at the same time, i call upon the united nations and the other international actors to continue to pay special attention to these very important issues. i would like to draw your attention this is not the first time a permanent member of the united nations security council the security of both regional and international levels. been24 years, there have question up her -- questionable procedures. only -- [indiscernible] in fact, in order to preserve influence in neighboring countries, russia has deliberately created around itself the belt of instability. [speaking in a foreign language] all of these are projected conflicts which are supported by or directed -- directly related to russia. but the kremlin goes further. these days, the russians -- [indiscernible] what and who is next? dear mr. president, in every democratic country, if someone stole your property, the independent court would restore the justice in order to protect rights and punish the offender. we must recognize that in the 21st century, our organization lacks ineffective instrument to bring the aggressor country to justi

look to the first organization created in their name, unrra, united nations relief and rehabilitationcriticized and much praised, but still the only major source to which the united nations are the veins and arteries of stricken people throughout the years, the emergency items of relief and rotation service the plasma of peace. ♪ items from six continents and seven seas. an outpouring from each nation's heart to reach war stricken friend and neighbor. hundreds of private relief and welfare organizations blend their efforts through unrra, along with the contributions of the governments themselves. as all other ravaged areas, the tired heart of liberated nations fight to regain strength and vigor. and the strong part of the united nations working hand in hand to help, a welfare specialist from australia, a doctor from cuba, and a nurse from belgium, a child expert from england, a therapeutist from ohio, from canada, norway, south africa, china, operating despite the handicaps of varied languages, and learning constructed new lessons in international teamwork, for it very wisely has been

noted quite united nations this time on the program. even as the u.n. talks about peace, freedom, and security, they seem to be in seriously short supply around the world. syrian targets are attracting the attention of a long list of national air forces while people -- and the national security network are still with me in washington. jim, when the smoke clears, is al assad still in charge? >> putin seems to think so and if i had to choose, sadly, between he and barack obama to see who's going to blink, i'm pretty sure obama will blink. i think we've gotten to the idea that assad will stay and potentially at this point as i mentioned we've outsourced strategy there to putin. in a painfully pragmatic way, if putin decides to go against isis, he can destroy them in ways we won't. part of the problem in iraq in the fight against isis is our rules of engagements and the restrictions on air strikes. if they do take the fight to isis and al nusra, they could put a painful whipping on them but unfortunately a lot of civilians will die too. >> is there a role f

at the united nation, the secretary of state warned russia not to use isil as an excuse to keep assadpower. >> i has chosen himself to fight isil. as the tear resists made inroads tloupt large swaths of syria and iraq, raking, enslaving and murdering civilians along the way, the syrian regime didn't try to stop them. instead, it focused all of it's military power on moderate opposition groups who were fighting for a voice in syria. >> it's not clear what it will do if fewer russian airstrikes go not after isil fighters but instead after the fighters opposed to bashar al-assad. joycelyn al jazeera. >> let's look at the russian target did inside syria. it will carried out strikes against eight ice is i will target. most are in eastern syria. it appears raqaa was not hit. the syrian opposition says bombs were dropped in homms province and latakia and the rates focus on command posts syrian opposition leader said the strikes have killed at least 36 civilians. >> we urged before that the russians are intervening in syria not to fight isil. they are intervening to prolong the life of assad

we have is the united nations. please, we call upon you, we , yourto come we need you international protection. , we haved gentlemen tried to pressure israel to solution a two state with israeli government. through the united states, the european union, the united nations -- however, the israeli government insisted on continuing its destruction of the two state solution. currently in is place and imposed in the territory of the state of palestine and against the palestinian people on one hand. extensiveive severed privileges to israeli civilians. is this possible? this is the question we posed the united nations. a transitional agreement signed with israel stipulated that the agreement should be implemented within a timeframe of five years, ending in 1999. the full independence for citizens and the termination of the israeli occupation. theisrael stopped withdrawal of its forces from ceas classified as b and which represent more than 60% of the territory. israel intensified its activities everywhere. and breached a

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the united nations is not opposed. fact, this intervention is happening at invitation of the government of iraq under international law. in terms of refugees, canada's response has been generous and responsible. we've admitted so far 15% of all the world refugees from the region. in terms of our response to this recent crisis, even before it was in the headlines, i announced our intention to accept additional refugees. i have since announced a number of changes to our system to expedite that number, and we're doing so while at the same time making sure that we choose the refugees, that we choose those who are genuine refugees, the most vulnerable people, and also maintain all standards of security and other screening. this is a generous and responsible approach that canada is taking. >> gentlemen, i want to step in to refocus the discussion. we'll have ample opportunity to talk about the refugee crisis later in the debate. mr. mulcair, follow up more precisely on when the government would intervene and why. what are th

the united nations has raced the palestinian flag for the first time.dent mahmoud abbas used his speech at the u.n. general assembly to attack israel for what he said was a breach of the oslo accords. afghanistan says security forces are in control of kunduz after the taliban seized the city on monday, they are facing heavy resistence from fighters in residential areas, over 300 people have been injured over the past two days. >>> con beginconfidence in the e economy is slipping. the stimulus park inning is unpopular among some small businesses. >> reporter: this small family-owned company has been making light bulbs here for 77 years. they are switched on by companies in japan and exported arounded worm. the japanese company has managed to keep its doors open despite the market shift towards more modern leds and being left in the dark by the japanese government. >> translator: is there any support for us? there isn't, you have to two it all and friends for yourself. >> reporter: he also said the prime minister's economic stimulus package called abe gno

ash had previously served as the ambassador for his country here at the united nations. he was highly respected, and in fact, when elected as president of the u.n. generalc general assembly, it was said that we could not be in better hands, and now it's charged that those hands took bribes. >> but the investigation into bribery is not closed. the u.s. attorney office warning there could be further arrests. james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations. >> nato has rejected russia's explanation for why it ventured in turkish air space. russia said that the incursions were a mistake, but others say it does not look like an accident. we have this from moscow. >> russian bombs fall once more. 15 were flown on monday, 10 airstrikes are carried out. on the ground syrians have been filming and up loading footage that shows the explosive work of russia's air force and the diplomatic fireworks are continuing, too. nato's secretary general doubts russia's explanation of the incursion into the air space stating bad weather. >> i will just reiterate, restate that this is a violation

the united nations security council was consider question related to ukraine. at the outset, russia blocked a draft resolution condemning the fake referendum on the crimea in march 2014. me, personally, i was exactly at the time that they was the voting on this fake referendum, there was no member of parliament. it was just russian soldiers surrounding the republic of crimea. the second time russia puts its veto on the draft of the resolution to investigate and bring to justice all responsible for a plane ÷ crash. by posting its veto on this draft resolution, russia clearly demonstrated the whole world in defiance in establishing the truth. not just the truth about the perpetrators of this terrorist attack and arms used to shoot down that plane. what is most important, it is the truth about those who organized this crime and from which country the mentioned arms had been transported. i think everyone in this hall clearly understand clear motives of russia's veto on the tribunal. the establishment of the international peacekeeping operation, which would lead to

we are toll by the united nations, that no one, including ban ki-moon, was given any advance warning at all. barnky moon will now be talking about what steps will take place next, but worth making it clear that he is not in charge of the the president of the general assembly, he is responsible only to the member states of the united nations and i think some will be asking whether there will be a better system of checks and balances on the the person who holes that role. >> james, thank you holded he. >> bans by the european union, to ensure that their food is safe to eat. t.v., and a monitoring group, but the russians have denied this. russia sends the bombing campaign began on september the 30th. and centers on areas where arm groups fighting the rejeep are based not isil. compare this to u.s. rates from september the 2050, which mainly center on occasions known to be isil strong holds. >> russian. bos fall on serbia once more. 15 were flown on monday, according to the defense ministry, ten air strikes were carried out. on the ground, syrians have been filming and uploading footage

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at the united nations the secretary of state warned russia not to use isil as an excuse to keep assad >> assad has rarely close chosen himself to fight isil as the terrorists made inroads throughout large swaths of syria and iraq, ranking, enslaving, and murdering civilians along the way, the syrian regime didn't try to stop them. instead it focused all of its military power on moderate opposition groups who were fighting for a voice in syria. >> reporter: it's not clear what it will do if future russian airstrikes go not after isil fighters but instead after the fighters opposed to bashar al-assad. rosalind jordan, al jazeera. >>> let's take a closer look now at the russian targets inside syria. moscow says it carried out strikes against eight isil targets, most isil strong holds are in eastern syria. but it appears that raqqa, isil's de facto capital was not hit, bombs were dropped in hommes, and other areas, and the raid focused on areas not held by isil. a syrian opposition leader says the strikes have killed at least 36 civilians. >> translator: we urged before that the russians

that is the mission of the united nations.gentlemen, let's work together to make this better for all where everybody can life with human dignity and prosperity. i thank you for your leadership. thank you very much. [applause] >> the secretary general of the united nations for his presentation. the general assembly will now turn to agenda item 8, general debate and i will now deliver in capacity as president in the session of general assembly a statement. heads of states, heads of government, distinguished ministers, mr. secretary general , delegated ladies and gentlemen, friends, on friday you heads of states and governments had 23rd-year agenda . a decision that once again proved universal relevance and value of the united nations. now we face the daunting task of transforming our vision into action. our ambition will only be realized in a world of peace and security and respect for human rights, not in a world where investment in wars more and more absorb and destroy a huge share of the resources we have committed to invest

that he is no longer bound by the oslo accord. >> reporter: raised for the first time at the united nationsflag of the state of palestine, following a decision by the u.n. general assembly, observer states, there are two, palestine, and the holy see, are now allowed to fly their national flags. the ceremony was attended by the president and the u.n. secretary general. >> i sincerely hope that a successful peace process will soon yield a day when we unfold the palestinian flag in its proper place, among the family of nations, as a sovereign member state of the united nations. [ applause ] >> reporter: however, the political process to lead to that day is dead locked. in his speech to the general assembly, president abbas put all of the blame on the israelis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence in jerusalem, which was caused by israeli incursions around the al aqsa mosque. and he said since israel was not abiding by the oslo accord, he would not either. >> translator: they leave us no choice but to insist we will not be the only ones who abide by these agreements. we ca

>> reporter: well, there as you say an agreement on the table, a plan that the united nations has worked, by neither side has yet to sign on. the general national congress said that it has a number of minor sticking points, but one major one is that they want sharia law enshrined as the law of the land in libya, and they say that's what the people of libya want. the other side says they are ready to endorse this deal, but it has to go back to tobruk where the nationally recognized government is based. we're hearing the united states and united nations saying the time for negotiations is over, but need to sign up, but at the end of the day, the power is in the hands of these two groups. they have to come to anning a greem or there's no agreement. >> right. and the urgency of the situation underscored by the violence in libya. the u.n. has been speaking about that as well? >> reporter: for sure, some half of the population is in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. the government institutions are not functioning, education, and so on, and there is also wider concern for the region

. >> let's speak now to james bayes with the latest from the united nations. hi there, james.isten what he said he painted a very black and white picture and said syria is still strong. >> reporter: he did. this is the sort of narrative we have come to expect from the syrian government over the last four and a half years. everything is portrayed in terms of counter terrorism. yes, he says that they are fighting isil, but he says everyone that the syrian government is fighting, he also brands as terrorists. interest, i think that comment that you remarked on, the fact that he says the syrian army is strong, because many people believe the syrian army was in a pretty bad way before russia started these air strikes. in fact the head of the syrian national coalition earlier on, when i was speaking to him, he told me he thought if russia hadn't intervened then president assad was on his last legs. also interesting that the syrian deputy prime minister and foreign minister who is always deputied to do these speeches, says they are still committed to negotiation and would be prepared

most show a distain for the united nations. >> israel's prime minister called it uum-schoom. he was describe a u.n. bias against israel, that part of the speech was going to pay well, and certainly will not win any friends. >> an offer to get back to the operating table. he blamed the palestinians for the failure of peace process. and yesterday we heard mahmoud abbas blame israel. in that context. is there much chance the peace process will get back on track. >> well, i think it's very lit: it was clear that both sides were more interested in blaming each other. it's unlikely that there will be much progress. i think equally important is what was not said at the united nations over the past few days, particularly in president obama's speech, he didn't mention israel, palestine or a resumption of the peace process. the silence on the conflicts, together with the statements and some of the harsh language and changes between mahmoud abbas and others suggest that if some diplomatic process is renewed. unfortunately, it's unlikely to go anywhere. >> a final question. binyamin neta

they have been given medical treatment and provisions by the united nations refugee agency.nal organization of migration says more than 550,000 people have now arrived in europe, having traveled across the mediterranean this year, with almost 3,000 thought to have died trying to make the crossing. >>> south korea, the philippines and indonesia have expressed interest in joining the newly agreed trans-pacific partnership, tpp. it's a deal which is one of the most significant trade deals ever agreed to and of courses about 40% of the world's economy. but the asian countries who have yet to sign say they are waiting for further details before they commit. >> reporter: new zealand is already the world's largest poeshthser of dairy products, but its market is set to expand even further. government officials say the newly agreed partnership will make its products accessible to 800 million customers and bring in nearly $2 billion u.s. dollars more every year by 2030. the government hoped to get a better deal, but fmers say they are happy to take what they can. >> anything that can

uncertainty. >> thank you for speaking about yemen with us. >> we have breaking news coming out of the united nations. the united states announced charges against united nations officials accused of being part of a bribery scheme. this is just coming out now, literally just in my in box. james bays on the line in new york. anything more? >> the allegations are a wide ranging corruption scheme center on the former president of the u.n. general assembly, john ash. now, the u.s. general assembly president is an important figure, mainly a ceremonial role, but the person who provides over that assembly of all the 193 countries. mr. ash was in the job from september, 2014 until september 2015, and it appears that during that time, he's accused of making all sorts of -- or receiving all sorts of payments in connection it seems as he look through the indictment against him to do with the building of a u.n. branded conference center in macau and it's and would he took bribes in connection with this project. it's also alleged that i didn't properly disclose the money he'd received on his taxes and the amount o

james bayes is live at the united nations. james this seems to have come out of nowhere.t details do you have? >> reporter: we're getting more detai details right now, and we'll get more in the next hour about these allegations about john ash. it's a one-year job, one of the big offices in the u.n. system. it's claimed that he, while he went about his official business, went on some visits and some engagements in return for bribe money. a total of more than half a million dollars in bribe money. they are also looking at all of his earnings and exactly what was in his bank account, and it is also alleged he underreported his income to the tax authorities by $1.2 million. it's claimed that some of the money was used for family holidays to build a basketball court at his home, and to buy rolex watches, so very serious allegations against a senior former u.n. official with a very important job, allegations also against other figures, including a billionaire chinese property developer who it is claimed paid some of these bribes to john ash. >> who brought these charges? was it

he saor diplomatic editor james bays reports. >> raised for the first time at the united nations.he flag of the state of palestine following a decision by the u.n. general assembly observer states, there are two, pallet stein and the holy see i hope a success for a peace processes will soon yield when we unfurl the palestinian flag in its proper place among the family of nations as a sovereign member state of the united nations (applause.) >> in his speech to the general assembly president abbas put all of the blame otisitsis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence which he said was caused by israeli incursions around the mosque and told the chamber as israel had not been abiding by the oslo accord signed 22 years ago, he, now, wouldn't do so either. they leave us know choice but to insist we will not remain the only ones committed to the implementation of these agreements while israel could not wutsly violates them. we therefore declare that we cannot continue to be bound by these agreements and israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupying po

. >> we have more from the united nations president assad does not come to the gathering of world leaders. instead, he said that he fully supports the airstrikes and it's supported by the military. a military that he says remains strong. >> syria will continue to fight terrorism, and they're capable of cleansing the army from those terrorists. despite all of the high prices paid. >> a very different view comes from the syrian national coalition. it's president in an interview with a talk to al jazeera program told me that he believes that bashar al-assad's regime was on the verge of collapse when the russians intervened. >> the russians came to help bashar al-assad, and to prolong his lifeline. >> do you think if russia had not started these airstrikes and moved some of its forces to that base. >> yes. most observers believe those talks broke down because they were unprepared to discuss political advance significance in syria. >> let's look in more detail on what is going on in syria, but specifically they began to target other syrian rebel groups. it says that the military intervention w

there's a lot of bureaucracy at the united nations. there's a lot of things that don't get done. i'm not going to surprise any of your viewers by saying war has happened under its watch and war is going to continue to happen. but in that 70-year history that just ran through, there are certainly examples of the u.n. having some successes. it plays a critical role in the elimination of smallpox. it has the sort of legitimacy that allows it to do tribunals that have prosecuted everyone from slobadon milosevic and others. but are there epic failures despite the approach to trying to resolve them. syria, libya, a number of disasters including in yemen, which we still haven't seen any sort of end in sight to. >> i think syria, by all accounts is a glaring example of one of the big failures of the u.n. so, jim, when you look at the 70 years of united nations, do you feel that overall the good outweighs the bad? >> i do, jonathan. you know, have bad things happened during the time of the u.n. over these 70 years? yes, of course they happened. would they have happened without a u.n.? yea

understand. >> a dramatic 44-second pause by the prime minister of israel in his address before the united nations general assembly. jim sciutto's our chief national security correspondent who's with us as well. jim, this is a vintage, as has been pointed out, netanyahu speech before the u.n. every year, he comes. he always does something dramatic. the consistent theme over these many years is that iran, under the ayatollah, the supreme leader marks no bones about it, they want to destroy the only jewish state. and he speaks about that. >> right, he has a talent for the dramatic moment. you remember him with the placard showing the iranian progress on the nuclear bomb it also a cartoonish placard to make that point. but thissen wou sen one. but this one, much more dramatic. 44 seconds of silence. making the comparison to the silence during that nazi germany's campaign, the holocaust, against the jews. you noted this, in the same speech, he talks about moving on in effect. this intense disagreement between the u.s. and israel on the iran nuclear deal. but that, now, it's a fact, and you're still al

where prosecutors in the united states have announced charges against united nations officials, and thatludes the former head of the u.n. general assembly accused of being part of a bribery scheme. james bayes has been following this. talk us through it. >> yes, this is something that is going to be announced in just an hour's time by the attorney's office in the southern district of new york, but we know that the former president of the u.n. general assembly who presided over that body from september 2013 to 2014 john ash is currently behind bars. the charges i think are going to be a real shock to the united nations, because it suggests, the allegation is that there was a major corruption scheme going on here at the u.n., alleging that john ash who was formally the ambassador of his country, antigua, took brides of more than $500,000, it is claimed. and when they looked at his tax records he underestimated his income by $1.2 billion. we understand some of the bribe money was used for family vacation, buying rolex watches, the lease of a bmw car, and constructing an basketball court at

israel has rejected a palestinian plea to the united nations for an international force to police the al-aqsa mosque compound. access to the site's been a catalyst of two weeks of violence that has led to the deaths of 39 palestinians and seven israelis. five palestinians were killed on friday. more on the diplomacy in a moment but first andrew simmons reports on the latest violence. >> reporter: after friday prayers, in gaza, more shooting from israeli army and more killing of palestinians. the number of casualty rising, as palestinians try to breach the border fencing. these clashes came in bethlehem in the occupied west bank, there were similar scenes in hebron. a palestinian man dressed like a journalist was shot dead, after police say he stabbed a soldier who was moderately wounded. all over the west bank there were standoffs conflicts and injuries. no major incident as palestinians faced roadblocks and numerous checkpoints and searches in order to make what used to be short journeys. they faced long detours. friday prayers at that time al-aqsa mosque compound restricted to women

and i did point out, as i sat down with the envoy to the united nations, the u.s. and saudi arabia do not share a lot of the same values, and how that sort of plays out in the politics between the two countries. >> i understand that it got a bit heated and tell me what you discussed. >> well, the ambassador took it to that point and generally said that the saudi leader was miss repeated and everything, and i brought up the houthi rebels in yemen and accusations that assad has targeted civilians there. >> civilian casualties? we are using precise targeting, and we have technology to that effect, which we owe to the americans and the british and the french, who are helping us in that process. so we try as much as possible to avoid civilian casualties. were there civilian casualties in some cases? probably yes. as in all wars, but keep this in mind. any time there was a bombing exercised against a specific target, the houthis would come along and shoot artillery fire into neighboring places to show it off as collateral damage and civilian damage. >> yemen was one hot

afghanistan has proved over the years to be one of the strongest supporters of the united nations. this council chamber, ambassadors work to preserve the peace of the world. there majesty's 12 day visit to the united states of america draws to its end. they will fly 12,000 miles, halfway around the earth, to return to their mountain kingdom. home awaits. the arrival of the royal plane in kabul stirs loyal hearts to beating faster. familiar banners, friends, loved ones, mountains, who can count the myriad cords that tie us to our homeland? it is the end of a long and successful journey. his majesty, king mohammed zahir, first in to the united states of america, is now safely home. thanks be to allah. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> the c-span networks future weekends full of politics, nonfiction books, and american history. this morning, at 10:00 a.m. eastern, with the announcement of liquid water on mars, the science

minister lavrov, and for those of us who remember you from your days here, welcome back to the united nationstwo questions. first, is russia coordinating its air strikes with the united states? i know you mentioned this with secretary kerry yesterday, but also with the french, and is there any kind of giant military and diplomatic strategy? and as a second question, since you are trying to clear the air of all of these possible misperceptions, how do you answer those -- those people who are saying that the military action that russia is taking now is a diversionary strategy to take attention away from ukraine and what was going on there? >> i cannot speak about something which sick minds are presenting to the media. it's always possible, you know, to find some absurd interpretation of what is going on. i hope you don't share these views, and i hope no one in this room believes that in order not to -- not to distract attention from ukraine, you should not fight terrorism. i hope this is not the case. and some -- some governments, some -- you know, politicians cannot handle more than one situat

a reasonable one is 1945, the founding of the united nations. you see a poster here that was world war ii era, it was talking about the preamble of the charter of the united nations, on the right and bigger print. it says, we the peoples of the united nations determine to practice tolerance and live together in peace with one another as good neighbors have resolved that the parties to any all seekhall first of a solution. world history is not like a light switch in a classroom. there are no on or off switches. , the big patterns start somewhere further back, a moment in which a new template is laid. that trend picks up. there are things that war against the trend, but if a trend is powerful like farming, or industrial revolution, even though some people are still hunting and gathering, that trend will ultimately prevail or become a dominant reality. if we want to know where that starts in world history. oddly enough, we need to go back to the american revolution. this is not because the united states was the first post colonial nation, which it

and by the security council of the united nations. but clearly, also, we are seeing now that there is support for president assad, at least this was one of the issues which was not clear between the united states and russia. but after the meetings that took place, u.s. officials came out and set that russia is likely to go after i.s.i.l. and at the same time, they are likely to support the regime of bashar al-assad. >> now these air strikes are believed to be the first conducted by the kremlin in the middle east since world war ii. do you agree as secretary of defense ash carter did that this will merely throw gasoline on the fire and inflame the war? >> the possibility is there, for other members of the coalition on the one hand we hear that they are welcoming russia to join in the campaign against i.s.i.l. on the other hand, we hear statements like they are pouring fuel on the fire and it's going to make the situation much worse. so i think what we are seeing now is that there is a great deal of maneuvering taking place. there is agr

. >> live now to kristen saloomey at the united nations headquarters in new york.are others at the u.n. saying? >> reporter: well, the u.n.'s assistant secretary general for political affairs blamed both sides for making reckless comments that have exacerbated the violence and the tension in the situation there. actually why don't we take a break right now, the ambassador of palestinian is speaking. let's listen in. >> if it was possible in 1994 to do something like what was done in the security council in resolution 904, and the presence of that observer group of people, then it is very possible if the security council see it fit to have an -- an international temporary arrangement as it was called for in resolution 904, so have a sim arrangement to guarantee the security of our people in east jerusalem and other parts of the occupied territory. [overlapping speakers] >> reporter: you were talking before about the custodian -- [ inaudible ] custodianship of the temple mount, al aqsa area, would an international presence there' road in anyway the -- the -- the -- t

at the united nations. where israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is getting ready to address this assembly. and there are a lot of assumptions as to what he is about to do. iran is usually a favorite topic. however with a coalition and a deal in the works involving five nations and the united states, that may fall by the way side, in favor of the most recent news, which is these air strikes in neighboring syria and the -- >> ladies and gentlemen -- >> let's listen in. >> i bring you greetings from jerusalem. the city in which the jewish people's hopes and prayers for peace for all of humanity have echoed throughout the ages. 31 years ago, as israel's ambassador to the united nations, i stood at this podium for the first time. i spoke that day against a resolution sponsored by iran to exp expel israel from the united nations. then as now, the u.n. was obsessively hostile towards israel. the one true democracy in the middle east. then as now, some sought to deny the one and only jewish state a place amo

our diplomatic h editor james bays. >> reporter: raised for the first time at the united nations, the the state of palestine, following a decision by the u.n. general assembly observer states, there are two, palestine and the holy sea, are now allowed to fly their national flags. the ceremony was attended by tal stun vinnie president mahmoud abbas and the u.n. secretary general. >> i sincerely hope that a successful peace process will soon yield a day when we inform the -- unfurlal palestinian plaque in its proper place among the family of nations as a soften member state of the united nations. president abbas put all the blame on the israel is and said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence which he says was caused by israeli incursions and told the james bertha israel has not been abiding by the is oslo accord they will not either. >> translator: we will not be the only one following these, while israel vie let's them. we therefore declare that we cannot be bounds by these agreements and israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupied power. >> reporter: is

united states. he pointed out that the u.s. is leading a 60-nationlition and russia's is made up of iran and asac. >> good evening, antonio. in the first comments since the dramatic face-off with vladimir putin tess united -- at the unid nations, he's predicting a bad end. with bombs falling on u.s.-backed groups in syria, they are predicting a bad attempt for russia. >> to prop up assad and try to pacify the population, it's just going to get them stuck in a quagmire. and it won't work. >> friday, mr. obama said putin is acting out of weakness forced to intervene in syria only to save the crumbling regime of russia's long-time ally. >> we reject russia's theory that everybody opposed to assad is a terrorist. >> mr. obama also rejected critics who accuse him of leaving a leadership vacuum in syria to putin to exploit. >> i didn't him after he made that speech in the united nations suddenly the 60-nation coalition that we have start lining up behind him. iran and assad make up mr. putin's coalition at the moment. the rest of the world makes up ours. >

. >>> up next, the palestinian authority and israel he ambassadors to the united nations address a a security council on recent violence in the west bank and jerusalem. the palestinian authority ambassadors says israel is to blame for the dangerous situation while the israeli ambassador implies palestinian leaders are continuing to lie and use inflammatory rhetoric. other members of the secret counsel including the us, the united kingdom, malaysia and jordan also offered remarks carried this is just over an hour and 45 minutes. [inaudible conversations] >> good morning. the 7536 meeting of the security council is called to order>>. m. the provisional agenda for this meeting is the following scene, the situation in the middle ease including the palestinian questionst. that agenda is adopted. in accordance with rule 37 of the council's provisional rules of procedure, i invite the representative of israel to purchase made in this meeting.re it is so decided. >> t i propose the council invii the permanent observer of thebsr toserverve state of palestine to the united nations to t partici

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. >> and questions tonight about the effectiveness of the united nations. we take a deeper look at its power and also at its weaknesses. >>> and good evening. we begin tonight with the deadly bombing of a hospital in afghanistan. 19 died and 37 were hurt when u.s. air strikes hit the medical facility in the city of kunduz. doctors without borders runs the hospital and says it had clearly informed the military of its location. the afghan president and the u.s. defense secretary have promised full investigation into this attack. >> kunduz has been a flashpoint all week. taliban forces captured the city a few days ago and since then afghan forces have tried to regain control with the help of u.s. air strikes. in the middle of the night, u.s. air strikes lasting more than an hour hit the main operating theater, the emergency room, and other parts of the doctors without borders complex. staff members and patients were killed. u.s. forces called it collateral damage. doctors without borders rejects that >> this is a big and large hospitals. one of the largest hos

that actually has been good news for the united states, but definitely causing major problems for this island nation have a number of warnings up for this region, but as i said, some good news for the united states. it sat here long enough that there is a developing low, and the steering from that is looking more and more like it will go out to sea. only a couple of outliers bring it to the united states. most are picking up that a tough bringing it more away from the u.s. coastline. so the official track is going to bring it off to sea, again, something we'll have to monitor, and we could still have impacts like high waves and some moisture making it to u.s. land. we have already been dealing with this system along the coastline. a frontal boundary. it's into the southeast, so the next couple of days will be very wet here, flooding rain. i'm actually more concerned about the flooding from this, tlan right now the potential with roy queen, which we'll be watching, but places like north and south carolina, just said we could get 5 to 6 inches of rain. and the ground is already saturated so that will

and the united nations has welcomed those comments. but the palestinians say they don't just the israelis and their words anymore. so he is calling for this international intervention in the form of a monitoring force. there is a history of this in the u.n. and over the past several decades of sending monitors in to a tense situation to help calm things down, but israel does not seem like it is open to the suggestion. >> kristen thank you very much. >>> we do have much more to come for you here on al jazeera, hungary is only a few hours away of closing its border with croatia. >>> also we'll tell you how mud slides have left travelers stranded in california. ♪ we believe and defend ourselves. >> mr. netanyahu is playing with fire. this fire is dangerous for both our people. >> stay with al jazeera for continuing coverage. ♪ >>> welcome back. you are watching al jazeera. the top stories now. five more deaths across cities in occupied territories as the palestinian israeli unrest incensefies. since the start of october '39 palestinians a

he tore into the united nations for what he called its shameful routine bashing of israel. and called on palestinian president not to walkway way from peace, as he put it and slammed the iran nuclear deal using a piece of political theatre, with delegates in the chamber watching. >> binyamin netanyahu reiterated his allowance with the u.s. is unshakeable. that did not stop him blasting the u.s. nuclear agreement with iran, and five other nations. >> after three days of listening to world leaders praise the nuclear deal with iran, i begin my speech by saying ladies an gentlemen, check your enthusiasm at the door. >> reporter: vowing not to allow iran into the nuclear weapons club, binyamin netanyahu condemned the agreement, including the lifting of sanctions that could mean billions of unfrozen dollars flowing to iran. >> you think hundreds of billions in sanctions relief. and fat contracts will turn this rapacious tiger into a kilten? >> reporter: the israeli leader and u.s. lawmakers opposing the deal failed to prevent the accord going forward and insisted that the deal th

when i visited the united nations two years ago and had a big lunch with united nations women, i was told that americans have blood on their hands with respect to places like iraq and afghanistan. that we encourage these women to stand up. and now we have left them defend for themselves. their fate is our responsibility. if they are murdered, that is blood on our hands. that is another moral quandary. another one is what i sardonically call the feminists ate.hes pontius pil the united states is such a great power, surely we can use that on the half of women worldwide. using things like military interests to help women may be misguided. are the women of iraq safer now because the american military invaded the country? no. absolutely not. and yet on the other hand, as we the womene case of who have been kidnapped and turned into sex slaves, surely the feeling also arises in our breath that can't we americans do something about these women? i think these are two balls, we have to do something. we cannot do something. because it will make it even worse. er moralanoth quandary. to,i think

side is ready and willing. >> how do you take what prime minister benjamin netanyahu said in the united nations where he said we stand ready to negotiate with the palestinians with no conditions? that sounded good. >> yes, but we have the united states that action speaks much louder than articulations and words. we tried negotiation for 20 years. since the signing of the oslo agreement. our situation today is worse than the situation when we signed the agreement simply because the israeli side, the different government, particularly this current government, they negotiate with us for the sake of negotiations, and they continue creating illegal facts on the ground. i think that the ambassador of israel that you had before me, he said well, we withdraw from gaza, they withdraw 10,000-8,000 settlers. today we're closing to 600,000 settlers, if the prime minister is truly committed to a two-state solution, he has to send the signal to the israeli people before he send the signal to us. of course, he has to send the signal to us that he is ready and willing to negotiate the end of occupation, and to

a major scandal at the united nations this afternoon. jon ash, the former general assembly president, is accused of taking more than $1 million in bribes from a chinese businessman in return ash allegedly promoted chinese interests. james, what are the charges specifically against ash? >> well, that he was responsible for taking bribes, or over bribes, or and then not paying the tax on those bribes the amount of money he had he didn't pay tax on $1.2 million. so i can tell you there has been shock here, at the united nations. particular shock when the details of the the allegations were read out by the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new yor york. >> although this case involves the high flying world of influential u. n. officials, at it's core, it was just a classic quid pro quo scheme. >> we have been trying to get reaction here. we have had a brief reaction from the u.n. secretary general. his spokes man says he is shocked by the news of this allegations because jon ash a role that he knew for one year here, head of the gene