u.n. security council mahmoud abbas's jus that later this month will be a rare occasion because the masses not leaders usually represent from u.n. headquarters in new york diplomatic editor james banks now. with relations between the u.s. and the palestinians already at their lowest point for years the palestinian leader is taking the dramatic step of flying to the united nations this month it means a showdown with the americans and the israelis on the floor of the un security council every month for council meets to discuss the conflict normally ambassadors of israel and of palestine attend but in a deeply unusual move mahmoud abbas will himself be there he's angered by the trumpet ministrations decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut a large chunk of its funding to the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians the last straw was president trumps attack on him last week at davos he said he disrespected vice president mike pence declined to give an audience to when he visited the middle east the decision of the palestinian leader to come to

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u.n. security council mahmoud abbas's to the later this month it will be a rare occasion because ambassadors not leaders are usually represented from u.n. headquarters in new york is our diplomatic editor james bays. with relations between the u.s. and the palestinians already at their lowest point for years the palestinian leader is taking the dramatic step of flying to the united nations this month it means a showdown with the americans and the israelis on the floor of the un security council every month the council meets to discuss the conflict normally ambassadors of israel and of palestine attend but in a deeply unusual move mahmoud abbas will himself be there he's angered by the trumpet ministrations decision to formally recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut a large chunk of its funding to the u.n. agency that provides humanitarian aid to palestinians the last straw was president trumps attack on him last week at davos he said he disrespected vice president mike pence declined to give an audience to when he visited the middle east the decision of the palestinian leader to

as the chief broken mahmoud abbas told the u.n. security council that palestinians have lost faith in the donald trump government's ability to mediate for medicare to james base reports. president abbas's presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach very early on. i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders present a bias left immediately after his speech nothing unusual there in terms of un protocol he was the only head of state in a room full of ambassadors and had another engagement to atten

peace process dead or about to be reinvigorated the palestinian president mahmoud abbas will be addressing the u.n. security council is our as he searches for.

the palestinian president mahmoud abbas will deliver a rare address at the u.n. security council later this month israel's u.n. ambassador says such a move would put an. end possibility of future peace talks this comes amid tensions over the u.s. decision to recognize or islam as israel's capital and three t.v. stations in kenya remain off air despite a high court ruling against the government shut down the country's top t.v. networks to take enough air on day after day try to broker a mock integration ceremony held by the opposition leader. all right we're going to go back to our main story today that is the united states accusing the syrian government of continuing to use chemical weapons upon its own people we can speak to chemical weapons expert charles delphi who's in washington d.c. he was the chief u.s. weapons inspector in iraq in two thousand and three thank you very much indeed for joining us and first of all tell us what your impressions are of the chemical weapons program which clearly exists in syria today despite the fact that in twenty thirteen the syrian governmen

recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital as unlawful mahmoud abbas gave a strongly worded speech to the u.n. security council. we met with the president of the united states mr donald trump four times and twenty seventeen and we expressed our absolute readiness to reach a historic peace agreement we repeatedly reaffirmed our position in accordance with international law the relevant un resolutions and the two state solution on the basis of the one nine hundred sixty seven borders if this administration has not clarified its position. president abbas went on to say that ministrations decision on jerusalem has been rejected by the rest of the international community and he criticized washington for cutting funding for palestinian refugees after finishing his speech i stood up and walked out of the security council meeting chamber that left the u.s. envoy nikki haley addressing her remarks to an empty seat. the president must i sit here today offering the outstretched hand of the united states to the palestinian people in the car. but i will decline the advice i was recently given by your top negotiator side er

the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has called for a new international peace summit between israel and palestine in a rare speech at the u.n. security council is that any agreement reached in a suspend the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital the u.s. state department says it would consider bringing in other countries if it believes they would be helpful platic editor james bays reports from the united nations president abbas's presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach very early on to grammar didn't go for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders present or past left immediately afte

headlines palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has called for a new international peace summit between israel and palestine within the next few months. the u.n. security council to back the process. of implementing time we called for the convening of an international peace conference by mid twentieth team based on international law and the relevant un resolutions with broad international participation and including the two concerned parties and any settlement for most must be the cessation of settlement activities in the territory occupied since one thousand sixty seven including east jerusalem and suspension of the decision regarding jerusalem as well as holding the transfer of the us embassy to jerusalem oxfam's top executives have told the u.k. parliament they're investigating twenty six new cases of sexual misconduct by their aide workers revelations that staff at the charity paid women in haiti for sex is cause widespread outrage executive director told members of parliament she was ashamed of what happened. zimbabwe's opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has been buried in his hometown of the hara politicians from the ruling zanu p.f. party attended the

final status talks with the palestinians the palestinian president mahmoud abbas was among those who condemned but at the u.n. security council this week it was clear abbas had moved on he told them basters the era of the u.s. as an honest broker is over and that it's time to try something new and money out of grammar i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and nineteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders one toasting a politician says the embassy is an affront to his community choose this date this presents a very serious provocation to the palestinian side besides the fact that moving the embassy to jerusalem is by its participation in violation. a us based analyst called the move in date very bad foreign policy rather than just giving jerusalem away to the israelis what he could have done and said we will acknowledge jerusalem as the capital of israel if you dismantle all the illegal settlements and so what he stand now it seems given away

peace process dead or about to be reinvigorated the palestinian president mahmoud abbas will be addressing the u.n. security council this hour as he searches for a new peace broker in the middle east will look at whether the e.u. russia or even china could play the role held for decades by the united states also on the grid a critical situation in eastern syria hundreds of people have been killed as the rebel held area is bombarded by government forces and russian airstrikes and for those still alive the u.n. calls their suffering senseless and the final journey. politician. for years largely without success before the iron fisted leadership of robert mugabe this tuesday he is laid to rest in a country still finding its feet under a new leader we have your reaction from inside zimbabwe and ask you what impact opposition leader morgan i have your life. yeah but the news grid live on air and streaming online through you tube facebook live and al jazeera dot com and at this hour we are awaiting what will be a rare moment for the united nations and for what's left of the peace process as well between the palestinians a

u.n. security council later on tuesday that he wants to set up an international alliance to mediate with the israelis mahmoud abbas's abandoning the longstanding policy of accepting the u.s. as pro-car because of presidential trumps recognition i'm sure isn't necessarily a capital expense reports from ramallah the occupied west bank. donald trump's promise of the deal of the century turned into what the palestinian president called the slap of the century it's forced mahmoud abbas and his team back to the drawing board. has been involved in palestinian policymaking for decades he now believes the u.s. is losing its dominant role in the world in a world that is changing i mean the calculation is not only on our wishes it's also on our and alan says what's going on in the world including what israel now practices israel is seeking very much better relations with the russians was the chinese was the indians when the when the japanese israel itself knows that the world is changing and it cannot ignore these other important forces abbas has been telling leaders from europe russia china and elsewhere that he wants them to

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final status talks with the palestinians the palestinian president mahmoud abbas was among those who condemned but at the u.n. security council this week it was clear abbas had moved on he told them basters the era of the u.s. as an honest broker is over and that it's time to try something new and the art of grammar to call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and nineteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders one toasting a politician says the embassy is an affront to his community. and this presents a very serious provocation to the palestinian side besides the fact that moving the embassy to jerusalem is by its participation in violation of national a u.s. based analyst called the move in date very bad foreign policy rather than just giving jerusalem away to the israelis what he could have done is said we will acknowledge jerusalem as the capital of israel if you dismantle all the illegal settlements and so what he found now it seems given away very bi

reveal sensitive intelligence information the palestinian president mahmoud abbas is due to deliver a rare address at the u.n. security council later this month the israeli u.n. ambassador says such a move would put an end to any possibility of future peace talks this comes amid tensions over the u.s. decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital. the man who drove his van into a crowd outside a london mosque last year has been found guilty of murder and attempted murder one person was killed nine others were injured in the attack prosecutors said aaron bourne was motivated by hatred of muslims his or u.k. correspondent barnaby phillips. born in a pub in wales days before the attack the police call him a hate filled with a history of violence drug and alcohol abuse in the pub he wrote a letter which was found in the van he used for the attack a letter so full of hatred for muslims say the police that it's too offensive to release he rents the van to drive to london police say to find muslim targets he says he wanted to kill opposition labor leader jeremy corbin he drove all over london arriving at the muslim welfare hou

the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has called for a new international peace summit between israel and palestine in the next few months. while powers that u.n. security council to back the process listen learn people close over. time we call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid twentieth team based on international law and the relevant un resolutions with broader international participation and including the two concerned parties and any settlement or most must be the cessation of settlement activities in the territory occupied since one nine hundred sixty seven including east jerusalem and suspension of the decision regarding jerusalem as well as holding the transfer of the us embassy to jerusalem. oxfam's top executives have told the u.k. parliament they're investigating twenty six new cases of sexual misconduct by that aide workers revelations that staff at the charity paid women in haiti for sex have caused widespread outrage executive director told members of parliament she was ashamed of and. zimbabwe's former opposition leader morgan tsvangirai has been buried in his hometown of behavior politicians from the ruling zanu p.f. p

status talks with the palestinians the palestinian president mahmoud abbas was among those who condemned trump but at the u.n. security council this week it was clear abbas had moved on he told them basters the era of the u.s. as an honest broker is over and that it's time to try something new and the art of grammar we call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and nineteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders a u.s. based analyst called the move in date very bad foreign policy rather than just giving jerusalem away to the israelis what he could have done and said we will acknowledge jerusalem as the capital of israel if you just mantle all the legal settlements and so what he stand now isn't given away very big valuable check and essentially gotten nothing in return the ambassador david friedman and a few aides will join current consulate staff at their office in jerusalem a new building won't be built for several years there's no denying the embassy mov

council, where the palestinian mahmoud abbas will speak. u.s. mediated the negotiation with israel. the security council we have seen the u.n.mbassador, nikki haley and alongside her, jared kushner. the times reports, saudi arabia is a key to achieving an elusive peace agreement, according to a key is really member. thepeace between israel and palestinian needs help. just waiting for this to begin and we will take you back to the house if they come back. [no dialogue] >> live here today on c-span, inside the u.n. in new york city. the security council. speakingbbas will be shortly. he is going to address them for the first time in a decade. mahmoud abbas is expected to call for multiple international powers to facilitate peace negotiations and criticized the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital. a new phase in the struggle has started and they seek to protect bio looking for support. -- by looking for support. also to discuss the influence of politics at 4:30 eastern. the white house press secretary sarah sanders and former -- the former white house press secretary. will have that live at 7:00 p.m. eastern. toni

u.n. security council in tuesday that he wants to set up a new international alliance to mediate with the israelis mahmoud abbas is abandoning a quarter of a century old policy of accepting the u.s. is the main intermediary that follows president donald trump's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital but at smith reports from ramallah and the occupied west bank. donald trump's promise of the deal of the century turned into what the palestinian president called the slap of the century it's forced mahmoud abbas and his team back to the drawing board. has been involved in palestinian policy making for decades he now believes the u.s. is losing its dominant role in the world in a world that is changing i mean the calculation is not only on our wishes it's also our and that is is what's going on in the world including what israel now practices israel is seeking very much better relations with the russians when the chinese was the indians with the japanese israel itself knows that the world is changing and it cannot ignore these other important forces abbas has been telling leaders from europe russia china and e

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has called for a new international peace summit between israel and palestine within the next few months is a world powers at the u.n. security council to back the process and says any settlement reached must suspend america's recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital our diplomatic editor james bays is there first sir james how much is the scenario that abbas has proposed. well he certainly needs to try and kick start the system the international system to make this happen and his way of doing things is not the way of the united states certainly clear that until now during the trumpet ministration the rest of the u.n. security council has been giving way to the u.s. to lead diplomatic efforts as they have done very much in recent years and jared cushion who is president trumps son in law and also his chief negotiator on this was actually at the u.n. for this meeting of the security council city wind the u.s. ambassador nikki haley but president abbas in a rare appearance here normally these monthly meetings are attended by his embassador basically made it clear that he no longer thinks that the u.s. can lead this process he's los

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has proposed a new international peace summit with israel that rolls out the united states as the chief broker and an address to the u.n. security council abbas said palestinians have lost faith in the u.s. government's ability to mediate abandoning a policy which had lasted twenty five years at a serious diplomatic editor james bay supports the headquarters at the u.n. president abbas's presence here was read and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the troubled ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital am to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach fairly early on. i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders. president abbas left immediately after his speech nothing unusual there in terms of u.n. pr

the palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has called for a new international peace summit between israel and palestine in a rest beach at the u.n. security council he said any agreement reached must suspend the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital the u.s. state department says it would consider bringing in other countries if it believes they would be helpful on diplomatic editor james bays reports from the united nations. president abbas's presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach fairly out of. the whole for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders. present a bias left immediately after

mahmoud abbas checked himself into a u.s. hospital but was later released officials say it was a routine check and he's been discharged. address the u.n. security council in new york on tuesday spanish police say an officer has died after clashes between police and football fans before a europa league match in bilbao spanish media is reporting the officer died in hospital after suffering from cardiac arrest during the riots the trouble erupted ahead of the last letter bilbao and spartak moscow a federal court in germany is set to decide whether diesel cars can be banned from certain cities in an effort to cut air pollution there's the potential to cause problems politically and germany the automotive industry as a major part of the economy to mccain is following the case from berlin. today's ruling is all about air pollution what causes it devices such as this are filtering measuring the levels of pollution in the environment of the big cities and it's the cities which are potentially going to be the ones that would implement a plan if that is the decision of the court the point to make is that those bringing the case believe the environmentalists beli

palestinian leader mahmoud abbas has proposed a new international peace summit with israel that rules out the united states as the chief broker in an address to the u.n. security council said palestinians had lost faith in the u.s. government's ability to mediate abandoning a policy which would last for twenty five years as it is diplomatic editor james bays reports from the headquarters of the un. president abbas's presence here was rare and carefully calculated normally his ambassador attends this monthly meeting he came himself to express his displeasure at the trumpet ministration he suggested its decision to recognize jerusalem as israel's capital and to cut funding to the un agency that helps palestinians disqualified it from leading peace efforts instead he proposed a new approach very early on. i would call for the convening of an international peace conference by mid two thousand and eighteen based on international law and relevant un resolutions with broad international participation including the two concerned parties and regional and international stakeholders present a bias left immediately after his speech nothing unusual there in terms of un protocol he

palestinian president mahmoud abbas says he'll give away were to us the united nations security council later this month let's get more from our diplomatic edison james bays at the u.n. in new york on the significance of this still pretty rare event shades. very unusual what happens every single month in the u.n. security council as they have a meeting about the situation in the middle east referring to the israeli palestinian conflict that happens every single month there is always the israeli ambassador and the palestinian ambassador at this meeting well the palestinian president as i appended that fire announcing that rather than his ambassador attending the meeting that's coming up on the twentieth of this month he is going to come in person in effect it is a showdown at the u.n. security council by the palestinian president who is deeply unhappy about the situation unhappy by recent comments from president trump last week in davos unhappy that the funding to the u.n. agency that deals with the palestinians under has been cut by the u.s. administration unhappy with the u.s. administration's recognition of jerusalem as the israeli capital remember that president

mahmoud abbas and hasn't called for an international peace conference to provide a long lasting solution to the mideast crisis and ensure a palestinian state appearing before the u.n. security council abbas also criticized america's decision to move its israeli embassy to jerusalem. iran says it has located the wreckage of a plane that crashed into a mountain two days ago with sixty five people on board rescue workers will have to recover bodies from the debris by foot due to the rough terrain records show the plane only recently resumed service after spending six years in storage. a new suspension bridge with a glass floor has brought the rails and delight to tourists in china. province the bridge some one hundred sixty meters above gorge was opened to the public just in time for the spring festival holiday. very brave souls here in germany the center left social democrats have started voting on whether to enter a second coalition with americans conservatives party members have a little over a week to cast their ballots and the results will be announced on march fourth the deal has deeply divided the espy's rank and file and it's a battle that's pitting the party establishment aga

mahmoud abbas checked himself into a u.s. hospital but was later released officials say it was a routine check and he has been discharged eighty two year old address the u.n. security council in new york on tuesday. baiters from africa hellery tonight trying to raise money to pay for an international military force formed last year to come back growing violence from groups meeting politicians in brussels and getting a lot of help from france that about reports in december the french president held a fundraising conference for the g five sile force back then a promise of one hundred million dollars by saudi arabia added money already pledged by the e.u. france and the u.s. but just over half of the five hundred million dollars targeted was raised. the funding shortfall prompted the president of one of the so-called g. five nations to call for more support earlier this month. it is urgent that this force be operational the international community whose serious decisions in libya have disastrous consequences for the security of our countries must show greater solidarity with the silo. the joint military force known as t. five was launched last year by the leaders of new share