thank you for your support for the united nations by sending those, nikki and kelly as my colleagues had said, another colleague mentioned d prk but 2020 will be the anniversary of the un and when you came to the un the first time, you said we would need a better united nations and we can support you in that. >> thank you very much. it is a pressure and privilege of being here, thank you. you mentioned lunch in london. i read an article with a funny headline. the 2% cut a free lunch. thank you. >> it is indeed a great honor for me. rhonda king is my name. i represent the smallest country to be elected to the security council, saint vincent and i think you are familiar with one of the islands. you had some business interests there and my prime minister since his greetings. i spoke with him yesterday and told him i was coming here, remind of our beautiful island and i would be remiss if i didn't complement you for appointing if you look around the table you would see only three on the council and we are on our way in. you have appointed tweet through great women during your tenure so i

they decided to try and do it at the united nations.nd i ought it was so important that we stand up for them and let them know we weren't going to l them do that any more. >> there are some critics who would say that you were overly focused on israel. how do you reply to them? >> i think the united nations is overly focused onsrael. all i did was defend it whenever they were called out. do you think that the u.n. is an effective actor in international relations? >> i think the u.n. can be an effective actor, and the perfect example is what we did with north korea. when we passed those threeti sas that really pushed them to the negotiating table, that was a sign that the united nations can do go things. when they go and continue to have these irrelevant meetings on issues that aren't really our main focus in the world,'s thhen they become irrelevant. >> so then, on north korea -- so, in recent days, leader kim jong-un has visited mount paektu on horseback. it's aackdrop that is used for propaganda, and oftentimes, it foreshadows a policy

the 1st time i walked into the newsroom and it felt like being in the general assembly of the united nations with so many nationalities. just different places but it. gives us the ability to a. world but we can understand what it's like to have a different perspective and i think that is a strength for al-jazeera. i didn't grow well. on the cover of a magazine if i ever had a dream it was more people just overcoming a beverage a wonder woman. part of me wasn't sure if some sort of silly pride or thought of how i feel how did it they told us the truth when they said that i learned not to hold out hope of them. never jumped about being a celebrity a be an iconic i was content with just play a mast on it understand i came from pain and torture akon never dream about the fame and fortune how was just happy i wasn't named abortion.

>> i think the united nations is overly focused on israel.ll i did was defend it whenever they were called out.th >> do you thin the u.n. is an effective actor in international relations? >> i think the u.n. can be an effective actor, and the perfect example is what we did with north korea. when we passed those three sanctions that really pushedth them tnegotiating table, that was a sign that the united nations can do good things. when they go and continue to have these irrelevant meetingsth on issue aren't really our main focus ithe world, that's when they become irrelevant. >> sthen, on north korea -- so, in recent days, rsader kim jong-un has visited mount paektu on ack. it's a backdrop that is used for propaganda, and oftentimes, it foreshadows a policy development or an event,n upcoming event. what do you think is going onea in north kight now? >> i think he's trying to push our buttons. i think he's trying get us to move on the fact that he wants us to lift the sanctions. t any sort of ing is not going to get us to move,m and we have e

for joining us and doing an extraordinary job at the unite nations. thank you very much. you're doing fantastically well. the united states holds the rotating presidency of the u.n. security council for the month of december. during our lunch i will outline america's priorities and ask our distinguished guests from other nations how we can best work together. they have a lot of great ideas. we've done this before. we've learned a lot and it's been really quite an interesting time for me. today our nations face a range of shared security threats, including terrorism, drug trafficking, illegal migration, cyberattack and the spread of milk chemical and biological weapons, and we're working very hard on those problems, especially the last three. there can be nothing more important. the council must take action to confront these and other dangers facing the world. that also includes the behavior of the iranian regime, which has killed hundreds and hundreds of people in a very short period of time. they're killing protesters. they turned down their internet system. people aren'

ambassador to the united nations. i said i don't even know what the united nations does i just know everybody hates it. [laughter] he said the president is going to call you on monday. i need you to think about it. so we get home, my husband is on the computer companies as i think you would be really good at thiste and wasn't a good time because our son was 15 and i didn't come it would have been a tough time to move them. our daughter was a freshman in college, michael and i., my husband, we take care of my parents, they are both in their 80s, my mom has parked in wins. it would have been a tough move to go to new york. the president called up monday and said okay you've got to do this. i said sir, does it have to be some conditions for me to consider it and he said okay what are they. i said i've been a governor. i don't want to work for anyone again. i would want her to go to work directly wit with users would nd to be a cabinet position. he said dunn. i said i'm a policy girl and i would want to be in the room and

well the united nations is responsible with its partners like the n.g.o.s are about 70 percent of global cumana tarion action so we're dealing with about 2 thirds of the problem out 110000000 people you just referred to the other 3rd is dealt with largely by national governments and the red cross so all together all of the agencies should be able to reach everybody who needs help provided we are well enough funded this year we had record fund raising $16000000000.00 so far $2000000000.00 more than we had at this time last year but not everything we needed one thing we need to do is make all the money we do have work harder and harder in the humanitarian agencies are doing that best of prioritizing better and also trying to supply a lot more of the problems we have to deal with so we can make the money goes far as possible and there were concerns that the u.n. itself was going to run out of cash last month because then the countries especially the us who contribute such a huge amount haven't actually paid their dues so what's the status now and where have budgets been slashed say i see at

and government security forces in this neighborhood for the 1st time now basically the united nations a saying that enough is enough need to be surrendered previous attempts to destroy the militias in this neighborhood well this is the market was the killing over the last week happened in which 41 people have been killed 70 have been enjoyed the united nations just saying that it's finally deploying more troops to the area to do the people and also ensure that peace is maintained in this area apart from that . they're also saying that i should a side order has now been issued on anyone carrying a weapon in this neighborhood it looks like a b. sides the warring sides themselves are actually tired of what's been happening all these yes but the. the tipping point was when the militias who have been introduced at this market from opposition militias from coming here and fighting them are the ones who eventually intimidating on a horse exporting money from the traders here and those when the trade us we acted as had enough is enough they took up arms against them and then the united nation

well as so many people are being forced to flee from their homes the united nations is saying what's unfolding here amounts to a humanitarian catastrophe what's your assessment. true and unfortunately the united nations are just like paralyzed n.g.o.s and activists have been asking the un to step in to protect the civilians and shamefully yesterday they have announced a 6 hours ceasefire so they fasten the tates the the displacement of people instead of protecting them in their home towns. and even though with the cease fire when people started to graduate the city they were targeted on. roads that had been identified as a process for evacuation. so we really asked for were a real intervention here not to pass a facility to a crime of letting people flee there that they are their hometowns to the noir and . and of course like 2 days 3 days ago. russia and china be told the decision to to deliver 8 cross border into syria so now people are have to flee their how their homes and no aid will be delivered so instead of only. a system and all the situation which all of us know the u.n. ar

ambassador to the united nations. said i do not even know what the united nations does but i know everyone hates it. [laughter] he said the president will call you on monday and he will need you to think about this but we get home and my husband is on the computer and he said nikki, i thank you be good at this and it wasn't a good time because our son was 15 and i -- it would have been a tough time to move him and her daughter was a freshman in college and michael and i, my husband, we take care of my parents and they're both in their 80s and my mom has parkinson's who would've been a tough move to go to new york. the president called that monday and saidth nikki, will you do this? i said sir, there would have to be conditions for me to consider and he said what are they? i set a been a governor and i don't want to work for anyone again and i would want to work directly with you so it would need to be a cabinet position. he said done. i said i'm a policy girl and i enwould want to be in the room when decisions are mad

traders issued a 48 hour ultimatum to the government to surrender their weapons or face a war united nations to send more troops to the region but they are struggling to keep pace that interest is in banking for us where the u.n. says it will send those troops. previous attempts to destroy the militias in this neighborhood well this is the market killing the last big capital in which 41 people have been killed somebody has been in the united nations just saying that it's finally deploying more troops to the area to the people and also ensure that peace is maintained in this area apart from that. they're also saying that i should a side order has now been issued on anyone carrying a weapon in this neighborhood looks like a b. sides the warring sides themselves actually tired of what's been happening all these yes but the. the tipping point was when militias who have been protecting traders at this market from opposition militias from coming here and fighting them are the ones who eventually intimidating and of course exporting money from the traders here and those when the trade as we acted a

the 17 sustainable development goals, which set out a united nations plan for our planet.>> so we're making a call for a decade of action to deliver on these goals. >> amina's leadership is about inclusion. she leads with determination. she leads with courage. >> amina mohammed is a role model for me and for young people around the world. >> tell everyone everywhere how these goals will change the world. >> she represents the hope of so many african women and so many africans inspired to lead to the world to realization of a more equitable planet. >> amina is the perfect person to be leading the charge. i love the fact she's got a twinkle in her eyes, that she's a humorous accessible human being. that she never seems to me to forget where she came from and the interests of those who are so often left behind. >> are you with us? >> please welcome deputy secretary general of the united nations, her excellency, amina mohammed. ♪ [ cheers and applause ] >> wow. okay. okay. whew. thank you, chiwetel. every day i strive to serve humanity in showing that the voiceless can truly l

measures are needed to cut co2 emissions as she prepares to deliver her message to the human -- united nations climate summit. and there is where tonight the white house will allow major league baseball players to once again head south for off-season play. i'm brent goff. two viewers pbs in the united states and all around the world, welcome. we begin tonight with nato at 70. leaders of nato members are meeting in london seeking to paper over the cracks amid obvious divisions in the military alliance. right now, the leaders are in buckingham palace for reception hosted by the queen to mark the 70th anniversary of the founding of nato. it follows a public spat between french president emmanuel macron and u.s. president donald trump. when those leaders sat down earlieier today, it was hard to prededict how the m meeting woud go. take a look. >> would you like some of those isis fighters? i could give them to you. everyone you want. >> a not quite cordial combative tone pervaded the news conference with u.s. president donald trump and his french counterpart emmanuel macron at the nato meeting in

today to host a working lunch with the ambassadors on the united nations security council and our us ambassador for joining us and doing an extraordinary job at the united nations united states holds the presidency of the un security council for the month of december during lunch i will outline america's priorities of how we can best work to gather we have done this before and we have learned a lot it's been an interesting time for me today the nations face a range of security threats including terrorism drug trafficking illegal migration and the spread of chemical and biological weapons and we are working very hard on those problems especially the last three can be nothing more important taking action to confront these and other dangers and includes a behavior of the iranian regime that has killed hundreds and hundreds of people in a short period of time including protesters people are hearing what is going on i would like to see the media i get involved because it's not a good situation it's a horrible situation. it is something that is a big scandal it's killing a lot of people th

that's according to a united nations estimate.rt the practice, seeing it is a way of preserving their culture, others are now successfully challenging it for the first time. umaru fofana sent us this report. an atmosphere of celebration is in the air. young and old come to market the tradition of adolescence to adulthood. this two week long process , to adulthood. this two week long process, used to include the widespread practice of female genital mutilation, this is a partial or total removal of the external female genitalia. partial or total removal of the externalfemale genitalia. for partial or total removal of the external female genitalia. for the first time ever, it's been excluded from the process. an alternative rite of passage is taking place, and it's been well received by the locals. we know the effects, and if i am to be part of the society and being the first generation, first set of people to be part of this process, i am very pleased. they are practising over half of all the countries in africa, and according to t

d daanson is from the united nations office for the coordination of humanitarian affairs.e has been telling me more about the conditions. quickia sadly, the humanit situation in northwest syria continues to deteriorate as we speak. what we have essentially now is a crisis between the first of this month and christmas day -- crisis. between the first of this nth and christmas day, nearly 240,000 people have been displaced. nearly 80% of them are fleeing northward to camps nor of the area. >> what about the kinds of conditions people are fleeing. what are peopl telling you and workers on the ground about that? >> the situation on the ground was already dire. we had a displacement from the end of april to the end of august, more than 400,000 people displaced at that time.te the figures come on top of that. what we have is one crisis compounding another. aaron: fighting in the area has escalated in recent weeks. how does that complicate the work your organization and others do to provide relief? >> what is quite challenging is tondstand the context. thevi pe is about twice the

it is the very core of what the united nations is.forced you to look at the united nations and how it works. think is not about one country. countries have the right to ask questions -- having said that, systemnion on how the especially as it is evidenced by the united nations should work. that no one has said that we could dismantle the order. listen and too continue to remind ourselves why the order is important for us all. the new technologies of war and peace in the interconnection of the economies and cultures -- and the connections. especially young people. the flow of ideas around the global order and around culture. i think it necessitates that we keep in mind that not so long idea created imbalance that the repercussions have been felt terribly. [indiscernible] created andtion was it has provided a framework for relations. terms a positive force in of peace, writes -- rights, technology. manus: we are going to have to leave it there. thank you so much for joining us. we wish you well. that is the president of the united natio

we're asking for allows mercy and for the united nations to see what happened to us because of bashar al assad and the russian army. they are killing us. with heavy shelling. and a strikes. syrian troops have been pushing into it live. and identified syrian pinole said the offensive is to clear the province of terrorism. i lack the syrian army cares about civilians lives what that. the military calls upon them to leave the areas where the terrorists are. that they should go to the areas under the control of the syrian army it was come to save them from terrorists and terrorism and i'd be much more than $40000.00 people have been displaced by the finance in recent weeks. let's bring in riyadh all knowledge of who the us which is a syrian based human rights organization or it is currently in sweden and joins us via skype heh thanks for being on the program now you're in contact with your colleagues who are on the ground in syria what are they telling you. the situation is catastrophic. syrians and the 44 have spent a different kind of christmassy brutal attacks continue to target civili

united nations says the police were fundamentally repressive.triggered the response, but investigations were under way. translation: we deeply regret the allegations made by the team at the high commissioner. each of them is being or will be investigated by the public you — public prosecutors‘s offers and will be sanctioned as the court is inappropriate. the un also disputed the government's claim almost 5000 people have been injured, saying the true figure could be much higher. but it noted attacks had been carried out against security forces, alongside looting and destruction of private property. now as the demonstrations continue, the response from the police and authorities is being closely watched. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: a new diamond rush in south africa as the government issues permits to miners who'd been working illegally. saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they have brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict that has claimed

ambassador to the united nations -- i don't know what they do but i know everybody hates it. he said the president's going to call you on monday and i need you to think about this. so we get home and he says i think could be really good at this and it was not a good time our son was 15 and it would've been a tough time and her daughter was a freshman in college and me and my husband take care of her parents are both in their 80s and my mom has parkinson's. it would've been a tough move to go to new york. the president called and said are you going to do this part and i said there would have to be conditions to consider pretty nice and what are they, i said a bit and governor and i don't want to work with one again i would want to work directly said need to be cabinet position and he said done. i said i'm a policy girl and i'd want to be in the room when decisions are made so i would need to be on the national security council and he said done. i said well i'm not going to be a wallflower or talking head i need to say what i think. and he said that's exactly why i want you to

and martin is an ambassador to the united nations the. presumably you have a lot of insights on u.n. peace keeping operations and contributions to peace and stability. and we have now heard some critique of those institutions. i wonder if -- if you could comment on that, if you agree with that. is peace keeping more about the image, welfare and cooperation of peace keepers and peace keeping countries than about making a difference, on the ground, for example, and also the things blaze addressed as problems? >> well, thank you, lisa, for luol allowing me to join the panel and for the opportunity to discuss but of course our danish ambassador to you and tremendously important issue. i arrived at in new york almost almost 11 months ago one of the thins first thing i did was putting up on the wall in nigh office a quote from the second secretary general of the u.n., swedish -- who wrote we should mind ourselves the purpose of the u.n. was not to take mankind to hef. but to save mankind from hell. when we talk about the u.n. or multilateral in

the united nations calls on international actors involved in the ongoing fighting in libya to find a peaceful and political solution to end the fighting. form a pakistani leader general pervez musharraf has been sentenced to death on charges of high treason military condemns the ruling. and india's prime minister narendra modi defends his new religion based citizenship more than a spot to angry nationwide protests. our top story this hour u.s. president donald trump has issued a stark warning to democrats saying that if they impeach meant against him they will be declaring war on american democracy republicans and democrats in congress debating the rules governing the vote against the u.s. president which is expected to go ahead on wednesday but the president has condemned the herrings as a sham the whole impeachment thing is a hoax we look forward to getting on to the senate we're not entitled to lawyers we're not entitled to witnesses we're not entitled to anything in the house it's a total sham and when you have a guy like shift you shift go out and make up a statement that i made

why the united nations matter. country and ask why would we want to support an organization that is taking jobs from workers in youngstown, ohio? the organization shop to do in this digital area and many of us who are knowledgeable about these organizations is to try to make that argument and explain why they matter, and absolutely they matter because china is brought into this rules-based system. if you want to talk about environmental policies, labor policies, even though china might not get exclusive funding from the world bank, when china participates in a world bank package that gives the global community an opportunity to influence some chinese policies. i just think that it needs -- the message needs to get out in a way that -- i don't like this expression -- ordinary americans, because i think about myself as one of them, but we need to get out. politicians understood that in the interwar era. it is great that we didn't have another cataclysmic war after the digital era, another we understand the global env

united nations says a record number of people will need humanitarian assistance next year it says almost 168000000 people that's one in every 45 on the planet are in need of basic assistance such as food and shelter the u.n. says it requires almost $29000000000.00 to provide that help but last year only received $16000000000.00 from donors as focusing on $53.00 countries where climate change war and failing economies see the worst human suffering mark locus the united nations under secretary general for humanitarian affairs he says investing in humanitarian action is one of the most cost effective ways to save lives and prevent problems from spreading i think it would be a very good idea if all the member states of the united nations were to pay the money they promised as a responsibility of being a member but that is a separate issue to what we're doing on the humanitarian side you're right there is a need for a lot more money than we get and i will i will continue to make the case that investing in humanitarian action is a good thing to do it's a very cheap way of saving a life and it'

this woman molly in a bus attack to the united nations will try during the next week to convince opposing groups to talk to rather than shoot at each other. people have been denigrated did integrating into other people have lost trust in our institutions. and i think that has time has come for us all to stand up as one man and one woman. to address the issues that are in that are confronting our nation the fight over land and water resources between the dogon and fully aren't the only problems threatening to break up molly divisions among millions from run deep from the try to get out of rebellion in the north to the violent clashes right here in the center of the country there is distrust among people and of the government even in displaced persons camp people who live in segregated groups these divisions i want the national dialogue once to heal one with some key activists showing little interest there are concerns as to how much can be achieved and that is not lost to the organizers of the talks i think this is one of the last chances we have as a nation to stay in control of our fate

in buddhist majority myanmar, the scrutiny of the united nations' top court has stoked indignation. >> they are not just accusing one person in myanmar. they are accusing the whole country. we absolutely believe everything aung san suu kyi does. >> a decision from the hague could take years. a long and uncertain wait for justice for people that have already lost so much. brent: liverpool have secured their place in the knockout stage of the season's tournament. they go through as winners of group e with second-place napoli also qualifying. the woman with the voice that made roxette famous around the world has died. singer marie fredriksson died after a long battle with lung cancer. after a break, i will be back to take you through "the day," but first, we listen and remember the songs of roxette. ♪ . hello welcome back to thee newswsroom these all the latest world headlines life from paris the white house says donald trump expects to be fully exonerated when he addresses to impeachment charges in the senate's. house democrats formally accused the president of abuse of power and obstru

president will be the whole of the all of the top broth of the of the united nations plus. the house of lords and a lot of m.p.'s and the prime minister and the whole royal family and i know i wrote it in fact and at the last minute i called it charter for peace because it with it was written at the end of the war but general smuts and winston churchill and i thought. offering to say this organization is to preserve peace but it was seen as controversial that the un of truly which is founded for world peace i for some reason that if we had a vast array of media all lined up ready to film it and at the last minute it was decided from above that it would not be filmed and it would not go out and serve virtually nobody knew about it and i i mean. perhaps the worst because i'd called the charter for peace is there and is there a tension between being in an establishment composer and famously you played at the ante rockwood demonstrations in trafalgar square just poking about un rights peace around the world is there a tension there no i don't see that at all i mean. i think the

on his legendary music for the snowman and composing for everyone from princess diana to the united nations ahead of his performance tomorrow with welsh met so soprano katherine jenkins at the royal albert hall also more coming up in today's going on the ground a 1st after tomorrow's u.k. general election let alone the fallout from the u.s. inspector general's report into obama corruption in the usa will come christmas when millions of people of the book all around the world look to bethlehem in palestine to celebrate the birth of jesus christ but is what is happening in bethlehem arguably just as political as the major international stories we have covered on this program this year we can go now to bethlehem in palestine joining me is beth forman vera and thanks so much vera for you coming on to if you could just paint as a picture of what beth them is like this year because obviously there's a wall there's the aida refugee camp banksy so tell the woman in black the woman in black jewish women's organization protesting israeli occupation tell me what it's like this year. christmas is chris

an anxious united nations security council listens to the united states representative, mr.ai stevenson. >> we now know the cv at union, not content with dr. castro's oath of field, not content with the cuban independence, has decided to transform cuba into a base for communist aggressions, into a base for putting all the americans under the nuclear gun. >> john kennedy and nikita khrushchev had once met in vienna. their meeting established a hotline. now, when every minute counted over that hotline, president kennedy gave the choice. not long afterwards reconnaissance planes were able to report that ships sailing out of cuba were carrying depth cargoes of rockets being returned to the soviet union. the world balance of power that had been deliberately and dangerously tilted, was thus restored, thanks to the firmness of the american president. kennedy said that since the cuban crisis, the good citizens of the united states have read the foreign news in their newspapers with just a shade more attention? what can be said is there now -- is they are now fully aware that the emp

in tripoli that's the government that's recognized by the united nations. you know has to send a request to uncover so that unless they get these quest to go back to parliament for another agreement a nod from parliament and also for the formulation of the monday to what exactly the troops will be mandated to do in libya once they get there before they can be deployed really hearing from sources that the government here is not expecting a formal request from tripoli until probably february but that could change given the option of. really good general huff that is comprised now coming out against the government installations and positions. well now to developments in syria at least 11 people have been killed by ass strikes that are carried out by government forces and russia on the last rebel held stronghold an ongoing offensive the north of the northwestern province of idlib is already forced thousands to flee and abandon their homes the latest attack on the town of sarka comes as government forces captured 2 new villages on the southern edge of. the u.s.

brent: the united nations has urged countries to share the responsibility for caring for the surging numbers of refugees. speaking at the opening of the first global refugee forum in geneva, switzerland today, the united nations secretary-general says the world owes those countries which have welcomed large numbers of refugees a debt of gratitude, but he says gratitude is not enough. >> i urge you to be bold and concrete in the pledges you make . this is a moment for ambition. it is a moment to jettison a model of support that too often left refugees for decades with their lives on hold, confined to camps, just scrappingg byy, unae to flourish. it is a moment to build a more equitable response to the refugee crisis through a sharing of responsibility. rent: that was antonio guterres talking about sharing of responsibilities. lebanon can talk about that. it's a country that has had a big influx of refugees. since 2011, 1 point 5 million people have fled their from the conflict in neighboring syria, but an economic crisis means finding work has become difficult for both lebanese and re

it is actually a global problem and the united nations, as you said, estimate that.lessness for the first time, so it's amazingly important for us that over 60,000 people are sleeping rough tonight as a gesture, as a solidarity moment, a compassionate moment, and that runs us into the campaign next year with the united nations. just very briefly — do you think there's not enough compassion? do we need to care and think more for people who don't have a home? oh, my god, yes, i do. i think at a time that the world feels so divided and so fractured, this is symbolic. we do care, we are kind and we can be compassionate. and that's what these folk are doing here tonight. well, they're here for one night. dame louise casey, thank you very much indeed. this sleep 0ut continues, the rain continues falling, and the message here is around the world, millions of people, this is their everyday life. i want to take you back to the breaking news story. a fire has swept through a factory in the indian capital new delhi. the latest is that the press trust of india is 110w is that th

coming up tens of thousands of people are forced to flee their homes of the syrian problems of the united nation is warning that a humanitarian catastrophe as the assad regime steps up its offensive. in the country's last rebel stronghold. and romania marks a grisly anniversary 3 decades ago its last communist dictator met his and bringing the country's bloody revolution to a close. a mary in evanston it's good to have you with us. christians around the world are celebrating christmas marking the birth of jesus more than 2000 years ago at the vatican pope francis led the midnight mass at st peter's basilica his blessing emphasized forgiveness not just for sinners but for the church itself after a difficult year in which sexual abuse scandals continue to rock the catholic church francis urged christians to keep the faith. forward i he does a ritual that dates back to the 1st centuries of the catholic church the midnight mass at some pages is a spiritual gathering there the pope is said to confide the would of god to the faithful of. course all of that he may call who by the incarnation brought to

in new york today is such that the united nations will be. will further engage itself in directly in tackling these attacks and bringing evidence this situation under control. the lines go with that update as many. well as uk made mention there let's cross over now to that united nations meeting in new york where the u.n. security council is meeting to discuss the recent violence and kristen salumi is live there for us hi there kristen what exactly is the wall of the u.n. here in trying to address the violence across the sahara. well i have to tell you that this meeting was actually called. to look at violence and terrorism in the region of west africa and the set how writ large this is a very formulaic meeting that was called by the united states they submitted a concept note as to what they wanted to discuss it is not in direct response at all to the recent violence that we saw in error and that attack which was you know claimed by ice so this is not the focus of this meeting the united states said it wanted to look at underlying issues and

injustice and political persecution one of his lawyers called his behavior inexcusable and the united nations recognized governments in libya has denied allegations that turkish backed syrian rebels have been fighting alongside its army warlord holy for have to his forces have accused turkey of sending what they call it stream as terrorists into the country on monday the turkish government submitted a motion to parliament's seeking approval to deploy troops to libya and curses the conflicts is threatening its interests that's your state the news continues after inside story. we understand the differences and the similarities of cultures across the world. so no matter where you call home al-jazeera will bring in the news and current affairs that matter to. al-jazeera. soften your stance so will take offensive measures the warning from north korea to the u.s. over stalled nuclear talks how will washington respond and what is the new approach from the un says it's considering this is inside story. hello welcome to the show i'm sam is a than north korean leader kim jong un has called for positive

states the united states in the united nations find themselves in a very difficult position retired general mark kimmitt there joining me live from washington d.c. thank you sir as always for your thoughts libyan government forces say warlord khalifa haftar as finds us have carried out an air strike at an oil refinery compound it's away that's near the border it's the 4th attack on the area in just 24 hours maybe as national oil company says no one was killed and libyans came out in large numbers and so we are against have tara and his forces his anger after 2 people were killed in air strikes that struck a busy shopping center during rush hour warplanes also hit a pharmacy and residential neighborhoods well our correspondent must put up the why head is in tripoli and he says the airstrikes could be in response to the turkish president sometimes men that he's planning to send troops to help the tripoli based government. this collation of the airstrikes by half to the fighter jets recently has been targeting civilian areas residential areas killing and wandering innocent civi

the united nations recognized governments in libya has denied allegations that turkish backed syrian rebels have been fighting alongside its army or that whoever have to his forces accuse turkey of sending what they call extremist terrorists into the country on monday the turkish government submitted a motion to parliament seeking approval to deploy troops to libya uncursed says the conflict that threatens its interests was speaking in benghazi a brigadier general i met on the sari said turkey is using the conflict in libya to further its own interests a lot not a lot more than the turks transported hundreds of terrorists from syria today they are in fact a group of very extreme terrorists among them suicide bombers and specialists in explosives. and turkish police have detained at least $124.00 people on suspicion of being linked to i saw the raids targeted several cities including istanbul and the capital ankara police say they're searching for at least 17 other suspects some of those detained are believed to be foreign nationals a crackdown comes ahead of new year's celebrations t

hello there good to have your company the united nations is warning of devastating consequences for civilians an eclipse areas last rebel controlled province ily 250000 people mostly women and children have fled the area after 2 weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and syrian government forces fuel shortages are stopping families still from moving out syria's troop movements have been moving towards the city of moderate elmo when president bashar al assad has vowed to recapture rebel held areas and intensify the military offensive despite the cease fire in august it is home to $3000000.00 syrians many of whom are already internally displaced aid agencies have been forced to suspend their operations in the area and there are even fears that un funded humanitarian supplies will stop entering the region as soon as next month unless the fighting ends are the monopoly on us what today these areas have become disaster areas we declare them disaster areas and they should be dealt with accordingly should not exempt the international community regional countries and the guarantor countries of continu

call the united nations is warning of devastating consequences for civilians in syria's last rebel controlled province nearly 250000 people mostly women and children have fled the area after 2 weeks of heavy bombardment by russian and syrian government forces reports. tents go up in the syrian town of dunn are now a temporary harmful families with nowhere else to go if they fled martel newmont in the south of provence as syrian government forces advance many leaving most of their belongings behind. if not we fled from the bombardment and came here it's a small camp that doesn't really fit a lot of people and the people just keep coming the situation is not that. since the start of december nearly 250000 people have been displaced from the last rebel held area of syria most women and children many have fled by road for others fuel shortages have stopped them from getting a why some are trying to seek shelter in turkey but they're not being allowed to cross the border and this comes on top of the displacement figures that we had from the end of april to the end of august where more than 400000

united nations has called on the international community to do all it can to end the escalating crisis in libya spokesperson for the u.n. secretary general antonio terrorist says a political solution has to be found we continue to call for deescalation and for active support by all libyans and international actors engaged in libya to find a peaceful and political solution to end the conflict and by addressing its or delighting causes i think it's important that the international community as a whole rally around the efforts of the libyan people of course and also the efforts of the secretary general's. representative mr sullum a try to find a political solution when it comes as italy's foreign minister which he is in libya well he's been meeting with people on both sides of the conflict the mile talks with all of her life after in the eastern city of rajma. earlier he meant fire as a seraj the leader of libya's un backed government in tripoli it's lee has criticized both the tripoli government of national accord and turkey for what it describes is their mistaken approach to the ongoing

united states has while pursuing direct negotiations avoided criticism of north korea at the united nations it was right here just last week that european members of the security council condemned north korea for its missile launches but the united states was noticeably absent that announcement according to a state department official it was after security council members met with president trump in washington d.c. that the meeting was called but its still stopped short of what european allies had hoped for focusing solely on missile launches and failing to condemn north korea for human rights abuses christian salumi al-jazeera the united nations. still to come here at al-jazeera violent protests in india after polman to prove citizenship legislation that opponents say discriminates against muslims plus. the real danger is one politicians and she goes on making it look like real action is happening when in fact almost nothing is being done. as teen activist gretta totenberg again decries the lack of action on climate change time magazine names nothing here. hello again welcome back to inter

recent ballistic missiles haase by north korea have raised concerns at the united nations security council the united states calls to turn away from hostility and threats and reengage in denuclearization talks the u.s. also said it's prepared to be flexible in those negotiations crystal salumi has more from the u.n. headquarters in new york the united states called out north korea in an open session of the security council for what bastard kelly craft described as an increasingly troubling situation she was referring to north korea's recent firing of ballistic missiles 13 in the last 6 months in violation of u.n. resolutions and increasingly threatening language of north korean official recently promised a christmas surprise the united states does not offer some concession ahead of a year end deadline set by north korea's supreme leader kim jong un for denuclearization talks let me be clear the united states and the security council have a goal not a deadline we want to use this time we briefing to make crystal clear to the d.p. r. k. that its continued ballistic missile testing is deeply

more establishment than writing music for the united nations organ only a bit of the u.n. the u.n. . i mean. buckingham palace and and the foreign and commonwealth office the head of the foreign call them both those office called me and said we want we want to write a piece or we want you to write a piece because it's the 50th anniversary of the united nations president will be the whole of the all of the top growth of the of the you know the nations plus. the house of lords and a lot of m.p.'s and the prime minister and the whole royal family and i know i wrote it in fact and at the last minute i called it a charter for peace because it was it was written at the end of the war but general smuts and winston churchill and i thought. offering to say this organization is to preserve peace but it was seen as controversial that the un of truly which was founded for world peace i for some reason that it we had a vast array of media all lined up ready to film it. and at the last minute it was decided from above that it would not be filmed and it would not go and serve virtually n

the united nations will help mediate this dispute. one thing we should point out his diplomatic ties between the countries still exist. we don't know if that will continue to be the case. this war of words has escalated. the last we heard from bolivian officials was the former president who weighed in. he has been appointed a special delegate to represent bolivia. he called the mexican president a coward, a bully and a shameless apologist for drug traffickers. these are very strong words. brazileting forces in all want to exploit the amazon rain forest. the president has unlocked more land for farming and development and indigenous groups want a slice of the business as well. this forest is a stay in central result twice the size of california, known today for its endless fields of crops and cows. there is still a lot of tropical a 15,000ft, including square kilometer indigenous reserve. meet thee that we leader of the national indigenous farmers association. like most tribes, they used to live on subsistence farming, but now they are

particularly striking is that the united nations have recognized that the availability of free software can help reach this is tangible development goals they're currently running technology innovation labs in various countries that are developing open source software that will become available to all for free so. we can only hope big tech companies don't just want to tap the collective know how of coders but also plan to give back to the coding community right now open source movement is growing independent developers tech giants and multilateral organizations all use open source meaning developers from all over the globe can collaborate on a single project. for collaboration and this community is kind dispirited and open minded and it's truly cross cultural you'll see people working on code together from countries that are political enemies you can see really great. a case in point the chinese e-commerce giant recently published core codes of its ailing algorithm platform. software developers and data analysts from around the world can now build on this code to develop their own proje