the time for half measures and the security council -- from the security council is over. the time is to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before it is too late. we must now adopt the strongest possible measures. kim jong-un's actions cannot be seen as defensive. he wants to be acknowledged as a being apower, but nuclear power is not about using those terrible weapons to threaten others. nuclear powers understand their responsibilities. kim jong-un shows no such understanding. his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. war is never something the united states wants, we don't want it now. what our country's patients is not unlimited. we will defend our allies and territories. the idea that some have suggested a so-called freeze for freeze is insulting. aen a rogue regime has nuclear weapon and an icbm pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard. no one would do that. we certainly won't. the time has come to exhaust all diplomatic means to end this crisis and that means quickly enacting the strongest possible measures

the time for half measures and the security council -- from the security council is over. the time is to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before it is too late. we must now adopt the strongest possible measures. kim jong-un's actions cannot be seen as defensive. he wants to be acknowledged as a being apower, but nuclear power is not about using those terrible weapons to threaten others. nuclear powers understand their responsibilities. kim jong-un shows no such understanding. his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. war is never something the united states wants, we don't want it now. what our country's patients is not unlimited. we will defend our allies and territories. the idea that some have suggested a so-called freeze for freeze is insulting. aen a rogue regime has nuclear weapon and an icbm pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard. no one would do that. we certainly won't. the time has come to exhaust all diplomatic means to end this crisis and that means quickly enacting the strongest possible measures

today, the security council has acted in a different way. today, we are attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime. we are done trying to prod the regime to do the right thing. we're now acting to stop it from having the ability to continue doing the wrong thing. we're doing that by hitting north korea's ability to fuel and fund its weapons program. oil is the life blood of north korea's effort to build and deliver a nuclear weapon. today's resolution reduces almost 30% of oil provided to north korea. by cutting off over 55% of its gas, diesel, and heavy fuel oil. further, today's resolution completely bans natural gas and other oil byproducts that could be used as substitutes for the reduced petroleum. this will cut deep. further, a large portion of north korea's revenues come from exports. revenues they use to fund their nuclear program. last month, we passed a resolution banning its coal and iron exports. today's resolution bans all textile exports. that's an almost $800 million

security council -- defying of u.n. security council resolutions by north korea put millions of people at risk. its actions represent a threat not only to the region, but to all of us. this is indeed a clear threat to international peace and security. for this reason, sweden welcomes the adoption of today's resolution, in the face of north korea's destabilizing actions texas important that the council once again -- actions, it is important that the council once again stands united and determined to address the most dangerous crisis we are facing today. mr. president, sweden reiterates its condemnation of north korea's recent nuclear test. we once again urge north korea to heed this council's decisions and the call of the entire international community, that it seize provocations -- cease provocation, fulfill its obligations, engage in meaningful dialogue and abandon its nuclear weapons and missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner. the strengthen sanctions adopted today aims to add further press

the time for half measures and the security council -- from the security council is over. the time is to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before it is too late. we must now adopt the strongest possible measures. kim jong-un's actions cannot be seen as defensive. he wants to be acknowledged as a being apower, but nuclear power is not about using those terrible weapons to threaten others. nuclear powers understand their responsibilities. kim jong-un shows no such understanding. his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. war is never something the united states wants, we don't want it now. what our country's patients is not unlimited. we will defend our allies and territories. the idea that some have suggested a so-called freeze for freeze is insulting. aen a rogue regime has nuclear weapon and an icbm pointed at you, you do not take steps to lower your guard. no one would do that. we certainly won't. the time has come to exhaust all diplomatic means to end this crisis and that means quickly enacting the strongest possible measures

security council will meet in an emergency session a closed session of the security council which will take place here on friday i understand that that meeting has been scheduled for three p.m. new york time that's nine hundred hours g.m.t. so the security council meeting again on this issue as has been the pattern now for very many months and i think the timing of all of this is very significant as you say the security council came up with its new sanctions new york time on monday so almost exactly seventy two hours to the point where this missile was fired that's looking backwards looking forward to the time is the timing is never going to as well because coming up next week starting officially on choose but events also including president trump being here from monday it's the high level week of the u.n. general assembly where leaders from all around the world gather in new york so the north koreans really couldn't have chosen a more provocative time to do what they have done and james those sanctions that we've been talking about the u.s. was very unhappy about particularly presiden

the members of the united nations except and carry out the decisions of the security council. if the resolutions of the dprk are truly lawful and fair, there -- to coerceed other countries into implementing the resolution. furthermore, there will be no need for the u.s. to bring its stooges into this.the u.n. member states should not give in to the pressure of individual state power in dealing with the resolutions but make independent judgments on the lawfulness, impartiality and morality of the resolution and contribute to promoting reform of the u.n. by further raising their voices against arbitrariness. u.s. put sanctions against our country from the very first day of its foundation. the over 70 year long history of the dprk has been a history of under the harshest sanctions in the world. through such a prolonged and arduous struggle, now, we are finally only a few steps away from the final gate of completion of the state nuclear force. -- the day will certainly come in the future when we settle all damages conflicted to our and all the sufferings and post on our innocent w

security council meeting. that's coming at the top of the next hour regarding north korea. >> the president made it clear. this isn't the time for talk but action. this type of behavior is not acceptable and our objective has been and will continue to be to denuclearize the peninsula. >> molly: this is a fox news alert. the united nations security council set to hold an emergency meeting in response to north korea's latest nuclear test at 10:00 a.m. moments ago we saw u.n. ambassador nikki haley arriving at work. it is labor day but this is a very serious issue and she has been prompt to call for this pulling in other allies like japan and south korea. we may hear from all of them later on this morning when the meeting gets underway at 10:00 a.m. >> ed: we'll go live if we hear from nikki haley in the next half hour or hour. we'll dip in live. if any of that gets going at the top of the hour nikki haley somebody who was seen as an unlikely ally with president trump dating back to the campaign but ever since sh

security council the south korean ambassador to the u.n. has obviously been heavily involved in these negotiations and we understand he will address the security council at once the other members have spoken to will be interesting at to hear what he has to say for the moment when hey in so weigh in thank you. and to look at the resolution and more detailed we're now joined in the studio by emil dallam's a research fellow in nuclear policy at the royal united services institute here in london thanks for joining us again ok let's look at some of the detail here obviously one of the key issues or oil and we understand this will call for a reduction of thirty percent of oil to north korea just talk us through some of the numbers and the kind of impact that this could actually have on the country so the resolution is thirteen pages so i've been doing some speed reading while we were talking earlier and it's important to dig into the detail here because while the percent is decreased sounds really good on paper we're talking about a ban on natura

council there is a significant prize in keeping the whole of the security council united and that is without doubt why the u.s. decided to withdraw items from its original draft the trumpet ministration has very few good options when it comes to north korea but a veto by russia and or china would have divided the international community making things even more difficult james pays out his era of the united nations well cappy novak joins us live now from the south korean capital seoul catheter north korea said it will respond to any further sanctions from the u.n. i mean has there been any response yet from south korea. well the south korean government has welcomed this resolution in the lead up to the vote south korea's foreign minister said that her government had been closely consulting with the united nations with the united states and other security council members on to the content of the draft resolution and she said that it was important that oil be included in some form as we heard there the text was watered down somewhat the u.s. had been pushing for a total ban of oil sales

has changed in the security council and the u.n. in general and why why do you feel like the russian iranian and turkish efforts to advance to peace process in syria are more efficient than those that are let by the united nations i didn't compare the efficiency i said that these two processes to me individually i'm quartering them only because it's pretty obvious that the efforts undertaken by the three countries are much more efficient than those they've been undergoing for years now by the un so why do you think because i think ours is more efficient why do you think it's more efficient. i don't think i hope again the branding them with more efficient less efficient i'm just saying that these efforts. play here and i'm going to be good to the geneva process very much by by creating conditions for for the geneva forces led by the you have to succeed . all right fair enough i want to move on to what's going on inside the united nations president trump recently wrote on his twitter that the u.n. is just a club for people to get toge

undemocratic is the security council. reminde to once again all the distinguished delegates of the unjust and unfair nature of the resolutions adopted by the security council against the dprk. first, the security council fabricated illegal and double-standard resolutions, which only prohibits the launch dprk, in violation of the international law prescribing peaceful use of outer space as a sovereign right of every state any issuet taking with all other launching countries. second, the security council cooked up illegal and flexible as to the sovereignty of every state. it has not yet entered. there are countries that conducted many more nuclear tests. third, the security council developments this condemns the development of nuclear weapons. aggregated thehe resolution and conservation of is the. charter which right of every state. this calls into question the other countries with the latest nuclear weapons of various kinds. these unjust and unfair resolutions continue is the members of the security council -- all nuclear

the security council resolution. achieving the nuclear's asian of the korean peninsula and achieving peace and stability in the region is the firm stance of the present and the international community. tostrongly urge the dprk face up to the strong will of the international community on the issue of the denuclearization of the international community and abide by the relevant resolutions of the council, stop actions that are not in line with its own interests either and truly returned to the track of solving issues with dialogue. the situation on the peninsula is deteriorating constantly as we speak, falling into a vicious circle. the issues must be resolved peacefully. china will never allow chaos and war on the peninsula. the parties concerned must strengthen their sense of urgency, take due responsibility, play their do measures,e practical make joint efforts together to ease the situation, restart a dialogue, and prevent further deterioration of the situation on the peninsula. russiaposal by china and takes a two

to the members of the security council i must say enoughis of the security council i must say enough is enough. we have taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intentions it has not worked. members of this council will no doubt urge negotiations and a return to talks, but as i have outlined we have engaged in numerous direct and multilateral talks with the north korean regime and time after time they have not worked. the time for half measures in the security council is over, the time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before it's too late. we must now adopt the strongest possible measures. kim jong—un's action cannot be seen as defensive. he wants to be acknowledged as a nuclear power. but being a nuclear power is not about using those terrible weapons to threaten others. nuclear power is understand their responsibilities, kimjong—un understand their responsibilities, kim jong—un shows no such understanding. his abusive use of missiles and his nuclear threats show that he is begging for war. war is never something the united states wants, we don't wa

security council. north korea has trampled on the international society's strong desire for a peaceful solution it's reckless act is absolutely unacceptable we will request the security council to hold an emergency meeting. he's urging the international community to act as one against north korea and wants the u.n. security council to implement the latest sanctions against the country the u.s. secretary of state is calling on all nations to take new measures against north korea specifically he said china and russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless launches by taking direct actions of their own this is the second ballistic missile to cross japan in less than a month it comes within twenty four hours of north korea threatening to sink japan with nuclear weapons a threat japan takes seriously now that it believes north korea has the ability to miniaturize its nuclear weapons and place them on top of ballistic missiles like the one which crossed the country today craig leeson al-jazeera t

security council. for the u.n. security council i think there is a chance if you do what i would call precision sanctions which is targeting the comfort and livelihood and enjoyment that the north korean leadership itself enjoys i think that might have an effect and we've seen other examples in history of that type of effect but absent that i think until you get china to make a really different decision and that might involve many more deployments of u.s. military assets in the region and south korean and japanese which need to be really upped in order to deal with this new military challenge of a nuclear i.c.b.m. sometime in the next few years until that happens i don't think china's going to move going to move when that happens i think the chinese army will go to the chinese president say this is way too much this makes tad look like a little pinprick how do you think china is actually going to react to all of this both russia and china we've heard very anxious that although they've signed the agreement on the sa

council to punish north korea for its latest nuclear test today the security council has acted in a different way today we're attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime china and russia may have voted for the resolution but both said it was only part of the solution the u.s. and south korea they said should stop military exercises and remove the fired missile defense system and there should be new talks new that so it's a big mistake to underestimate this russia china initiative it remains on the table at the security council and we will insist on it the inconsiderate as well that it's pretty clear that the u.s. had wanted to push through a much tougher resolution this is the text that was voted on by the security council but out zeros obtained an earlier version that was circulated last week by comparing the two you can see the items that the u.s. had to drop to get russian and chinese support the original draft included a total ban of sale of oil petroleum and gas to north korea that was changed to some restrictions on s

the members of the united nations a sec -- accept and carry out the decisions of the security council. if the security council is truly fair, they will not let other countries to be coursed into implementing resolutions. for thell be no need united states to bring its stooges like japan and south korea into this. we must contribute to resolutions to performing reform of the u.n. sc. -- unsc. dprk is ay of the history of struggle, persevering against the harshest sanctions in the world. we are only a few steps away from the final state of completion of the state new perforce. force.e nuclear would -- were to change its stance due to certainly they would come in your future when we all feel the damage against our peaceful economic development. and all the impositions imposed on the people by the heinous ac tions against our republic. committee organized to make a conference of study of total damages inflicted on our country by all kinds of sanctions. this committee will compile a physical and moral damages thesed upon the dprk by united states and its followers. when this pressure reach

that was the russian ambassador to the security council. this is what we heard earlier from the united states ambassador to the un. the american ambassador to the united nations has told the security council that it must take the strongest possible measures against north korea, following its nuclear weapons test. nikki bayley said years of incremental sanctions had failed. enough is enough. we have taken an incremental approach and despite the best of intentions it has not worked. members of this council will no doubt urge negotiations and a return to talks, but as i have outlined we have engaged in numerous direct and multilateral talks with the north korean regime and time after time they have not worked. the time for half measures in the security council is over, the time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before it's too late. we must now adopt the strongest possible measures. the british ambassador to the un said direct talks with north korea are only possible if pyongyang stopped the escalation. faced with this unique thr

council to punish north korea for its latest nuclear test today the security council has acted in a different way today we're attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime china and russia may have voted for the resolution but both said it was only part of the solution the u.s. and south korea they said should stop military exercises and remove the threat missile the for. system and there should be new talks he knew that so it's a big mistake to underestimate this russia china initiative it remains on the table at the security council and we will insist on it the inconsiderate as well that it's pretty clear that the us had wanted to push through a much tougher resolution this is the text that was voted on by the security council but out as zeros obtained an earlier version that was circulated last week by comparing the two you can see the items that the u.s. had to drop to get russian and chinese support the original draft included a total ban of sale of oil petroleum and gas to north korea that was changed to some restrictio

security council for now that's it wayne. and we are joined actually let's take you straight now to the security council and the president of the security council there let's listen to what is being said here. is adopted. you know accordance with rule thirty seven of the council's provision of rules of procedure they invite the representative of the republic of korea to participate in this meeting it is so decided. the security council will now begin its consideration of item two of the agenda. members of the council have before them document is suresh twenty seventeen salacious seven hundred sixty nine the text of her drafters aleutian submitted by the united states of america the council is ready to proceed to the vote on the draft resolution before it they shall put the draft resolution to the votes now would have those in favor of the drive to the solution contained in document s. slash twenty seven thousand slice seven hundred sixty nine please raise their hand . the result of the voting is as follows the draft resolutio

the security council can do and will do. well it really does depend on how the members of the security council digest the comments from the national security advisor for me and maher in which he flatly denied that the military was engaged in ethnic cleansing and that he basically said that they're only interested in trying to protect the people of me and maher from what he called terrorist activity sometimes members of the security council do have the right to respond to other people's comments that was not done in this case today but i think it's safe to say barbara that person such as the u.s. ambassador nikki haley are going to be looking very much askance at what was put forward by the government of me and mar here's nikki haley speaking earlier during thursday's session. apologies rose we don't have that clip from nikki haley but just talk us through roughly what she said. basically she contradicted everything that said to the members of the security council she said that in her view the u.s. is view that there is ethni

security council of course the u.s. is one of the permanent members saying the permanent members were all in the new clear club and they wanted to protect their monopoly in the new clear he said they were acting illegally he said the permanent members members of the united nations weren't following the u.n. charter there were certainly some amazing lines in this. this speech that came from the north korean foreign minister the top diplomat from north korea one point in the same sentence he said that north korea was a responsible nuclear weapons state and then went on to say that he would carry out his country we carried a merciless preemptive action if there was any decapitation operation detected we have had a week of diplomacy at the u.n. with world leaders here nic there the idea of it is to try and tackle world challenges yet what we've seen with regard to north korea is a real ramping up of the situation that the rhetoric it's serious war of words now but also action taking place in terms of some recent development

council security council has not prevented or protected the innocent civilians in any genocidal situations since it was created in one thousand nine hundred five in san francisco like i said and i'm going to bring in now and sunset she is not going to be turning up at the united nations general assembly gathering on wednesday and yet we are expecting a state of the nation speech from her on tuesday any idea what she's going to sell and she must have something in her mind she's going to have to address this situation what do you think it is that she will be able to say. this is really difficult i don't know i think that she should if she is a smart politician she says she's not a human rights activist who says she's a politician she should be figuring out a way to differentiate herself from what has happened you know what has been done on the ground by the burma army. she should be trying to recognize the concerns the international community and saying that you know there needs to be actions taken she needs to rededicate herself to the implementation of the right kind advisory committee rep

security council. north korea has trampled on the international society's strong desire for a peaceful solution it's reckless act is absolutely unacceptable we will request the security council to hold an emergency meeting. he's urging the international community to act as one against north korea and wants the u.n. security council to implement the latest sanctions against the country the u.s. secretary of state is calling on all nations to take new measures against north korea specifically he said china and russia must indicate their intolerance for these riklis launches by taking direct actions of their own this is the second ballistic missile to cross japan in less than a month it comes within twenty four hours of north korea threatening to sink japan with nuclear weapons a threat japan takes seriously now that it believes north korea has the ability to miniaturize its nuclear weapons and place them on top of ballistic missiles like the one which crossed the country today craig leeson al-jazeera tok

security council. sanctions against north korea for the resolution was changed from a much tougher u.s. drafted. blank syrian passports stolen from the states government with german authorities believing that over eleven thousand of them could now be in the hands of islamic state. devastating hurricane weakens businesses in the affected areas face criticism about how the price is. live from moscow from all of us here at aussie international a very warm welcome to you. the u.n. security council has adopted new sanctions against north korea the latest resolution prohibits for example the poacher's of textiles from the country it also restricts the hiring of north koreans as foreign workers plus the document puts a cap on pyongyang's oil imports but this is a huge step back from what was originally proposed by the united states in new york correspondent and explains. this is a very different resolution than the draft that was circulated by the united states the original draft of the resolution that the u.

members of the security council call coffin of threats for global security the focus of today's security council meeting is an issue worldwide implications nuclear proliferation. at a time when stabbings crudely constructed bombs and trucks driven into crowds of innocent men women and children are often our enemies weapons of choice to attack us it is easy to become complacent and say the threat of nuclear attacks is a relic of the cold war the threat of a nuclear attack remains a grim reality those who would trigger such a horrific scenario pose a unique threat to the security of peace loving nations the challenge for each of us is how can we decrease the threat posed by nuclear weapons not just to our own people but people the world over today i want to put four points forward the first is to highlight the positive trajectories of nations that have voluntarily relinquish nuclear weapons the second is to emphasize the moral burden of possessing the nuclear weapons and the enormous responsibility that accompanies stewardship of such devastating weapons as well as the technologies nuclear

organ is the security council. at this forum, i would like to once again remind all the distinguished get delegates -- delegates of the unjust and unfair nature of the resolutions adopted by the security council against the dprk. first, the security council fabricated illegal and double standard resolutions, which only be the satellite launch of the dprk in violation of the international law prescribing peaceful use about his face as a sovereign rate -- right of every second, the security council cooked up illegal and double standard resolutions which arbitrarily prohibits only the nuclear tests of the dprk, although nuclear test quickly belongs to the sovereignty of every state since the international law on prohibition of nuclear test has not yet entered into force and there are countries that conducted many more nuclear tests. third, the security council condemned the development of nuclear weapons by the dprk as a "threat to international peace on that basis,nd fabricated even eagle and double standard resoluti

security council. it's a big mistake to underestimate this russian chinese initiative it remains on the table at the security council and we will insist on it being considered now the resolution that was just passed emphasized the call for the six party talks to resume from day one russia and china have called for negotiations and a diplomatic solution to the crisis and an easing of tensions on the korean peninsula and it seems that that view put forward by russia and china from the beginning of this crisis has prevailed with the resolution being passed by the fifteen member body the u.n. security council. to think that the solution to the korean crisis is still possible despite the fact that the u.s. is pushing tougher measures against pyongyang. i think that they wanted some action to be taken and they knew that china and i believe also russia would not go along with what the draft was there it was really recipe for extinction for north korea korea has also said that if there's a peace treaty signed

council he also called on the un security security council to immediately implement those tougher sanctions which we saw them ratify on choose to those who pushed through by the united states with japan support and china and russia support at the time he's also called on the international community to unite as one and condemn the north koreans and also try and force them to stop what he calls these provocations now that is something that we're likely to see happen given the kind of reaction we've seen from the united states and certainly from south korea and japan this morning there was very little danger however to civilians in the north of the country the missile flew across and landed in the pacific but there was a public alert and people were alerted on their mobile phones there was radio and television announcements the main concern for the japanese government was that something might fall from the missile this was to be expected to some degree given the strong rhetoric we heard from north korea yesterday threatening to sink japan with a nuclear weapon so japan i think expected the rea

today the security council has acted in a different way. today we are attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime. we are done trying to prod the regime to do the right thing. we are now acting to stop it from having the ability to continue doing the wrong thing. we are doing that by hitting north korea's ability to fuel and fund its weapons program. oil is the life blood of north korea's effort to build and deliver a nuclear weapon. today's resolution reduces almost 30% of oil provided to north korea, by cutting off over 55% of its gas, diesel and heavy fuel oil. further, today's resolution completely bans natural gas and other oil by-products that could be used as substitutes for the reduced petroleum. this will cut deep. further, a large portion of north korea's revenues come from exports. revenues they use to fund their nuclear program. last month we passed a resolution banning its coal and iron exports. today's resolution bans all textile exports. that's a hit to its revenue w

such an undemocratic security council. at this four-run, i would like to once again remind all of the distinguished delegates involved , the unjust and unfair nature of these resolutions. had doubley council standard resolutions, which only prohibit the dprk, in violation of international law, describing peaceful use of our space, as a sovereign right of every state. and, without taking any issue with all other satellite launching countries. councilthe security cooked up a legal and double standard resolutions, which prohibit only the nuclear tests of the dprk, although nuclear test strictly belong to the sovereignty of every state, since the international -- international law for prohibition on nuclear test has not entered into force. there are countries that conducted any more nuclear test. the security council condemns the development of nuclear weapons by the dprk, as a threat to international security. on that basis, fabricated illegal and double standard solutions, in article 51 of the u.n. charter, which recognizes

the un security council back to begin it's emergency meeting on north korea. this is the un nuclear watchdog says the north possesses a global threat with the apparent successful test of a hydrogen bomb far more powerful than anything tested before. more powerful and apparently smaller and that is key. south korea says the north succeeded in building war heads small enough to fit on top of its icbms and expects another missile test any day now. president trump was due to speak moments ago with his south korean counter part for the first time since this crisis has most recently escalated yesterday. he accused the south of appeasement. he also told a reporter we'll see when asked whether the us is planning a preemptive strike. we're following all of these developments this hour. from the pentagon to the un to tokyo. let's go to tokyo as we wait for this meeting to get underway. that's where we find will ripley. what is your take given the access that you had to the regime. you have been there 14 times and just got back this weekend. what do you make of the lates

security council can. veto or mean we titian of any other country but still this requires consensus and it's not just up to us james j. space or marriages or english if i can take you back to the beginning of the week to choose state a president trumps speech and his comments threatening to totally destroy north korea or to pull out of the iran nuclear deal his comments about cuba about venezuela do you think that his language his tone and his approach make the world a safer or more dangerous place. in the world would be easy to answer your question because our think i already responded to all these question marks yesterday when i delivered my speech at the u.n. general assembly i supported the conceptual approach that the us president adopted the need to respect the sovereignty and we need to take the lead by being a role model be needed and not to interfere in other countries or fears and i said that anybody can subscribe to these. words especially if the u.s. consistently pursues these principles in pra

council to punish north korea for its latest nuclear test today the security council has acted in a different way today we're attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime china and russia may have voted for the resolution but both said it was only part of the solution the u.s. and south korea they said should stop military exercises and remove the fired missile defense system and there should be new talks new that so it's a big mistake to underestimate this russia china initiative it remains on the table at the security council and we will insist on it the inconsiderate as well it's pretty clear that the u.s. had wanted to push through a much tougher resolution this is the text that was voted on by the security council but out zeros obtained an earlier version that was circulated last week by comparing the two you can see the items that the u.s. had to drop to get russian and chinese support the original draft included a total ban of sale of oil petroleum and gas to north korea that was changed to some restrictions on sales

on monday, the security council adopted u.n. resolution 3275 and the toughest sanctions imposed on any country in the 21st century. we discussed how best to enforce those measures with the aim of maximizing the pressure on north korea to reach a diplomatic solution. we resolve to work together and with partners who can influence north korea, including china with the complete and denuke lar isation of the north korean peninsula. i'm delighted to welcome along side rex secretary tillerson d demonstrating the alliance between our two countries. rex, great to have you. secretary tillerson: it's always an honor and pleasure to be here in the united kingdom and work with such close and committed allies to find solutions to some of the most complex issues in the world. i want to thank foreign secretary johnson for his kind words to the american people particularly in the aftermath of hurricane harvey and hurricane irma. many americans continue to suffer in recovery and have a long way to go to rebuild their homes and lives. americans d

as the secretary general has already taken the extremely rare step of writing to the security council urging them to take action as he spoke the council was meeting first with an open session on somalia it was only after that ended and they went into closed session and when they discussed any other business that the crisis in myanmar was finally raised afterwards the president of the security council read a carefully worded statement it was nowhere near as strong as the words of the secretary general the members of sixty council expressed deep concern about the situation in that state acknowledging the new. men marched security forces onto n.t. fifth august should be on mass stop all its military operations in the state now that's what the secretary general says does the security council share that view now that. the statement that a readout is what we have agreed there are some who see that as a very weak statement. that so. macey so why is the security council not being tougher there's always a log jam when there's a lack of unity and when one of the permanent five members is oppose

the un is set to hold a security meeting council on wednesday. in damascus the syrian leader president assad has held a meeting with russia's defence minister sergei shoigu to discuss the fight against terrorism. the russians now claim that 85% of syrian territory has been cleared of illegal armed groups. 0ur correspondent steve rosenberg is the only british tvjournalist with the russian army at an airbase near latakia, and he's sent this report. this is the russian air base near latakia. it is the heart of the russian military operations in syria. an operation which has changed the course of the war. it is nearly two years since moscow launched intervention in syria and now the army has invited journalists here to give its perspective on how the operation is going. translation: as of today 85% of syrian territory has been liberated from militants of illegal armed groups. we have taken off on illegal armed groups. we have taken offona illegal armed groups. we have taken off on a russian military plane and we are heading somewhere, i don't know wh

security council. north korea has trampled on the international society's strong desire for a peaceful solution it's reckless act is absolutely unacceptable we will request the security council to hold an emergency meeting. he's urging the international community to act as one against north korea and wants the u.n. security council to implement the latest sanctions against the country the u.s. secretary of state is calling on all nations to take new measures against north korea specifically he said china and russia must indicate their intolerance for these reckless launches by taking direct actions of their own this is the second ballistic missile to cross japan in less than a month it comes within twenty four hours of north korea threatening to sink japan with nuclear weapons a threat japan takes seriously now that it believes north korea has the ability to miniaturize its nuclear weapons and place them on top of ballistic missiles like the one which crossed the country today craig leeson al-jazeera t

well indeed in an earlier meeting of the security council the u.s. weakened its draft in order to maintain unity within the security council to get support from both russia and china in imposing those sanctions but we heard from the secretary of state rex tillerson in the course of the day saying that the sanctions represent the floor rather than the ceiling of measures that should be taken against north korea he was critical of both russia and china as well saying that china provides north korea with most of its oil russia employees a vast amount of north korean labor and he says that these nations should be taking direct action but what will be happening in the coming hours leading up to that new emergency security council meeting is more pressure being brought to bear on both russia and china china in particular it is north korea's closest ally its next door neighbor and to the u.s. president donald trump has made very clear that he expects china to ratchet up pressure on north korea but even if it has been doing so the latest missile launch shows