u.n. the world bank the everything internationally is sort of subject to the what the political will of the owners of the system or in the owners of this is two of the nations of the world and in so far as they they fight it in their interest to agree on something i think they could do it whether they will be able to do it whether their political masters will want them to do it is is the important question i think by the way i don't think that any country can push a button and get rid of trade this is far too important to be farmers to political backlash protectionism two point unfortunately perhaps even when it's damaging yes but to talk about cutting off trade i think that is but if you ban banking transactions from a certain country that's effectively what you're doing obviously over time people will be able to find ways around it but that deliver such a blow that i think would be very significant for any given country money is a very fun jubal thing. and i think it will be very quick before people found ways around it because as i say it may be damaging it might cut it back but the idea

u.n. the world bank the everything internationally is sort of subject to the what the political will of the owners of the system or in the owners of the system or the nations of the world and in so far as they they fight it in their interest to agree on something i think they could do it whether they will be able to do it whether their political masters will want them to do it is is the important question i think by the way i don't think that any country can push a button and get rid of trade this is far too important to be farmers to political backlash protectionism to a point unfortunately perhaps even when it's damaging yes but to talk about cutting off trade i think that is but if you ban banking transactions from a certain country that's effectively what you're doing obviously over time people will be able to find ways around it but that deliver such a blow that i think would be very significant for any given country money is a very fun jubal thing and i think it will be very quick before people found ways around it because as i say it may be damaging you might cut it back but the idea

the world bank so take. me seriously send us an e-mail. the u.n. seeks saddam urgency u.n. security council meeting on the ongoing protests in a round table round make uses its rivals of stoking the on the rest. also just these are wiki leaks accuses the new york times of giving u.s. officials advanced on damage control time over diplomatic revelations alleges the media giant colluded with the rich. german m. is under investigation after a twitter post of hers is blamed for inciting teen muslim.

the world bank so take. it seriously send us an e-mail. the u.s. seeks saddam urgency u.n. security council meeting on the ongoing protests in a round table round make uses its rivals of stoking the on the rest. also in this news hour wiki leaks accuses the new york times of giving u.s. officials that vanstone damage control. over diplomatic revelations alleges the media giant colluded with the weak. migrant german is on the investigation after a twitter post of hers is blamed for inciting teen muslim. just a few moments into a brand new day here in moscow where january the third welcome to r.t. international not only our top story as iran sees its sixth consecutive day of unrest twenty one people are now thought 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 incident a reaming in media reported that the protesters were trying to steal weapons from the south in the past three days alone there have reportedly been more than four hundred and fifty year rests across the come on tuesda

the world bank. sent us an e-mail. joining us here on r.t. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley said on wednesday the trumpet ministrations policy in afghanistan is working and they are closer to a peace process than ever before however the un was recently reporting that almost half a million people in afghanistan were displaced in twenty seventeen alone and so show you some of the latest pictures from that country. the u.s. powerfully on afghanistan is working. or we are all were victims of the bombing is ongoing. a lot of houses destroyed and several villages about six to seven thousand families are living in this camp. for. work closer to talks with the taliban and the peace process than we've seen before. as we were the taliban and i said we're fighting each other then government forces launched a military operation against our houses were destroyed our livestock. this is. why we do not want afghanistan to be a safe haven for terrorism any more and so we continue to go down that path twenty one international terrorist groups are operating in this country dozens o

the u.s. oppose world bank financial assistance to countries that knowingly fail to enforce u.n. security sanctions against north korea. r committee passed identical language, and the provision benefited directly from the input by my subcommittee ranking member, mrs. moore. the committee vote was unanimous and the house passed it 415-2. it boggles the mind that any member of this body would vote against that language as part of h.r. 3326. and in closing, if the ranking member is upset that we take the interests of the poor more seriously than the interests of the world bank, then so be it. i believe the bank's interests and the poor's interest should be aligned not just in theory but in practice. if they're not, it's the bank that should look itself in the mirror. i urge my colleagues to support and i yield bark. the chair: the question will be considered under general leave. the gentleman from texas -- reserves. the gentlewoman from california is recognized. ms. waters: thank you very much, mr. chairman and members. the gentleman from texas really has presented rather hollow argu

much for that mama june we voting there live from bethlehem in the occupied west bank now on to other world news an emergency session of the u.n. security council called by the u.s. was supposed to focus on iraq crackdown on anti-government protesters what u.s. ambassador nikki haley got instead was a diplomatic lecture on the proper protocol for convening the council a number of countries including russia china and even longtime ally france criticizing us for calling the meeting and accuse the americans of interfering in iran's internal affairs the russian ambassador went as far as accusing the u.s. of trying to exploit the protests in order to sink the twenty fifteen iran nuclear deal taken to. used in the book the blue coat but the real reason for convening today is not to protect human rights or promote the interests of the iranian people but rather a veiled attempt to continue to undermine the iranian nuclear agreement if the founding principles of this institution mean anything we will not only hear their cry we will finally answer it the iranian regime is now on notice the world will be watching what you do suppose you

the u.n. reports half a million people have been displaced as of late more on that after the break. here's what people have been saying about. this. better than. ever heard of. the world bank. you sent us an e-mail. the first one on top of the story the person with the loudest voice of the biggest . questions. answered. here with us today the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley said on wednesday the trump administration's policy in afghanistan is working and they are close to a peace process than they've ever been before however by the end of last year the u.n. was reporting itself that almost half a million people have been displaced in the country let's have a look at some of the latest pictures from that. i think like you look at. the us powerfully on afghanistan is working. on that we are all were victims of the bombing is ongoing our violence a lot of houses have been destroyed and several villages about six to seven thousand displaced families are living in this camp. go to. work closer to talks with the taliban and the peace process than we've seen before about them get your money out as you were a taliban and i said we're fighting each other then government for

the world. mark: monday, president trump ruled out talks with the taliban. u.n. agency for palestinian refugees is seeking $800 million for emergency operations in syria, the west bank, and the gaza strip. he agency saw its budget slashed this year. historically been the largest donor to the agency. opponents of the russian military campaign in syria heckled sergey lavrov in sochi. they boycotted an event, calling it an attempt to your server the role of talks in geneva. they wanted to take the lead by reinforcing the regime. 24 hours per day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in 120 countries. i'm mark crumpton, this is bloomberg. scarlet? julia: we are -- scarlet: we have come off the worst levels of the session. lows,e come up off the that was about 30 minutes ago. members of the dow are down. this is bloomberg. ♪ julia: this is bloomberg markets," i'm julia chatterley. , withhealth care company hundreds of billions in revenue, these corporate giants are a force to be reckoned with. that is bad news for insurance. story, us on this catherine baker. great to have you with us. catherine, i want to go to you, first. the big disruption of amazon into the healt