nations does not matter to this man who once called himself the ambassador to the united nations we invite john bolton to try and refute those claims for the spanish thank you very much thank you after the break political prisoners in the european union we get the take of the un's independent experts for designs on the shadows caused by the spanish civil war and also in this week's news for a very with me an action that we'll be looking at the b.b.c. trying to indoctrinate a story trying our children how to spell i can use and also their life's been a long line of benefits scrounger propaganda against disabled table full of civil coming up about two of going underground. join me every thursday on the alex salmond show and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back joining me now to go through some the week's news is freelance journalist and writer for the u.k.'s leading independent news site the canaries steve top all steve thanks for coming on and we thought very corbin shot a foreign secretary at chatham house to

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states was a founding member of the united nations and it is still an indispensable part of united nations and it is inconceivable that the united nations would exist without the united states taking part in it. this creates a problem because this is always the exception. almost every resolution that comes up is being weighed in the balance and nuclear nonproliferation, we saw with grants presentation earlier, the united states is significant for nonproliferation treaty that says nothing apart from what is now the five permanent members and have nuclear weapons and then it condones nuclear weapons in israel. because it does that every other country in the world and eckstein says hey, if them, why not us? you continually create exceptions to your own roles that other people walk into and settlements in particular the us has never improve them but they changed the language so often over the years that as far as the us is concerned jerusalem is international territory in the state department and i believe just showing this about law i read earlier this year that the state department is still

ambassador to the united nations and kaylie speaking at the u.n. security council in new york effectively saying that the u.s. is presenting a new u.n. draft resolution on a syria ceasefire kristen salumi will tell us more about when the q. haley had to say on the draft resolution kristen. well yes a threat coming from the united states directed at the syrian regime and some strong words for russia the united states saying that clearly the resolution twenty four a one passed fifteen days ago has not been implemented she faulted russia for continuing to bomb areas of eastern ghouta for the first four days sometimes twenty times a day after that resolution was passed she said that there had been ongoing allegations of chlorine gas attacks in that time and went on to say that if the united nations security council didn't back up the resolution then it would come down to the united states to act and she referred to an air strike that u.s. forces made on an air base in retaliation for a chemical attack in concert croon as an example of the united states

this is you don't need to use live from berlin apocalyptic the united nations raises the alarm about syria warning of all out destruction in eastern huta and beyond next month or the month after it will be somewhere else where people face an apocalypse i'm a porker moves in terms of them executed by individuals within the government but with the united nations powerless in the face of an unrelenting onslaught on civilians is there anything the security council can do when it meets in the hours ahead also coming up a german judge convicts far right extremist on terrorism charges for their bombing campaign against refugee homes and political opponents or get the latest on the verdict and british authorities say they now know more about the substance that hospitalized an expiry and his daughter last weekend while that says the mystery threatens to ignite a full blown diplomatic route between russia and the u.k. . thanks for your company everyone and we begin with a grim assessment from the united nations which used to its annual human rights report to warn of a potential apocalypse. in

fischer this when you listen to the species of the united nations human rights commission some of the member states are known to be human rights violators then you wonder someone should be disconnected from reality here is that the member states or is it the u.n. us r.c. itself. well there's no question we share the concerns about human rights violators who become members of the the un's human rights council primarily in order to block themselves from from scrutiny we have seen on the human rights council states like like china like egypt like saudi arabia like venezuela all of course known for systematically violating the human rights of their of their own people and at the same time with the humax council just started its thirty seven session and it begins with statements by foreign ministers so it's expected that they will come and try and and to sell the best vision of their country possible even if it's disconnected from reality that segment ends today and it's up to noon we'll have a panel discussion on the seventieth anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights and

well we know that the united nations that agreed well with the russians and with the groups in part of the enclave that they would be able to get some injured people out we're told that about one hundred people have left over the last few hours but the united nations estimates are somewhere in the region of a thousand people who need or didn't need medical treatment and about seventy of them are so argent medical treatment so there's no idea at this stage just how many of that hundred that is in the first batch to leave require the argent medical treatment and obviously the united nations will be hoping that this is just the start of a process which will be ongoing over the coming hours and days no number of people have managed to escape the fighting under their own steam and some of them are in eastern guta along the suburbs of the south and part of damascus and they've been telling people exactly what they've experienced during the onslaught in ghouta over the last few days and we all love though. we were about two hundred people living in a cellar without light or electricity and ve

at t united nations, u.n. -- u.s. ambassador nikki haley sided withritain, blaming russia for the poisoning. : russia mustley walk rate with the investigation an chemical weapons program. russia is a permanent member of the curity council. it is interested in the united nations charter within upholding rnational peace and security. it must account for itactions. laur nikki haley speaking there. earlier i spoke with the bbc's nick bryant from the united nations. very tough words from the u.n. ambassad to the united nations, tougher than her boss in the white house. what has been the reaction from russia's ambassador? nick: what we heard from nikki haley wathe first time a trump administration official has explicitly blamed moscow for this attack. earlier in the week, former secretary of state rex tillerson said it was likely russia was involved. na trump said he probably agrees with the british finding but hasn't quite concluded yet that russia was to blame. nikki haley did say that, and she said that russia's crime s

in the united nations with the aim of stopping civilian suffering. schoolchildren in nigeria's northeastern borno state are being kept at home due to fears of more mass kidnappings by book around as follows a series of attacks by the armed group and the kidnapping of one hundred ten girls from neighboring state last month donald trump says he's open to testifying before special counsel robert miller who's investigating russian interference in the election u.s. president spoke just hours after his key person a lawyer announced he was resigning john dowd reportedly clash with trump over his handling of his investigation and just in the last few minutes donald trump has tweeted that he has appointed john bolton as his new national security advisor bolton replaces a charm that masta much more on that story at the top of the next hour from. u.s. president donald trump has said he will slap new carrots on imports of steel and alum in your bra by gene will be off today to try to about ten times faster than forty we'll bring you the stories that are shaping

in new york, the united states immediately requests an emergency meeting of the united nations security council. when the aggressors failed to heed the council's appeal, the united states announces that forces are being ordered to assist south korea and by a vote of 7-1, the security council votes to supply republic of korea with whatever armed might is needed to turn back the attack. first to aid are american forces from japan, 15 other nations meet the challenge by ordering troops to korea. with this decision, the free world takes its first unified action in halting the tide of communist armed aggression. >> two days following the initial attack, communist troops are on the out skirts of seoul. by every available means, carrying whatever possessions they can salvage the civilians travel every road and path. thus begins the week's long march of women and old men and children as they are forced south behind the retreating south korean and small american voices. then safety lies only in caves or behind the alied defense line drawn below the river. the communist armies are caught off guar

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the united states request an emergency meeting of the united nation security council. when the aggressors failed to heed the appeal, air and sea forces are being ordered to assist south korea. then by a vote of 7 to 1, the security council votes to supply with whatever our might is needed to turn back the attack. first to aid our american forces from japan, 15 other nations meet the challenge by ordering troops to korea. with this decision the free world takes its first unified action in halting the tide of communist armed aggression. two days following the initial attack, communist troops are in the out skirts of seoul by every available means they pleased the beleaguered capital. the civilians travel every road and path thus begins the week's long march of women. old men and children as they are forced south behind the retre retreating south korean forces. the communist armies are caught off guard when the united states launches an offensive of its own. the counter offensive works like a vice. a second maneuver is used south of seoul. seoul is not to be taken without

how else can we expect to combat bias, one-sided and hateful acts of the united nations that not only unfairly target israel but seek to delegitimize the jewish people to their ancestral homeland? it's disgraceful to see organizations and missions of the united nations fail to take actions on war crimes in syria and the gross human rights violations of the iranian regime or the venezuelan regime or the cuban regime but always find time to condemn and target and isolate israel. of course these insid with us efforts to isolate israel from the global community extend far beyond the united nations. now, i dream of the day when we will not have to fight these fights. i pray for the day when we will not have to fight sanction policies by governments and businesses or at the united nations or here at home on college campuses. >> the aipac conference, including this morning's remarks by israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the conference will air later on the c-span networks.

in new york, the united states immediately requests an emergency meeting of the united national security council. when the aggressors failed to heed the council's appeal, the united states announces that air and sea forces have been ordered to help korea. by a vote of 71 they vote to supply the republic of korea with whatever is needed to turn back the attack. ♪ >> first to aid our american forces from japan. 15 other nations meet the challenge by ordering troops to korea. with this decision, the free world takes its first unified action in halting the communist armed aggression. two days following the initial attack, communist troops are in the outskirts of seoul. by any available means, they flee the capital. carrying whatever they can salvage. the civilians travel every road. thus begins the weeklong march of women, old men and children, as they are forced out of the retreating korean and small american forces. for them, safety lies only in cave or behind the defense line drawn below this river. mistaking retreat and consolidation for retreat, they are caught offguard when the unite

according to the united nations, more than 15,000 yemenis have been killed or injured since the war began in march of 2015. the humidity and situation there has been described as the worst in the world with more than two-thirds of yemen, approximate 29 million people, facing severe food shortages. an outbreak of cholera has already affected at least 1 million people, marking the worst such outbreak in decades. continued instability also benefits are adversaries. while we have sought to maintain pressure on al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula, or aqap, and i says, the lack of a functioning government or state security apparatus, it inhibits her ability to go after these groups. additionally it is clear that iran has taken event of the current situation to spread its malign influence and provide legal support to the houthis, thereby further undermining regional stability. and security. unfortunately, we've yet you or any from the administration as to how they would propose, use use diplomaticp leadership to help bring aboutem an end to the conflict in yemen. we still do not have an ambassador

at the united nations a panel of experts oversees the regime of sank. it was imposed on north korea. they're familiar with the long reach of the cameras. caught so he's a photo coward is one of those monitors he tells us how the trade embargo is undermined. i only see loop holes my question was rather where i closed the holes. which was so few compared to the number of loopholes loopholes exist in only china but also all washer. taiwan south east asia they have also all parties in europe one example of arms control busting launchers for north korean ballistic missiles are based on trucks manufactured in china key. portion was imported from china in two thousand and eleven and that's a side of the only transfer all six meet girls have been confirmed by the united nations they had a career. in the the scientific set if occasions which show that weaknesses in the fleet only fall for three if. off road trucks for use in the logging industry are not covered by sanctions so was this a willfully misleading declaration they were used in china for military purpo

says it's in line with its agreement that it has to be the host nation of the united nations but i think there'll be a disagreement with russia all maps and i think what it will do is further poison relations here at the united nations which have deteriorated so much in recent years particularly after the annexation of crimea are just going to get worse it's going to make it much harder i think for the russian ambassador to sit down with with the american ambassador nikki haley and try and get things done on important issues like syria and yemen we are maybe not quite in the in. days reminiscent of the cold war but it's certainly getting very chilly indeed because it's such broad coordination isn't it by countries throughout the world that it's extraordinary to me if against russia in this quarter naked way. yes and i think this is really going to anger the russian authorities and in particular president putin coming as it does after his reelection the reasons given in the u.s. for the expulsion from washington and from these u.n. diplomats are different from some of the other ones that

and the it warns the backing of the united nations security council if it doesn't get that the u.s. says it's prepared to take its action that could draw it further into a war that also involves russia and iran so who can enforce a new cease fire and good washington go it alone with speak to our panel in a moment but first here's question some of them is reports from the u.n. . cities bleeding inside and dogs two weeks after agreeing to a cease fire the security council learned their words were having little effect for civilians on the ground in syria in eastern loan according to the u.n. more than one thousand have died in recent weeks amid continued shelling the united states said it was prepared to offer a second resolution calling for an immediate end to all military action in eastern guta and damascus city yasser nikki haley backed her words with a threat we support the united nations political process that seeks to end the war in syria. but we also warn any nation that is determined to impose its will through chemical attacks and end human suffering most especially the outlaw

they like the united nations. a made an exception does all this stuff about israel and zionism is racism.they didn't think it through but it eroded the support. and this helps erode the support for the united nations inside the us. >> you've got the people who were automatically have been natural supporters of the un were always ambivalent about it. you have senators from new york looking over their shoulders who will pass resolutions condemning the un. and that's one of the points that the lobby hasbeen doing in washington . to try to trim the un size by threatening to withhold funds or actually withholding funds or pullingout of organizations . and the effect of this isn't just financial. it is a continual sort of attrition. of the more out and standing in the un. we've seen the attorney general's now realize that they can't go on with the us and you have to pander to israel. >> and all secondary generals have done this to some extent and their magmatic political leg. kofi annan was the most accommodating up til

at the united nations we sometimes don't have many friends. i remember last year, when we had the vote about america's principled opposition to the castro dictatorship in cuba. the vote went against us, 191-2. the only two no votes, you guessed it, were the united states and israel. but i always say quality is more than quantity. shortly after the 2016 election, president-elect trump called me to talk about serving in his administration. we had a meeting at trump tower and we had some good discussions about a variety of issues. long story short, his team called me a couple of days later and said he would like me to serve as ambassador to the united nations. i said i'm a governor, i don't know anything about the united nations. we went back and forth on a few things and the clincher was when i told the president you know i won't be a wallflower or talking head. i have to be able to say what i think. without any hesitation, president trump said nikki, that's exactly why i want you to do this. president trump has been true to his word and i think

to the united nations warns the u.s. will act alone if the international community doesn't want there are a thousand people have died since the syrian government intensified its offensive in eastern ghouta last month. and investigators are trying to find out why a bangladeshi airliner crashed in the past capital killing at least fifty people at the u.s. bangor airlines flight from dhaka missed a runway at katmandu where port and burst into flames in a nearby field. now in the united states the republican members of the house intelligence committee investigating russian meddling in the twenty sixteen election say they have found no evidence of collusion but the top intelligence democrat has disputed that claim saying there is clear evidence russia tried to help in the twenty sixteen election that speak to john hendren in washington john why does the committee say it's ending its investigation willfully this is the report that came out it's just a short one by the house select committee on intelligence as one of three inve

ambassador to the united nations nikki haley. and if you watched closely during the negotiations we could see our russian friends constantly leaving the room to confirm with their syrian counterparts. the possibilities for what was going on or only to either russia was informing their syrian colleagues about the content of the negotiations or russia was taking directions from the syrian colleagues about the content of the negotiations now from there we heard the russian representative and he responded with facts he began to lay out details about what's going on in eastern guta as the fighting continues and from there he was somewhat critical of the response that we've heard from the united states and its allies this is the russian ambassador to the united nations. in the state of the present posted so members of the u.n. security council prefer to spend time on passionate speeches and lots of smoke and shaky claims towards russian that's broadwood to come up with their own rwandans to do anything good for the implementation of re

a violation of article two of the united nations charter. the basis of the international legal border. mister president the uk is proud to been one of the states that plays a role in drafting the chemical weapons convention a landmark piece of international law. they had suggested that our response failed to meet the requirements of the convention. article seven of the convention called on state parties to implement the convention under their own legislation. that we are not using article nine of the convention. once it became clear to us that the united kingdom had been attacked. it summoned the russian ambassador and as article nine is clear we have the right to do. we have received no meaningful response. it is therefore russia is failing to comply with the provisions of the convention and this counsel should not fall for their attempt to muddy the water. in addition the united kingdom has welcomed the author of technical assistance. and we have invited the technical secretary to verify our analysis we are making every effort to expedite

and i mean not just image the united nations for example blames air strikes by the saudi led coalition for the majority of civilian deaths in yemen a war that's going on for a long time do you think i mean is it speculation is there any hope the president trying to put any kind of pressure on saudi arabia to wrap up the war in yemen one way or another we haven't seen any of that it's certainly not visible to us the only thing that we've seen was several months ago defense minister mattis did say that we need to conclude this conflict in yemen through diplomacy and some sort of a peace process but sending arms to saudi arabia unconditionally and not even mentioning the war and yemen in this press conference or in this whatever we call it i think that's a scandal to the united states because even the most hypocritical of the american administrations have always attach some sort of legal framework to selling arms to saudi arabia and other countries that's all remember that under the obama administration the united sates the united states sold saudi arabia one hundred and fifteen delia dol

i did not think it would come to play in the united nations. it turns out, bullying is a common practice in the united nations. [laughter] ambassador haley: in the real world, israel is a strong country with a vibrant economy and a first-class military. on the battlefield,. israel does not get bullied. the irradiance and syrians can vouch for that. [applause] but the u.n.ley: is a different story. at the u.n., israel does get bullied. it gets bullied because the countries that don't like israel are used to being able to get away with it. just like when i was that little girl in south carolina, that does not sit well with me. [applause] ambassador haley: one of the u.n. agencies with the worst track record of israel bias is unesco. among many other ridiculous things, unesco has the outrageous distinction of attempting to change ancient history. one ofrecently declared judaism's holiest sites, the tomb of the patriarch, a palestinian heritage site in need of protection from israel. that was enough. 10 months into this administration, the united s

nations and the united states that allows the u.s. to be the host of the united nations the u.n. itself is making no comment on that the u.s. ambassador nikki haley also spoke a short time ago she told us that when we see espionage tactics taking place right here at the heart of the u.n. we can't have that and she then went in to exactly the same luck that the russian ambassador was attending they will now sit around the table and are right now sitting around the table at a regular lunch of the fifteen ambassadors of the united nations and the u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists we've already seen paralysis on so many international problems and conflicts why how does this impact international diplomacy. well there's bound to be another phase i think the russians will strike back circle be a further tit for tat as they call it and in the end i think that's just going to make it more difficult for the international community to get around the table and talk about important issues like the war in syria like the war in yemen we

we believe in the united nations and its security council. we believe in the international rules based system. we want this council to work together to uphold international peace and security and resolve conflict together. of course we will work with russia to achieve those aims here in this council. i set out in detail on how the -- how the convention on chemical weapons works in article 9. you have heard from the russian colleague. i won't go into it in great detail again. i will simply say under article 9 we asked russia for an explanation. russia's response was to say they considered our request to be null and void. we have also asked the opcw to support us with an independent verification of our analysis. the russian colleague talked about samples but again, this is a misunderstanding of the convention. there are no provisions in the convention which require the uk to share samples collected as part of the criminal investigation. the chemical weapons convention does provide inspected state parties with a right to have duplicate copies of

a leaked draft of a united nations report. two singaporean companies have violated sanctions against north korea. this potentially raises questions about how common this is in the rest of the region. the final report that has been submitted is expected to be published later this week. a draft copy of the report has been seen by the bbc. this is a shop in pyongyang is selling branded watches, handbags and alcohol. items which are banned under un sanctions and singapore law as well but now a leaked un report claims there is evidence of at least one singaporean company selling luxury goods in north korea as recently as last type —— to lie. there are two companies named in the report. but share the same director and up until late last year they shared the same address here it is building. the main allegation against them in the report that we have seen is that they received funds in singapore for doing business in north korea. both singaporean companies deny any wrongdoing. according to the un, in the 1997, singapore's dae ope

they like the united nations. they made an exception because of all the stuff about israel and zion system racism. they didn't think it through. but eroded the support. and this helped erode the support for the united nations inside the u.s. you got the, so the people who would automatically have been natural supporters of the u.n. were always ambivalent bit. you have jewish senators from new york looking over their shoulders who will pass resolutions condemning the u.n., cutting the funds. that is one of the points that the lobby has been doing in washington is to try to trim the u.n.'s size by threatening to withhold fund or actually withholding funds or pulling out of organizations as we've seen recently. the effect isn't just financial. it is a continue all sort of attrition of the morale and standing in the u.n. we have seen secretary-generals now who realize that to get on with the u.s. you have to pander to the israel lobby. and all secretary generals have done this pragmatic extent in prolific way. ban ki-

the united nations coordinator in syria says government shelling on a rebel held on klav is putting an aid convoy risk strikes hit eastern of all the justice thirteen red cross trucks were entering the area the delivery of food and supplies was s'posed and on thursday because of the fighting the u.n. says the shelling happened despite safety assurances from those in the conflict including russia earlier the u.k. based syrian observatory for human rights reported no overnight there strikes or shelling on the east in the water for the first time in ten days more than nine hundred people have been killed since the government offensive began there almost three weeks ago. so in the hole that joins us live from beirut in neighboring lebanon so those airstrikes just starting as the trucks well entering this means the a delivery operation is over. but yes the united nations really appealing for a cease fire saying that the shelling and the airstrikes are putting the aid convoy the trucks in danger like you mentioned that convoy has now entered the besieged enclave thirteen trucks carrying much

russia vows to retaliate has the united states and fourteen european union nations expel its diplomats over the u.k. spy attack. hello i'm maryam namazie in london you're watching al-jazeera also coming out. saudi arabia says it shot down seven missiles fired by hoofy rebels in yemen targeting its app or it's. turnout is low and slow in egypt's presidential election where the incumbent abdel fatah sisi is certain to return to office. at least sixty four people are dead and dozens remain missing after a fire at a shopping center in siberia. the united states and fourteen e.u. nations have expelled more than one hundred russian diplomats this is in a coordinated response to the nerve agent attack on form a double agent sergey scrip all in the united kingdom earlier this month u.s. president trump ordered sixty russian diplomats to leave including twelve attached to the united nations and he's also close the russian consulate in seattle russia says it will respond in kind what more than sixty russian officials will be kicked out of europe france germany and poland each expelling four dipl

president donald trump has ordered sixty to leave including twelve attached to the united nations he's also closing the russian consulate in seattle forty nine are being expelled by other countries most of them in europe ukraine which is embroiled in its own conflict with moscow's expanding thirteen russians were all the countries so the people are expecting are actually spies russia says it will respond in kind she had tons of reports motion. the trumpet ministration had said it would expel russian diplomats if its allies also did so in a coordinated action and on monday that coordination was revealed countries across western and eastern europe and canada joined the u.s. in the expulsions the british prime minister expressed hope gratitude international solidarity following what the u.k. alleges was a russian nerve agent attack on a former russian double agent and his daughter in an english town this is the largest collective expulsion of russian intelligence officers in history. i have found great solidarity from our friends and partners in the e.u. north america and nato and beyond

it definitely rings true everything that i've heard spoken so far of rings true in the united nations is certainly the most high profile organization in the world that's been rightly accused of sexual exploitation and abuse and it has to be said that the united nations interacts with all these international non-governmental organizations on the ground there many of them are implementing partners of the u.n. so that when you go if you're a refugee in a u.n. sponsored refugee camp then it's likely that the food that you're that's being distributed to you by the through the world food program and so forth is actually being distributed by by people from international and local n.g.o.s i think the common denominator here amongst all humanitarian institutions and development institutions is that when they're faced with these problems. and they recognize the fact that there is a power differential and the it's not just the tendency it's the absolute practice in every single case for the powerful the then to be put in the position of solving the problem so what's missing from these conversati

at the united nations let's move on to other news now and two more turbulent times within the u.s. president's inner circle john trump's white house communications director is resigning the third to leave the post since he came into office just thirteen months ago hope is one of travis' longest serving advisers she previously worked for the trump organization and was his press secretary in the election campaign her resignation comes a day after she testified before a congressional panel investigating accusations of russian interference in the two thousand and sixteen campaign. well as the latest in a series of high profile departures since trump took office in january last year soon after his national security adviser mike flynn quit in may the president fired f.b.i. director james comey for his handling of the bureau's investigation into the two thousand and sixteen election campaign more close advisers resigned two months later white house press secretary sean spicer and chief of staff ryan's priebus also in july anthony scarlett she was appointed white house communications direc

to the united nations in ourselves. would it go further on and explained borders and i say to my friend. we are asking them to independently verify this. they can be clear to everyone. that nature of the nerve agent. in response the unexplained wealth quarter. on evidence and how we operate according to the rule of law. can i welcome the prime minister's clear statement in the condemnation of the russians in actions that she has taken. now from the government. but can i say from her too much money is being laundered. and finding its way into the british system. they could bring forward the publish register. and has been delayed by this government. so we wouldy know where the money comes from and deal with it if it's brought in by unsavory people. in relation to the issue that she has raised. and that is something that they've discussed with the business actually. we do need to ensure that we get that right when we introduce it. we do want to ensure that we have all of the tools. and they can help us in the endeavor that

at the united nations. let's move on to other news now in south korea as president has japan has not resolved the issue of so-called comfort woman. who was speaking at an event to mark in one thousand nine years since korea rose up against japanese several thousands of korean women before stand to sexual slavery for japanese soldiers during world war two japan says to apologize to and offer to compensate victims well let's get more on the small correspondent rob upright is joining us live from seoul for what has been the reaction to the statement by the south korean president in japan rob. this comments from jay and come on a day that is full of symbolism they were bound to cause annoyance in japan this is the commemoration of an uprising in the last century by koreans against japanese rule and indeed the event took place at a former prison that was used by the japanese colonial rulers to imprison political prisoners and korean freedom fighters and muna referred to the suffering of the korean people in part

more than 25% of the united nations peacekeeping budget. >> peace keep something a shared responsibility. with shared responsibility cops shared burdens and shared costs. all of us have a role to play, and all of us must step up.

nations demanding safe passage telling the united nations please we need to monetary and war doors internationally monitored borders and we would like to go to other rebel controlled areas in the north of the country we do not want to cross into government controlled territory now those people are media activists there are civil defense volunteers there are doctors people who the government considers terrorists and i can give you one example the reporter of syria or television he is now missing two days ago he surrendered himself to the authorities of course belonging to an opposition television station and now his phone lines are closed and his facebook is off it doesn't exist anymore. i mean the. negotiations between those rebel factions and individuals within the united nations as you say to try to get more civilians to safer locations i mean how difficult is that scenario going to be despite these open letters that have been written to the u.n. because it still requires negotiations on the ground. yes what we understand eastern water the majority of eastern good has now in the government's han

reform of the united nations about reform of the united nations in a variety of ways. any decision, the catch—22 is that any decision that might be taken in the security council to reform it could be subject to a veto by russia who are sitting there. it is something that we will look at. the prime minister has underlined the house of the russian state has either been utterly reckless at best or directly complicit at worst in the deployment of a handful substance. she said you would be taken... will she ensure that appropriate alice is provided between counterterrorism and counter espionage to ensure that our excellent security and intelligence agencies are appropriately focused to combat and disrupt those who would cause harm in our country.|j take the pointy is made and we do co nsta ntly take the pointy is made and we do constantly ensure that the balance is right between counterterrorism and counterespionage and we will of course continue to ensure that balance is maintained properly. responding with strength and resolve when your country is under threat is an ess

i look forward to discussions in the united nations. the united nations must speak with a clear and unambiguous point. mr. speaker, the fact that we're expelling the largest number of officers is welcome and examine what can be done to defend against whohostile state activities. i'm pleased that the government is taking action in this area and the opportunity to meet previously, someone that has been personally massive risk and has stood up to the effects of russian state power. mr. speaker, financial sanctions are welcome and we must redouble efforts against any money laundering. it must be clear to the russian authorities that we will not tolerate activities that are under international law. and we'll continue to scrutinize them and must ensure scrutiny of any proposed legislation. our thoughts are with those in russia who have suffered from abuse of state power. there is no doubt that that is what we are seeing. and in doing so, we'll look forward to a time when we can engage in a positive way, but the only response today must be a r

and of course, these insiduous efforts extend far beyond the united nations. now, i dream of the day when we will not have to fight these fights. i pray for the day when we will not have to fight boycotts by vested sanction policies, by governments and businesses or at the united nations or here at home on college campuses. so, to the 3600 students attending the aipac policy conference, you are the front line standing up for israel on those college campuses and we applaud you. [applause] >> we know -- we know that you face a rising tide of misguided voices on campuses among your peers. i've never shied away from calling the bds movement for exactly what it is. a thinly veiled, anti-semitic, politically motivated, discriminatory, and reminiscent of a hft we spent over half a century working to ensure is never repeated again. so, mark my words. at every forum where i have a voice and a vote, i will ensure that the letters bds are told exactly for what they are, bias directed solely at one people and one country by those who should know better. [applause] >> it's

nations efforts to stop the fighting not working we begin tonight with this report. on a childhood from hell. the syrian civil defense workers must dig children out from the rubble after yet another bombing raid taking them to safety if anywhere in east ghouta is safe the united nations high commissioner for human rights says it's urgent to reverse course and refer the syrian regime to the international criminal court. this month it is east which is in the words of the sector general hell on earth. next month or the month after it will be someone else will people face an apocalypse an apocalypse intended planned and executed by individuals within the government apparently with the full backing of some of the foreign supporters. pro-government militias reinforced syria's regular troops. and the government itself is backed by iran. and especially russia which says it is coordinating with the regime to offer an aid. and to help get people out. we managed to evacuate thirteen civilians including five children and we also plan to evacuate about one thousand sick and wound

at the united nations south korea's president jane says japan hasn't resolved the issue of the so-called comfort woman and then spoke at an event to mark one thousand years since korea rose up against japanese rule thousands of korean women were forced into sexual slavery for japanese soldiers during world war two the government of japan has apologized and offered to compensate victims robin upright has more from south korea's capital seoul moon j and criticism came on a day that is full of symbolism here in south korea it's a national holiday commemorating a failed uprising by koreans against japanese colonial rulers and the event took place at a former prison that was used by japan to house mainly political prisoners and freedom fighters move to japan still had not fully atoned for the treatment of these so called comfort women women from korea who were forced into sexual slavery at the service of the japanese military moon like many people in south korea believes that japan has never really fully come to terms with the issue that's despite an agreement that was signed in twenty fiftee

buckle lipstick the united nations raises deal arm about syria warning of an all out destruction in eastern hotel and beyond next month or the month after it will be somewhere over workpeople first from apocalypse i'm a broker lives in the ground them executed right individuals within the government but it is the clarion call to late a syrian army says it has seized full control of the eastern huta preempting a un security council meeting in new york also coming up. british authorities see they now know more about the substance that hospitalize an expiry and his daughter on the weekends all that sounds the mistreat threatens to ignite a full blown diplomatic route between russia and the u.k. and a german judge convicts far right extremists on terrorism charges for their bombing campaign against refugee homes and political opponents will get the latest on the verdict. thanks very much for your company everyone. the united nations is warning of a potential apocalypse in syria it's a warning that may be too little too late for the people of eastern huta after weeks of relentless bombardments t