u.n. security council and countries respect them and countries and individuals in the breach them were prosecuted quite considerably in the united kingdom so that the u.k. has quite a robust process for. in forcing u.n. security mandate council. sanctions and take them very seriously i mean there are cases of. prosecutions involving iran and. countries that have u.n. security council imposed. sanctions so until countries are rather take their concerns the units are going to cancel and get the body to back them. it is moral indignation rather than practical politics when you talk about this argument you know if we're not selling arms and doing it responsibly then someone else will perhaps less so who controls the arms market particularly that you talked about the small arms market and the damage that small arms do to people worldwide is the collusion between the major powers about who sells what and and can that the arms trade truly ever be controlled and can't be controlled there's no collusion no you can't it's very very difficult to track you know what company and or china or pakistan or sri la

u.n. security council in new york now that it's one hundred it's a matter of who see as you can see the external to the united nations and also the u.n. security council president at this time i think he said he of the gender so let's listen to what he says what he's going to say i invite mr tiber the assistant secretary general for political affairs to participate in the meeting. it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda i give the floor to mr di broke variable. thank you mr president. as requested i would like to brief the security council. own ongoing developments in the islamic republic of iran under the again. the situation in the regions. as this is the first public meeting of the security council in two thousand and eighteen i would like on behalf of the department of political affairs to congratulate the six new elected members of the council on the assumption of their important responsibilities our so wish the security council successful he. is the president the protests in the islamic republic of iran started on twenty eight decem

u.n. security council. they they apply impose sanctions that are legal in forcible and nations are required to impose impose them but you know you have veto powers by the u.s. china u.k. france who can use those b. two powers to protect their friends now those veto powers and the u.n. security council is the main venue where real sanctions can be imposed on on states for doing things that will disapprove of unless the u.n. security council is going to impose a a arms embargo on saudi arabia. all those other treaties are of you know you call them second order issues they are moral indignation but they they have they don't have the same impact under international law now. in the case of iraq. you know they had arms embargoes imposed on them by the u.n. security council and countries respect them and countries and individuals in the breach them were prosecuted quite considerably in the united kingdom so that the u.k. has quite a robust process for. in forcing u.n. security council mandate. sanctions and take t

who run with what the united states are pulling in the un national security council meeting should be offensive to all members not just u.n. security council members but all u.n. members they're making a mockery of the united states on the one hand all the. protests around the world oh totally ignored i mean we saw not long ago. a young palestinian woman a sixteen year old who was arrested who are defending her whole life and how it's time to. restore trust and he's keen violated international law by giving jerusalem to israel and i guess that's the same body of lawmakers being the united nations do to by lives more lost and interior and country's sovereignty and you know the focus of the algiers accord and there are some certain powers and it is a huge a critical it's a star that's it just makes me wonder you know there's a good saying this is i i seem him doing wicked things and wonder why they're not ashamed doing that and i'm paraphrasing it you know. he talks about caring about prosperity and i want to. impose and sanction this. so i didn't interrupt but you bring up nikki haley i want to get your take on something t

u.n. security council has imposed sanctions on north korea. the 20 nations here in vancouver must work to make sure these measures are fully and faithfully ready and must use this meeting. they are important tools of diplomacy aimed at bringing north korea to the table and setting out the diplomatic path to a peace that we all seek. our message to have the people of north korea is clear. despie despite the brutal hardships that we face we know threat is the regime of north korea. the pursuit of nuclearization will bring you neither peace nor prosperity. the states represented harbor no hostility to north korea. on the contrary, we seek neither regime change nor a collapse. we are working to resolve this crisis and aiming for what is in our collective best interest. security and stability on the korean peninsula and throughout the world. we know this to be true. leading to a better, bragter, safer and more prosperous future for the north korean people. of all our dreams today there's none more important or so hard to realize than that of peace

u.n. security council meeting over anti-government protests in iran iran's foreign minister accused the u.sf meddling in its internal affairs at the meeting on friday the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley warned that the protests could spill over into an international problem at least twenty one people have been killed in the protests that began last week against iran's government and economic conditions in the country fourteen year old amin was killed at a demonstration in iran stories like he is the something must see a limit job he is every day the brooklyn based journalist visa key figure among exiled iranians she gives protesters back home a voice this man was hit by a pill it's when police broke up a demonstration. the level of anger is really hard just because they were oppressed before and now they didn't have any other option you know is that taking this and chanting against the supreme leader of iran a short distance away the u.n. security council holds an emergency meeting called by the us he'd says iran is brutally suppressing peaceful demonstrations human rights and freed

u.n. security council members were calling an emergency meeting over protests in iran. the author of a damning book on donald trump says he stands by everything he wrote in his dipics of a chaotic white house. >> i will tell you will the one description that everyone gave. everyone has in common. they all say he is like a child. >> the east coast of america in the grim of an arctic blast. at least 19 people have died and temperatures could fall to minus 40 in some places this weekend. ♪ >> national presentation of "bbc world news" is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. doug: hello and welcome to "bbc news." the u.n. security council is holding an emergency meeting on the deadly protests in iran. it was called by the u.s. ambassador nikki haley after a week in which the trump administration expressed strong support for the protesters. the meeting went ahead despite objections from russia and some other council members. our state correspondent barbara rereports. >> nikki haley warned iran that the world was watching its res

u.n. security council. well shortly after the u.n. security council met iran's foreign minister jeavons a restricted saying that he was glad that most members of the country most country members of the u.n. security council rebuffed american attempts to use the international body to intervene in iran's domestic affairs he also called it another foreign policy blunder for the trump white house and other interesting points he made in his tweet was he referenced the g c p a way the twenty fifteen nuclear deal that iran signed with western countries overseen by the i.a.e.a. and he really echoed what iran's representative to the u.n. said in his speech saying that all countries should stick to the nuclear deal and what's interesting about that is that iranian leaders see the deadline the ninety days of congress in the united states has after. president trump decertified the deal they had ninety days to come up with some other kind of plan or to decide whether or not suppose you sanctions on iran now any change to the deal that one has said

what the united states is going to do an actual security council meeting should be offensive to all members not just u.n. security council members and all u.n. members they're making a mockery of the united states and the white house and all their lives in the process. certainly ignored every other normal. process plays and more often than not there is good reason. as well anywhere else in the world if there is violence in the early voting process this have not been perfect it like any other country iran will react and it definitely is an internal issue. now the u.n. has allocated an unprecedented fifty million dollars to try and combat the humanitarian crisis in yemen and it's not only organizations either that are trying to help the country in the talian journalists for example has become part of the drive publishing and illustrated book showing scenes of daily life and traditions in yemen. well the book here does speak to many aspects of traditional yemeni society but apart from that it also touches on the civil war and saudi intervention as well as the problems of terrorism the author explained her

what the united states is going to do an actual security council meeting should be offensive to all members not just u.n. security council members but all u.n. members they're making a mockery of the united states on the one hand all legitimate process around the world no to actually ignore it every other normal country would. vote says to take place and more often than not there is good reason but that. as with anywhere else in the world there are wireless company in the protest process that have not been perfect at like any other country iran will react and it definitely is an internal issue. the un has described the situation in war torn yemen as an apocalypse humanitarian groups are trying to attract the world's attention to the dire conditions civilians they're living in and one italian journalist has become part of this drive trying to raise awareness through showing yemenis daily life and traditions that continue despite the horrors of war. well the illustrated book there does feature many aspects of the traditional yemeni society but apart from that it also touches on the civil war and saudi int

and i should nations security council has been meeting to discuss the chemical weapons situation in syria speak to christmas so they were here with the u.n. in russia cold this meeting of the security council so why is that well it was a very last minute decision to hold this meeting called by russia an open meeting it seems to be in direct response to the accusations coming from the united states holding russia accountable for recent chemical weapons attacks united states in accusing russia of being responsible for these attacks is referring to those eleven vetoes of resolutions that had to do with the conflict in syria three of them specifically russia vetoed to extend the investigative mechanism that the u.n. had established to look into these chemical weapons attacks the investigations up to that point had found that the syrian government and i still forces in the region had been using chemical weapons syria denies those claims and russia claims they're all about accountability but they accuse these investigations of being political and unscientific russia even went so far during the security council meeting to suggest that this new

u.n. security council on a tour of washington d.c. it was the highlights or look at the iranian missiles and equipment she unveiled in december as alleged evidence of tehran's violations of security council resolutions . a speech ordered right here to james bays at the white house or james an extraordinary move nikki have to achieve with this. it's a very unusual visit by the u.n. security council yes they've been here to washington before but this time they've been brought to washington by the u.s. ambassador for her to show them evidence evidence that she says proves that iran was responsible for foreign that missile that landed in riyadh she's taken the security council to a military base on the edge of washington d.c. to show the missile fragments to the other fourteen ambassadors of the u.n. security council they've come from that air base took a family photo at the lincoln memorial on their way here where they arrived a short time ago at the white house where they will have lunch with president trump and i'm sure he is also going

national security council meeting should be offensive to all members not just u.n. security council members and all you have members there making a mockery of the united states on the one hand all their lives in the process. certainly ignored nikki haley talks about caring about iranian prosperity and i wonder if her idea of sanctions imposed sanctions this you think. she gave rather like every other normal apparently. both says plays and mark and denies there is good reason but that. everywhere else in the world there are violence the company any protests that have not been heard at like any other country iran will react i think definitely is an internal issue. the u.n. has earmarked an unprecedented fifty million dollars in a bid to alleviate the humanitarian crisis in war torn yemen meanwhile an italian journalist is raising awareness of the yemeni people suffering showing their daily life and traditions that continue despite the horrors of war. well that illustrated book has featured too many aspects of additional yemeni society but apart from that it also touche

u.n. security council meeting to discuss the growing tensions it's. after more than two years of silence north korea and south korea will reopen direct lines of communication choose days or face to face talks will focus initially on the north's participation in next month's winter olympics in the south officials in seoul say discussions are expected to move on to what they describe as other areas of common interest. the u.n. humanitarian chief says that yemeni could see the worst humanitarian disaster in fifteen years and u.n. has released more funding to try to prevent hundreds of thousands of people dying through famine and through disease. the french president of mental micro-loan has warned his turkish counterpart the that and democracies must respect the rule of law during a meeting between the two leaders since her visit to france was resit top edwin's first since a failed two thousand and sixteen coup and one of only a handful to europe and there's amazing stories from stay with its full sympathetic .

u.n. . what the united states is going to do on national security council meeting should be offensive to all members not just u.n. security council members and all u.n. members they're making a mockery of the united states on the one hand all the legitimate protests around the world go to italy ignored nikki haley talks about caring about iranian prosperity and i wonder if her idea of sanctions imposed sanctions those who think . the rather like every other normal or both has to take place and more often than not there is good reason but that. as with anywhere else in the world if there are violence the company early voting process is have not been served at like any other country iran will react and it definitely is an internal issue. now the jewish community in france says it is facing increased levels of violence many have reportedly fled paris some fear that after trying frantically issue of jerusalem as the capital of israel the situation may get worse to china dubinsky has the story. same song used to be a whole lot of the jewish community in france but it's a hot that's no longer beat

u.n. security council. we know from our private conversations our colleagues got to pass in the west fully understand the tactics of the key authority towards the minsk accords. they see that our ukrainian neighbors have made repeated attempts to use forwards to resolve the situation. but in fact, what they do is they just ignore the efforts that need to be taken as part of the minsk accords. so don't want us to hypothesize. i don't want it to be seen as disregard for international law. but actually, international law was ignored and disregarded by those who stoked up the protests. back in february 2014, an agreement was reached between then president mr. yakakovich. but the next day it was torn to pieces by the opposition. western counter parts that were present at the signing ceremony, they have actually betrayed the ukrainian nation because the agreement put forward a national unity government. and instead, they asked the government of winners, as he said, and then the convention brought together and the

what the united states is going to do an actual security council meeting should be offensive to all members not just u.n. security council members and all u.n. members they're making a mockery of the united states on the one hand all their lives in the process around the world certainly ignored every other normal country will close as place and more often than not us there is good reason but that. as with anywhere else in the world there are wireless company in the protest process that have not been heard at like any other country iran will react definitely is an internal issue. the un is allocated one president and fifty million dollars to try and combat the humanitarian crisis in yemen and it's not only organizations that are trying to help the country now in a tally and journalists has become part of the drive to publishing an illustrated book showing scenes of daily life and traditions in yemen. book features many aspects of traditional yemeni society but apart from that it also touches a course on the civil war in the saudi intervention as well as the problem ongoing of terrorism the author explain

u.n. security council resolution twenty two eighty six but on a date with a. maze when we are actually confronted with a threat and. directing security area of operation it's ready to be able to stick to our principle and really to be able to translate those principles into operation which makes sense which are qualitative which are not on the bare feet on your neutral impartial and independent but are are so principled action principled operation things the question you raise about i don't if you gave in for instance and getting low profile i think this is a search. and talking on behalf of m.s.f. . it could be it would be a dangerous trend we have to really to to be able to enforce these logos accidentals or logos identification of our principle and so on and also to be very rarely stick to do a red line if operating in an area. means that we have to engage with non-state actors or for instance and we are not able to engage with those non-state actors or because they are not willing because we are not in deputy to do the proper network and so on if we are no

u.n. security council many things our correspondent bring is right up to date. moving on a new league from the front hacking group obtained by o.t. has raised questions about how doping cases were handled during the rio olympics of two thousand and sixteen. about the revelations. so new leaks about the summer olympic games twenty sixteen and remember during before and after rio the russian doping scandal was all over the news and that was when the and higher russian track and field team stayed home because of the band's well one i.o.c. e-mail exchange that we however can not confirm is real was a therapeutic use exemptions or to you now correct me if i'm wrong but is that when athletes to use banned substances for medical purposes yes if you're an athlete and you're sick and this case you may get permission to use medicines from the list of prohibited substances in a sense that is illegal doping but that requires a certificate and judging by some of these unverified e-mails as many as forty four such certificates were given out right during the time of the olymp

board china has showed signs that it is more serious about implementing un security council sanctions we have to keep in mind that u.n. security council sanctions are a very serious matter pursuant to chapter seven action to ascertain threats to international peace and security if sanctions do not work there is a frightening question to ask what comes next right meanwhile we have these talks between the north and the south direct talks what hope lies dead do you think south korea has a short term objective here that objective is to ensure a successful winter olympics even kill me on there are just two potential spoiler c.-o. one being very harsh weather very cold weather the other being kim jong than and this regime so by engaging in the stocks of the north koreans the south koreans are trying to ensure some peace and quiet during the games in their turn the north koreans have a clear short term objective which is to extract maximum benefits they've agreed to send to athletes to ice skaters to solve korea this sending a humongous delegation cheerleaders minder's a one hundred forty member phil or morning orchestra to

u.n. security council. now when we heard these remarks this was in reference we heard u.s. leaders the leaders of britain referencing the chemical attack in qana shake now this took place last april and immediately after the attack took place without any investigation being carried out immediately we heard the syrian government being blamed for that attack now as u.s. leaders immediately blamed the syrian government then we saw the joint investigative mechanism that was formed the joint investigative mechanism went in to do its research but it was pointed out by the russian envoy at the security council at that time that at no point did the joint investigative mechanism actually visit the site of the chemical attack this is the russian envoy speaking before the council at that time. it was russia that vetoed three council resolutions that would have renewed the joint investigative mechanism it is russia that has gone to. the u.s. and the u.k. continue to manipulate the opinion of the u.n. security council and of the international community they deliberately refused to liste

u.n. security council meeting came up and thank you. a promise by the french president to move thousands of migrants off the country streets by the end of twenty seven dean has fallen flood he had given his word that the rough sleepers would be find shelter but instead many are still living in a business conditions facing bitter temperatures and constant police pressure. a new year may have begun but for these my quince the problem is still the same ahead is yet another freezing night on the streets of paris. no question the president said he wanted to resolve the problem by the end of the year it's not resolved in the neighborhood there are another thirty camps which are settled like this and these migrants are seeking asylum there is a problem with violence between the people who are waiting in the queue at the reception center because they want to be the first whose fault is that. it's not the fault of the migrants it's the fault of the system is poorly organized which is pose problems for two years is completely dysfunctional and cr

u.n. security council meeting on the ongoing protests in iran as tehran accuses its rivals of stoking the unrest. with the leaks accuses the new york times of giving u.s. officials advance to damage control time over diplomatic revelations and alleges that the media giant colluded with hillary clinton. and migrants a german m.p. is under investigation after a twitter post of hers is blamed for inciting anti muslim hatred. are broadcasting live from our studios in moscow this is arch international i'm john thomas glad to have you with us all right as iran it sees its sixth consecutive day of unrest add least twenty one people are now fun to have died in clashes in the country on monday night nine people were killed six during an attack on a police station this is footage from that incident when you run in media reported that the protesters were trying to steal weapons from the site in the last three days alone of their of reportedly been more than four hundred fifty arrests across the country have been asking people in tehran that what they think about the protests and the encouragement co

u.n. security council meeting to discuss the growing tensions it's. after more than two years of silence north korea and south korea will reopen direct lines of communication choose days of face to face talks will focus initially on the north's participation in next month's winter olympics in the south about officials in seoul say discussions are expected to move on to what they describe as other areas of common interest. the u.n. humanitarian chief says that yemeni could see the worst humanitarian disaster in fifteen years and u.n. has released more funding to try to prevent hundreds of thousands of people dying through famine and three disease. the french president a mental micron has warned his turkish counterpart the that democracies must respect the rule of law during a meeting between the two leaders and a visit to france was resit top to one's first since a failed two thousand and sixteen coup and one of only a handful to europe and there's amazing stories for no stay with its full super thirty. the homes in northern india beautiful impoverishe

u.n. security council to discuss the recent protests. the u.n. says it will investigate an attack in the democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen if its peacekeepers last month. u.s. president donald trump takes to twitter to refute speculation about his mental. hello we begin in the occupied west bank where there have been scuffles in bethlehem that's where the patriarch of jerusalem had been holding mass to mark orthodox christmas but as the office the third attempted to leave manger square protesters blocked his car and threw some eggs he's at the center of growing. public anger after being accused in israeli media of selling off large parts of church land to is really private businesses other protests are planned against the u.s. decision to recognize the roots of them as israel's capital mohamed june following this story covering all the developments for us from bethlehem itself how much is all of this overshadowing the sure there's been a festivities mahamed. well that's right to read in the fact of the matter is that this is really

u.n. national security council meeting should be fair to all members not just u.n. security council members and all u.n. members they're making a mockery of the united states and the wind all their lives in the process. certainly ignored every other norm apparently with. both says plays and mark and in august there is good reason. anywhere else in the world wireless company any folks that have not been perfect at like any other country iran will react i think definitely is an internal issue. elsewhere the day of the un's allocated one president to fifty million dollars to try and combat the humanitarian crisis in yemen but it's not only organizations that are trying to help the country no no do in a small part the tally of journalists become part of the drive publishing illustrated book showing scenes of daily life and traditions in yemen. the book features many aspects of traditional yemeni society but apart from that it also touches a course on the civil war in the saudi intervention as well as the ongoing problem of terrorism the author explained her inspiration h

u.n. security council but other members say it's a domestic issue. that is a long history of bueller's bullying at the u.n. but this is a preposterous example to iran accuses the u.s. of abusing its power for convening the meeting. a logical robert this is al jazeera live my headquarters here in doha also coming up a new book on the trump administration's caused quite a stir will examine the authors claims about the white house and its policy towards the middle east. and already grim situation in yemen worsens with preventable diseases and the lack of basic necessities causing more deaths. could have you with us the u.n. security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran with the u.s. accusing tehran of stifling the voices of its people but other members objected to the meeting insisting that the council wasn't empowered to discuss the internal affairs of a u.n. member state mike hanna has more from the united nations. there was animated debate in the council chamber before the discussions began to members taken aback by

u.n. security council has wrapped up a special session on the recent protests in iran the u.s. accuse. the voices of its people but iran's ambassador said the protests were not a matter for the security council and that the u.s. was abusing its power a new account of u.s. president dollars first year and also the says his middle east policy was focused on getting saudi arabia israel and egypt to unite against iran. was released on friday it says trump took credit for political shakeup last year. saw he has intercepted a ballistic missile fired from yemen by what the rebels it was shot down over measure on a region along the kingdom southern border before it could head to its intended target the ad says the attack is proof of on a supporter of the whole things and that's the claim is it is the fourth such attack. now the u.n. a chief says yemen could become the worst humanitarian disaster. fifty years the war is having a devastating impact with widespread food shortages and a major cholera outbreak stephanie deck of reports. forced to live out in the open these yemeni families of the sca

u.n. security council met on the alleged use of chemical weapons in syria. at least twenty seven people have been killed after a car bomb exploded in libya a blast in the eastern city of benghazi killed abortion vers who were leaving a mosque after evening prayers. a coalition of more than a dozen latin american countries has rejected venezuela's call for early elections saying it contradicts democratic principles the pro-government constituent assembly in caracas is calling for polls but the end of april president nicolas maduro says he's willing to seek another time in office i live in america added to the sea and human reports from santiago. foreign ministers from latin america and canada who gathered in chile to discuss the crisis in venezuela look like totally off guard. decision to hold snap presidential elections from which most opposition parties have been banned. for this decision by the government which really impedes the realization of democratic transparent and credible elections. one of venezuela's best known government opponents is here asking

u.n. security council meeting. well iran's leaders today are no doubt celebrating with they'll consider another diplomatic victory against the united states shortly after the u.n. security council met to discuss these anti-government protests the foreign minister of iran survives or tweeted out that he was glad that the majority of the member countries rebuffed america's attempt to misuse of power to essentially bring what is a domestic iranian issue onto the international stage as a result so called it another foreign policy blunder for the trump white house we've also heard from president hassan rouhani is office his chief of staff making a statement saying that this attempt by the united states to further isolate iran was not only desperate but only further isolated the united states itself in the global arena. and a lot of people are still struggling to understand what triggered the anti-government protests. and we have seen the government mobilizing its own supporters in response to that is there an expectation

u.n. security council to discuss the antigovernment protests and. the supreme leader of the islamic republic has blamed his country's enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters and one policeman of lost their lives pakistan has accused the u.s. of trying to shift blame for its failures to washington decided to withhold more than two hundred fifty million dollars of aid to islam in the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. made the announcement after president trump again accused pakistan of being a safe haven for terrorists. pakistan has played at double game for years they work with us at times and they also harbor the terrorists that attack our troops in afghanistan that game is not acceptable to this administration we expect far more cooperation from pakistan in the fight against terrorism. also threaten to cut aid to the palestinian authority claiming it is no longer willing to talk peace. last month he angered palestinians after recognizing jerusalem as israel's capital sparking weeks of protests tweeted that the u.s. pays millions o

u.n. security council has held a special session on the recent protests in iran and the u.s. accusing tehran of stifling the voices of its people other members including russia and france objected to the meeting just in the council was not the place to discuss a country's internal. u.s. president donald trump has gone on a twitter tirade calling the author of a book heavily criticized in his first year in office a total loser with fire and furious proving so popular books are struggling to keep up with the demand. on the german attack us foreign ministers have agreed to work towards improving recently strained relations head of his visit to germany turkey's foreign minister mefford have a solo called for a fresh start german leaders have been outspoken in their criticism of turkey's crackdown after the twenty sixteen failed coup. the trumpet ministration is outlined his first detailed financial plan on delivering the president's promise to secure the border with mexico his proposed budget increase spending eighteen billion dollars over ten years to extend the border war this

u.n. security council to discuss the protests in iran the iranian supreme leader has blamed his country's enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters and the police officer died a big security operation is in force in several cities mike hanna has the latest from un headquarters in new york. ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u.s. priorities at the united nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in new york and at the human rights council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause this echoing sentiments expressed by president trump earlier who said in a tweet the people of iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt or a new regime all of the money that president obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their pock

u.n. security council. two car bombs have killed at least eleven people in the eastern libyan city of benghazi according to officials with eighteen more injured attack happened in the. district as worshipers were leaving a local mosque after prayers the victims are thought to include civilians as well as militia personnel there's been no claim of responsibility. coming up on this news hour why u.s. vice president mike pence has become a very popular man in israel aid workers warn that conflict in the democratic republic of congo has left three million people at risk of starvation and in sports russia's unofficial olympic team unveiled their look for chang. the u.s. justice department has confirmed to al-jazeera the tourney general jeff sessions was questioned last week over alleged collusion between donald trump's presidential campaign and russia sessions was interviewed for an inquiry led by former f.b.i. director robert muller it's believed to be the first time a member of president trump's cabinet has be

u.n. security council backs and the u.s. backs antigovernment protests in iran but is reprimanded for calling a u.n. meeting on tehran's internal politics. a new book on the trumpet ministrations caused quite a stir we'll examine the author's claims about the white house and its policy towards the middle east. and already grim situation in yemen worsens with preventable diseases and a lack of basic necessities causing more taft's. plus the u.s. says not so fast to those ready to enjoy recreational marijuana in the states that have legalized the drug. it's good to have you with us here on the al-jazeera news i first we start at the u.n. security council that's wrapped up a special special session about the recent protests in iran with the u.s. accusing teheran of stifling the voices of the people now it's ambassador told the council that the u.s. stands firm and in solidarity with the protesters. once again the people of iran are rising up they are asking for something that no government can legitimately deny them their human

u.n. security council has held a special session on the recent protests. in iran with the u.s. accusing to ron of stifling the voice of its people other members rejected objected rather to their meeting insisting the council wasn't the place that discussed the country's internal affairs by kind of reports from the united nations there was animated debate in the council chamber before the discussions began their members taken aback by the lack of notice from the u.s. in calling for this public debate the u.s. ambassador adamant that it was essential iran be called to account if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer the iranian regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do russia had vehemently opposed what it saw as an unacceptable intervention in iran's internal affairs but also argued that the us had another motive in pushing for this meeting used in the book the blueprint the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people bu

united nations what the united states is going to un national security council meeting should be offensive to all members and not just u.n. security council members and all u.n. members they're making a mockery of the united states on the one hand all legitimate protests around the world otoh actually ignored i mean we saw not long ago. a young has seen a woman a sixteen year old was arrested for defending her whole life and palestine while mr trump and he's keen why did international law by giving jerusalem to israel and i guess that's a sin by the our lawmakers being the united nations to to by its more laws any to fit in a country's sovereignty. turkey's president has taken aim at washington over the conviction of a turkish national in the us and is reportedly now ready to back out of longstanding agreements between the two nations the united states should excuse us but the laws in our bilateral ties and the bilateral accords between us are losing their validity i'm saddened to say this but this is how it will be from now on. turkish journalist. has more on the breakdown in ties turkish and u.s. relations have been de

security. council should not discuss the issues of any country towards human rights issues. and the u.n. security council holds an emergency meeting over the situation in iran at america's request however the initiatives criticized by some members saying it's iran's internal issue. united nations allocates fifty million dollars in aid to yemen in an effort to alleviate the humanitarian disaster unfolding in that country we discussed the crisis with a journalist illustrators to raise awareness of the dire situation that. is in the jewish community in france tell us they fear for their safety in france and that many are going to leave because of widespread anti semitism. this is r.t. live from h.q. moscow just turned five the afternoon here now this saturday or come into this latest thirty minute update with me kevin zero in first a fourth day of a mass pro-government march is being held in iran today tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day uprising triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed ov

u.n. security council resolutions upon which a political settlement is to be achieved in syria if they are of sidelined no one could just go to to. a submission for the russian acute patient of syria and for the continuation of brutality dictatorship in syria because this dictatorship has proven to be the best prescription for the continuance of tension for they continue with your terrorism and at the same time it is it is a complete to block for any possibility for reconstructing syria and bringing back those who were displaced or dispersed all over the world. and this is a source for tension if the if congress if sochi is as such no one would go to and you notice also this diet of syrian opposition towards suchi and it is considered to be a submission for the russian will i say this cannot be the case let's further expand our discussion. clinic of how can even even heard what mr levy has been saying particular voice in the concerns of the sea in opposition how can the brushes retrack is the whole initiative in social. to be able to be to bring it in a very appealing way to the syrian opp

u.n. security council. we shouldn't let the security council get off easy the russians have used their veto eleven times since the war started in syria in two thousand and eleven we can't let them get a pass here they can do things and anything that this meeting that the french are setting up can do to put pressure on the russians and others to make sure that the security council gets back in its chairs does its business will be a good thing but for the un security council to step up is not going to be an easy feat because it's often very divided on many issues. we had an earlier this year you had to the chief of the u.n. and when you could terrorise actually saying look the u.n. security council has to push ahead and try and push ahead with this investigation into chemical weapons used by syria but the problem is that russia keeps using its veto as you heard there eleven times to try and block that investigation because russia backs the syrian regime the syrian regime deny that they are using chemical weap