our top stories: the united states is criticised by fellow un security council members for calling an emergency meeting over protests in iran. the author of a damning book on donald trump says he stands by everything he wrote in his depiction of a chaotic white house. i will tell you the one description that everyone gave, everyone has in common. they all say he is like a child. the east coast of america in the grip of an arctic blast. at least 19 people have died and temperatures could fall to minus a0 celsius in some places this weekend. a meeting of the un security council has again highlighted sharp differences between members over recent anti—government protests in iran. it was called by the us ambassador, nikki haley, after a week in which the trump administration expressed strong support for the protesters. the meeting went ahead despite objections from russia and some other council members. our state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. nikki haley warned iran that the world was watching its response to the anti—government protests. she used the platform of th

seventy percent of all weapons manufactured worldwide and they're all permanent members of the un security council the world body that's charged with maintaining international peace and security at least a quarter of conventional weapons sales to the middle east and north africa and the human cost two point two million people killed in. conflicts worldwide since the end of the cold war in one nine hundred eighty nine so which companies are making the big bucks in the global arms trade will of the top ten defense companies by sale seven of them are based in the united states lockheed martin is number one with forty one billion dollars worth of sales in twenty sixteen three our european air bus group b. a systems and leonardo in italy much to discuss on today's program let's bring in our guests right now joining us from london lloyd russell moyle who's a u.k. member of parliament and with the opposition labor party from lancaster via skype tim ripley an independent defense and security analyst and also in london is ben morris a senior defense davey a novelist with i.h.s. jane's which covers global d

the un security council is holding an emergency meeting on the deadly protests in iran. it was called by the us ambassador nikki haley after a week in which the trump administration expressed strong support for the protesters. the meeting went ahead despite objections from russia and some other council members. our state department correspondent barbara plett—usher reports. nikki haley warned around the world was watching its response the anti—government protest. —— iran. she used the un platform to apple by the message of resident trump and treating support of the demonstrators. the united states stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom to themselves, prosperity for their families, and dignity for their nation. we will not be quiet. this unusually robust stance on human rights to the trump administration coincides with a policy to curb what it sees as one's aligned influence in the middle east. iranians ambassador called the meeting a fast and repeated charges that the protest were directed from a board which nikki haley denied. there is a long histor

our top story: the us calls for a un security council meeting the us calls for a un security council meeting over the crisis in iran, where 20 anti government protestors have been killed over 7 days. president trump threatens to withhold financial aid to the palestinians because, he says, they are "no longer willing to talk peace." after ireland bears the brunt of storm eleanor — 80 mile per hour winds batter the uk overnight and leaves 10,0000 homes in northern ireland without power. new rules to make the financial system safer and more transparent come into force across europe but will they prevent another banking crisis? i'll be speaking to a financial expert from a trading firm who warns more red tape will hit smaller players hard. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation. tell us what you think about the stories we are covering today, just use the hashtag bbc—the—briefing. we begin with the latest in iran where riot police are out in force in cities across the country as anti

security council mandate. sanctions and take them very seriously i mean there are cases of. prosecutions involving iran and. countries that have un security council imposed. sanctions so until countries are prepared to take their their concerns the unity unity council and get that body to back them. it is moral indignation rather than practical politics when you talk about this argument you know if we're not selling arms and doing it responsibly then someone else will perhaps less so who controls the arms market particularly that you talk about the small arms market in the damage that small arms do to people worldwide is the collusion between the major powers about who sells what and and can that the arms trade truly ever be controlled and can't be controlled there's no collusion no you can't it's very very difficult to track you know what company and or china or pakistan or sri lanka or russia and who they're selling right rifles to it's extremely difficult to do that you've got to remember that these countries with think that this sort of oversight or that somehow this is a bad thing they would think i maybe i might even find t

report any evidence that iran is conducting activities inconsistent with resolution 2231 to the un security council. conclusion this president, let us not forget a prosperous, stable iran is beneficial to us all. in the region and beyond, we will continue to encourage iran to comply fully with the security council resolutions, to two respective citizens human rights and to reduce regional tensions. this is the only way to achieve the peace and stability we all in -- endeavor to achieve. thank you for your statement. i give the floor to the representative of peru. peru: thank you mr. president. statementr first since becoming a nonpermanent member of the security council. as we come back to the security thisil for the fifth time, was who represented peru in the december 3, 1974 and his body. he said that my delegation will bring its small store experience in united nations and will strive in fulfilling its mandate on the agenda in the spirit of making a calm contribution to dealing with these. we intend to act within the framework of the criteria set of the spirit and the letter the organization. we

the un security council is due to discuss the worsening crisis in syria, with turkey opening up a newnt against kurdish militia in the north of the country. the militia, the ypg, are backed by the united states but viewed by turkey as a terrorist organisation. on sunday, turkish troops crossed the border over the border,

it was unanimous miss -- unanimously approved by the un security council. we know from our private conversations, our colleagues, counterparts, in the west, fully understand the tactics of the key authorities towards the minsk accords. they see that as our ukrainian neighbors have made repeated attempts to use force to resolve a situation. but, in fact, what they do is they ignore the efforts that need to be taken as part of the minsk at cordes. i don't want to hypothesize. i don't want it to be seen as disregard for international law. but, actually, it is -- international law was ignored and disregarded by those stoked up the mind on protests. in february, 2014, an agreement was reached between then-president mr. yanukovych and leaders of the opposition. it was signed in the president -- presence of poland and france. the next day, it was torn to pieces by the opposition. it was the western counterparts that were present at the signing ceremony. they actually betrayed the ukrainian nation because the agreement put forward a government. instead, they had th

wide range of syrian forces will be participating as the un security council resolution 2254. we will continue working on the iranian nuclear deal. ofwill seek normalization the palestinian-is rainy and conflict -- iranian conflict. complicated by the fact that the palestinian issue has not been resolved. of course, we will also continue working on ukraine. a problem which can only be result -- resolved by the inkage of measures adopted february, 2015. we have a very important political event coming up. the presidential election. embassy's consulates and cultural centers abroad will do everything necessary for russian people, currently abroad, to be able to vote conveniently. i will stop here and now i will start our an active part of our conversation. reporter: as he might know, the media publishes the rating of of words -- the top 10 words the previous year. what would be your rating? well, for thev: fear of being misunderstood, i will not talk about specific words. as far as stories are concerned, it is. -- it is syria. this is a problem where many interests of many players

and i suspect that is very much the same picture in the other security council countries to the un's trade treaties been enforced want to three years now and yet many signatory states continue to sell arms to governments the accused of committing serious human rights abuses may be a naive question here but why is that why is the treaty working. well because. one man's human rights abuse is another man's freedom fighter there are the definition of what is a crime it's very very fluid and you have the international criminal court which is supposed to prosecute war criminals and it hasn't actually prosecuted very many war criminals so. lots of countries of append to write nor. that ledge to be uses in the interests of the of the national interest now we have in the in that u.n. security council they they appear they impose sanctions that are legal in forcible and nations are required to impose impose them but you know you have veto powers by the u.s. china u.k. france who can use those b. two powers to protect their friends now those veto powers and the u.n. security council is the main

who then brings it as an issue for debate to the un security council. if anything, it is iran that should be demanding a debate and investigation into how and why foreign elements, with impunity, are allowed to encourage and support unrest and violence in another sovereign and founding member of the united nations. for example, let us debate why the united states has failed to stop the incitement of violence and murder of innocent civilians from its territory. or why some european countries continue to provide safe haven to terrorists who are inciting violence and are rioting as we speak. why social media sites that promote and teach the use of molotov cocktails and [indiscernible] despite clear evidence. these are the real issues that need to be addressed. distinguished members, to make this force into something more than a mere waste of time, let us discuss something else that this council has not, but should deal with. the free flow of information has brought forms of information in the spread of fake news. -- and the spread of fake news. these threa

our top stories: taking sides in iran — the us calls for a un security council meeting, the us calls r a un security council meeting, after denying claims it was involved in anti—government protests. tragedy in peru — at least 36 people are killed as their coach plummets down a cliff near the capital, lima. the long climb out of poverty — a special report on china's hopes to lift millions of people from their remote villages into a better life. the continued existence of serious, widespread poverty represents a threat to the very legitimacy of a communist party that came to power promising to help communities like these, not leave them behind. the plastics problem — why the uk is under pressure to find new ways to recycle waste, following china's new policy. riot police are out in force in cities across iran as anti—government protests continue. at least 22 people have died since the demonstrations began seven days ago. hundreds of people have been arrested. iran's supreme leader broke his silence for the first time since the protests began, accusing his country's enemies of stirring

our top stories: taking sides in iran — the us calls for a un security council meeting, the us calls anti—government protests. tragedy in peru — at least 36 people are killed as their coach plummets down a cliff near the capital, lima. the long climb out of poverty — a special report on china‘s hopes to lift millions of people from their remote villages into a better life. the continued existence of serious, widespread poverty represents a threat to the very legitimacy of a communist party that came to power promising to help communities like these, not leave them behind. the plastics problem — why the uk is under pressure to find new ways to recycle waste, following china‘s new policy.

the united states has been criticised for calling an emergency meeting of the un security council to ent protests in iran. china and france said the unrest wasn't a threat to international security, while russia accused the us of abusing its position. our state department correspondent barbara plett usher reports. nikki haley warned if iran that the world was watching its response to the anti—government protests. she used the platform of the un to amplify the message of president trump, who's been tweeting support for the iranian demonstrators. the united states stands unapologetically with those in iran who seek freedom for themselves, prosperity for their families, and dignity for their nation. this unusually robust stance on human rights from the trump administration coincides with a policy to curb what it sees as iran's malign influence in the middle east. influence in the middle east. the iranian ambassador called the meeting a farce. 0ther council members urged iran to allow free and peaceful demonstrations, and the russian ambassador accused the us of playing politics. translat

the un security council is due to discuss the worsening crisis in syria, with turkey opening up a new against kurdish militia in the north of the country. the militia, the ypg, are backed by the united states but viewed by turkey as a terrorist organisation. on sunday, turkish troops crossed the border over the border, from where our correspondent, mark lowen, sent this report. as if syria needed more of this. artillery fire from turkey, launching a new ground and air offensive. it's called operation olive branch, though it's anything but a gesture of peace. from the skies, turkish f—16s struck yesterday, their target, the syrian kurdish militia known as the ypg. turkey sees them as terrorists, linked to the outlawed kurdish militants, the pkk, and it wants them pushed back from the border town of afrin. turkey's president has his own troops fighting for their hero, and with elections next year, war rallies his conservative supporters. translation: this is a national struggle, and in this national struggle we will crush anyone who stands against us! but the ypg has powerful friends, t

the headlines: the united states has been widely criticised by fellow un security council members for calling an emergency meeting on the anti—government protests in iran. china, russia and france have all questioned the move. iran's representative condemned what he called a preposterous example of bullying by the us. the author of a damning new book about donald trump's presidency says he stands by everything he wrote. michael wolff says the president behaves like a child, who neither reads nor listens. mr trump has dismissed the book as phony. temperatures along the east coast of america are expected to fall as low as minus a0 degrees celsius in the coming hours, as a brutal cold spell continues into the weekend. at least 19 people have died since a powerful blizzard hit much of the east coast on thursday. now on bbc news: as part of the life stories season, celebrating life at 117. welcome to my great—grandmother's 170th birthday, right now —— 117th birthday, right now she is taking pitcures of people who have come to see her and celebrate this big day with her. there is more than

the united states has been widely criticised by fellow un security council members for calling an emergency meeting on the anti—government protests in iran. china, russia and france have all questioned the move. iran's representative condemned what he called a preposterous example of bullying by the us. the author of a damning new book about donald trump's presidency says he stands by everything he wrote. michael wolff says the president behaves "like a child" who neither reads nor listens. mr trump has dismissed the book as "phony". temperatures along the east coast of america are expected to fall as low as minus a0 degrees celsius in the coming hours as a brutal cold spell continues into the weekend. at least 19 people have died since a powerful blizzard hit much of the east coast on thursday. more than 20,000 fans of irn bru have signed a petition against a planned change to its famous recipe. the manufacturer of scotland's best—selling soft drink are changing the formula to cut its sugar content by nearly half before a government levy on sugary drinks comes into effect. lorna gordon has

promoting unrest in iran this is the russian representatives speaking to the fifteen members of the un security council. someone who was able to let iran deal with its own internal problems since this is precisely what is taking place when you are wasting the energy of the security council and said let's better focus on dealing with acute crisis situations like afghanistan syria libya iraq yemen in the african continent instead of that you're proposing to interfere in so you turn away fares of the state. now in addition to the fifteen members of the security council because the meeting were directly related to issues in iran the islamic republic of iran was able to then address the security council meeting now the iranian representative he talked about how iran is a democratic country in his view and argued that people in iran do have the right to protest however they don't have the right to do so violently he then talked about how there have been instances of violence in the recent protests and pointed to the usa being involved in fomenting these acts of violence he talked about u.s. figures people lo

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

sanctions for failing to crack down on terrorist groups later this month a un security council team will visit to check on its progress natasha going to aim does era at least thirty people have died in peru off to the bus they were traveling in plunged eighteen meters off a cliff onto a rocky beach the bus was carrying fifty seven passengers to the capital lima when it collided with a truck along a narrow stretch of highway known as the devil's cove rescuers have had to climb down to the beach and now battling the tide to recover bodies five survivors have been taken to hospital. you're watching out there much more to come on this program new year new start for can earn the north korean leader's offer of talks is met by yes myself. and we look at the success story of a tiny minority in the jab making a major contribution to the economy. hello and welcome back we'll start by looking at the weather across the strata plenty of showers in the tropical north as we come southwards weather conditions cherry looking fine southwest sea breeze no particular on the from melbourne and just twenty de

the united states is seeking an emergency session of the un security council.e is our middle east editorjeremy bowen. in tehran, squads of motorbike police are cruising the streets to break up groups of demonstrators. the protests have changed since they started last thursday. gunshots. to begin with, they were about the economy. most of the protesters are young men. more than 50% of iranians are under 30, and perhaps 40% of them are unemployed. but pent—up political frustration is spilling out, and much of it has been directed at this man, the supreme leader, ayatollah ali khamenei. he is the powerfulfigurehead of the islamic republic, and attacks on his posters will be seen as attacks on the islamic system. he is blaming iran's foreign enemies. translation: following recent events, the enemies have united, and are using all their means — money, weapons, policies and security services — to create problems for the islamic republic. it is notjust ayatollah khamenei, the supreme leader, who is blaming foreigners. mohammad khatami, the former president, who is a r

is it that the implications that should be discussed at the un security council? ake by the us, things that they have legitimately brought to the un, principally the nuclear programme, which is a matter of international security, and the security council was reluctant to look at it but they have taken steps over the years, and that is absolutely proper use of it. the us would be much better advised to sit and let this play out because it risks antagonising people who might... people who do not want to be associated with the us but want to see these changes. what you're looking at, as has been powerfully described, is people rising up and saying, just on economic grounds, standards of living, what it is like to live in iran, we are fed up with the way the regime is handling this. all kinds of things that the us does have an interest in, money going out to hezbollah, and so on, you have people arguing from the most powerful positions possible, they resent the money going out of the country, people questioning it. the us should sit back and let this gather steam, whic

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impunity and that needs to change phil rights groups have been calling for a while now in the un security council to refer me and more to the international criminal court in the hague but i mean more is not a signatory to the rome treaty so even if the un security council word to refer me and more to the i.c.c. would that make any difference. well it would make a difference because actually that referral from the u.n. security council is the only way you can get a non ratifying state like burma to the i.c.c. we have been calling for this all along we've demanding that there be international criminal justice in this case because it's quite clear that both the myanmar military and the civilian government are more inclined to cover things up than actually prosecute individuals who are responsible for these atrocities but where we think that the security council shouldn't just stop there where we've been calling for a global embargo on arms to the burmese military and we're also calling for targeted sanctions to be put on specific individuals who are determined to have played a leading role in the at

sanctions on friday south korea said it had impounded a hong kong flagged vessel and november the un security council imposed new sanctions on pyongyang last month limiting its access to petroleum products and the world's running in two thousand and eighteen with spectacular fireworks displays across the globe and five story coming up next thank you for watching. two thousand and eighteen be the year when the war in syria finally. said he's confident his wisdom is no longer after russia helped him turn the tide but also the military gains what kind of political settlement is possible this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. two thousand and eighteen dawns when examining a story that has dominated headlines for the better part of the past six years syria is on many minds because of the millions either dead wounded or made refugees two thousand and seventeen was a good year for president bashar al assad's forces recap church major cities and large areas of rebel held territory the russian resort of sochi is due to host a new round of talks in january but after so many failed negotiations

the cool and tacky to share restraint was echoed by the un security council on monday but operation olive branch continues to intensify creating yet another front in the seven years syrian civil. standing by for us in istanbul and joins us now dorian what is turkey's military objective in this operation is it just striking a blow against what a regards as a hostile militia or is a planning to establish a buffer zone in syria well that is what the prime minister of italy from says he's talking about creating a thirty kilometer buffer zone into. beyond that turkey has reiterated it threats to expand this operation fall beyond afrin looking men being this is another syrian kurdish enclave a stronghold of the white p.g. . rated that they will be looking at that region and even beyond that to talking about removing the whole of the presence of the syrian kurdish force from turkey's southern border so this operation at the moment appears to have a long term perspective and it's all about what turkey sees removing the threat of this why peachey militia we should accuse of being linked to an insu

some way or another can change over time but as things stand i think the discussions at the un security council are not like deterrent against ankara mr you'll does this raise with a question which should be now the top priority for the international community this conflict in the northern part of syria or solving the syrian conflict on its own i think you know the focus of the conflict now is slightly moving into into this region because if as i said the s d f y p g is the second largest power on the ground if they are weak and if they. are involved in battles against turkey state and political troubles in the region then we might see other groups like the previous lost their power power in iraq and other places can pop up a couple pop out up because of you know y.p. g.'s attention being focused on turkey so it can further destabilize the region i think the main focus of the international community should be to mediate between the s.d.f. turkey russia. and the us i think europe which is very become more like a less relevant actor and of fight despite being bearing. brunt of the fighting in syr

sanctions for failing to crack down on terrorist groups later this month a un security council team will visit to check on its progress natasha going to. supporters of protesting against the decision over the so-called charities come up high to has more on that from the slum about the budget on a government had moved to ban hall for a shade jab at the outfit which has been working across budget on a national day of doctors and respect among the people in the country however to move will be seen by them as an attempt to die for the day of work in this country dad already waging a protest get on starting in the city of karachi and. blog the grand trunk road a major white a highway away then get on the pakistani foreign minister on the other hand also lashing out at the united states by saying that progress on what is being blamed for the united states failure and then of honest on and by the americans blaming it on so indeed major developments read in the region but also a strong reaction expected from out fareed if moving toward me unjustified. but clock is ticking for a program that prov

bronwen, is it, though, the kind of international implications that should be discussed at the un security councils is a mistake by the us? i think that there are things that the us has legitimately brought to the un, principally iran's nuclear programme, which is a matter of international security. and the security council, maybe reluctantly in a way, but has taken a lot of steps over the years about that, and i think that's an absolutely proper use of it. i think the us would be much better advised to sit and let this play out because it risks antagonising people who don't want to be associated with the us, but do want to see these changes. what you're looking at, as nazenin has very powerfully described, is people rising up and saying — "look, just on economic grounds, on standards of living, on just what it is like to live in iran, we are fed up with the way the regime is handling this." so all kinds of things that the us does have an interest in, like money going out to hezbollah and so on, you've got people arguing from the most powerful possible position, which is that they don't want to li

america's ambassador to the un has called for a security council meeting, and is denying accusationsrom the iranian leadership that the us is helping organise the unrest. a bus has crashed in peru, killing at least 48 people. it happened on a dangerous stretch of road north of the capital, lima. witnesses say the driver lost control after the bus was hit by another vehicle. it then plummeted nearly 100 metres down a cliff. president trump has threatened to cut financial aid to the palestinians, saying the us paid them hundreds of millions of dollars a year and gets no appreciation. mr trump said the palestinians were no longer willing to talk peace with israel. now on bbc news: one of the highlights of the year from our award—winning documentary series our world. in welcome to germany, catrin nye spent two years following a syrian and a german family in the small city of geara, as the country adjusts to the massive influx of refugees. more thani million refugees are now in germany, having escaped the brutality of the world's war zones. for two years, we have followed a syrian family

first hand reports from persons like myself and others rights groups say the un security council should refer me to the international criminal court in the hague. but the i.c.c. only has jurisdiction over crimes committed by states that have signed its founding treaty the rome statute and myanmar is not a signatory getting myanmar an i.c.c. referral in the un security council would likely fail because of china's power of veto china's interests in myanmar a growing these include oil pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they were dragged the way they say their mother father and three siblings were inside as the soldiers look at the front door behind them and set their home on fire chance transferred al-jazeera to follow refugee camp and with their fish. people fleeing the eastern democratic republic of congo are reporting a surge in killings rapes and abductions by armed groups the u.n. says the violence has pushed more than ten tho

denies the allegation but has banned more than seventy groups which are named in that un security council sanctions list key among them is jamaat ud dawa led by the two thousand and eight mumbai attack suspect toffy saeed the us has offered a ten million dollars bounty for information leading to his arrest the trumpet ministration also wants action taken against any network that operates in pakistan and afghanistan and is seen as having close ties to pakistan's military but i only say it's a difficult balance for the u.s. which doesn't want to aljunied the pakistani government as it relies on its support against taliban in neighboring afghanistan let's speak to come on who is in push our way those protests have been taking place tell us first about the different groups who are taking part in this rally today and what they're hoping to achieve. well. grouping. religious parties which include. me. another faction. faction or faith and of course the. political parties on board and of course the main focus. is basically the american pressure on dog gone and or data david the palestinian and k

the united states has been widely criticised by fellow un security council members for calling an emergency meeting on the antigovernment protests in iran. china, russia and france have all questioned the move. iran's representative condemned what he called "a preposterous example of bullying" by the us. temperatures along the east coast of america are expected to fall as low as minus a0 degrees celsius in the coming hours, as a brutal cold spell continues into the weekend. at least 19 people have died since a powerful blizzard hit much of the east coast on thursday. now on bbc news, it's click. welcome. welcome... welcome, how are you? hello...? welcome, how are you? hello...? welcome, welcome... second script — "how are you? how are you...?" hello, everybody! iam are you...?" hello, everybody! i am literally being built from the skin out, currently, by these two lovely ladies who are going to try to make me look different... all right, then... everybody happy? so what we're going to do is go to silence, please, and go to black... lose the house lights... vt10 lose the house lights... vtio

sanctions for failing to crack down on terrorist groups later this month a un security council team will visit to check on its progress natasha going to aim . well let's get off my correspondent muslim children who is in washington d.c. reza why his he's getting seeming a more aggressive towards pakistan. well it's really not clear why the u.s. president donald trump decided to use his first tweet of two thousand and eighteen to attack the pakistani government but suffice it to say this is something where the trumpet ministration essentially has conducted what might be considered a continuation of the obama administration policy which is a lot of tough love for islam abad there's a lot of suspicion that pakistan still isn't doing enough to cut down on groups such as the taliban. she was trying to root out these groups not only from their territory but to make certain that they don't make inroads into afghan into afghanistan which is still large line to maintain some sort of sense of control over its own territory it's also worth pointing out that even though the president talked about wi

referral in the un security council would likely fail because of china's power of veto. china's interests in myanmar a growing these include oil pipelines across rakhine and the construction of a deep water port the girls now live with the woman that found them in the camp four months ago they say they heard gunshots inside their house as they were dragged the way they say their mother father and three siblings were inside as the soldiers lock the front door behind them and set their home on file. al-jazeera to follow refugee camp on with their. and without is there much want to tell you about the program we're looking at a scale of homelessness in britain. on a thought about life in paris where the city is on flood alerts as the river thing continues to rise. and i was getting hotter and hotter in the bottom right hand corner of australia but actually it's getting wetter and wetter in the north as well both sort of extremes without three hundred sixty millimeters or write in three days now this is a large amount right even for the wet season but as yet there is no confi

the un security council has held a special session on the recent protests in iran with the us accusing iran of stifling the voices of its people other members including russia and france objected to the meeting insisting the council was not the place to discuss the country's internal affairs the un is investigating last month's democratic republic of congo that killed fifteen tanzanian peacekeepers the u.n. suspects the allied democratic forces are ugandan armed group was behind the attack . for the latest report on some of the biggest stories off the year we take you to a refugee camp in bangladesh it's now home to hundreds of thousands of. who fled violence and. the un accuses me on mars government of textbook ethnic cleansing which denies. reports on what the refugees face in the year ahead. with their three children across the border from. they joined the more than six hundred fifty thousand refugees who fled the military crackdown on the region in rakhine state in western myanmar she says her husband was killed as they tried to flee. there not that i'm good but it we couldn't go a