occur other top story then that the un general assembly has voted to condemn israel's use of excessive indiscriminate and disproportionate force against palestinian protesters over the past two and a half months since the end of march i.d.f. troops have killed more than one hundred twenty people in. resolution one widespread support with one hundred twenty members backing it forty five abstained just eight states including the u.s. and israel voted against it the palestinian ambassador said he just wants to see civilians protected while washington's ambassador claimed the vote would play into the hands of hamas. the nature of this resolution clearly demonstrates that politics is driving the day it is totally one sided it makes not one mention of hamas who routinely initiate violence in gaza the need to protect our people and that of this occupation remains urgent unquestionably and why should that be offending anyone. we're just asking for a simple thing we want our civilian population to be protected while israel maintains that its actions are necessary for defending its borders its u

the un general assembly has passed a non-binding resolution condemning israel over the recent violence on its border with gaza the recent flare up as one hundred twenty nine palestinians killed by israeli forces a similar arab backed resolution was vetoed by the u.s. at the security council. haiti has banned from great britain from operating in the country after its staff was accused of sexual misconduct haitian government says the charity has violated laws and people's dignity has alleged that some aid workers including a former country director use prostitutes whilst working there after the twenty ten quake. well the nine hundred refugees and migrants who were rescued by the italian coast guard of right in the port of cateye me a in sicily it happened as france criticised italy's new government for refusing to allow foreign rescue boat to dock that vessel has been forced to head to spain with more than six hundred refugees on board and a whole reports from rome. disembarking in italy nine hundred thirty two migrants and refugees rescued in the mediterranean by the italian coast guard

of belief women's rights l g b t rights and the rights of racial and ethnic minorities the un general assembly can suspend the rights of any council member that's violating human rights in a gross and systematic way this requires a two thirds majority vote. let's get going let's bring in our guests joining us from geneva young shar on he's the director of independent diplomat in london we have rosa friedman professor of law and global development of the university of reading and joining us from washington is mohammed a cop professor of conflict resolution at the george mason university welcome to you all coming to you first what does this decision do to the organization well the decision is not really one that comes as a prize in geneva everyone that's been following the human rights council in geneva has been expecting it ever since nikki haley came to geneva in june of last year and said that in essence she wanted the council to reform around three pillars the first one is its membership the second one is its perceived bias towards israel and the third one is its efficiency i think that here

seeks to address the situation and something like this is in the pipeline last year at the un general assembly states agreed to develop the global compact on refugees which seeks to support not only refugees but host communities as well but at the same time we need to tackle the root causes of displacement we need to be able to prevent this violence from happening in the first place in the future that will prevent new people being forced to flee and also hopefully create the conditions that will start allowing people to return home now charlie your agency says that resolving any one of the regional conflicts that we mentioned would have a major impact in solving the global refugee crisis but the un security council itself has not been very effective in doing so how do you see a solution on that front. well what's needed is for the international community to come together. to come together in dialogue and to find these political solutions that bring an end to the bloodshed it requires those who have influence over the parties to conflicts and violence to use that influence to bring about peace

also managing integration but this is a remains a question of political will last year at the un general assembly states came together and agreed to develop the global compact on refugees and what this deal which remains in the pipeline involves is a stablish a new and comprehensive approach to managing the refugee crisis that not only supports refugees but also supports host communities as well and when you give refugees the chance to integrate and the chance to make social and economic contributions to the new society we see a much more peaceful harmonious existence and currently as it stands countries are bearing it this proportion of responsibility for receiving new arrivals there needs to be of fairer and more equitable distribution of refugees which the yeah actually from the u.n.h.c.r. thank you. on just for size of the world cup of course a sudden gold beats of poland two won in a battle between the last two teams to make their appearances at each side is captained by a star striker of european club football by munich sir robert lewandowski and liverpool's audio manet but it wasn't exactl

is a lifeline for the residents of sanaa in presidents of the hooty controlled provinces the un general assembly has passed a non-binding resolution condemning israel for using excessive force against palestinian protesters in gaza israeli soldiers have shot dead at least one hundred twenty nine demonstrators at the border since march the out of backed resolution was brought to the general assembly after the u.s. vetoed a similar resolution at the security council as the occupation intensifies in its brutality witnessed every single day in the oppression intimidation and humiliation openness fenian men women and children by the israeli occupying forces and extremists settlers and as the dangerous political impasse persists the need to protect our people under this occupation remains. and unquestionably. i ask you all i ask them buffet of turkey why couldn't you include. in the revolution at them battered oval judea of bangladesh venezuela with the revolution do you support terrorism do you support suicide bombers in fact this resolution makes peace less possible it feeds a narrative to the despe

violations in member states it's made up of forty seven member countries they're elected by the un general assembly for a three year can serve only two terms in a row a specific number of seats allocated for each region of the world the u.s. could revert to observer status which is reserved for countries that are not members that allows them to speak on rights abuses but not to vote. well president trungpa been threatening to quit the right sporty if it wasn't reformed al-jazeera swaziland jordan reports. special a year ago the u.s. ambassador to the united nations criticize the u.n. human rights council for what she called its hypocritical behavior and nikki haley said the u.s. would quit the council if it didn't change its ways it's hard to accept that this council has never considered a resolution on venezuela and yet it adopted five biased resolutions in march against a single country israel it is essential that this council address its chronic anti israel bias if it is to have any credibility it is correct to criticize the state of israel for its actions as said by rabbi law you can you can ch

masters of over a dozen countries in geneva last september and president trump speech before the un general assembly he called for member states to support human rights council reform during high level week last year we led a session on human rights council reform co-hosted by the british and dutch foreign ministers and more than forty other countries our efforts continued all through this year and new york where my team met with more than one hundred and twenty five member states and circulated draft text almost every country we met with agrees with us in principle and behind closed doors that the human rights council needs major dramatic systemic changes yet no other country has had the courage to join our fight meanwhile the situation on the council has gotten worse not better one of our central goals was to prevent the world's worst human rights abusers from gaining human rights council membership what happened in the past year the democratic republic of congo was elected as a member. the d r c is widely known to have one of the worst human rights records in the world even as it was being a left

hamas we're going to hear now from the turkish representative on this in this debate at the un general assembly. to hold this emergency special session today because the security council failed to adopt a resolution that calls for the protection of the palestinian civilians due to give of our american friends that is the reason by turkey. as the chair of the organization of islamic conference call table the draft resolution we will now take an action or point let us be clear about what this resolution is and is not the draft resolution that is before us is a call to all member states of the u.n. to alleviate human suffering a call to look for peaceful means to deter and prevent attacks on civilians. this draft resolution is taking sides with international law it is about supporting the escalation on the ground it is about deterring further attacks on civilians from taking place it is a call to the secretary general to come up with his recommendations on how to protect civilians from poder attack it's their call to all sides to put an end to put an end to loss of lives this resolution does not s

palestine britain handed over palestine to the united nations in one thousand and forty seven the un general assembly decided to partition palestine into two states. one arab the other jewish. this partition plan was rejected by palestinians in neighboring arab states. in early one nine hundred forty eight open conflict erupted between jews and palestinians in a confidential briefing at the time america's central intelligence agency predicted a defeat for the jews. as the arabs gradually quartern ate their war effort the jews will be forced to withdraw from isolated positions and having been drawn into a war of attrition will gradually be defeated. following the withdrawal of the last british troops in may nine hundred forty eight jewish leaders proclaimed their stablish went on the state of israel. on the very next day five out of armies from jordan egypt lebanon syria and iraq immediately declared. one young palestinian activist who was living in cairo at the time was keen to join the fight. and i thought. that i knew. that there was where stan managed not to lobby for the sliney in the should bury

the un general assembly has passed a non-binding resolution condemning israel over the recent violence on its border with gaza it's now mandated the secretary general to explore the possibility of an international protection force for palestinians israeli forces have killed at least one hundred twenty nine palestinians over the past ten weeks as the occupation intensifies in its brutality witnessed every single day in the oppression intimidation and humiliation of palestinian men women and children by the israeli occupying forces and extremist settlers and as the dangerous political impasse persists the need to protect our people under this occupation remains urgent and unquestionably the draft of a u.n. report says a key target on climate change sat in the paris agreement will not be met unless rapid and far reaching changes are made in the world economy otherwise human induced global warming will increase by more than one point five degrees celsius by twenty forty that's according to the intergovernmental panel on climate change report issued by the reuters news agency the final vers

investigating israel's treatment of palestinians and the us is recent failure to prevent the un general assembly from condemning israel's use of force in gaza finally made the trumpet ministration say enough on tuesday but when organizations undermine our national interests and our allies we will not be complicit when they seek to infringe on our national sovereignty we will not be silent we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights we could have withdrawn immediately we did not do that instead we made a good faith effort to resolve the problems the u.s. has had a troubled relationship with the council when it was set up in two thousand and six president george bush refused to join because he feared countries with poor human rights records would be able to sit on a panel intended to punish human rights violators he and bush's decision making the us ambassador to the u.n. at the time john bolton he's now president trumps national security advisor i think president will. rock obama t

of belief women's rights l g b t rights and the rights of racial and ethnic minorities the un general assembly can suspend the rights of any council member that's violating human rights in a gross and systematic way this requires a two thirds majority vote. let's get going let's bring in our guests joining us from geneva dion shar on he's the director of independent diplomat in london we have rosa friedman professor of law and global development of the university of reading and joining us from washington is mohammed a cop professor of conflict resolution at the george mason university welcome to you all coming to you first what does this decision do to the organization well the decision is not really one that comes as a prize in geneva everyone that's been following the human rights council in geneva has been expecting it ever since nikki haley came to geneva in june of last year and said that in essence she wanted the council to reform around three pillars the first one is its membership the second one is its perceived biased towards israel and the third one is its efficiency i think that her

the un general assembly has passed a non-binding resolution condemning israel over the recent violence on its border with one hundred twenty nations voted in favor eight countries including the us voted against the recent flare up of violence in gaza has seen one hundred twenty nine palestinians killed by israeli forces the other back to resolution was brought to the general assembly after washington vetoed a similar resolution at the security council as the occupation intensifies in its brutality witnessed every single day in the oppression intimidation and humiliation of palestinian men women and children by the is the veil occupying forces and extremist settlers and as the dangerous political impasse persists the need to protect our people under this occupation remains urgent and unquestionably i ask you all i ask them both of turkey why couldn't you include come earth in the revolution after them battled over judea of bangladesh venezuela with the revolution do you support terrorism. do you think board suicide bombers. in fact this resolution makes peace less possible it feeds a na

investigating israel's treatment of palestinians and the us is recent failure to prevent the un general assembly from condemning israel's use of force in gaza finally made the trumpet ministration say enough on tuesday but when organizations undermine our national interests and our allies we will not be complicit when they seek to infringe on our national sovereignty we will not be silent we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights we could have withdrawn immediately we did not do that if instead we made a good faith effort to resolve the problems the us has had a troubled relationship with the council when it was set up in two thousand and six president george bush refused to join because he feared countries with poor human rights records would be able to sit on a panel intended to punish human rights violators key in bush's decision making the us ambassador to the u.n. at the time john bolton he's now president trumps national security advisor i think president were. mark obama

combating the financing of terrorism qatar's amir waited until september and the podium of the un general assembly to address a global audience. he repeated qatar's position that the moves by the blockade in countries were an assault against a sovereign state and a violation of human rights for six months after the blockade began the annual g.c.c. summit was held in kuwait cantars amir attended the meeting for the heads of state of the three blockading gulf nations did not what ties between the u.s. and accounts are continued to strengthen over the year president trump backtracked on his original position and welcomed the emir to washington where he praised him for taking a stand against iso and approved a new arms sale to qatar where the newly installed u.s. secretary of state might pump aoe travel to saudi arabia in april his main message on his first overseas trip resolve the gulf crisis and stop the blockade against qatar. reports on qatar's difficult year. it has not been an easy year for qatar but for now protests from all over the world fill up store shelves cranes other most visible sign o

passed to give palestinians protection from illegal use of force and emergency session of the un general assembly will discuss the situation in gaza on wednesday we would not relent in our quest to try to find ways to provide protection for the civilian population because it is our duty it is that i think to do and it is the thing that the palestinian people including those in the gaza strip and in occupied east jerusalem they need and we determined to do everything that we can in order to provide them or to contribute to providing them with international protection. the economic crisis in jordan is a focus of a meeting in the holy city of mecca on sunday there's been a series of protests against price increases and a proposed new tax now leaders from saudi the united arab emirates and kuwait say they'll look at how they can help jordan out of its economic struggles. more evacuations are being ordered me a guatemala's volcanic eruption which has now killed at least one hundred nine people caddick material and contaminated water from. threatening homes five days after erupted david is not far from

protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias as president trump said at the un general assembly is a massive source of embarrassment to the united nations that some governments with the greatest human rights records sit on the human rights council and the council's continued and well documented by skins israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel against the rest of the world combined israel has thanked the united states for their move withdrawing from the council and there have been widespread reactions from elsewhere in the secretary general would have much preferred for the united states to remain in the human rights council the u.n. human rights architecture plays a very important role in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide and now we've heard from the executive director of human rights watch mr kenneth roth he responded saying quote the trumpet administration's withdrawal is a sad reflection of its one dimensional human rights policy defending israeli abuses from criticism takes precedence above

military base in the region in september me addresses the un general assembly saying the blockade was an assault against a sovereign state not a violation of human rights but the blockade in countries refused to sit down at the annual g.c.c. summit with count as a mere in december meanwhile ties between the u.s. and canada are continue to strengthen president trump welcomes the amir to washington where he praises him for taking a stand against eisel a new secretary of state mike pump a zero travels to saudi arabia in april his main message on his first overseas trip resolve the gulf crisis and end the blockade of gaza. well the national flag carrier council railways suffer the big drop in revenue and passenger numbers to use in the book eight the national carrier says that it can turn things around by adding more destinations and by buying more planes let's take you live now to. the international airport that sasha good name is for us so. the airline says that it's certainly been a challenging year. but it was a size it's some growth. well let's start with the challenges adrian the ai

palestinians protection from as he put it illegal use of force an emergency session of the un general assembly will discuss the situation in gaza on wednesday we would not relent in our quest to try to find ways to provide protection for the civilian population because it is our duty it is the right thing to do and it is the thing that the palestinian people including those in the gaza strip in occupied east jerusalem they need and we determined to do everything that we can in order to provide them or to contribute to providing them with international protection the taliban in afghanistan is not a three day cease fire after the end of ramadan but it won't include foreign forces have been fighters warned they'll defend themselves if attacked during the truce at the start of the victims them holiday later this month the ceasefire follows a similar announcement by the government. well guatemalans have been ordered to leave. by an erupting volcano has been spewing a toxic cloud of ash and lava for the past five days they say one hundred nine people have died and two hundred of those a missing with

passed to give palestinians protection from illegal use of force and imagines the session of the un general assembly will discuss the situation in gaza on wednesday we would not relent in our quest to try to find ways to provide protection for the civilian population because it is our duty it is the right thing to do and it is the thing that the palestinian people including those in the gaza strip and in occupied east jerusalem they need and we are determined to do everything that we can in order to provide them or to contribute to providing them with international protection. economic crisis in jordan is a focus of a meeting in the holy city of mecca on sunday there's been a series of protests against price increases and a proposed new tax. the united arab emirates kuwait and jordan say they look at how they can help jordan out of its economic struggles. guatemala now and more evacuations are being ordered near the volcanic eruption which has now killed at least one hundred nine people. and contaminated water from. threatening homes five days. david messer is not far from the site. as painful as hi

palestine britain handed over palestine to the united nations in one thousand and forty seven the un general assembly decided to partition palestine into two states one out of the other jewish. this partition plan was rejected by palestinians in neighboring arab states. in early one nine hundred forty eight open conflict erupted between jews and palestinians in a confidential briefing at the time america's central intelligence agency predicted a defeat for the jews. as the arabs gradually corden ate their war effort the jews will be forced to withdraw from isolated positions and having been drawn into a war of attrition will gradually be defeated. following the withdrawal of the last british troops in may one hundred forty eight jewish leaders proclaimed their stablish went on the state of israel. on the very next day five out of armies from jordan egypt lebanon syria and iraq immediately declared war. one young palestinian activist who was living in cairo at the time was keen to join the fight. and i thought. that. the thought that there was were stem and not to lobby for the thirteen for should ban

last september in president trump's speech to the un general assembly he called on the member statesled a session on human rights council reform cohosted by the british and dutch foreign ministers and more than a0 other countries. our efforts continued all through this year in new york. when my team met with more than 125 member states and circulated draft texts. almost every country we met with agrees with us in principle and behind closed doors that the human rights council needs major dramatic systemic changes. yet no other country has had the courage to join oui’ country has had the courage to join ourfight. the un human rights chief zeid ra'ad al hussein has responded on twitter. president trump has defended his government's policy of separating migrant children from their parents at the country's border with mexico. he said on social media that illegal immigrants should not be allowed to "pour into and infest" the united states. the president is discussing legislative plans with us senators, as our correspondent nick bryant reports. let the children go now! outrage that childre

withdrawal is a consequence of washington's relations with israel as president trump said at the un general assembly there's a massive source of embarrassment to the united nations that some governments with egregious human rights records sit on the human rights council and the council's continued and well documented by its israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel against the rest of the world combined general secretary of the palestinian national initiative missed the barghouti says the withdrawal shows how biased the trump administration is to israel. this is american withdrawal from the human rights council as a deflection of how serious the problem is with that arms administer action which has become totally biased toward israel and is favored in those really interested even to the american interest and i think withdrawing from such an important human occurrence or local votes council. undermines all the claims from the side of the american administration that there care so much about human rights that is very dangerous very good if

what this is a remains a question of political will last year at the un general assembly states came together and agreed to develop the global compact on refugees and what this deal which remains in the pipeline involves is a stablish a new and comprehensive approach to managing the refugee crisis not only supports refugees but also supports host communities as well and when you give refugees the chance to integrate and the chance to make social and economic contributions to the new society we see a much more peaceful harmonious existence and currently as it stands countries are bearing a disproportionate responsibility for receiving new arrivals there needs to be a fairer and more equitable distribution of refugees which the yeah actually from the u.n. agency i thank you. ok migration policy is also dividing the united states president trump came to power promising action against illegal immigrants now he's defending his administration's border protection policy in the face of rising outrage of the for separation of migrant children from that parents his call for tough action agains

protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias as president trump said at the un general assembly is a massive source of embarrassment to the united nations that some governments with the greatest human rights records sit on the human rights council and the council's continued and well documented by askins israel which is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel against the rest of the world combined israel has thanked the united states for their move withdrawing from the council and there have been widespread reactions from elsewhere the secretary general would have much preferred for the united states to remain in the human rights council the un's human rights architecture plays a very important role in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide and now we've heard from the executive director of human rights watch mr kenneth roth he responded saying quote the trumpet administration's withdrawal is a sad reflection of its one dimensional human rights policy defending israeli abuses from criticism takes precedence ab

and the un general assembly is pasta non-binding resolution condemning israel for using excessive force against palestinian protesters in gaza israeli soldiers have shot at least one hundred twenty nine demonstrates this at the border since march. congress has begun debating whether to legalize abortion hundreds of people gathered outside parliament. session is taking place it's an issue that's deeply divided a country that remains strong. why the conflict church present us this update from outside congress and one of saris it's a historic day in argentina as congress was debating for the first time the possibility of legalizing abortion in this country there's thousands and thousands of people here now in the evening waiting for congress to vote on one side are those supporting and demanding that abortion be legalized in this country and on the other side there's those who are asking lawmakers to vote against it abortion is illegal in argentina except in case of rape or when i woman lives at this risk the law would allow abortions to be carried out until fourteen weeks of pregnancy and

bringing you up to speed on our of the headline news now the un general assembly has voted to condemn israel's use of excessive indiscriminate disproportionate force against palestinian protesters over the past two and a half months since the end of march i.d.f. troops have killed more than one hundred twenty people in gaza the resolution one widespread support with one hundred twenty members backing it forty five abstained just eight states including the u.s. and israel voted against it the palestinian ambassador said he just wanted to see civilians protected while washington's ambassador claimed the vote would play into the hands of hamas. the nature of this resolution clearly demonstrates that politics is driving today it is totally one sided it makes not one mention of hamas who routinely initiate violence in gaza the need to protect our people under this occupation remains urgent and unquestionable and why should that be offending anyone we're just asking for a simple thing we want our civilian population to be protected i while israel maintains that its actions are necessary for

palestinians protection from as he put it illegal use of force an emergency session of the un general assembly requested by turkey and algeria will discuss the situation in gaza all men say we would not relent in our quest to try to find ways to provide protection for the civilian population because it is our duty it is the right thing to do and it is the thing that the palestinian people including those in the gaza strip and in occupied east jerusalem they need and we are determined to do everything that we can in order to provide them or to contribute to providing them with international protection there's an ancient practice in the middle east during the holy month of ramadan and to make sure that people eat before a day of fasting for centuries men have walked around the streets in the middle of the night chanting and banging drums but now police in jerusalem have begun issuing hefty fines because jewish settlers have moved into the area complaining about their lack of sleep smith reports. it's a wake up alarm that dates back centuries. just before dawn during ramadan across the middle eas

and the un general assembly has passed a non-binding resolution condemning israel for using excessive force against palestinian protesters in gaza israeli soldiers shot dead at least one hundred twenty nine demonstrators at the border since march. haiti has banned oxfam great britain from operating in the country off to its start for accused of sexual misconduct the haitian government said the charity had violated laws and people's dignity it's alleged that some aid workers including a former country director use prostitutes whilst working there after the two the thousand and ten earthquake seven oxfam staff have since resigned or been fired. thousands of macedonians showing their support for the president after he said he'd block a deal with greece on changing the country's name. i. feel gay even office says the deal violates the constitution and grace the government of prime minister alexis the press may face a new confidence face on the issue and just keep to the two neighbors has been an obstacle to macedonia joining nato and the e.q. chancer uplifts has the latest from the greek

protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias as president trump said at the un general assembly there's a massive source of embarrassment to the united nations that some governments with egregious human rights records sit on the human rights council and the council's continued and well documented by skins israel is unconscionable. since its creation the council has adopted more resolutions condemning israel against the rest of the world combined israel has thanked the united states for their move withdrawing from the council and there have been widespread reactions from elsewhere the secretary general would have much preferred for the united states to remain in the human rights council the u.s. human rights architecture plays a very important role in the promotion and protection of human rights worldwide and now we've heard from the executive director of human rights watch mr kenneth roth he responded saying quote the trumpet administration's withdrawal is a sad reflection of its one dimensional human rights policy defending israeli abuses from criticism takes precedence above a

and that's precisely the problem with the human rights council as president trump said at the un general assembly there's a massive source of embarrassment to the united nations that some governments with egregious human rights records sit on the human rights council for too long the human rights council has been a protector of human rights abusers and a cesspool of political bias washington has long had a troubled relationship with the un human rights council the us has frequently accused the body of being biased against israel while not being tough enough on countries it sees or thora tarion israel welcome to america's withdrawal with prime minister benjamin netanyahu calling it a courageous decision but the head of human rights watch has said it only reflects a commitment on the part of the united states to defending crimes committed by israel and while the u.n. secretary general expressed regret over washington pulling out the u.s. envoy to the organization it claims there was no other option as rights groups blocks attempts at reform it is unfortunate that your letter sought to undermine our

investigating israel's treatment of palestinians and the us is recent failure to prevent the un general assembly from condemning israel's use of force in gaza finally made the trumpet ministration say enough on tuesday but when organizations undermine our national interests and our allies we will not be complicit when they seek to infringe on our national sovereignty we will not be silent we take this step because our commitment does not allow us to remain a part of a hypocritical and self-serving organization that makes a mockery of human rights we could have withdrawn immediately we did not do that instead we made a good faith effort to resolve the problems the u.s. has had a troubled relationship with the council when it was set up in two thousand and six president george bush refused to join because he feared countries with poor human rights records would be able to sit on a panel intended to punish human rights violators and bush's decision making the us ambassador to the u.n. at the time john bolton he's now president trumps national security advisor right. president barack obama then join

the un general assembly has passed a non-binding resolution condemning israel for using excessive force against palestinian protesters in gaza israeli soldiers have shot dead at least one hundred twenty nine demonstrators at the border since march the outer backed resolution was brought to the general assembly after washington vetoed a similar resolution at the security council u.s. secretary of state mike pompei o says the trumpet ministration is hoping for major disarmament on the korean peninsula by the end of twenty twenty he's been speaking ahead of a meeting with south korea's president monday and appears in seoul to brief leading politicians on tuesday's landmark meeting between donald trump and north korea's kim jong un. argentina's congress has begun debating whether to legalize abortion hundreds of people have gathered outside parliament and want to say there is while this session is taking place it's an issue that's deeply divided a country that remains strongly influenced by the catholic church argentinean law only allows abortions in cases of rape all when the woman's life

resolution is passed to give palestinians protection from illegal use of force an emergency un general assembly to discuss the situation in gaza will now take place on wednesday we will not relent in our quest to try to find ways to provide protection for the civilian population because it is our duty it is that i think to do and it is the thing that the palestinian people including those in the gaza strip and in occupied east jerusalem they need and we are meant to do everything that we can in order to provide them or to contribute to providing them with international protection plenty more ahead here on the news hour including austria's government orders the closure of seven mosques. and the death of a celebrity chef anthony bourdain jets light on a disturbing trend in the united states. also rafael nadal edges closer to an eleventh title at roland garros those details coming up. more regulations are being ordered to guatemala volcanic eruption which has now killed at least one hundred nine people well kind of material and contaminated water from mt fuego are still threatening homes five days

the un general assembly has passed a resolution which condemns israel over the recent violence on its border with gaza one hundred twenty nations voted in favor eight countries voted against among them the u.s. it is now mandated the secretary general to explore the possibility of an international protection force for palestinians israeli forces have killed at least one hundred twenty nine palestinians over the past him weeks the arab backed resolution was brought to the general assembly after washington vetoed a similar resolution in the security council. argentina's congress is debating whether to allow abortion in the first fourteen weeks of pregnancy hundreds of people have gathered outside parliament in what osiris whilst the session is taking place it's an issue that is that has deeply divided a country where the catholic church has a strong influence at the moment the law only allows abortions in cases of rape or when a woman's life is at risk to raise a burqa has the latest from this side as. it's a historic day in argentina as congress is debating for the first time the possi

the un general assembly has passed a resolution condemning israel over the recent violence on its border with gaza it's now mandated the secretary general to explore the possibility of an international protection force for palestinians israeli forces killed at least one hundred twenty nine palestinians in the past ten weeks. thanks. one of the world's biggest sporting events football's world cup gets underway in russia in just a few hours from now the first. match reaches the host country this is saudi arabia president putin says it's a chance for russia to showcase its new culture to the world that's right chalons reports the government is likely to use the tournament to try to improve its reputation. the fans are arriving football chancer reverberating around city squares one of the biggest sporting parties in the world is upon us once again as. it was eight years ago that fever announced the two thousand and eighteen host would be russia amid allegations of corruption in the world cup bidding process nevertheless by the may putin was pleased enough to accept with a rare speech in engl

calls the illegal use of force and turkey have requested in the mercians the session of the un general assembly on wednesday so this cus the killings in gaza we would not relent in our quest to try to find ways to provide protection for the civilian population because it is our duty it is the right thing to do it is the thing that the palestinian people including those in the gaza strip in occupied east jerusalem they need and we are determined to do everything that we can in order to provide them or to contribute to providing them with international protection. the king of jordan is to america on sunday hoping for help from the leaders of saudi arabia kuwait and the u.a.e. repos income tax rises provoked some of the largest protests by jordanians in years the government has shelve the rise but still faces the tricky task of balancing popular demands with the need to reduce the national debt and curb inflation supporters of. been celebrating after the former colleagues vice president had his war crimes convictions overturned a majority of judges and staff for criminal court could not be held re

military base in the region in september immy addresses the un general assembly saying the blockade was an assault against a sovereign state not a violation of human rights but the blockading countries refused to sit down at the annual g.c.c. summit with cutters and the air in december meanwhile ties between the us and canada continue to strengthen president trump welcomes the amir to washington where he praises him for taking a stand against i saw a new secretary of state mike pompei o travels to saudi arabia in april his main message on his first overseas trip resolve the gulf crisis and end the blockade of gaza. takes a look now at what cattle is done in the past year to combat the blockade. it has not been an easy year for qatar but for now protests from all over the world fill up store shelves cranes other most visible sign of the huge push to build mega projects in time for football's world cup in twenty twenty two but a year ago on the fifth of june during the fasting month of ramadan qatar is work up to an unprecedented crisis saudi arabia the u.a.e. behind rain and egypt cut of

main chambers here at the united nations short time ago we heard from the president of the un general assembly and from the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists i think that shows you the seriousness with which the u.n. is taking this issue we are now hearing from the commissioner general of honor of the head of this agency that is a lifeline for many palestinians it helps five point four million palestinians with health services with education services and mr crandall who is just speaking a moment ago was making it quite clear how bad the situation is of the don't get that money he said we have a very big task ahead he said they face a drastic reduction in their budget and if they don't find it then the schools that runs they run some seven hundred schools in the west bank gaza and also in some of the neighboring countries where they have schools for palestinian refugees they say they will not be able to open in august he's also saying that they will have to make some very difficult funding decisions in july if they don't get some more money at this meeting today and he said that co

in twenty fifty member states at the un general assembly resolved to eliminate extreme poverty and hunger won't want it by twenty thirty with the help of the private sector. but does this new model of development aid work would it really benefit the needy or doesn't. just serve corporate interests. we take a look at several examples in east africa kenya zambia and tanzania. we're about to visit a business in the kenyan capital nairobi that receive support from frances state development aid agency a.f.p. . its subsidiary. and other european development banks back to fund worth forty five million euro's it's in turn invested two million euros in the nairobi base business european foods african. development banks such as profar coke were originally set up to fight hunger and poverty but in this case state development funds mix with private capital and of being invested with a focus on financial returns. the kenyan company european foods africa sells ready made pizzas made by the german firm dr bird and imported from germany the business bought modern cold storage rooms with the money from th