the united nations security council rejected a russian resolution condemning the u.s. and their allies for actions against syria. russia, china and olivia voted in favor of the resolution at the end of an emergency meeting of the 15 member council, called by russia. a countries voted against and three abstained. this session is two hours and 40 minutes. >> last night at 22 hours in new york, u.s. president announced airstrikes with the participation of france and the u.k., indicating they were targeting the chemical capabilities of the syrian government and to deter the future years. the statement was followed by announcements from prime minister may and president macron. the airstrikes were limited to locations inside syria. the first target included the syrian scientific studies center at the airport and damascus, the second, and a large chemical weapons a storage facility west the third, an alleged chemical weapons chemical weapons command post, also near homs. u.s. and russian sources both indicated there were no civilian casualties. u.n. however is unable to indep

we're here today because three permanent members of the united nations security council acted. united kingdom, france and the united states acted, not as revenge, not as punishment, not as a symbolic show of force. we acted to deter the future use of chemical weapons by holding the syrian regime responsibility for its atrocities against humanity. we can all see that a russian disinformation campaign is in full force this morning, but russia's desperate attempt at deflection cannot change the facts. a large body of information indicates that the syrian regime used chemical weapons in duma on april 7th. there is clear information demonstrating assad's culpabl culpability. the victims of dead children were not fake news, they were the result of the syrian regime's barbaric inhumanity and they were a result of the regime's and russia's failure to live up to their international commitment to remove all chemical weapons from syria. the united states, france, and the united kingdom acted after careful evaluation of these facts. the targets we selected were at the heart of the syrian re

came in after the united nations just made the united states france in canada and the western powers ouster through or we bush regime change in two thousand and four the democratically elected president of haiti which i used to represent so we're talking about the you win and the charitable workers who come in. to cover that this is an occupation because if it was acknowledged openly that this is a humanitarian front occupation then the public of these various nations would oppose it but if you say haiti nice charity and look at these haitians and all their problems and you say these things all the time and this is what they say about haiti we are the poorest on trial where his guys am out i don't understand it's not like they're there by force right someone is certainly inviting them why can't you just be like we don't need you by what is a problem as i said the u.n. came in in two thousand and four after the united nations shows me the united states france and canada in their deep state cia agents helped take down the democratically elected president what we have in haiti right now

meanwhile israel has canceled a deal with the united nations to relocate african migrants to western nations that comes just hours after the israeli government on veiled the agreement some hardliners have attacked the deal because it allowed some migrants to stay in israel under the agreement with the united nations about sixteen thousand of them were to be sent to western countries some of these migrants mostly from eritrea and sudan have been living in israel for a decade their own thirty five thousand of them they say they have fled danger and persecution at home in israel they work illegally but the government wants them gone and offer them a stark choice leave the country voluntarily go to prison or be deported to an african country such as rwanda. if that's the choice i'd rather go to jail at least i'd be safe there but many israelis and many supporters abroad condemns the plan as an ethical mass deportation so prime minister benjamin netanyahu turns the united nations refugee agency for help. sixteen thousand two hundred fifty migrants will be sent to countries like canada or g

here today because three permanent members of the united nations security council acted. the united kingdom, france, and the united states acted. not as revenge, not as punishment, not as a symbolic show of force. deter the future use holdingcal weapons by the syrian regime responsible for its atrocities against humanity. a russian see that disinformation campaign is in full force this morning. russia's desperate attempts at deflection cannot change the facts. a large body of information indicates that the syrian regime used chemical weapons in duma on april 7. there is clear information demonstrating assad's culpability. the pictures of dead children were not fake news. they were the result of the syrian regimes are correct inhumanity and the result of the failure torussia's live up to their international commitments to remove all chemical weapons from syria. states, france, and the united kingdom acted after careful evaluation of these facts. the targets we selected were at the heart of the syrian regime's the strikes were carefully to minimize civilian casualties. the r

united nations charter and and the u.n. that the. function of the united nations but it's kind of the actual. mission. of the united nations they can't do any kind of action against the other so this is going to be something challenging the international system so some kind of there are. some but if you believe that united nations that fund that. that was . the feeling in any way deflated about the diplomacy going on right now yet again we've got the u.n. security council meeting around the table the words are becoming ever more bob every time they get together a draft resolution is proposed then vetoed on either side do you think diplomacy is really not going to work out this time. well i i see that while publishing which is if you take your distrust. i was going to have all this data well i'm not there is a pressure on the donald trump insight that is right it is coming from the storm yet but it's not my character assassination would be in some kind of international issues and getting dangerously near it was kind of the biggest tha

the united nation has a policy against having sex with your beneficiaries so does oxfam and so we're talking about a situation where you're asking me. who is it you know is the victim and we talk about under-age soaks here this man that we traced of having for having sex with people including under-age children and you know as a lawyer as a human rights lawyer i'm actually concerned sex with underage children is pedophilia it's a crime we're not talking about. anything else. yes there is prostitution but as you know whenever a military comes into a space the level of sexual abuse and prostitution goes up at least fifteen percent is that really what the u.n. and the ngos are supposed to be doing in haiti aren't they supposed to be fiduciaries that are given this position as philanthropist and human human new man a tarion to choose not to bring up the level of prostitutions in haiti but to to to to help haiti developed to provide help at a time of crisis i mean and africa lifted crisis when everything has fallen down so so no i reject the idea that the the haitian women and men who wer

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ambassador to the united nations nikki haley's comet there just now that struck me the first is that it's very clear that the united states is making a very hard case for why there needs to be international consensus an international coalition backing any sort of u.s. led military response to the suspected chemical attack and duma so that's the first thing to take away from there the other thing is that what we clearly saw there was a war of words going on between the united states and russia you heard very strong condemnation and language pointing the finger at russia by nikki haley there but you also heard from the russian federation equally strong words accusing the united states of bellicose rhetoric accusing the united states of incitement and provocative behavior well at the same time pointing out that there is no conclusive evidence now we did hear from nikki haley in advance of her going into the chamber there were in fact she said the united states france and the united kingdom all have evidence but her wording was very. critical here because she didn't say there was evidence

the time for talk and did last night we're here today because three permanent members of the united nationssecurity council acted the united kingdom france and the united states acted not as revenge not as punishment not as a symbolic show of force we acted to deter the future use of chemical weapons by holding the syrian regime responsible for its atrocities against humanity we can all see that a russian dissin from asian campaign is in full force this morning but russia's desperate attempts at deflection deflection cannot change the facts a large body of information indicates that the syrian regime used chemical weapons in duma on april seventh there is clear information demonstrating assad's culpability the pictures of dead children were not fake news they were the result of the syrian regime's barbaric inhumanity and they were the result of the regime and russia's failure to live up to their international commitments to remove all chemical weapons from syria the united states france and the united kingdom acted after careful evaluation of these facts. the targets we selected were at the

you have had a very busy retirement since you left the united nations.u think that the world is a more troubled place today than it was when you left the un? first of all, i have discovered that retirement is hard work. laughter. but you need to keep at it. i think that i went through difficult moments at the un. you referred to some on them, including the iraq war. but the world is particularly messy today. when we look at what is happening in the middle east, what is happening in some parts of africa, some parts of asia and, also, the fact that i do not see strong leaders around who could cope with this. so you don't think there are strong leaders in the world today? we have donald trump in the white house... laughter ..and he is making very strong and robust statements about syria now, for instance, saying that the suspected chemical attack in douma that we have seen recently that killed dozens of people including children, needs a robust response. different people have different definitions of leadership. laughter and applause i believe that leadersh

security council michaela as more from the united nations. this is the fourth time . when the council has met on syria this week a series of meetings that have served only to illustrate the massive divide on the issue the secretary general's repeated calls for unity ignored they are all members to show restraint in these dangerous circumstances and to avoid any acts that could escalate matters and worsening the suffering of the syrian people the meeting was called by russia and its close ally in the council but libya and outrage was expressed at the strikes took place even as international experts arrived in damascus to investigate whether or not a chemical attack actually took place or brings up in a gruesome news limited's of the organizers of the aggression didn't even wait for the elementary establishment of facts by an international organization which is authorized to do that they supposedly determine everything for themselves and you term who was guilty u.k. ambassador argued the strikes were justified in terms of international law and in the representative from

the united nations resolution in kosovo and i'm sure you do hopeless to try to get it to this occasion what is the point of the united nations charter i expect you to back your decision when it came to the former yugoslavia you might change your mind of a serial of the past few days what is the point of the united nations charter if those two areas obviously the syria strikes are all about self-defense of britain. and if russia vetoed stands why i've tried to persuade the. countries of the world the i.p.o. international political union parliamentary union. to change the charter i'd made a speech in cape town ten years ago and i made a speech in st petersburg last october but it was a bridge too far amending the charter is a bridge too far for the notions of the world is it less a bridge too far than the fact that we know the case of the united states against nicaragua where explicitly in law it states that the united states was unable to use the kind of mechanisms and and arguments you used because of i have no knowledge of as regards international law words of military the i.c.c. case

blaming iran and this really insults the intelligence of anybody listening to nikki haley at the united nations iran does not have a single soldier in unit. and you know does lend some assistance to the hoses but is not anywhere near as significant as what the saudis out of their work about how much assistance they are providing when it comes to the missiles for example. yes well they can smuggle in a small number of missile. carts which then have to be put back together inside yemen the years also have some advisors from living years. and some of these people are technical experts so they can help in developing some of the older weapons the many of the rockets that have been fired at saudi arabia are alder generation soviet era rockets but those can be modified the range can be extended and that's where some iranian and his will learn expertise guns in but in general this is still minor compared to the firepower that has been directed at the who with ease and yemen as a whole so in the end to blame iran for what's going on is really missing the point this war is between the whole years and sau

we expect there to be a vote held at the united nations on that d raft held at the united nations onut forward by russia, and we are also expecting a press conference from nato some time fairly shortly. so do stay with us for more news at the top of the hour. you of course watching bbc news. time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. we have finally had a decent spring, sunny day. in newquay, is lifting and revealing sunny skies and the sunshine has been extensive across most of england and wales although it has been cloudy for north east england, northern ireland and central and southern scotland. what little cloud we have seen will melt away over the coming hours, leaving clear skies to take us through most of the night. exception to that is towards the south—west. we will see cloud thickening towards the end of the night and a band of rain approaching cornwall and pembrokeshire. for most of us, 5—8d although, but colder across parts north east scotland. looking at the weather for tomorrow, a completely different kind of weather day. we have low pressure coming our way and t

we have seen a war of words at the united nations. we have also seen a at the united nations.nce secretary yesterday injected a note of caution, trying to put his foot on the brakes. but the us ambassador at the united nations put a foot on the gas this morning, laying out the case for air strikes. as i speak, she is on her way to washington for meetings at the white house. this, of course, is where this will ultimately be decided. we are in a holding pattern that the united nations. there is no meaningful diplomacy under way. we are all awaiting the decision of america's commander—in—chief, donald trump. our top story this evening: sir cliff richard breaks down in court, saying he felt forever tainted after bbc coverage of a police raid on his own. still to come: and still to come: it's aintree — racegoers get a soaking at ladies day. coming up on sports day, the latest from the commonwealth games on the gold coast, where katarina johnson—thompson secures the heptathlon title on a very successful day for england. in the uk, one in eight of those who are middle aged, could hav

ambassador to the united nations has been speaking just a few moments ago let's listen in to what she had to say. first of all we just had a good meeting with the p. three our friends u.k. and france to talk about the situation i want to talk about a couple of things. what brought us to this situation this didn't just happen because of want to vent ever since conch a commune happened there have been multiple chemical weapons attacks multiple. many people have died and what we know is none of that had to happen the warning that concha coon was meant to say this is a gets this is a violation of international order we're not going to have this this is against humanity and we're not going to have any sort of chemical weapons use we're past that time in history so we thought it continue and why did it continue because aside kept wanting to eliminate his opponents and this is the method of warfare he chose to do it now we get to a point where we have a joint investigative mechanism it was there to investigate the sec it they accused assad of being a participant in the chemical weapons use r

david lee miller is at the united nations for us. david lee?'s at this hour, emergency meetings underway. the russian ambassador to the united nations has been speaking. he's said there's no justification for the u.k., the u.s. and france to institute what he described as confrontational policies in syria. background here, russia so far has vetoed 11 different resolutions dealing with the syrian conflict. five of those resolutions dealing with chemical weapons. we expect that russia will try to introduce their own resolution as you mentioned. unlikely the u.s. will support that resolution because it's expected to give considerable control to syria regarding the inspection of alleged chemical weapons sites. as for the u.s., we do expect the u.s. to introduce their own resolution. that resolution will likely condemn the u.s. chemical weapons in syria and call for the implementation of a partial mechanism to investigate chemical weapons attacks. late last year, you might recall that u.n. mechanism expired and russia vetoed efforts to try to renew

it was not under the umbrella of the united nations. do not know whether chemical weapons were used and if it was used, and do we have proof? the defence minister of the united states said two days ago we don't have clear—cut evidence that these weapons were used. he said we have indications on social media, and also some media, that these chemical weapons were used and by assad. he's saying social media. america, the strongest power on earth. which has about 18 intelligence service organisations, relying on social media. that is what he said. no, he didn't say that. it is on record. check your facts. you're talking about what is a success in this and you're implying that success would be regime change. no one has said that. first of all, i think the inspectors from the international chemical watchdog were supposed to start looking for evidence today. their staff are there now. i hear echoes of iraq and libya. they don't wait for evidence, they attack. for many people, this is sort of a guilty verdict from them, because they didn't wait

we believed that we are holding within the principles and purposes of the united nations. thank you. >> i thank the representative of the united kingdom for her statement. represented in -- the representative of the syrian international government has -- syrian national government has requested the floor to make a new statement. >> thank you, mr. president. i apologize for requesting the floor once again. mr. president, the scene that we just witnessed is quite sad. in this council, there are those who prefer to overlook and not see the big elephant that we have spoken out before. the elephant is the direct military occupation of my -- one third of my country's territory. and american direct military occupation of one third of our territory. however, those who speak of small, minor details and think they are pivotal, the political scene is way more dangerous than this. we are a state whose sovereignty has been divided by a permanent member of this council. this is the true seeing. not the delegations or a film by the minister. it is an organization established by the britis

we believe that the united nations charter and its principles should guide the. resa lucian of any any any cold fix the problem the problem that we are facing is that the united states is willing to go against the charter and we believe that the u.n. system as a whole not just the security council but the u.n. system should do its best in upheld in the principles of the u.n. charter and that's why we convened a meeting that we had today. we just been informed that to morrow will have another open meeting regarding the threats that the united states. sent against not just syria in this case but against the whole u.n. system your colleague the u.s. envoy to the to the u.n. nikki haley just a few days ago said that the quote security council has proved itself to be useless what's your assessment of the comments on it. well i think that the security council has a lot of problems i think it has a lot of all sorts challenges. we can talk about the need of reform of the security council we can talk about the privilege that the permanent members of the security council h

the united nations command refers to the united states south korea and their allies who are fighting but back in one thousand nine hundred fifty we had a different situation at the u.n. in new york china was not a member of the united nations at that stage russia pulled itself out from the activities of the security council and so the u.s. and its allies had taken up the flag of the united nations to fight the korean war it was the u.n. command for there were a korean war but very much with u.s. generals in charge so this again another symbol this is a some. the bridge between the two koreas between south korea and north korea and they after this they go back to peace house presumably sit down opposite one another again and get on with the business of hammering out some sort of agreement . some sort of declaration is what we're expecting i'm sure parts of it have been pretty written for the last couple of hours they have been resting and having lunch with our own delegations i think to mull over what the other side said in that first hundred minutes of talks to see where each side co

they clearly didn't comply with all the provisions of the headquarters agreement of the united nations. and lived up to their obligations and by the way it's not the first time that the united states has not lived up to their obligations in this area what you know. what you now also. also the united states. it's forced russia to give up its diplomatic property but the united states forced russia to give up its diplomatic property. the united states the united states seized from russia diplomatic property that belonged to him including a russian property here in the permanent mission at the united nations in new york based damage to twenty five mile zone for our diplomats a restrict restricted zone while you know you're not extending and they're not issuing them american visas. we call on the united states to be responsible their responsibilities as. host country and to return everything that they illegitimately took from us and refrain from similar steps in the future when you mr president. we are witnessing truly remarkable events. in this new this new this is this a new approach in l

we are here today because three members of the united nation security council acted, the united kingdome and the united states acted, not as revenge or punishment or a symbolic show of force. we acted to deter future use of chemical weapons by holding the syrian regime responsible for its atrocities against humanity. we can all see that a russian disinformation campaign is in full force this morning. russia's desperate attempts at deflections cannot change the facts. a large body indicates that the syrian regimes used chemical weapons on duma on april 7th. there is clear information demonstrating assad's culpability. the pictures of the children were not fake news. they were the results of humanity. the united states, france and the united kingdom acted after careful evaluation of these facts. the targets we selected were at the heart of the syrian regime illegal chemical weapon program. the strikes were planned to minimize civilian casualties. the responses were justified and legitimate and proportionate. the united states and its allies did everything we could to use the tools of dipl

surely the united nations exists for a purpose.ter will face questions from mps on monday, but no firm plans for a vote. mps have been powerless all week to hold the government accountable on this. and for us to have to wait another two days after the event really is not good enough. there are major questions, major doubts. is this a one—off or a continuing operation. how much control do we have over what the americans are doing? we've got a very erratic american president who changes his position from one day to the next. this was not intended to end the war in syria. not part of an effort to remove assad. but the prime minister wants these attacks to be seen as a clear and grave reprimand to a country suspected of using chemical weapons. an effort to force respect for the decades—old rule that such weapons are illegal and must not be used. while theresa may's decision to act was in her gift, what happens next may well not be. the prime minister may hope her decisions have a straightforward outcome but the political fallout may no

we got an articulation of this view from us in a benz or who is the russian ambassador to the united nations just a short while ago it's essentially that the united states is used its position as the remaining superpower following the collapse of the soviet union to invade country after country particularly in the middle east sowing chaos and discord wherever it goes why e.u. seeking to plunge the middle east into such chaos again and again and again the bones eros. the united states according to russia is on the wrong side in the syrian conflict is russia that is bringing peace to the country by protecting the legitimate government of syria as russia sees it of bashar assad in . establishing ceasefires in the country in bringing the combat's to terrorism to an almost victorious conclusion and it's the united states and its allies that are seeking to prevent this so russia's perspective is that events like duma are essentially fabrications by the west to try and stop me russia's initiatives in syria to try to justify military action against damascus and basically. defends the rebels there or

mike hanna of his era united nations the gulf diplomatic crisis was also on the white house agenda on choose day president donald trump played host to the cattery amir in the oval office trump said the relationship between the u.s. and cata is working very well ashleigh has more from washington. a crucial moment for the emir of qatar he meets the man who just a few months ago publicly sided with his country's we gen y. balls but in the white house a clear sign of chopped being turned in march it's a great honor to have the amir of qatar with us a friend of mine before i entered the world of politics he's a great gentleman very popular in his country his people love him we're working on unity in that part of the middle east and i think it's working out very well this country is under blockade by sandy arabia the u.a.e. egypt and bahrain reiterated his commitment to build a strong relationship with washington our economy partnership is more than one hundred twenty five billion and our aim and goal is to double it in the next coming years our military. cooperation is very solid very stro

ambassador to the united nations nikki haley. spoke to theley: i president this morning, and he said if the syrian regime uses this poisonous gas again, the united states is locked and loaded. when our president draws a red line, our president enforces the red line. the united states is grateful to the united kingdom and france for its part in the coalition to defend the prohibition of chemical weapons. we worked in lockstep. we were in complete agreement. last night, our great friends and indispensable allies shouldered a burden that benefits all of us. the civilized world owes them its banks. in the weeks and months to come, the security council should take time to reflect on its role in defending the international rule of law. the security council has failed in its duty to hold those who .se chemical weapons to account that failure is largely due to .ussian obstruction we call on russia to take a hard look at the company it keeps and live up to its responsibilities as a permanent member of the council and defend the actual prin

let's get more now what's been happening at the united nations in the past few hours. to our correspondent neda tawfik at the un in new york, and i asked her what the us hoped to achieve from this. to call to speak to the experts say that you are so, france and the uk are going through the proper international channels, trying to save out once more they have gone through the united nations security council just tick the box through the united nations security counciljust tick the box before they ultimately take their own action to make sure that president assad is punished for using chemical weapons in the past, and as they believe possibly using chemical weapons in this case in the douma. security council members are in the middle of consultations as we speak over a d raft middle of consultations as we speak over a draft us resolution which aims to set up an impartial panel to investigate these cases of chemical weapons used in syria. russia has says that the organisation for the prohibition of chemical weapons's fact—finding mission can come to douma tomorrow, that t

again, this is something the united nations states to take up. e united states, again, has used its veto and threatened to use its veto over and over again to prevent any action by the security council, prevent, for example, what needs to happen is for the security council to recommend the international criminal court take upup a full investigation of political leaders, the prime minister who said all 30,000 protesters are targets that are legitimate targets. those were his words, legitimate targets. that is chilling. it is also illegal. it is a complete violation to target civilians in that way. this was a nonviolent protest. it is going to go on for more weeks. it will be up to international civil society to keep up the pressure that will enable the united nations to do anything to stop it. amy: thank you for being with us, phyllis bennis fellow at the , institute for policy studies. when we come back, thehe ceo of facebook, zuckerberg, before congress today. we will talk about facebook and then we will go to denver to talk about the open rebell

strike on syria mike hanna reports from the united nations. despite a plea for unity in the council there was little in evidence the emergency session originally called by nine security council members and the new british ambassador summed up the majority position options are on the table. start with the investigation but we will keep. us from the russian ambassador though an alternative narrative his argument that any chemical attack would have been carried out by opposition groups under the direction of american advisors ten t. claimed to justify military action against the syrian government and scathing words directed at the us ambassador across the chamber. well she was a. you misguided if you think you have friends the so-called friends of yours are only those who cannot say no to you and this is the sole criterion for friendship in your understanding the u.s. has proposed the establishment of a un investigative mechanism with an initial one year mandate to identify perpetrators of chemical attacks and while calling for security council a

weapons were in fact used in the syrian town of duma so let's go to my candidate is live at the united nations for us and so i might just take us through what we've been hearing so far to kill me from russia and the united states in this meeting. well merriman effect it's a repeat off a series of meetings we've had this week on the issue of syria the fourth emergency session called by the security council this one at the request of russia and its allies of bolivia to protest those strikes against syria by the u.s. france and the united kingdom we heard from the russian ambassador strong condemnation of these strikes continuing to argue as he has done for days now that there is no evidence that any attack took place mentioning as you said two that these strikes came at a time when officials from the international chemical watchdog had arrived in damascus to conduct investigations as to whether a chemical weapons strike in fact happened within syria last weekend we also heard from the united kingdom providing what it said was international law justification for these strikes support of course fr

by the united nations special envoy to libya. are tobacco is big business in zimbabwe makes up a third of its total exports but in your report says it is coming at a terrible human cost tassel report from harare. tobacco is the second biggest export earner last year the country produced and sold almost two hundred million kilograms worth nearly six hundred million dollars that's a third of zimbabwe's g.d.p. most of it ends up in china south africa and belgium but human rights watch says child labor and other human rights abuses on farms is tarnishing the country's tobacco industry many of the children all of the children and many of the adults that we interviewed reported symptoms consistent with acute nicotine poisoning. headaches dizziness. children shouldn't be doing work handling tobacco because it's so hazardous and this applies both to hired work and to work in family farming. the report from human rights watch says some farm workers are also overworked and underpaid a label for survey done in twenty fourteen by zimbabwe st

the ground in syria to investigate also coming off day for the displaced people of color the united nations attempts to raise almost two billion dollars from donor nations but falls well short of its target what lies ahead for the war torn nation. hello i'm terry martin and welcome to the program. russia says it has proof that the poison gas attack in syria last weekend was staged on orders from britain the russian defense ministry says london told the white helmets a group in syria to fake the gas attack in the town of duma inspectors from the international chemical weapons society have now arrived in the country and are expected in duma on saturday earlier the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov told reporters that there was no evidence of oil and gas attack on the for you to do with chemical weapons inspectors will go to the city of duma where there is no evidence of the use of chemical weapons chlorine you know any out the substance specialists who examine the area did not find any we have irrefutable evidence that it was another fabrication these diverging involve the special servic

mike hanna al-jazeera united nations a robert ford is a former u.s. ambassador to syria he says there is little hope of progress at the u.n. . i think the odds of any productive united nations security council resolutions addressing the syria conflict are nil are zero and i'm going to be very frank here. i was involved in the two thousand and thirteen negotiations with the russians with secretary john kerry. russian foreign minister lavrov was there and the russians pledged that if the syrian government used chemical weapons again the russians would accept that chapter seven measures be discussed in the security council resolution that the russians broke there were many times it should be toes and the russians simply aren't credible and i did i think the americans have reached the point where they no longer have confidence that anything productive can come out of the united nations and therefore as ambassador halley said they are prepared to act out side the framework of the united nations russia's ambassador to lebanon says any u.s. missiles fired at