the region, and it is a clear message towards iran and also towards russia. >> what about the united nations' clear criticism of israel's settlement activity? >> israel will continue to ignore this decision. so will the united states. they will continue to back israeli policies in the occupied territories, but nevertheless, there is a certain change of attitudes to be observed in western countries. more and more criticism coming along with israeli settlement policies, and i think israelis feel the heat. you might even interpret this action we have just seen in syria and the rhetoric in israel about the perceived iranian threat as a means to really distract from this business in the west bank of building one settlement after the other. >> switching back to syria -- how can the you take on a more active role in mediating this dispute -- how can the e you take on a more active role? >> the european union has miserably failed to bring the sides together, and what we need is a dialogue with all parties involved, including the syrian government. the war has changed to a certain extent. government

they are obliged to uphold the agreements that were agreed to in this united nations convention. one thing they agreed was 200 nautical miles was an expectation zone that belonged to the country. meaning to hundred nautical miles from the philippines, they have the right to explore and use the resources. this is what the philippines is challenging china on. there is a claim with the u.n. saying all this territory belongs to china. it has meant more and more encroachments of chinese vessels in areas that the philippines claims as its own. it is challenging china to accept that the philippines does have the rights to explore in this area and that china is asking the u.n. convention to basically sustained the philippines as the sole beneficiary of this area around its 200 nautical miles shoreline. >> more clashes and more protests. why is it becoming contentious these days? >> this is just one of the issues chine is having to deal with. there is a water claim on many areas. you mention some islands in japan. there are islands that said in the middle of the south china sea. these sit

lapid worst centrist party gain gained substantial ground, joining me is jordan ambassador to the united nation and efraim halevy who served in the israel national security council. i'm pleased to have them both on this program to talk together at this table about important things that are going on in their region including elections, mr. ambassador, thank you for coming. tell me what we read into the jordanian elections and what they tell us about the future of jordan. >> well, thank you very much for having me on the show, charlie. i think for all of us, we believe yesterday was a day of celebration. we had good turnout. the majority of those who registered to vote. and they were 70% of the eligible voters, eye majority voted yesterday. and this is a record in terms of the numbers who have turned out. but also more than that, they signified because the elections were not simply undertaken to fill seats in parliament, but they signified it was almost like a plebiscite it they signified that the country and the vision his majesty has for the country is supported by the majority of those who reg

dodge the united nations is meeting to discuss sending a west african intervention force , approving a force to help defeat rebels in december. the nigeria and others have pledged troops but they can't get their home until september due to logistical problems. >> at the end of the day, the real solution will be a political solution. we want to support the political process and reconciliation in the north and the south. negotiation with the armed groups which will save them from terrorism. >> we have more from the united nations headquarters in new york. >> france has been urging west african states to send peacekeepers as soon as possible. they have authorized a force to operate in france would like it to take the place of their soldiers in the near future. the european union will be meeting in the coming days to discuss its training mission. it has said it will send 250 shoulders -- soldiers to train the army. and >> he wants parliament dissolved by tuesday morning according to state media reports. they began their journey on sunday. the religious leader is calling for an end to gov

today the international community is being asked by the united nations to dig deep into their pockets. >> the united nations is asking for up to $1.5 billion in humanitarian assistance for the syrians affected by the war. 200,000 of them are here in southern turkey. others have just about enough money to pay for apartments for themselves. those in the worst conditions are actually in syria themselves, internally displaced refugees who have not been able to leave the country, they are the ones the united nations is the most concerned about. >> james, thank you very much. a court in the netherlands has rejected most of the allegations against the oil giant, shell, related to oil spills in nigeria. the judges dismissed four out of five cases that were brought. farmers claimed that the oil leaks had polluted land and waterways in the delta. in one case they ordered a subsidiary of shell to compensate a farmer for making it too easy for saboteurs to damage a pipeline. nick has more. >> the people of the delta have long protested against oil pollution, which they say has blighted their live

. >> the militants left behind a trail of destruction in the united nations world heritage site, looting tombs and burning into documents. residents have welcomed the soldiers with open arms. >> just days ago, the islamists still controlled timbuktu. now their flag has come down. soldiers and civilians are celebrating. >> i dreamt of this day. mali is being reborn. >> most residents of the ancient trading town were relieved when paratroopers arrived. timbuktu has been in the hands of islamists for 10 months. >> for 10 months, the islamists enforced a strict form of sharia law. this man says his hand was chopped up because he was accused of stealing a mattress. this woman says she was with and jailed for a minor offense. >> my head job -- hijab slipped off my face. that's why they put me in jail and beat me. >> residents have been raising the traces of the islamists. some have been taking revenge, plundering stores belonging to merchants suspected of collaborating. in ethiopia, a donor's conference has raised pledges of hundreds of millions of aid. its president expressed his gratitude. >

. >>> south korea's ambassador to the united nations has hinted at the need for action if the north conducts a third nuclear test. he says the threat is real. ambassador kim sook says the

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ambassador to the united nations to my john bolton, a pulitzer prize winner judith miller. he answers. ♪ ♪ lou: deadly clashes across egypt after the opposition coalition rejected president morsi call for national dialogue. the white house today said the clashes demonstrate that egypt is now in a difficult path to democracy. joining as now, former u.s. ambassador to the united nations john bolton, a pulitzer prize-winning journalist judith miller, both fox news contributor. ambassador, start with you because you are, i think corresponding someone -- you seem to be amused by the president and the white house language. >> yes. a difficult path to democracy. this is a sure road to collapse in egypt. whenever trust there is broken down. a large part of it is the fact that the economy has tank and had the muslim brotherhood and morsi have done nothing to correct it, but if the anarchy continues i think the only answer is that the military is going to have to step in, and that is going backwards, not forwards. lou: why is there no response from the republican party or, forrthat ma

victory after the president mahmoud abbas successfully upgrade a palestinian state has at the united nations as her mustn't factor move closer together the irony is that they're getting help from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu in his right wing policies and rhetoric are winning the palestinian support and sympathy on the international stage it was on that one young who's watching that as the recent united nations palestinian statehood bid demonstrated european and failing support for israel has floundered it was also an attorney whose watch that u.s. is revelations reached their lowest ebb and now it's on his watch again that palestinian unity seems plausible. for her it's a long term interest of her for us to i think cooperate again because otherwise they're running the risk that the worst will be and probably perk of the same political structure which de facto right now is the case leaders from both sides have a new day course for the conciliation if you work with them you know you think that of course. between promotion for catastrophe it's proof for that doesn't mean peace etc

>> well it's actually pretty rare for the united nations to talk about measurements. they usually talk in terms of absolutes, like rights for all no more poverty. here, what they did is phenomenal. they picked goals, eight of them. number 1 is about poverty, cutting poverty in half by 2015. it's already been achieved. they picked childhood death rates, the number of kids who die under five, which was 12 million back in 1990. it's on a path by 2015 to be under six million. so that's a 50% reduction, faster than any time ever. and so the goals for the first time got u.n. agencies and donors thinking, another does our money really impact this measure? which country is doing it well? so ethopia is a star because although they started from a bad situation, they cut their childhood death rate in two-third, and that was by looking at people who had done it well, and now they've become the example for all of africa how by putting in cheap, primary health care you can achieve an amazing result like that. >> rose: so on balance you give them high marks for what they've of they'

civilians fuelling anti-american sentiment in regions where the attacks occurred meanwhile the united nations has launched a major investigation into civilian drone deaths are you correspondent stuffy a chair going to join me earlier from the new york studio with more about this investigation by the u.n. . what we have going on is a group of top notch international law specialists bare headed by the un special rapporteur on human rights and counterterrorism launching this investigation into the drone attacks carried out by the united states in recent years they're going to be looking into the drone strikes taking place over somalia yemen of genest and pakistan and the actions of israel when it comes to the occupied territories the group plans to look into from twenty to thirty specific strikes one of the areas they're going to concentrate on are the so-called double tap strikes where rescuers for example people running to save victims of a drone strike were attacked by a follow up or people going to funerals this is been something that's been a big concern lately with dozens of people dying i

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i am speaking to you from the floor of the united nations. the united nations charter does not allow any country to use on authorized military action. we have to be very careful about the precedents that we are creating. >> are you saying that drug strikes are illegal? >> this is not the first time i am saying to us. they are illegal and unlawful. we are enaging in a deep dialogue with the united states. we share teh view that they start seeing it as a counterproductive tool in the long run. >> sometimes there referred to as good taliban and bad taliban. it is okay for the americans to be targeting some and not others. >> they have called in the ambassador. what you might be calling quiet is quiet diplomacy happening in the background. today, the relations are at a much better spot. there is absolutely no question of pakistan finding these to be -- you ask about good taliban and bad taliban. any insurgent group which uses violence as a means to prove its power is harmful to the national interest of pakistan. any group that uses violence is co

. ♪ ♪ >>> the 23i8 pooenz plans to formally challenge the territorial ambitions of china at a united nationsbunal. the two nations both claim sovereignty over disputed islands in waters in the south china sea. >> the philippines has been exchanging views with china to peacefully settle these disputes. to this day a solution is still elusive. we hope the arbiter proceedings shall bring the dispute to a durable solution. >> foreign secretary albert del rosario told reporters on tuesday his office summoned china's ambassador and informed her manila would seek arbitration. the two nations were engaged in a maritime standoff last year for more than two months around rich fishing grounds near the disputed scarborough shoal. china says almost the ebb tire south china sea is its territory. thphilippines coters that chioma's claim violates its sovereignty. the philippines has said repeatedly it wanted the dispute brought bv the tribunal. even so the challenge looks unlikely to go far. china's ambassador to the philippines, ma keqing, has issued a statement saying the dispute should be resolved throug

the united nations, you would hear them talk about religion.ou would hear the bible mentioned constantly. this is not what we're used to in the united states. it is almost as though there is no need for god, no need for religion and justice in politics, so there is supposed to be a separation of church and state over here. we can't have a separation of state and morality. songs like "dreamer," it is the same thing. tavis: it is a rare thing to hear prince open up on those visits. we have been grateful for those visits. we leave you with another memorable moment in 2004. he wanted to reunite with former revolution band member wendy malvoin for a special performance. this was an unexpected surprise. as we closed out that show, we will tonight with a performance by prince and wendy malvoin, an acoustic version of the song "reflection." as always, keep the faith. ♪ the glasso catch before it falls ♪ can you turn on the stereo ♪ ♪ i want to play those songs, it's about love ♪ water theemember to plants today ♪ , too busy busy looking at you ♪ ♪ oh b

it is expected on sunday, a united nations airplane will fly into rebel territory and a number of rebels will board the plane for the talks. much hope is placed on these talks, although there is much skepticism about the outcome. >> that is andrew simmons in the capital of the central african republic. sudan and south sudan are meeting in the ethiopian capital for the second day discussing oil and border issues with mediators. they came close to war last year, both accusing the other of supporting rebels in their territories. a report from syrian state media that a journalist or a pro- government television station has died from wounds sustained during a rebel attack. in syria, there are more reports of violence. residents in the damascus neighborhood have reported an explosion thought to have been caused by a makeshift bomb. no casualties have been reported yet. activists have reported shelling. they say there are casualties in one town. the pictures are said to show people pulling bodies from the rubble. we have several teams on the ground in syria. one is on the ground where there is

the french defense minister says he backs the idea of spending -- sending a united nations peacekeeping force to mali. now to an astonishing story -- pitting the free press against the sensors, but not in the way you would expect -- censors, but not in the way you would expect. attacks began when the new york times published a story about the wealth accumulated by the family of chinese premier -- china's premier, wen jiabao. >> if you cast your mind back to october, the "new york times" had this story detailing the wealth accumulated by the family of the premier, wen g about -- wen jiabao, putting it over -- wen jiabao, putting it over a large sum. the new york times =-- "new york times" was not alleging any wrongdoing. their computer started coming under attack. they believe the hackers were trying to find the information, the sources for that story. it does not believe they were able to. the "new york times" says it brought in security consultants which said it had all the hallmarks of other chinese attacks. what we have seen is that the chinese side have come out, the chinese governm

there waiting for the united nations security council meeting and the outcome of that. al-jazeera has spoken to a nigerian military commanders told us they have to wait embassy about the logistics. nigeria would send about 600 soldiers into northern mali, but they said, where they going to sleep? he was born to pay for them? until the questions are answered, then we will see the troops on the ground. interestingly, of these troops are not as popular as the french. people here want to see any operation into northern mali led by their own military. >> thank you for that report. witnesses say eight somali civilians were killed during a failed hostage rescue attempt. the french commander was trying to save a member killed along with another soldier. they captured a third man and said that he has now died of his wounds. activists in serious a government air strikes have killed eight children in damascus. this video apparently shows them in the district doctorate was attacked. by women were killed and many others remain trapped. joining us now from beirut, what can you tell u

the announcement comes one day after the united nations security council agreed to a u.s. backed resolution to censure and sanction north korea for a rocket launch last month. >>> coming up on wusa9, get a room. we'll tell but a new campaign to bring couples and their cash to d.c. >> howard? >> jc, we have sunshine now but some winds are beginning to gust. these temperatures are some kind of cold. 23 at andrews. 25 crofton. 24 centreville. i'll be back talking about storm number >>> a new campaign is under way to bring love, romance and people to the nation's capital. date nights d.c. is an effort to increase hotel bookings, restaurant reservations and tourism during the traditionally slow month of february. organizers are working with the website. >> we need people to come into the city, check into hotels, and once they're here, we know they're going to go out and eat. they're going to go to theater. they're going to go shopping and do loot of things -- and do a lot of things. >> organizers are working with the website living social as part of the effort to get people exc

the united nations has declared it a culture heritage site. the french president asked the u.s. to help france's military in using manpower and drones. >> question, what's at stake for the u.s. in mali? >> clearly, we and the rest of the world don't really want the al qaeda affiliate to establish its roots there. the government is weak. it's not a democratic government. and so defense secretary leon panetta has said that the u.s. government is willing to assist the french with logistics and intelligence. the drones you mentioned are not -- they would not be armed drones. they would be intelligence gathering drones but the french have taken the lead on n. i think so far the u.s. is standing on the side lienls pretty much -- sidelines pretty much cheering them on because it's an important mission. >> we've sent 55,000 americans there according to-- >> 50 million? >> what is it? 550 americans and they are there not as soldiers but there to help with equipment and so forth. >> this is an area, northern mali is an area the size of texas. and you've got-- >> twice the size of texas. >

>>> north korea stepped up its response to a united nations security council resolution. officials say they plan to carry out a third nuclear test. >>> trade gap. japan logs its worst ever trade deficit as exports slide. >>> welcome to nhk world "newsline." authorities in north korea say they plan to carry out what they call a nuclear test of a higher level. they add that they plan to launch more long-range rockets. officials with the country's national defense ministry issued a statement warning of all-out action to defend north korea's sovereignty. >> translator: a series of satellite and long-range rocket launchers by the dprk and a higher level nuclear test are parts of an all-out action. this is a new phase in the anti-u.s. struggle that has lasted for centuries. we do not hide that the target of these actions is the united states, the sworn enemy of the korean people. >> the country's space agency launched a rocket last month. authorities claimed it was to orbit a satellite but other countries say north koreans were testing long-range ballistic missile technology. s

. >>> still to come, children facing death threats after the united nations tried to protect them from becoming child soldiers. we will have an exclusive report from the central african republic. >> in the capital of the u.s., washington and the rest of the country prepares for barack obama's second inauguration. ethiopia." >>> hello. a reminder of the headlines on al-jazeera. algerian special forces stormed a gas facility to end the four- day hostage crisis. these pictures show some of the hostages at the gas plant. it is believed 19 were killed, along with 29 gunmen. some remain unaccounted for. the french foreign minister has called on west african leaders to take the lead in the military operation in mali. syrian activists are reporting heavy shelling as the u.n. delegation arrives in the capital damascus to assess the humanitarian plight. >>> in the central african republic, 66 children are facing the threat of death, even though they are in the care of the un's children it agency. unicef took them under protection last month said it would not be recruited as a child soldiers. and

sympathy on the international stage it was on this one young who's watching that as the recent united nations palestinian statehood bid demonstrated european unfailing support for israel has floundered it was also on its own yahoos watch that u.s. is revelations reached at the lowest ebb and now it's on his watch again that palestinian unity seems possible for her to have a long term interest of her for a start think of cooperate again because otherwise they're running the risk that gaza in the west bank will be and probably part of the same political structure which de facto right now is the case leaders from both sides have a new day calls for the conciliation if you left with them you know we think that of course. between hamas and fatah is a catastrophe it's proof for that doesn't mean peace etc etc but for this family nothing can detract from the feeling of question cheat and joy of a father and son coming home they tears and smiles echoed the hope that a new chapter is also about to open in gaza political life points here r.t. on the israel gaza border but as well as supreme court has r

the head of the united nations has said that they should not participate in mali. they are concerned that it might staff across the region in -- at risk of reprisals. >> a burned out truck, apparently the result of french firepower, germany is now back in government hands. very happy, the population is very happy the we have been freed from hazard. >> more than 2000 french troops are in mali. the entire operation has been planned and executed extremely quickly. france and their leading counter-terrorism judge, investigating counter terrorist groups in north africa, said the mission started as an emergency response. >> imagine all of these islamist groups. >> the head of the united nations has praised the french military intervention, but said the u.n. itself must keep out of the conflict. >> we have also praised our civilian personnel in the region. >> molly has now received more international attention than it has in decades. but there are no quick fixes to its problems. ♪ >> the top stories this hour, the british prime minister, david cameron, has plans to hold a

accurate that the israelis did strike inside syrian territory it is a gross violation of the united nations charter the arab league for its side has slammed his role for these alleged strikes saying that they are a flagrant act of aggression and a glaring violation of syria's sovereignty. for more twenty four seven the updates on the reported israeli bombing as well as opinions from inside the middle east the check up policies twitter feed and one of the latest tweets or she is citing the hebrew press which says a syrian rebel group has actually claimed responsibility for the attack on the military research center near damascus. and for more analysis on this i'm joined live by professor said mohammad marandi iranian academic political analyst and expert of american studies professor iranian leadership has never denied that if there's a foreign intervention in syria it could even gauge into a war to protect its allies is a scenario becoming more realistic. the iranians have not said that they would engage in war but i think that they would look at the situation and respond in what they deem