it have more influence on north korea's dictator for example. well frankly speaking i don't think so because it's not a matter of having money or less or more

u.n. general assembly and the intensification of competition and corporate tax rate. is bloomberg. ♪ coverage continue our of the u.n. general assembly in new york city. president trump gave his first united nations address thing he's committed to reforming the u.n. a specialis joined by guest for this week's event. shery: i'm with angel gurria. always great to see you. thank you for coming in. we have to talk about president trump's entrance at the u.n. general assembly. it's his first. many people have labeled this the most tedious cocktail party in the world. will he be able to navigate the institution successfully? >> i think he is requesting reform. the requestremember for reform of the united nations is practically a constant. there's also a question of looking at the costs which always a request and we have the secretary general who is committed to reform who understands the need for reform who is himself a leader and therefore understands the role of the united nations. those of us who have been foreign minister is very familiar with the united nations and its

u.n. general assembly earlier this week and now joins me live with more on that. caleb tell us more about their reaction to trump speech. well the united nations general assembly here in manhattan has not yet concluded but already we're starting to see the results of donald trump's debut performance now at a podium it's usually used to promote peace and dialogue we heard donald trump launch into attack and attack on several countries now the top target in trump's remarks was north korea threaten to destroy. he said that it imperils the world with nuclear conflict and afterwards we now see north korea threatening an unprecedented weapons test in the pacific as washington has just slapped them with more sanctions let's take a listen to that exchange the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself words out we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea. rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime through their kind of measure will be taken is decided by the chairman of the state affairs commissio

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u.n. general assembly. has a stake in this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up strong aftershocks around mexico city slowed down search and rescue efforts after tuesday's earthquake. germany's candidates wrap up their election campaigns before sunday's vote. and the spanish government takes control of catalonia is police the latest move in its efforts to stop an independence referendum. north korea's foreign minister has launched a scathing attack on u.s. president donald trump really young hole told the un general assembly the insults towards kim jong un make a north korean rocket launch towards the u.s. mainland inevitable in his words diplomatic editor james various reports from the united nations democratic people's republic of korea this was the podium where four days earlier president trump threatened to totally destroy north korea now it was time for the country's top diplomat to give his blistering reply. due to his lack of basic common knowledge and proper sentiment he tried to insult the s

u.n. general assembly.ember, this comes after president trump's speech there in which he promised to totally destroy north korea if it threatened the u.s. and its allies, and then after kim jong un -- the leader of north korea -- calling president trump mentally deranged. also after, as you recall, a north korean foreign minister saying that north korea could detonate an h-bomb over the pacific ocean. and, yes, this also comes after a bit of a scare today on the korean peninsula. late saturday korean time there were reports of an earthquake in northeastern north korea, 3.5 on the richter scale, shallow. chinese authorities said it was related to an explosion, but then south korea weighed in, united states weighed in, and they're saying it's a natural quake. but they're saying it might be a geological shift related to that nuclear test that to occurred there earlier this month. meanwhile in pyongyang, very well-orchestrated mass rally today against the united states, 100,000 supposedly turned out. one of the

u.n. after he attends his first general assembly. caribbean islands prepare for yet another hurricane as countably five maria makes landfall. and u.s. backed kurdish forces say they're ready to fight syrian government troops if they enter that territory. i mean miles de facto leader and sang suchi is shortly due to make her first public speech on the violence in rakhine state she's come under widespread criticism for failing to condemn what the u.n. is calling the ethnic cleansing of range of muslims the u.s. has also called on me and ma to end military operations against the ranger and allow access for humanitarian support we'll take you to a news conference live when it happens but first scott had a looks back at the issue. when on songs to cheese party the national league for democracy enjoyed a sweeping victory in two thousand and fifteen selection it was welcomed as a new chapter in myanmar's history a more democratic one after fifty years of government control by the military. but just over a year in office on song suchi is fac

u.n. reform says he attends his first general assembly and criticizes the global body for not living up to his potential. the united states asks me and mar to end its military operation in a kind state which has cost hundreds of thousands of ranger muslims from their homes. in iraq and vow to hold an independence referendum despite a supreme court order suspending the boat. and out of isolation a nasa research team emerges from an eight month simulation of life on mars. u.s. president donald trump has made his debut at the united nations an organization he's slated in the past pretty clearly repeated his previous criticism saying that the world body is not living up to its potential because of bureaucracy as well as mismanagement but this time he's promised that the u.s. would help reform the united nations to make it stronger and more effective our diplomatic editor james bays reports now from new york. diplomats were wary about this trumps first trip to the united nations as president. trump has railed against the u.n. many times in the past suggesting it's inefficient and bloated at tim

u.n. general assembly. we're live with the president's agenda and the two world leaders noticeably absent from this week's event. >>> the big winners at the emmy awards. see the most talked about appearance from sean spicer. >>> a few jaws dropped. >> yes, they did. >>> good morning to you all. we start off with hurricane threats increasing in the caribbean and all the way up the east coast. >> right now millions are under a tropical storm watch from delaware to massachusetts as hurricane jose closes in. this is a very rare thing for parts of the northeast and hurricane maria is making its way toward the leeward islands including barbuda and st. martin. >> a number of projections as to where maria will go next but most have it passing over puerto rico, the dominican republic and haiti and also expected to gain strength. >> now, in addition to jose and maria, tropical storm lee is churning in the atlantic. busy the most concern. this morning, the caribbean bracing for a new hit. hurricane maria gathering str

u.n. general assembly.and three days of mourning i've been declared in mexico were at least two hundred thirty people have been killed in the worst earthquake to hit the country in thirty years rescuers pulled one survivor from the rubble after being trapped for more than thirty six hours. thousands of people are holding a rally in the yemeni capital sana'a it marks the third anniversary of the hoose the rebels takeover of that city on wednesday a top leader accuse the west and its allies of causing chaos in the country. as we said the immoralities are the front for the americans and today they're stealing yemen's natural gas despite the suffering of the yemeni people in both sana and people are suffering from issues related to both natural gas and petrol either in not being able to find it or not being able to benefit from its wealth in all of this the yemeni people are not the ones who benefit the iraqi government has announced a new offensive against isis forces have started to advance on the group's str

u.n. general assembly his most memorable moments over the past seventeen years and three months after the war pipeline though championships in seoul north korea are holding their own version of the. business update brought to you by they always going places together. business update brought to you by they always going places together. the united states has celebrated the best of the year's t.v. entertainment at the emmy awards after one of the most incredible twelve months in u.s. political history i guess it's no surprise that political satire dominated this year's event and as kathy lopez hardy and reports the ceremony also featured a most unexpected comeback oh yes. it's the best of the small screen with all the big names. political satire but most of it focusing on president donald trump took center stage i'm like the presidency emmys go to the winner of the popular vote. in an unexpected twist former white house press secretary sean spicer rocked himself and the president he referenced his first media conference where he defended the crowd size that trump's inauguration. was already

u.n. general assembly. and this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up strong aftershocks around mexico city slow down search and rescue efforts after tuesday's earthquake germany's main candidates wrap up their election campaigns ahead of sunday's vote. spain's government takes control of catalonia is police the latest move and its efforts to stop an independence referendum. are being more angry words of the united nations general assembly this time from north korea its foreign minister says u.s. president donald trump is remarks calling kim jong un a rocket. and reversible mistake the comments happened the same day u.s. long range bombers flew along the north coastline in a show of force and a magnitude three point four earthquake has been detected close to north korea's nuclear test site it's not thought it was another weapons test our diplomatic editor james bass has the latest from the united nations democratic people's republic of korea this was the podium with. president trump threatening to tot

u.n. general assembly. the u.s. esident will make his first ever address to the general assembmbly tomorrow. today, he is hosting a meeting to try to get support for his plan to reform the u.n. by cutting costs and reducing overlap. he will give a speech on that reform later today. we will broadcast that live for you on france 24. push comes as his administration would drastically cut u.s. support to the u.n. in his budget. for more, let's bring in just 1108 -- >> consider this. in the past, donald trump has referred to this organization as a club where people get together, talk, and have a good time. that has not gone down well here. but he is the one -- the united states called for this meeting on reform. but it ought to be the secretary-general who ought to the the decisions to make organization more cost effective. but the real concern is the budget. the trump administration has repeatedly complained about how large its conjugations are and called for them to be slashed. the u.n. already cut its peacekeeping budg

u.n. general assembly. the president's down front and center in the picture on the front page of the "wall street journal." getting your thoughtos any topic, it can be the president's u.n. address or others. iris in oakland, california, line for democrats. iris, go ahead. caller: i'm just hoping, i spoke with the city council in oakland regarding the homeless people, people living on the street necessary oakland and all over the world, all over the country. i'm hoping somebody will come up with something other than encampment for homeless people and other than stending taxpayer money, $90,000 i've heard in oakland and not accomplishing anything. i'm hoping somebody somewhere will come up with a good idea how to address this. maybe affordable housing. host: what is your good idea iris? affordable house something caller: my good idea is affordable housing for homeless people and also a lot of people on the street because they can't apply for social security because if you have a felony, change felonys to misd

u.n. general assembly, he made a very strong speech.elieve that speech will help contain north korea. thank you very much. >> thank you very much and i'm very happy you used the word despicable. i promise i do not tell him to. [translator for president trump speaking] >> because of the fact that our trade deal is so bad for the united states, we're focused on the military. we want to make it fair for everybody. our real focus will be on military and our relationships with south korea which is excellent. we start that process right now, thank you very much. thank you. >> jon: as the assembled trump team heard the reporters and photographers out of the room, again, there are big developments with north korea, the chinese central bank has told chinese banks to stop doing business with north korean customers. also, the u.s. is taking actions, new actions against the north korean states, so all of that taking place against the backdrop of the presidents meetings with the south korean president moon jae-in. you heard him say trade with south

u.n. general assembly today during a bilateral meeting with afghan president. he said that joint afghan and u.s. forces were making headway against their opposition quote hitting them hard and hitting them effectively a military is as you know. over there right now and doing really an incredible job more of leadership than fighting we're leading a lot of wonderful afghan troops who are fighting very hard ghani also praised strunk's decision to strengthen the u.s. forces by standing up to thirty nine hundred more troops on top of the roughly eighty four hundred americans currently there i want to thank you on behalf of the people of understand that government for making a decision that is the story. you asked very fundamental questions you made this decision. on that basis courage and determination we salute you and another meeting with ukrainian president petro poroshenko he said ukraine is coming along pretty well and express the two countries are working together on both security and economic matters we spent some time recently in the white house and i know y

u.n. general assembly a sitting u.s. president vowed to was completely destroyed north korea if it poses an imminent and imminent threat to the united states or to any of its allies it's rather shocking given that the u.n. was created after world war two when the world was saying with one voice that it should try to prevent war it should try to promote peace wherever possible and that the united nations should be the venue where trying to achieve peace should be the top priority certainly a number of diplomats were highly critical of donald trump's decision to make such a blatant threat to the north korean government at this particular venue it's not unusual that presidents will threaten one country or another for any number of reasons but they typically do it either while giving a speech or while talking to reporters in fact barack obama said a very similar message but through a u.s. television network about two years ago you don't see this sort of thing happening at the united nations which is supposed to be the center

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u.n. general assembly or one of the highlights of the u.n. general assembly donald trump the thirteenth president to come to the united nations. in a development of this every year when world leaders gather in new york in september they listen carefully to the words of the most powerful person on earth but for the first time since the u.n. was created at the end of the second world war the u.s. president who addressed them from this podium is someone who at times has appeared to question the multilateral order the united nations represents. diplomats are wary of what president trump will say in his nine months in office he's already attended nato g. seven and g. twenty summits on the global stage he's appeared at times uncertain his actions unpredictable donald trump does not perform well a big international summits when he attended a nato summit he actually managed to physically push another leader out of the way and his advisors must hope that he will be back here because this is his last chance to really convince other world leaders that he

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u.n. general assembly his first speech to world leaders let's listen in. on behalf of the general assembly i have the honor to welcome to the united nations his excellent c. donald trump president of the united states of america and to invite him to address this and. mr secretary general. mr president world leaders and distinguished delegates welcome to new york it is a profound honor to stand here in my home city as a representative of the american people to address the people of the world as millions of our citizens continue to suffer the effects of the devastating hurricanes that have struck our country i want to begin by expressing my appreciation to every leader in this room who has offered assistance and aid. the american people are strong and resilient and they will emerge from these hardships more determined than ever before fortunately the united states has done very well since election day last november. the stock market is at an all time high a record unemployment is at its lowest level in sixteen years and because of our regulatory and other ref

u.n. general assembly and it was an incredible experience sitting in the general assembly and listening to his speech. he signed last week in new york and executive order which gives the treasury department the most extensive powers on sanctions

u.n. general assembly and many of them were quite astonished and happy to see the german foreign minister here only a few days before the german election so the speech went down pretty well and the reason for that might be what you just said that in the he's an address the german foreign minister tried to set a sort of counterpoint to mr trump's message to the you and general assembly saying that putting your country first cannot solve any problems it can only lead to more conflicts and less prosperity and stressing that germany had experienced that that germany has learned from its history that it's international and he wrote responsibility first that. helped germany become a world see and respected nations all right so gabrielle in addition to those comments also tried to save the nuclear deal with iran want to let's take a listen to what exactly he had is that this is this year it is more important than that the architecture for arms control does not. exist existing treaties must not be called into question. just goes especially for the nuclear agreement with iran. was it what do you t

u.n. general assembly. with the secretary general will speak in just moments about reforming the u.n. we'll bringing those remarks live. >>> all eyes on trump at the u.n. preparing to address world leaders for the first time today and his big address comes tomorrow. looming large, north korea's threat and u.s. officials warning pyongyang time is running out for a peaceful solution. let's start with north korea. as i'm sure you heard nikki haley yesterday on this network talking about the latest round of sanctions nunanimously passe by the security council as sanctions that strangled the north korean economy. interestingly, the president called them, quote, not a big deal. how do you see it? >> any time we can bring the united nations together and we work in unison, we're better off. second of all, north korea is a threat not just to the united states but to a lot of people in that region. they are a threat to world peace. that's just the way that it is. so the fact that the united nations is working with us

u.n. general assembly today i'm come all santamaria here in doha as we continue our coverage of the united nations general assembly from new york we've got a panel here to discuss that closest to me self and body count is the director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at doha institute next to him then the director of the out of the earth center for studies and next to him who is an assistant professor of politics and international relations program at doha institute as well and also joining us getting late at night so thank you for staying up donald kirk journalist and author on north korea and i think we should probably start with you because if i'm to quote the u.s. president's. on north korea if we have to defend ourselves and our allies quote we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man kim jong un is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime did you expect anything like that donald. i expected him to talk tough and strong but no i do not expect him the dog quite that tough and quite that strongly i don't know what's more surprising he's

u.n. this is not just the first general assembly week for the new u.s. president and tony terrorists became u.n. secretary general at the start of the year he plans a program of modernization and streamlining president trump is also planning to hold a meeting on u.n. reform but some diplomats fear that may simply be an attempt to further slash the organizations budget. right shame so with this being at donald trump's first first foray into the u.n.g.a. well people there be looking to him as u.s. president for for leadership as has been the case in the past i mean how do you think he's going to be perceived or taken there. well i think people will be watching this very very closely they've seen the pronouncements of this president since he came into office in january from that inauguration speech america first and i can tell you they are very wary indeed i think they're not perhaps as nervous as they were about the whole idea of u.n. reform that he's. holding this meeting on in the coming hours at the beginning of the administration they were very very con

u.n. general assembly earlier in the week to iran has launched a missile test in response to the un address iran says the rocket is meant for defense and retaliation six point two magnitude earthquake has forced mexicans back into the streets the aftershock is a setback for rescue efforts following tuesday's quake that killed at least three hundred people campaigning has closed ahead of sunday's general election in germany polls suggest chancellor angela merkel will easily win a fourth term in sunday's election but a third of voters are still undecided fuelling uncertainty about what kind of coalition could emerge from the vote marco's main challenger martin schulz has urged germans to boycott the far right and. the party the spanish central government has placed castle and police under its command in another bid to try to block in next weekend's independence referendum leaders have opposed the move calling it an unacceptable interference spain's sending an extra three to four thousand police officers to catalonia to block the october the first vote those are the headlines the news continue

u.n. general assembly where the u.s. president's debut speech is likely to focus on north korea and iran. we want to find out why this exodus is happening and sons response to accusations of ethnic cleansing in me and maher. more violence in syria warplanes bombed a school and a hospital in the province. world leaders are arriving at the united nations headquarters for the annual general assembly one hundred ninety three heads of states will be presenting their views main topics of discussion include north korea's nuclear threats. crisis and climate change we'll have extensive coverage including analysis and reaction from here in the studio but first let's go over to our diplomatic editor james bays he joins us now from the united nations james every year there is a main theme a lot of people are saying that this is it is donald trump. well i think it's donald trump certainly because this is his first outing on the world stage but in terms of the items we're going to be listening to him his speech and in many other speec

u.n. this is not just the first general assembly week for the new u.s. president and tony terrorists became u.n. secretary general at the start of the year he plans a program of modernization and streamlining president trump is also planning to hold a meeting on u.n. reform but some diplomats fear that may simply be an attempt to further slash the organizations budget. zira at the united nations. today of all hour a rare local election is being held in the south after a twenty year wait security is tight in the area where at least fifty five people have been killed during political protests in the past two years so banished restoral port. preparations are almost complete a local election is finally happening here after a twenty year wait elections are like festivals in the park and there is much excitement but not among villagers in mind arkadi one hundred seventy two families who lost their homes in the floods last month are taking refuge on this strip of road most are from what the pollies called the low cost community daytime temperatures soar to thirt

u.n. general assembly. what it will mean for critical issues including the iran nuclear agreement north korea and the future of human operations. billionaire climate activists joins us with his take on the policy andn between climate change. the trump administration may be seeking some kind of middle ground on the paris climate or. plus now the famed rolling stone magazine is up for sale. what it means for baby boomers everywhere and the future of the publishing industry. julie hyman is with us. we are halfway into the trading day in the u.s.. continuing the trend we saw last week that pushed the s&p 500 above 2500 for the first time all three major averages are at record once again as we see this upward trend and investors are keeping an eye on at whichs fed meeting they are anticipating some details of the fed balance sheet wind down. all three major averages are higher. one trend we have seen change in the last week or so is that stocks have continued to go up we have not seen the same for bonds. we have

u.n. general assembly he will address the group tomorrow north korea will likely be a large focus of the president'sech in an interview yesterday on cnn u.n. ambassador nikki haley emphasized president trump recognized it. >> it was not an empty threat. what we were doing is being irresponsible. north korea is being irresponsible and reckless, we were being responsible by trying to use every diplomatic possibility we can do. we have pretty much exhausted everything we can do at the security council at this point. >> the u.n. security council adopted a set of responses last week. >>> shinzo abe is reportedly calling for a snap election as soon as next month the move comes as abe's approval rating has recovered helped by jitters of a north korean missile and nuclear test reports say abe has told members of his liberal party he may dissolve the other house of parliament an op ed abe says they must remain if you go early to the polls, albeit not drastically early, his position is from a position of weakness as opposed to a strong position. trying to choose a time between now and the next year of being a

u.n. general assembly u.s. president says he signed an executive order that will allow tough new economic sanctions on north korea he made the announcement ahead of the meeting with the leaders of japan and south korea to discuss the nuclear threat posed by pyongyang a new executive order will cut off sources of revenue that fund north korea's efforts to develop the deadliest weapons known to human kind the order in hand says the treasury department's authorities to target any individual or entity that conduct significant trade in goods services or technology with north korea. or will be getting the view from wall street a bit later to see how u.s. businesses are going to be affected by those sanctions stay tuned for that it's coming up shortly in our business news. turning now to some other news around the world more than two hundred thirty people are confirmed dead following tuesday's earthquake in mexico rescue workers are still searching for survivors amongst the rubble of collapsed buildings one of the mos

u.n. general assembly address china has announced new moves to reduce energy supplies to north korea in line with the latest round of u.n. sanctions it started limiting its oil exports pyongyang and is reducing shipments of certain types of petroleum and natural gas beijing would also ban textile imports which is one of north korea's main sources of foreign revenue but on thursday u.s. president donald trump announced that china had ordered its banks to stop dealing with pyongyang but the chinese government assistance denied that the white house is also targeting north korea's energy medical mining and transport industries and the u.s. treasury says it could sanction anybody you know owns or controls a port of entry that brown has more now from beijing. what china has now essentially begun implementing what it agreed to at the united nations security council on saturday a statement appeared on the website of china's commerce ministry it said that as of now china was no longer importing textiles from north korea textiles have been until now an important source of hard currency for the regime

u.n. general assembly. then puerto rico devastated after hurricane maria beryl then leaving home the damage and the entire island without power. it's thursday september twenty first four pm here in washington d.c. i'm ashley banks and you're watching our team america we begin this hour with a more sanctions against north korea donald trump has signed an executive order that places new economic sanctions on north korea over the country's nuclear program this comes just days after trump promised to quote totally destroy the north korea at the address the u.n. general assembly artie's kayleigh moppin has the story in them announcing a new executive order just surnames. that significantly expands our authorities to target individuals companies financial institutions that finance and facilitate trade with north korea well here is the big announcement that we were anticipating from donald trump regarding new sanctions on north korea now from what we understand these sanctions will target individuals who have tran

u.n. general assembly where she basically explained there was no point talking directly to donald trump about this crisis but she has seen at the u.n. and also at the border area saying the same thing bangladesh is prepared to help has there been an increased flow of help from bangladesh into that border area into the refugee camps there has been very it is definitely not adequate but on the other hand giving them the benefit of. the just sheer number of refugees scattered all across this border as distinct and cox about that it's very difficult to organize any one particular area and distribute really now that our government has ordered the army to be deployed the presence of military police i think once the army takes over the situation will improve a bit because there will be more centralized distribution and talk of that the international community should start sending more relieved particularly weatherproof than that it's been one of the key issues in their owing a camp they exposed to the weather and bad. rain inundated with flood water that is a real threat to the community living in t

u.n. general assembly and this is the seventy second year of the high level week of the general assembly we certainly never heard such language from a u.s. president but i'm not sure despite some very provocative and bombastic speeches over the years we've ever heard it from any world leader a threat to totally destroy another u.n. member state there is concern among diplomats i can tell you about this sort of talk it's very hard they say now for president trump to back down and certainly in the past we've not seen north korea and kim willing to back down at any stage and it's ramping up the rhetoric and the danger some would say certainly the secretary general of the united nations in his speech and he spoke about ninety minutes before trump said fahri talk fear lead to fatal misunderstanding. yeah i'm james it was quite extraordinary i listening into that speech i guess the key question now is where does that leave the issue of north korea and crucially how worried is south korea going to be by this provocative language. well we're going to hear of course from the south koreans and from t