there's going to be a huge focus coming up at the un general assembly meeting taking place in new york, nikki haley herself, with a rather clumpy and claims suggested with mr trump in charge it might well turn out to be the most viewed un security council meeting in history —— a rather trump like claim. thank you, chris barker in washington. —— chris buckler. a mass burial has taken place for passengers who died when a ferry capsized on thursday, on lake victoria in tanzania. 224 people are now known to have lost their lives in the tragedy, and that number is expected to rise. aboubakar famau has this report. hundreds of mourners gathered near the shores of lake victoria at the island, to pay their last respects to the victims who were given a mass burial. the event was presided over by the prime minister, as well as other government officials. the government will create an investigative commission, which will involve experts and security organs, in order to investigate and establish the cause of the accident. proper measures will be taken against those responsible for the incident. ou

deal and pledge their commitment to remain participants the meeting on the sidelines of the un general assembly didn't just involve european foreign ministers but the foreign ministers of russia and china as well meeting with iran coming as it did on the eve before donald trump addresses the u.n. general assembly in what's been billed as an attempt to really blast iran for its activity this was a sign of real international solidarity here in new york sheraton see al-jazeera new york. in a message to the u.s. techies president used his speech at the u.n. to warn his country couldn't remain silent over the use of economic sanctions as a weapon johnny on marshmellow t.v. . trade wars have harmed humanity in every age and we are on the brink of yet another period that we fear again and none of us can remain silent through the arbitrary cancellation of commercial agreements the spreading prevalence of protectionism and the use of the going to make sentients as weapons because the negative effects of these twisted developments will eventually affect all countries. may also address the un general asse

general assembly and listen to egypt's president sisi who's due to speak next at the un general assembly. on behalf of the general assembly i have the honor to welcome to the united nations he sets up delphi back i was president of the other republic of egypt and to invite him to address. in the name of god the compassionate the merciful. mr president. let me congratulate you on the presidency of the second he said session of the united nations general assembly and express my appreciation for the efforts of mr miroslav like the present at the formal session and i also commend you in your choice of the theme of this year's session for we are in dire need for a new in our commitments and contributions. as member states and hansing the united nations role is the foundation for a just and effective international order a world order that is based on the balance of interests and responsibilities and respect for state several sovereignty and the dissemination of a culture of peace as well as one the rises above racism extremism and violence and achieve sustainable development these are the valu

are we expecting iran at the un general assembly next week?eeting and so is donald trump and that gives you a sense the relationships, that are already bad at the moment, have a danger of worsening unless they can find some way of seeing and agree on something going forward. as it is the us has pulled out of the iran nuclear deal, which of course has led to a great deal of concern, not least because it means the reimposition of sanctions on the country that is already facing some economic problems. and donald trump is also due to chair at this un general assembly a meeting of the un security council. now, that is clearly something that will have a lot of focus on it and president trump is supposed to be chairing a session that is looking at trying to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction. but he has already said that he wants the discussion to focus on iran and that is something that is likely to upset president rouhani specifically, but it also means there will be a great deal of focus on looking at what president trump himself says.

the un general assembly russia's foreign minister rails against the political blackmail economic pressure and brute force he says western governments use to maintain global dominance. protests take over barcelona wrist police use force against independence demonstrators in catalonia just two days before the first anniversary of the region's independence referendum. and offer an emotionally charged committee hearing donald trump olders an f.b.i. investigation into claims of sexual assault level that his supremes court nominee. saturday night at nine here in moscow is calling right with you would ask you with your news this hour thanks for checking in first off russia's foreign minister wrapped up his participation of the un general assembly on friday with an attack on western foreign policy so again of rauf condemned what he called the parochial self-serving ambitions of a small group of countries and said those states are undermining the organization and its principles to trying to reports from new york. the number of western states the seeking to preserve this proclaimed states is global

leaders speaking at the un general assembly in new york. we can go there live.normalise its relations with north korea once theissues its relations with north korea once the issues with nuclear are resolved will not change. we will be unfailing in our assistance to unleash the potential north korea problem, however, i‘m asked to reiterate one thing time and time again, we will bring about the return of alljapanese abductees. are determined to make this a reality. in order to resolve the abduction issue... —— i‘m determined. shinzo abe, the japanese prime minister, he is scheduled to hold talks on the sidelines of the general assembly meeting in new york with donald trump. more of that to come. you‘ve been watching newsday. i‘m babita sharma in london. and i‘m rico hizon in singapore. stay with us. back with the headlines next. we will see goodbye. —— we will see you $0011. will see goodbye. —— we will see you soon. goodbye. hello. tuesday was a day of contrasts across the uk. cloudy and windy for northern ireland and scotland, with some outbreaks of rain. across

president rouhani spoke as he left tehran for new york to attend the un general assembly. victims fell as innocent martyrs. undoubtedly the islamic republic of iran does not overlook this crime. it's clear to us which group the attackers belonged to and to where they are linked. the small puppet countries we see in the region are backed by america and the us is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. us ambassador to the united nations nikki haley has dismissed the iranian president's comments as rhetoric. let's speak to our washington correspondent chris buckler. what's the evidence that iran is presenting? iran hasn't presented any evidence, hasn't even given specifics about who they believe was responsible, but they say affectively that they believe these are gulf states who were involved in this attack. they are pointing the finger at washington for supporting those states. but that has been pointed right back by the us ambassador to the un, who says that president rouhani has to look at exactly what his country has been doing,

the committee to protect journalists has held discussion at the un general assembly to highlight global press freedom violations. they mentioned. and egypt human rights lawyer amal clooney quote on the. cheek to speak out in support of the two jailed reuters journalists. there are growing concerns and ted on the fire has defeated by iranian forces during the syrian campaign. and target them at home it's been a week since twenty five people were killed. and five during an event to commemorate the iran iraq war. reports from. a week after gunmen attacked a parade for veterans from the nineteen eighties iran iraq war one of iran's most powerful men told the country exactly who was to blame for the friday prayer podium the second in command of iran's revolutionary guard corps took aim at the united states israel and their gulf allies. i'm telling the regime of saudi arabia who are the main perpetrators behind this direction in our country and wish to bring in security into our territories that you will not succeed in your attempts if you cross our red lines we will definitely cross your. it

gulf crisis has led to exchanges at the un general assembly meanwhile between qatar and the countries imposing that blockade the u.a.e. is foreign minister again accused of supporting terrorism but carter's representative blamed the u.a.e. for creating instability in the region. is that the u.n. in new york. there have been heated exchanges between qatar and its neighbors saudi arabia the united arab emirates and about how they accused qatar of sponsoring extremism and destabilizing the region accusations strongly dismissed by qatar which said that the emirates is and the saudis are the last one to preach about peace and stability referring to the past track record of saudi arabia and the united arab emirates when it comes to war in the end there and its ability in libya and also united states congress inquiry into nine eleven which basically plane saudi arabia and the united arab emirates for lax finance regulations and also for for widing safe havens for extremist let's listen to what the qatari diplomat had to say about the allegations made by the united arab emirates saudi arabia

membership the gulf crisis featured prominently at the un general assembly on saturday with tough talking between carter and its neighbors the u.a.e. is foreign minister again accused of supporting terrorism but carter's representative blame the u.a.e. for creating instability in the region u.s. president donald trump has once again publicly backed his nominee for the supreme court he's ordered an f.b.i. investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by brett kavanaugh this means a confirmation vote by the full senate will be delayed for at least a week brazil's far right presidential candidate has been released from hospital in sao paolo three weeks after being stabbed with a political rally higher bolts a narrow flew home to read unirea on a commercial flight he was both jeered and cheered by passengers told to al-jazeera . what makes this moment you. so unique. we haven't seen the president this. freedom of speech is a. body that is a perfect formula for authoritarianism and here in the early years the lights are on and there's nowhere to hide let me ask you straight out here is t

perhaps one of the most interesting things during this whole meeting of the un general assembly is goingbecause it will be chaired by donald trump himself. specifically it is about trying to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction. but he has already said that as far as he's concerned, it is a meeting about iran. that is going to be watched very carefully, specifically by president rouhani. chris buckley in washington. in the lead up to this week's un security council meeting chaired by donald trump on the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, theresa may has been talking to news organisation cbs. she said that the president's decision to withdraw from the iranian nuclear deal is one area in which britain and the us have a difference of opinion. the question of that deal of course is an area where i do have a difference of opinion with president trump. we believe that should stay in place and others involved in putting that deal together believe that it should stay in place. we do agree with the united states that there are other aspects of iran's behaviour that we need to

twisted developments will eventually effect all countries such as a man also addressed the un general assembly calling on countries in the gulf to resolve their differences when he got to a new home invader i knew a did it out before it is not reasonable that different views about how to handle regional issues should paralyze the effectiveness of an important regional organization like the gulf cooperation council. the blockade of qatar has harmed the reputation of the g.c.c. countries and the g.c.c. as paralysis has reflected negatively on its work towards regional and global issues we hope that we will all transform the council's current plight into an opportunity to reform and to put forward binding mechanisms to resolve the differences among its states through intrastate dialogue to avoid any similar occurrence in the future it is not sensible for arab region to remain hostage to some marginal differences which are fabricated in a case. fourteen out of their news hour live from london coming up britain's labor party vote overwhelmingly to reject any breaks that deal with the e.u. that fail

sanctions are deepening its mistrust of america we young home address the un general assembly on saturday he said pyongyang has taken significant goodwill measures without a corresponding with spawn's from the trumpet ministration and there's been a heated exchange between representatives from the united arab emirates bahrain and qatar at the un general assembly in response to a u.n. speech accusing qatar sponsoring terrorism. a representative for qatar said the u.a.e. is spearheading instability in the region let's go live to a bar in new york for us hashim what happened. we're talking about tense times here as the. there's been there have been talks that this time of united nations general assembly meeting we might see some improvement when it comes to the g.c.c. relations what we see is war of words so what happened basically is that. the. yesterday the foreign minister the minister of foreign affairs of the u.a.e. accused qatar of sponsoring extremism and today we have the behind the foreign minister doing exactly the same thing wish. a strong statement from the qatari delegation sayi

a heated back-and-forth dominating the un's general assembly.hrown behind bars for three to 10 years, disgraced star bill cosbsby is sent to prison for sexual aauault. strippeded of their arms and otr investigation, mexican authorities raid the police headquarters and out the pogo. -- in acapulco. time to check in on the day's business news. stephen carroll joins the onset. you are starting with a big decision coming from america's central bank. reporter: the federal reserve expected to raise interest rates. it would be the third interest rate hike in the u.s. this year, bringing the benchmark federal funds rate between 2% and 2.25%. investors are watching for jerome powell and what he says about the future. we can go to london and speak to joshua. thank you for joining us. what will you be looking at when jerome powell speaks? interestingne -- the interesting one is everyone thinks it is a foregone conclusion that we will see the rate rise. the focus turns to everything that comes w with it. we will see projections from the fomc. we are looking

international i don't trump has delivered his address to the un general assembly line in his vision for the world although his comments did raise not your style but also a few laughs to you in the ring is a recap. in less than two years my administration has accomplished more of them. almost any administration in the history of our country. america hears so true. didn't expect a reaction but that's ok. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism the united states will not tell you how to live or work worship. germany will become totally dependent on russian energy if it does not immediately change course. nations of the world should resist socialism. and the misery. that it brings to everyone. and opec nations. are as usual ripping off the rest of the world we're not going to put up was that these horrible prices much we want them to start lowering prices. and they must contribute substantially to military protection from now on. from speech there was also dominated by iran with the president warning warning the world against supporting what he called i

palestinian statehood that has never been before the international court of justice however the un general assembly. made an important decision to recognize palestine as a norm member state which then the court will have to address in this decision since the court's jurisdiction in this case will only be possible if it can conclude that palestine meets the international law test for statehood as far as the court's jurisdiction relates to that there is a parallel situation with the nicaragua case that was brought against the u.s. in the one nine hundred eighty s. and in that case as perhaps will happen here the u.s. argued that the i.c.j. didn't have jurisdiction and when the court found that it did have jurisdiction the u.s. then withdrew from one of the particular ways that the court can exercise jurisdiction but what we might see is the u.s. arguing against this and it may take further steps as it did in the nick or argue a case for example within the u.n. security council to try to impede any decision of the i.c.j. against it. so i had on the program the deadline news that britain has just six m

let me congratulate you on your election as the four to be mailed president of the un general assembly during its seventy three years history. i assure you of my delegations full support in our polling your commitment to the u.n. . i also elicit date mr antonio gutierrez u.n. secretary general for his farm and carries us leadership in promoting global peace security and sustainable development. madam president. the team you have chosen for this year's sation brings back some personal memories for me. forty forty years ago my father the father of the nation bungled the shakman to borrow money stood on this podium and said i coach peace is an imperative for the survival of humanity. it represents the deepest aspirations of men and women throughout the world the united nations remains as the center of hope for the future of the people in this war of sadness more misery and conflict unquote. madam president to. my father going to shake multiplayer a man who devoted his life for the socio economic development of the people of bangladesh he had done so at a time when ninety percent of the po

the un general assembly which began on tuesday and made us from the middle east also took to the podium to talk about issues affecting their region the g.c.c. crisis the war in syria and the conflicts between israelis and palestinians were raised. reports. conflicts flaring up in the middle east have dominated the first day of the gathering of world leaders of the united nations general assembly it's been more than fifteen months since the start of a sea land and air blockade imposed by saudi arabia u.a.e. and egypt all qatar but it's in me remains defiant set i mean been hammered thani warned against further instability if the impasse continues what have you got on a new home invader probably a year and it is not reasonable that different views about how to handle regional issues should paralyze the effectiveness of an important regional organization like the gulf cooperation council the blockade has harmed the reputation of the countries in the g.c.c. is paralysis reflected negatively on its work towards regional and global issues syria was also on the agenda turkey and russia have re

economic and political ties the country's foreign minister has met on the sidelines of the un general assembly on friday but failed to reach a consensus has so mad about it has more from new york. a rare gathering of gold fry vel's this is the first time qatar's foreign minister has come face to face with his counterparts from saudi arabia the u.a.e. and egypt since the four countries imposed a land sea and blockade on qatar in july last year no handshakes no smiles and no news conference at the end of the meeting that lasted almost one hour. two days ago saudi foreign minister. accused qatar of financing extremism adding that his country will be ok even if the crisis goes on for another fifty years but that can wait also but we have to address the challenges in our region first before we talk we talk about just by going like this diplomacy in these communications meaning is engaging and this is why did you feel like you said i was doing was going to ask you a question thank you very much but the war of words between gulf rivals but the united states of america in a difficult position the trum

while rival rig night at the un general assembly to off to the israeli prime minister announced that he had knowledge of a secret iranian atomic warehouse to iran last out saying rather that it was israel which was the only country in the middle east with undeclared nuclear weapons has all senior correspondent what i guess. the general assembly is never dull the drama threats ultimatums and i q's ations but few relationships are as heartfelt or as emotional as radioactive as the one between israel and iran and dicks disclosing for the first time that iran has another secret facility in tehran a secret atomic warehouse for storing massive amounts of equipment and material. from iran secret nuclear weapons program with this now traditional back and forth you will never have to wait long for a sponsor you know arts and crafts show will ever obfuscates that israel is the only regime in a region with a secret an undeclared nuclear weapons program including an actual atomic arsenal time for israel to fess up and open its illegal nuclear weapons program to international inspectors fair play

use as address at the united nations and general assembly to hit out at unexpected targets mike hanna has more. not many leaders misses speaking slots of the un general assembly. but president trump chose to take questions on his way in we were doing really great remained seated we had the speakers list was hurriedly rearranged to make up for the delay punctuality not the only norm ignored the rain clouds gathering over the united nations heralded a new weekly isolationist american policy outlined within one in which old allies were sharply criticized germany will become totally dependent. on russian energy if it does not immediately change course the german delegation scoffed one member vigorously chewing gum while president trump went on to embrace new friends there is saudi arabia where king solomon and the crown prince are pursuing bold new reforms this is the day after embracing another leader accused of human rights violations the endorsement of an egyptian president whose figure risky pursued a policy of arbitrary detention of journalists and political opponents and after the public praise of lead amir putin earlier this year it was no

open up a humanitarian corridor but tween sanna and her data the assurance came out of the un general assembly on monday heard a clamor of warnings that time is running out if a full scale famine is to be avoided for the first time the parents of a money attrition victim three year old zafer sack of have spoken of their daughter's death it was last week after she went to the same clinic as bassem had a house and in had your province her father like the parents of bassem says he had no money to take his daughter to get better treatment elsewhere and safe as mother is worried about her other children's chances of survival she's inconsolable and my daughter had malnutrition and her condition was so bad that you could count the ribs in her chest.

nearly in november one thousand nine hundred forty seven the un general assembly adopted resolution one eight one recommending that palestine be partitioned into separate arab and jewish states. to the owners of the united nations the solution to recommend partition brings while jubilation among the jewish community into rosamond tel aviv. this was the first ever international recognition of the long hoped for jewish state. but the extremists saw no cause for celebration. they thought that the jews had the absolute try to the whole of palestine. and that the borders of the jewish state shouldn't be defined by any foreign bodies like the united nations so they wanted greater israel as it existed in biblical times. in april one thousand nine hundred forty eight going to forces began a military operation to take control of arab areas assigned to the jewish state under the partition plan. extremist militias joined the effort but soon they had overstepped the mark. let's say though that is that the stern gang and you'll go in as the british call them participated in one famous atrocity which

world leaders gather in new york for the un general assembly where the secretary general is expected to paint a grim picture. decision time for britain's main opposition party members vote on what position to take on breaks it. the european union says it's working on a way to continue trading with iran despite u.s. sanctions president trump pulled out of the twenty fifty nuclear deal this year and it's threatening to slap sanctions on companies that do business with iran she have a tense he has more from washington. the e.u. was reported to have been discussing what it calls a special purpose of vehicles for several weeks i will monday night the e.u. foreign policy chief said it would be going ahead e.u. member states will set up a legal entity to facilitate legitimate financial transactions with iran and this will allow european companies to continue to trade with iran in accordance with european union low and could be open to other partners in the woods the plans discussed in the past have involved an entity being set up to act as a go between or clearing house around and other nat

too at the un general assembly after the israeli prime minister announced he had knowledge of a secret and rainy and told me. rather it was israel which was the only country in the middle east with undeclared nuclear weapons is a senior correspondent of. the general assembly. is never dull the drama threats ultimatums and accusations but few relationships are as heartfelt or as emotional as radioactive as the one between israel and iran and dicks disclosing for the first time. that iran has another secret facility in tehran. a secret atomic warehouse for storing massive amounts of equipment and material from iran to secret nuclear weapons program with this now traditional back and forth you will never have to wait long for response no arts and crafts show will never up for ski that is really his only regime in our region with the secret undeclared nuclear weapons program including an actual atomic arsenal time for israel to fess up and open its illegal nuclear weapons program to international inspectors fair play to israel has a policy of nuclear ambiguity where it neither confirms nor

of all as jimmy morales is now discussing this you say during his un general assembly address quote we believe that a decade was enough time for it to complete its mandate so those are the words of the president we will continue to keep an eye on the story unfortunately that's all the time we have for today we want you to keep your comments coming via twitter facebook and al-jazeera dot com forwards last the stream of the online thanks a. lot . under president trump finding asylum in the u.s. has become harder than ever i am put in place a zero tolerance policy review our mark going a trial then we will prosecute you and that child may be separated from you thousands of families escaping violence at home now face separation detention and deportation as the u.s. closes its doors no shelter announces iraq. in recent years the sawhill of north africa has witnessed the so-called war on terror. but is this official narrative. battle. a battle for the earth's natural resources. shadow war in the sahara on al-jazeera. in a world where journalism as an industry is changing we have fortunate to

president gave plenty of attention to the north korea issue at the un general assembly donald trump took the opportunity to praise washington's progress with pyongyang however when north korea's turn came to take to the stage the foreign minister left a very different impression. so i mean i'm going from. the continuing sanctions deepen our mistrust of the u.s. the u.s. heavily relies on coercive measures that are lethal to trust building without any trust in the us we have no confidence in our national security and under such circumstances there is no way we will unilaterally disarm ourselves and with the d.v.r. foreign minister said today is to the extent that there is now for progress and travel as in washington not in pyongyang to be numerous unilateral measures concessions to the united states and then again virtually nothing in return so the foreign minister said today it's step by step just recently quote we will not disarm list confidence building measures are taken first by. you old rivalries of also being rigged night at the u.n. general assembly to the israeli prime minister a

government responsible for what took place and that's a theme which repeated itself today in the un general assembly the u.k. saw the consequences of these norms being the road it insults pretty this year when russia recklessly deployed a nerve agent on our streets the united kingdom has presented to detailed evidence clearly laid out in charges of attempted murder and the use of possession of a chemical weapon against agents of the russian state. uncorroborated rhetoric on the incident is on the rise the u.k. is stubbornly rejecting the idea of a joint investigation with russia which we have proposed on numerous occasions that's disappoint the fact that such a joint investigation is exactly what's called for in the chemical weapons convention and if they don't want to cooperate it begs the question then of whether the u.k. has something to hide. now there's been no reaction to those allegations in the belling cup blog here in the u.k. the metropolitan police and the home office declined in to make any comment whatsoever but since this whole incident took place the russian government they've denied

the un general assembly, traffic will be absolutely disastrous.: along with rainy weather, it is calm. rob: you can sleep through this morning. you are watching "fox and friends first" on tuesday morning. jillian: thanks for starting the day with us. judge brett kavanaugh denied all accusations of sexual assault in a fox news exclusive interview. the president and ranking republicans getting behind the supreme court nominee. >> this is a fine man and we hope he is confirmed as quickly, his family has suffered. >> shameful, shameful smear campaign has hit a new low. rob: griff jenkins live in washington with the craziness around this potential supreme court confirmation continuing. >> reporter: good morning. never seen anything like this in washington. brett kavanaugh not backing down, accusations of sexual misconduct continue to emerge, sitting with his wife ashley for an interview with martha maccallum, the judge categorically denied any wrongdoing. >> i never sexually assaulted anyone, not in high school, not ever. i have always treated women wi

now world leaders a car to arrive ing in new york for the annual un general assembly where iran is likely to be sent to stage a diplomatic editor james base at the united nations has mall. at this year's general assembly iran i think was always going to be the main subject and the thing that was making all of the headlines and now there is a new dimension to all of this with this attack we have president rouhani in town we have president trump in town he's expected here in new york in the next couple of hours now he will i'm sure talk about iran in his speech to the general assembly on choose day but perhaps more important than that is a security council meeting coming up on wednesday the u.s. has the current presidency of the u.n. security council rotates every month and as they have that they've decided to have a meeting at head of state level which will be chaired by president trump with presidents and prime ministers and foreign ministers around the table with him or presiding over the u.n. general assembly this week will be mariya finance the ecuadorian is just the fourth woman to le

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mr rouhani made his comments, as he prepared to travel to new york, where the un general assembly willvene for its annual meeting on tuesday. from there, our diplomatic correspondent james robbins sent this report. gunfire. the moment the shooting started. iran's elite revolutionary guards under attack on home soil. many forced to dive for cover, as a parade to honour them is ambushed by opponents of the government. soldiers and civilians died as others fled for their lives. an anti—government arab group based in this area of south—west iran said it was responsible, but militants of so—called islamic state also claimed this as their work. but iran's president rouhani is blaming what he calls, the bully, the united states and the gulf states, which it supports and arms, including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. translation: the small puppet countries that we see in the region are backed by america and the united states is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. but the united states denies any involvement, urging president rouhani ins

now a big partner to reform our health sector so you're watching live pictures there from the un general assembly in new york a pullout as president tommy remains gets out talking there he paid tribute to the former u.n. secretary general kofi annan he said palau is committed to sustainable development goals he declared twenty eighteen as the year of good health he said that plan was eager to work with global south scientific communities to sustain healthy coral reefs as part of palau contribution to healthy oceans he said pelle i was working with norway and other countries to protect our oceans mr plow's pushing for high quality low volume tourists and he said his government is committed to the paris climate agreement tommy remains got their pals president talking at the un general assembly. now u.s. president donald trump says if evidence against his supreme court pick is compelling he could withdraw the nomination one of the three women who were accused of sexual assault is expected to testify on thursday well michelle cross fenty is an international lawyer and managing director pass uncross n

lots going on and i must admit all the different bits of news coming out of the un general assembly havemay speaking there later today but one line donald trump said yesterday, talking about 0pec. as usual it is ripping off the rest of the world. there is a lot of conversation about oil at the moment that prices seem to be a one—way bet, what is your take on that? 0pec is one part of the prices or any change in the prizes but there is the question of the rainy and sanctions of course. but one of the things we hear about less is the us is producing a huge amount of shale oil and gas which is helping to keep the price down. but the pipeline that runs from the basin where the oil is produced isn't big enough to get enough oil to the market. it is an infrastructure problem in the us thatis an infrastructure problem in the us that is holding back some of the supply. we also heard from president trump on trade and the idea we will have to get used to this trade war because it's not going away soon. we talk about this in the big economic picture but also the politics. it fundamentally affects t

his participation at the un general assembly on friday with an attack on western foreign policy circle of rauf condemn what he called the approach self-serving ambitions of a small group of countries and said those states are undermining the organization and its principles of a tranquil now reports from new york. that's up above the number of western states the seeking to preserve this proclaimed status of global leaders and prevent a natural transition to a multi-polar world order to that means including political blackmail economic pressure and brute force such activities lead to devaluation of international law surrogate saved all here in russia had to say to the rest of the world for his final day in new york the foreign minister kept himself within the boundaries of diplomatic language however his criticism and told the war stratten up the international community has paid dearly for the self-serving ambitions of these countries diplomacy a culture of negotiation and compromise have been replaced by unilateral restrictions like un security council approval such actions are not just

barbara plett—usher covering the un general assembly for us. your with the briefing. kayaker‘s slapped in the face with an octupus by a seal, probably the strangest story you'll see all day. benjohnson, the fastest man on earth, is flying home to canada in disgrace. all the athletes should be clean going into the games. i'm just happy that justice is served. it is a simple fact that this morning, these people were in their homes. tonight, those homes have been burnt down by serbian soldiers and police. all the taliban positions along here have been strengthened, presumably in case the americans invade. it's no use having a secret service which cannot preserve its own secrets against the world. and so the british government has no option but to continue this action, and even after any adverse judgement in australia. concorde had crossed the atlantic faster than any plane ever before, breaking the record by six minutes. you're watching the briefing. our headlines: president trump says sexual misconduct allegations made against his supreme court nominee brett kavanaugh a

mr rouhani made his comments as he prepared to travel to new york, where the un general assembly willonvene for its annual meeting of world leaders on tuesday. from new york, here's our diplomatic correspondent, james robbins. gunfire the moment the shooting started. iran's elite revolutionary guards under attack on home soil. many forced to dive for cover, as a parade to honour them is ambushed by opponents of the government. soldiers and civilians died as others fled for their lives. an anti—government arab group based in this area of south—west iran said it was responsible, but militants of so—called islamic state also claimed this as their work. but iran's president rouhani is blaming what he calls the bully, the united states, and the gulf states which it supports and arms, including saudi arabia and the united arab emirates. translation: the small puppet countries that we see in the region are backed by america and the united states is provoking them and giving them the necessary capabilities to commit these crimes. but the united states denies any involvement, urging president

another interesting fact may be at the un general assembly, whether the president bumped into rouhanilly and what happens. for sure, they will not be formally meeting. but if so, if they come together, what would the president say? what would rouhani say? i think it will be one of the very interesting facets. i have been at those meetings with heads of state. lunches, where informally, everyone comes together and we will see what happens. maybe they will have a conversation. eric: finally, the president has ruled out a potential meeting. do think or would you advise him to sit down with rouhani? despite all of the differences between the two nations? >> i would want secretary pompeo and the national security team to be there. sometimes the president having these unilateral meetings without staff, like he did with vladimir putin and kim jong-un. i will reserve judgment if he has a staff with him, i think it would be okay. eric: no alone one on one is the mesh -- the message. always good to see you. thank you for weighing-in and on the national council. >> thank you. arthel: the trump a

. >> while president trump attended the un general assembly, he met with benjamin netanyahu. they talked about u.s. israeli relations. >> thank you very much. it's very good to be with benjamin netanyahu. the prime minister of israel and his representatives. we have much to discuss. the prime minister was thanking me for what we did in jerusalem with respect to the embassy. something controversial but it turned out to be very positive in many ways. a lot of progress has been made in many areas. were talking trade, military, defense, were very much in favor of what israel is doing as far as their defense is concerned. they are aggressive and have no choice but to be aggressive. it's a very difficult part of the world. i would just like to let all the people know that we are with you, we are with israel 100%. >> thank you. >> mr. president, thank you this many felt thank you. thank you for your strong words yesterday in the general assembly against the corrupt terrorist regime in iran. you backup your strong words with actions. the fact that you brought sanctions to bear we liv

i'm one of the problems with the headlines on al-jazeera donald trump used his address at the un general assembly to talk about has accomplishments in his two years in office he said he'd done more in that time than any of his predecessors a claim that left lead to laughter in the assembly but his stance of america first and patriotism was countered by other leaders who called for strengthened international ties trump also used his address to level more criticism at iran iran's president hassan rouhani head back in his address to. the government of the us at least the current administration seems determined to render all international institutions ineffectual lawful unilateral sanctions in themselves constitute a form of economic terrorism and a breach of the right to development the economic war the us has initiated under the rubric of new sanctions not only targets the iranian people but also entails form full repercussions for the people of other countries. american comedian bill cosby has been jailed for up to ten years for sexual assault he was found guilty of three counts of aggravated inde