international peace and security to the security council should not discuss the and so no issues of any country towards human rights issues the un security council on america's request holds an emergency meeting over the situation in iran however the initiative is criticised by some members who say it's an internal issue for tehran. also among our stories this hour this sunday les that coalition is reportedly continuing its bombing campaign in yet.

security council should not discuss the issues of. human rights issues the un security council on america's request holds an emergency meeting over the situation in iran however the initiative is criticised by some members who say it's. also a story of the. coalition is reportedly continuing its bombing campaign in yemen despite a humanitarian one person is believed dead in today's latest strike. on sunday is christmas for many orthodox christians or run the world and not include in russia. pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of orthodox christianity in moscow with the service has been ongoing for more than two hours we've got updates from our correspondent coming. around the clock across the world this is our team international from the team and myself you know neil welcome to the program a fourth day of pro-government marches has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the countries of the. it comes in response to a seven day off pricing triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty six. god. i. rock rock. rock rock. while on a friday night the unit

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security. council should not discuss the. issues the un security council on to america's request holds an emergency meeting over the situation in iran however the initiative criticized by some members who say it's an internal issue for tehran. also ahead this hour the saudi led coalition is reportedly continuing its bombing campaign in yemen despite a humanitarian i cry one person is believed dead and today. the word just a few moments at christmas is christmas for many orthodox christians around the world are not included in russia where we just saw president putin joining the service the christ the savior cathedral in moscow these are live pictures from the center of orthodox christianity we'll go live to our correspondent in. for a feeling of how things have been going on there for the last hour. we are churning in from around the world this hour welcome to moscow onto our team international good to have your company i mean and only a fourth day pro-government marches has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been rallying to show their support for the country's leaders it comes in response to a seven day ope

international peace and security to the security council should not discuss the issues of any country towards human rights issues the un security council as america's request hold on emergency easing over the situation in iraq but some members think it's an internal issue for time wrong. person reportedly died on saturday as the saudi led coalition is apparently continuing his bombing campaign in yemen despite a humanitarian outcry. on sunday is christmas for many orthodox christians around the world including russians these are pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of also christianity in moscow. for more on these and all out of the stories. coming up max and stacy bring you the latest kaiser report and go away. kaiser this is the kaiser report happy orthodox christmas you know a lot of people en masse are shopping over the holidays and apparently they're suffering a big debt hanging over all was. yes of course it's an orthodox christmas today and that's why you look like a christmas present there. if you take the hat off. because that is not a new shank and i want to bring that up because moscow today while we record this thirty six degrees raleig

one more chance with. the face. hello again russia has criticized america's in the to call an emergency un security council session on a run or a weeklong mass protest saw twenty one people killed moscow's ses the un shouldn't interfere in what it sees as a strictly internal issue and. that . was. was. to look out the international reaction to america's move. moscow has criticized washington for promoting the protests in iran saying that they are meddling in iran's internal affairs and trying to foment unrest now over the past week there have been protests in iran and we've heard leaders of the united states speaking about them and encouraging the protestors while accusing the government of iran of tyranny our administration will continue to support the protesters in their cool to freedom washington intervenes in a grotesque way in iran's internal affairs at this point we've also heard from u.s. allies that have been quite critical of the way u.s. leaders have been responding to events in iran the president france for example spoke up and said that this is an issue that iranians need to handle among themselves this i

on right now in washington. the issue is about immigration. the concept of closing the doors to immigrants is repugnant to the concept of america. the un security councilss on monday the worsening crisis in syria, with turkey opening up a new front against kurdish militia in the north of the country. the militia, the ypg, are backed by the united states for helping in the fight against islamic state militants, but they are viewed by turkey as a terrorist organisation. from the turkey—syria border, mark lowen reports. as if syria needed more of this. artillery fire from turkey, launching a new ground and air offensive. it's called 0peration olive branch, though it's anything but a gesture of peace. from the air, turkish f—16s struck yesterday. their target — the syrian kurdish militia, or ypg. turkey sees them as terrorists, linked to the outlawed pkk who have long fought an insurgency in turkey on behalf of the kurdish minority. 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 support base. translation: this is a national struggle. an

the us ambassador to the un told the security council america would not remain silent. i call onplifying the message of the iranian people. and i call on the iranian people. and i call on the government of iran to stop censoring the voice of the people and to restore the access to the internet, because in the end, the uranium people will determine their own destiny and let their be no doubt whatsoever you don't like, the united states stands unapologetically with those in iran who stand for prosperity of themselves, theirfamilies who stand for prosperity of themselves, their families and dignity for their nation. —— iranians. iran said calling the meeting was a foreign policy blunder by the trump administration. there is a long history of us bullying at the un, but this is a preposterous example to fuel the internal affairs of a nation, in this case the protest that the iranian government has addressed, without respecting the rights of the protesters and every attempt to deal with peacefully, despite violent infiltrators and direct encouragement, including by the president of the

russia has criticized america's move to call an emergency un security council session on a round where a week long mass protest saw twenty one people killed moscow is of the few the un shouldn't interfere and what it sees as a strictly internal issue. ah . ah ah ah. ah ah. ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah ah killer my pet now takes a look at the international reaction to washington's myth. moscow has criticized washington for promoting the protests in iran saying that they are meddling in iran's internal affairs and trying to foment unrest now over the past week there have been protests in iran and we've heard leaders of the united states speaking about them and encouraging the protestors while accusing the government of iran of tyranny our administration will continue to support the protesters in the cool of freedom washington intervenes in a grotesque way in iran

on the longer term. and i think the longer term is that the denuclearisation goal is the same as america, but as well as the international community. it is written to un security council we have heard here is that they want to push for continued sanctions. they do not want to lessen those sanctions in any way because they think that may force pyongyang to the table. however, south korea wa nts to the table. however, south korea wants to push for humanitarian aid. they fear a humanitarian crisis with these sanctions on north korea. that is where they stand alone. this is a small step, the olympics, but it is a very long way to go. thank you very much indeed, laura bicker, in vancouver for us. here's our briefing on some of the other events happening later today. the funeral of prominent kosovo—serb politician, oliver ivanovic, who was shot dead outside his office on tuesday is being held in belgrade later today. a festival of light featuring more than 50 artists returns to london. lumiere london will run for four days and installations are in place on regents street and westminster abbey. and the sundance film festival, which over the years has become a platform for in

human rights issues the un security council as america's request told divergences pleasing over the situation in iran that some members think it's an internal issue altera. one person reportedly died on saturday as the saudi led coalition is apparently continuing is warming campaign in yemen.

on. at least 22 people have died since the demonstrations began seven days ago. america's ambassador to the un has called for a security councileeting, and is denying accusations from 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 year

towards human rights issues the un security council at america's request holds an emergency meeting over the situation in iran but sometimes think it's an internal issue for terror on. one person reportedly died on saturday as the saudi led coalition is apparently continuing its bombing campaign in yemen despite a humanity.

towards human rights issues the un security council at america's request holds an emergency meeting over the situation in iraq but sometimes think it's an internal issue for terror on. one person reportedly died on saturday as the saudi led coalition is apparently continuing its bombing campaign in yemen despite a humanitarian outcry. and sunday is christmas for many orthodox christians around the world including russians these are pictures from christ the savior cathedral the center of paul set ups christianity here in moscow . thank you for watching the headlines here at r.t. international broadcasting live from moscow ok partridge. a fourth day of mass pro-government rallies has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been on launches to show their support for the country's leaders these come in response to a seven day uprising triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. but. that. it was. on friday night the united nations security council that washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that terror on should be left alone to deal with its own internal aff

human rights issues the un security council as america's request holds an emergency meeting over the situation in iran but some members think it's an internal issue for tehran. one person reportedly died on saturday as the saudi led coalition is apparently continuing its bombing campaign.

america on pbs and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. 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. at least 19 people have died, and temperatures could fall to minus a0 in some places this weekend. hello and welcome to bbc news. 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

america correspondent peter bowes has more. for more on the situation in iran, including more information about the fallout from the emergency un security council, simply head to our website, bbc.com/news. you can also download the bbc news app. two planes have collided on the ground at an airport in canada. it happened at toronto's pearson international airport, when a plane pushing back from a gate hit an arriving jet. the collision between the two aircraft, from sunwing airlines and westjet airlines, resulted in a fire which was soon put out. some passengers were evacuated using the escape chutes, and there are no reports of any injuries. the author of a controversial new book about donald trump's first year as us president says everyone he spoke to at the white house described the president as like a child, in need of instant gratification. the book called fire and fury has gone on sale four days early, despite the white house trying to block its publication. president trump has called it a phony book, full of lies. our north america editor jon sopel reports. not quite harry potter, but they were queuing to get their hands on fire and fury.

on. at least 22 people have died since the demonstrations began seven days ago. america's ambassador to the un has called for a security councilat 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 a hundred metres down a cliff. president trump has threatened to cut financial aid to the palestinians, saying the united states pays them hundreds of millions of dollars a year and, according to him, gets no appreciation or respect. he claimed the palestinians were no longer willing to talk peace. the us recently enraged palestinians by recognising jerusalem as israel's capital. now it's time for hardtalk.

human rights issues the un security council that america's request holds an emergency meeting over the situation in iran but some members think it's an internal issue for tarar. one person reportedly died on saturday as that saudi led coalition is apparently continuing its bombing campaign in yemen despite a humanitarian.

america on pbs and around the globe. i'm duncan golestani. our top stories: the united states is criticised by fellow un security council members for calling anwill tell you the one description that everyone gave, everyone has in common they all say he is like a child. at least 19 people have died, and temperatures could fall to minus 40 in some places this weekend.

on. at least 22 people have died since the demonstrations began seven days ago. america's ambassador to the un has called for a security councileeting and is denying accusations from 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 a hundred metres down a cliff. president trump has threatened to cut financial aid to the palestinians, saying the united states pays them hundreds of millions of dollars a year and, according to him, gets no appreciation or respect. he claimed the palestinians were no longer willing to talk peace. the us recently enraged palestinians by recognising jerusalem as israel's capital. now it's time for hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk, with me, zeinab badawi. my guest today is funny. she's a comedian, actor and a disability advocate. she who was born in the united states to palestinian immigrant parents. and since birth has been living with cerebral palsy, a condi

issues the un security council at america's request to hold an emergency meeting over the situation in iran but the initiative is criticized by some members who say it's an internal issue for terror on. one person reportedly died on saturday as the saudi led coalition is a party continuing its bombing campaign in yemen despite a humanitarian outcry. on sunday is christmas for many also don't christians around the world and not includes russia these are the pictures from across the say because seadrill the center of all sit ups christianity in moscow. this is actually international coming to you live from moscow i'm kate partridge thank you for joining us. a full state of mass pro-government rallies has been held in iran tens of thousands of people have been on marches to show their support for the country's leaders these common response to a seven day uprising triggered by poor living conditions that engulfed over eighty cities. that was. on friday night the united nations security council at washington's request held an emergency meeting to discuss the situation in iran russia criticized the move saying that terror on should be left alone to deal with its own internal affairs well

issues the un security council at america's request to hold an emergency meeting over the situation in iran but the initiative is criticized by some members who say it's an internal issue for terror on. one person reportedly died on saturday as the saudi led coalition is a party continuing its by.

america first agenda has being beneficial to the world. next week, the president will deliver his first state of the union address. the un security council is heading to washington onnch with the president and to see missle remnants the u.s. arming proof iran is rebels in yemen. nikki haley took him to a military base in washington to see fragments recovered from missiles launched from yemen. the u.s. believes they were supplied by iran. after six weeks of reviewing evidence, toronto police confirmed the death of billionaire couple gary and honey sherman has a double homicide. he and his wife are found dead inside their home on december 15. authorities said a couple was targeted, but there are no signs of forced entry in the sherman home. the company announced today its president and ceo has resigned. the spanish government is challenging the candidacy of catalonia's fugitive ex-president to lead a new regional government. the parliament of catalonia will vote next week on whether to reinstall him as the region's leader. the deputy prime minister said as a fugitive, he cannot be elected. global news 24 hours a day powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts

un security council order. in the midst of an evacuation, an american doctor calls the em bass tow check on the status of her rescuers only to to hear this message. in an americaing the vacuum in real life and on the big screen. the answer to the question is b. according to an analysis, canada has seen remarkable levels of upward social mobility in the poorest citizens lately. between 2013 and 2016, they have seen wealth grow by 24%, twice as fast as the wealthiest over that period. in the u.s., the trend is reversed. the poorest 20% issy have seen net worth and the number was much higher, 20% higher. it looks like the american dream might well have moved up north. thanks for being part of my program this week. i will see you again next week. >> the president under fresh fire for his vulgar comments. >> i think he is a racist. >> you are saying flat out the president did not say those words? >> i'm saying this is a gross misrepresentation. >> i didn't hear that word. >> you are saying it didn't happen or you don't recall. >> i'm saying i didn't hear it. >> all of the state of hawaii is reeling from a phony missile alert. >> i didn't want to stick around to see

america and hard lining blaming u.s. >> those that got involved in the protests and insist on your positions they're americans. show no mercy to americans. >> at the emergency un security councilikki haley stood by protesters. >> let there be no doubt whatsoever the united states stands unapologetically with those in eye rap who south korea for theirself and prosperity with a >> new ankss on i've you're and iian companies linked to the bigle program. some called for more. >> including denying access to federal system and other issue. >> protests are the most serious company has ever faced in a almost a decade. people dead and mannedy hundreds of arrested. it prioritizes weapons over people. >> any funding that koxz to hand example the nuclear deal will not spend on people starving on the streets. >> this is new wave of protestas pull and mainly under 25 and corruption they chew shallly come from the traditional stronghold. many look abroad for their support. today it's support of iranian people. particularly western dom of course says and united states of america included. that was sending a clear message they no longer fall into what is said by all of us these years. >> it's

america's nuclear button. the united states says it plans to call an emergency session of the un security council on iran, wherem the bbc persian service. are these protests continue in? yes, they continued overnight, but mainly in smaller towns and cities, especially in the south of the country. the iranian authorities say the major cities, including the capital, were calm, the videos we have received on social media from the country shows that there are antiriot police and a heavy number of security forces deployed in many of the major cities. rana, for the moment, thank you very much. we will be talking about that bit later with an from there. —— with an expert from there. protests against increases to rail fares are being held at a number of stations in scotland today. it comes as scotrail fares increase by an average of 3.2% this year. train operators across the uk say the biggest rise in railfares for five years is necessary to address "decades of under investment". the queen is to make a rare apperance in a television documentary to comment on the experience of her coronation. in the film, which is broad