u.n. security council can't achieve this through diplomatic and legal means because the u.n. security council that you just watched and the very deadlocked u.n. 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 negot

u.n. 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

u.n. says more than one hundred sixty thousand people have made it across the mediterranean to europe this year about three thousand have drowned on bernard smith al-jazeera well as we mentioned the un security council is holding a briefing on the libyan slavery crisis and like a lot has been there. like one a week after the u.n. security council passed a resolution condemning the traffic in 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've 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 this is what the u.k. ambassador had to say today let us stand together as an international community in our commitment to eliminate the a bar and crime of modern slavery and human trafficking and safeguard the lives and dignity of those who are most vulnerable like many libyans in country i share the discussed in grave concern that the news footage from last week i'm deeply concerned that civilians continue to suffe

u.n. 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

u.n. 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

u.n. security council will convene on wednesday following the latest missile launch by north korea it's believed pyongyang fired an intercontinental ballistic missile the first such launch in two months earlier the security council held an emergency meeting to discuss reports of human trafficking in libya evidence has emerged that hundreds of people are be in modern day slave markets in libya for as little as four hundred dollars. a libyan accused of involvement in the two thousand and twelve attack on the u.s. embassy in the city of benghazi has been convicted on terrorism charges in the u.s. however. was cleared on the more serious offense of murder. kenya's president uhuru kenyatta has urged his divided nation to move for months of political upheaval after being sworn in for a second term elsewhere in nairobi and least two people were killed when police clashed with supporters of the opposition leader. catherine sort of reports now from the cup. looking out to arrive for his inauguration to a rousing welcome from tens of thousands of supporters the to as relieved as their reelected president

say very strongly what it will mean for the people of yemen the security council of course is the body that can take action under the u.n. 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 m

u.n. 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

u.n. security council actually plan on doing about this well what has happened is that a week ago the u.n. security council met this spate exact issue and passed a resolution condemning the practice of slavery generally saying that more must be done to combat it for france this was not enough so france and other members decided to call this emergency session that is happening now to find ways in which to address the issue france clearly thinking that more needs to be done then just a simple statement from the u.n. security council they've got to explore ways in which to and not only the practice of slavery in a country like libya but also all those factors that lead to it in other words the causes the issues of forced migration of refugees fleeing conflict or poverty in their countries and of course the answer on the other side of the european union for example putting new restrictions on refugees and those immigrants trying to get in or get out of conflicts earns the whole argument being that what is happening in libya is a direct consequence of a mass of other forces this is what the u.k

u.n. 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

u.n. security council will hold an emergency session on wednesday after north korea launches its long range ballistic missile. a u.s. jury acquits a man accused of carrying out the two thousand and twelve benghazi attack on the most serious challenges. well the u.n. security council will make to tackle the grim business of people trafficking as evidence mounts the trade is booming. and it's boom time for but corners the cryptocurrency surges past the ten thousand. south korea's president is chairing a national security meeting after the u.s. detected an intercontinental ballistic missile launcher from north korea well president and is calling the launch a serious threat to world peace japan says the rocket was fired on the state trajectory from pyongyang and reached an altitude of four thousand kilometers before landing with an its watches tokyo requested an emergency meeting of the un security council which has been shadowed for three p.m. on wednesday u.s. defense secretary james mattis said the launch was the highest yet and shows that the north poses a worldwide threat nato says pyongya

u.n. 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

u.n. security council russia's transparent use of it security council status to block this investigation again shows that as a party to the conflict it cannot credibly play a leading role in the political process such as convening the syrian parties in such the british ambassador to the un revealed you will no place for russia in syria's political process but there it is this is the reason why this backhanded story goes on to question russia's role in the political process. there killers russia is a crucial player in this in syria in this war in syria and it is part is done in the sense that it supports the syrian government but then western governments including the british government parties are on the move those supporting the armed opposition so sorry that somebody cannot take part because they are supporting one side or the other is absurd we want people who are involved in the problem to be out the solution so all people should be there including russia and the united states. the french military says the international coalition syria had opposed the deal that allowed eisel terrorist safe

security council. a russian veto at the u.n. security council signals the end of an investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria. and tendernesses al jazeera live from the house a coming up an australian youth detention centers ordered to close after shocking revelations of abuse. zimbabwe's military says it's making progress in talks with president robert mugabe after the army took control. this is about giving hard working taxpayers bigger paychecks more take home pay these are given those families are struggling peace of mind the u.s. house approves the first major tax overhaul in three decades pushing donald trump closer to what would be his first big victory while in office. russia has vetoed a u.n. security council resolution to extend the investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month universe again it's found the syrian government was responsible for a chemical attack in her and show her in april eighty people died and many of them were children or diplomatic as a james bays reports from new

u.n. security council on syria and one of 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 hailey 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

u.n. security council is due to meet on the issue.called proceedings in the appeal case of six bosnian croat is convicted of war crimes have been suspended one of them has drunk a substance which he says is poisoned the atrocities were committed between one thousand nine hundred two and one thousand four in bosnia and herzegovina as the former yugoslavia broke apart. for the second day in a row pope francis has avoided using the name of myanmar's persecuted minority but the roman catholic leader preached a message of forgiveness in his first public mass in myanmar's largest city yangon he also called on people to resist the temptation for revenge scott aila reports from yangon. the people of myanmar were finally able to get a good look at pope francis this time more than a quick way out of a window. his popemobile is built so he can be seen unlike his convoy of vehicles that have been travelling through the streets of yangon since monday on the sprawling grass fields of the checkers and grounds in the city center. the part of hell the

u.n. security council. unequivocally endorses further investigations that we're not going to get very far in fact even yesterday in a wrister and east cuter suburbs of damascus chlorine barrel bombs were dropped on civilians again by the regime so the moment we're in and impasse but this to boot on using chemical weapons which has been broken since the first war when not even hitler used chemical weapons militarily but now we're seeing the syrian regime which is under the guise and guarded by the russians using this almost a daily occurrence and we must look at other ways to try and prevent this happening is that the moment we're going to see this spread or not not just in the middle east but no doubt elsewhere where you have this terrorists wanting to attack us around the girl and chemical weapons are very good at doing that so clearly what you're saying to us point number one is chemical weapons are a present danger in the the syrian conflict but is there another system that's already in operation perhaps

u.n. 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

u.n. security council now he's left their meeting they are still meeting as we speak and i'm sure that warning will concentrate minds everything they say at the u.n. is gauged in terms of not just its effect in terms of the humanitarian situation but also in terms of the political and diplomatic situation it's worth telling you that mr low cost spoke on monday to member states of the united nations then he was very very careful with his language and said i need to be careful because i'm addressing the security council on wednesday between now and then i need to speak to keep parties about the situation keep parties i'm sure he meant saudi arabia it's worth telling you also that the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists spoke in the last few hours to the saudi foreign minister it's pretty clear to me with a bit of deduction that in those calls the u.n. said well look we could say this we could put forward the never travel effects of what you're doing with this total blockade not allowing any aid in and we can explain it to the world if you don't start to allow some aid in and it's clea

u.n. security council met today to talk about the humanitarian situation and you know what we said which which i feel very strongly about is that the u.n. security council already has a mechanism for sanctioning people in yemen who are committing growth violations and one of those violations is the obstruction of humanitarian assistance so what we're saying is ok u.n. security council you already have means in place to make it very clear to the parties to the conflict be it the saudi led coalition or the self or sense that if they obstruct aid there will be clear and concrete consequences and far past time they did so because you have people in the governments of us or the u.k. or france sort of issuing road recitations of concern but not actually following up on that so it's not enough for the u.k. with us to say we're worried about famine in yemen at this point it's up to the members of the u.s. military council and particularly those allied with saudi arabia to be using all the leverage at their disposal to be pushing these people to actually make changes to the ways in which they're fighti

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 day slavery why do we. not here disputes that libya is now a failed state but many argue that those who were affected the overthrow of the gadhafi government six years ago must share responsibility for the consequences of the political vacuum that was created among them the abuse of migrants and refugees who fled their native lands just up the road the security council discusses what is to be done in. france calls for a strong expression of condemnation from the security council the horrific images emerging in recent weeks shocking as 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 prot

u.n. security council russia's transparent use of it security council status to block this investigation again shows that as a party to the conflict it cannot credibly play a leading role in the political process such as convening the syrian parties in such. the british ambassador to the un revealed you want no place for russia in syria's political process but the need there it is this is the reason why this backhanded story goes on to question russia's role in the political process that's ridiculous but russia evolved from the problem to be a sort of terrorist safe passage from their former stronghold of russia the coalition was not for this agreement which unable to foreign fighters were among them boy and some of them have already might have fled the city we followed these buses as they departed if an opportunities presented themselves to conduct strikes against any potential isis fighters were and we would have we would have provided civilians are a part of their convoy leave the cities and go and say with a one hundred percent certainty that every single fighter was identified coming out

u.n. security council primarily by china but also by russia. you know myanmar has not ratified the rome statute they're not a member of the court and so the only way to get persons in myanmar referred to the international criminal court would be through the u.n. security council and so that's why we spent so much time trying to break that deadlock and and try to get more information about to the tolly about sexual and gender based violence we're going to have a major report released tomorrow you know looking at the systematic use of rape. against rohingya women and girls too you know you push them out of their area to basically terrify them and traumatize them in a way that they would not want to come back to the area again sort of fulfilling the ethnic cleansing aspects of this but also contributing to the crimes against humanity that we've talked about so you know we we think that these these these words do matter i think that matt is absolutely right in saying there has to be a really comprehensive investigation and the problem is the fact f

u.n. security council was unwilling to adopt russia's draft. findings of the existing commission would throw the whole thing back into the melting pot so they're just trying to stand on the existing position and resist any kind of change especially if it's your turn to. put forward by russia and russia and fortunately always in the minority in the security council. of the government the u.s. britain france particularly. meanwhile the french military say that the international coalition in syria had opposed a deal that allowed i saw terrorist safe passage from their former stronghold of. the coalition was not for this agreement which enabled islamic state terrorists to escape without being chased the convoy was monitored by drones but the terrorists were mixed in with the population which prevented strikes been carried out the city of racket was liberated in late october when the u.s. backed syrian democratic forces struck a deal with the terrorists the agreement allowed them to withdraw so i still controlled territory and at the time almost thr

u.n. security council and has gone as far as to threaten libya with sanctions libyan authorities have decided to open an investigation into the facts we wanted to go fast and if the libyan justice system cannot carry this procedure through then we should open international sanctions those threats are being leveled against the very government that the u.n. endorsed and helped form after the fall of gadhafi let's rewind back to two thousand and eleven. thank you. relief. western leaders of libya was on course to democracy yet it turned out to be a rather gruesome process here's what came next this video purportedly shows libyan rebels torturing groups of black africans they've been locked in cages with their hands tied behind their backs and many of them appear to have the all libyan flag

u.n. security council will hold an emergency meeting on wednesday. it went higher frankly than any previous they paid for research and development effort on their part of building ballistic missiles that could threaten. everywhere in the world basically and in response to the south koreans have fired some pinpoint missile out into the water to make certain north korea understand that they could be taken under fire by our ally but the bottom line is that the continued effort to build threat with big missile threat that endangered world peace regional peace and sort of united states the man accused of masterminding the two thousand and twelve benghazi attack has been acquitted of the most serious charges against him. as 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 u.n. security council has held an emergency session on human trafficking in libya evidence has emerged of hundreds of people being auctioned there for as little a

u.n. security council resolution to extend the world body's investigation into the use of chemical weapons in syria last month u.n. investigators found the syrian government was responsible for the chemical weapons attack in a handshake and in april in which eighty people died many of those were children diplomatic editor james bays reports from new york the tenth veto by russia in the u.n. security council on syria and one that ends 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 hailey accusing her russian colleague of bad faith by refus

u.n. security council just reinforces young's. ideology that it is alone in the world that hostile enemy nations are out to get it in particular the united states and it only causes the north korean regime to. make more inroads with its own people it gives the regime legitimacy to have sanctions placed on it so what was said at the u.n. security council does not mean that it will bring north korea back to any negotiating table and to its latest myside don't want to move to be the most advanced so far what all the options from washington to deal with what many of you as a major security threat and north korea's always been described as the land of bad options and this is no exception the u.s. doesn't have a lot of options right now of course there always is this factor of america launching a preemptive military strike something that the trump administration alludes to invade terms but that certainly is something that south korea does not want to see president moon has said that if the u.s. were to consider preemptive action it woul

vote of the russian federation saving the security council and preventing the manipulation of un mechanisms. it's being a couple of hours of high drama the u.n. security council with real significance for the war in syria if you look at the pictures right now the security council they've taken taken a very temporary recess but it's not over because the russians having withdrawn their rival rose resolution of got their allies the bolivians to put it back all along the russians wanted there's voted on second they're going to get their way and another vote in the security council shortly we think that again will be lost which will mean that neither resolution which would in different ways keep the inspection mechanism going is going to get voted on and it looks like the inspection mechanism will in a matter of hours with no one anymore is going to be investigating the use of chemical weapons in syria indeed the mandate for that joint inquiry on chemical weapons attacks in syria expiring in just a couple of hours thank you very much james bays watching everything there from the united nations well let's move on to our other top story this hour a

u.n. security council that would have frozen north korean leaders' as sets.and i said to myself, i didn't know there wasn't an asset that wasn't frozen already. and if it hasn't been frozen, why not? i mean, this is the sixth missile launch that they -- test they've done. if we haven't gotten to everybody, every significant north korean leader's assets internationally, which reports are they are significant, we know that they have no problem starving their own people for advancement of both the weapons, as well as their own aggrandizement. but, you know, what is -- what is treasury doing? is treasury going after those banks that hold those assets, as well? >> we are. >> okay. well, i would look forward -- maybe we could unpack this a bit more in a slightly different setting. but i think this is a significant, significant issue, and this is one of the few tools that we know has worked in the past. and that we need to continue to implement that. so with that, mr. chairman, i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the chair now recognizes the gentleman from w

u.n. security council's meeting tomorrow. north korea is the most sanctioned country in the world. is there anything the u.s. security council can do that ratchets it up. >> we passed two resolutions. we are always looking at new ways to apply pressure whether it be through the security council or unilaterally by the united states alone or a multilateral combination. we know there are other countries closer to the border of north korea that have much more leverage than the united states does. we don't really have diplomatic relations, economic ties. we want all the nations of the world to do more. that means russia and china at the utmost. the greatest amount of economic ties and leverage over north korea. we have seen progress. the president is encouraged by the progress he's seen, especially from the chinese government over the course of the year. i think we don't believe there's any country on earth that has exhausted all its alternatives. we think everybody can do more. we are encouraged by the progress and we're going to be pushing for more progress. >> bret: but today was dang

u.n. security council it follows pyongyang's intercontinental ballistic missile test on wednesday north korea says the launch proves it has the capability to hit the u.s. mainland well the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. issued a strong warning to north korea. north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from it we have never sought war with north korea and still today we do not seek it if war does come it will be because of continued acts of aggression like we witnessed yesterday and if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed the united arab emirates has dismissed allegations by the former egyptian prime minister ahmed shafik he's being stopped from traveling out she fixes he's being blocked from leaving the u.a.e. after he announced plans to run in egypt's presidential election next year she left egypt after he lost against the muslim brotherhood mahmoud morsi in the two thousand and eleven election u.s. president donald trump attacked the british prime minister to resume a condemnation of his anti islam retreats said th

u.n. 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

u.n. 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

u.n. security council holding an emergency meeting later on wednesday this new missile called. song fifteen was launched from young song not far from the capital reportedly reached a height of about four and a half thousand kilometers so let's put that in perspective that's ten times higher than the international space station flew for fifty three minutes before crashing into the sea off the coast of japan going out to al-jazeera kathy novak in seoul south korea's capital so kathy what has the or reaction been from both north korea and south korea. while widespread condemnation from south korea japan and china and the united states north korea though as you mentioned celebrations north korea says the launching of this intercontinental ballistic missile represents the completion of the development of its weapons program now south korea's president has spoken to the u.s. president donald trump on the phone and confirmed that this appears to be an advancement of the weapons technology that we have seen in the past from north korea the third i.c.b.m. test we saw two back in july th

u.n. security council is due to hold an emergency session in the coming hours now says it can reach the u.s. mainland. new song fifteen intercontinental ballistic missile through an altitude of up to four and a half thousand kilometers and travel nine hundred sixty kilometers spending nearly an hour in the air at that height the missile traveled more than ten times higher than the international space station which orbits four hundred eight kilometers above earth several weapons experts say the missiles lofted trajectory so that suggests an actual range of thirteen thousand kilometers which is enough to reach washington d.c. and any other part of the continental united states that also means europe which is seven thousand six hundred fifty nine kilometers away from north korea is reachable by missile kathy novak reports from south korea's capital seoul. it's being celebrated as a priceless victory in north korea state media says the country has completed its rocket system development with the successful test launch of a new long range missile and you're going to get the i.c.b.m. what song fi

u.n. security council there are still a few things that the u.n. security council can sanction so tougher restrictions on maritime interdictions of north korean ships talk of restrictions on migrant labor that north korea uses to earn revenue abroad and talk of restrictions on oil exports to north korea so there are some further steps the international community can take in terms of sanctions what about unilateral steps and by the u.s. itself was the united states have over the last many months been issuing varies unilateral sanctions primarily against chinese financial institutions who have been doing business with north korea so i think absolutely will see that trend continue and that's one of the tools that the u.s. president has it is his disposal and they're incredibly powerful and you saying in terms of international sanctions we might get something on migrant labor on on things around shipping perhaps but what can we expect in terms of direct u.s. action against north korea or at least on those chinese institutions to try and exert some put p

u.n. security council is to hold an emergency meeting on wednesday. the man accused mastermind of the two thousand and twelve benghazi attack has been acquitted on the most serious charges brought against him ahmed abu khattala 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 pope francis is in midmost largest city of yangon 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 hinge it to the minority 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 france's called for sanctions to be imposed on the traffickers. in the united states a vice president says president donald trump is considering when and how to move the u.s. embassy in israel to jerusalem in june trump signed

u.n. security council so we'll have to see how it plays out but we have been here before there'd be numerous missile launches numerous emergency sessions at the united nations security council what is likely intense discussion perhaps a resolution condemning the latest launch but what you may then see is the major powers sitting down talking once again about how to 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 kor

u.n. security council is expected to meet later today. >>> more breaking news this morning. a possible serial killer may be off the streets. this is a first look at the man accused of killing four neighborhood. police picked him up overnight. >> chris lawrence is at the live desk with the latest on this major arrest. chris, how did this happen? >> eun, aaron, they got a tip. police haven't released a lot of information about the suspect, but here's what we do know. the man's name is howell donaldson iii. he was arrested at a mcdonald's in tampa. there were probably a lot of families in there when the arrest went down. they've been searching for a suspect since the killings started in early october. they got a tip at a fast food restaurant. that was at mcdonald's. he doesn't appear to have a criminal history but one co-worker says she always knew something was off about him. >> when he's working with us, he's a strange dude. he's a different employee. >> these are

security council sanctions against. should not negatively impact relevant humanitarian assistance activities i thank you mr president. so we have been listening there to the chinese representative the chinese ambassador to the u.n. 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 w

u.n. bolivia was the only country to vote against the draft resolution of the security council alongside russia china and egypt abstained and the bolivian u.n. ambassador spoke exclusively to r.t. after the vote. we wanted to get a resolution because that resolution didn't represent the what we need for joining us. mechanism to to do our position is that there should be an independent impartial professional technical investigation of what happened there the report that the g.m. has issued a few weeks ago. and it has been. criticised by many members of the council we really believe that the investigation should be done in c. two so if we talk about the attack the leader of the late start the in. saw the g.m. the joint investigation mechanism a should go to that place and to collect evidence in order to have a more transparent independent and complete investigation of their difference different approaches to that but i think there's a common ground the common ground is that there should be investigations under one is that commit these kind of war crimes should be held accountable if the nations t

u.n. addressed moscow's concerns to the security council. what macabre would you suggest through she does the work exist in international structures reveal systemic deficiencies as regards to syrian chemical weapons reports the results of their investigation of incidents involving the use of poisonous substances are deeply disappointing the report issued two weeks ago concluded assad's government was behind the attack which left more than eighty people dead and also stated the sarin gas used can be traced to government stockpiles the mandate of the investigation expires in a week but moscow and washington are calling for its extension but on different terms more pain has the story the russian ambassador spoke to the meeting of the u.n. security council and he was less than enthusiastic about the report he pointed out to many problems with the report in many aspects of the way the investigation was done relying on third parties as being rather un satisfactory. investigators carried out their work remotely the report is full of admissions inco

u.n. security council is due to meet in an emergency session today. mola lenghi has our report. >> reporter: north korea announced it has successfully launched a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile. the pentagon confirmed a missile like this one was in the air for some 50 minutes soaring some 2,300 miles into space before splashing down in the sea of japan. >> it went higher, frankly, than any previous shots they've taken. it's a research and development effort on their part. >> reporter: japanese government sources said they suggested radio signals that suggested north korea was preparing for a test. they began firing ballistic missiles two or three a month beginning in april. mr. trump later offered a relatively muted response. >> it is a situation that we will handle. >> reporter: according to david wright from the union of concerned scientists, if the missile had fired at a tra joketry, it could have reached any part of the u.s. they say its new missile was being developed to defend the sovereignty and territorial integrity. on tuesday

u.n. 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

u.n. security council sanctions and resolutions put forward. now, at the same time, perhaps the most thorny part for president trump comes to trade and the economic relationship between the united states and china. for a long time he has been quite critical of china, but he sounded different in talking about their relationship here in beijing. >> both the united states and china will have a more prosperous future if we can achieve a level economic playing field. right now unfortunately, it is a very one-sided and unfair one. but -- but i don't blame china. i do blame past administrations for allowing this out of control trade deficit to take place and to grow. >> reporter: and the secretary of state said that the president's phrasing there may have been tongue in cheek about not blaming china. the economic imbalance is one of the mohs serious issues between the two nations. what is unclear is how much president xi will be working to try to help president trump resolve the north korean crisis as president trump has said it is beyond just these t