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the united nations. this action recommends that the members of the united nations furnish such assistance to the republic of korea as may be necessary to repel the armed attack and to restore international peace and security. >> the security council votes seven-one to recommend military support for the republic of korea. in tokyo, the united states move swiftly to translate into action united nations call to arm against the aggressors. american occupation troops in japan are hurried to the defense of the korean republic. back in the united states, b-29 bombers are taken out of mothballs into which they were put at the end of world war ii. elsewhere in the united states, navy planes are taken from storage where they also had been since the end of world war ii. caught by surprise, the united states nonetheless made all possible haste to carry out the united nations call for action against aggression. ♪ units of the famous first united states marine division answer the united nations call to arms. amphibi

united nation it is not and i can prove it in one sentence we remember that the united nations have removed from a shameless for killing children because it was what they say of the saudi would try to cut to cut the funds so so you could do the same with the united nations they could just. tell them that they can unite the united nation can't just keep blaming the holy but the main point is that for the last 5 years 6 years since the war started no one has to have the chance to go to that she even said that he meant instead of the she did the blame goes to. the coalition and saudi backed forces just don't add if you let me to fall to distract the oil you need they should have to go through maintenance that will cost $12000000.00 so what the united nation is asking for are 2 babies 12000000 but when they going to sell this this all will get all the money going to go to how the government and we know that all oil. company and feels is in the hands of the saudi backed forces that's why they are the model sponsible to pay for this on the on the one of the sponsible ok money let me tell

up next on american history tv, a 1945 news reel about the founding meeting of the united nations. the u.n. charter was signed in june of that year by more than 40 nations. ♪ ♪ >>> the next to last session of the united nations conference, presiding, paying tribute to secretaries of state, head of the delegation and organizer of the successful nine-week meeting. who has now been named united states representative to the new international organization is presented with a scroll and in recognition of his efforts. ♪ then a history-making moment as lord halifax calls for a standing vote on the approval of the charter of international organization and the heads of the 50 united nations delegations rise to be counted. the vote is unanimous. as the session adjourns, delegates burst into applause. the charter of a new world is born. arriving in san francisco for the final conference session is president harry s. truman, he's met by mr. stennious and the chiefs of the 49 other delegations. among them, theo marshall, the premier of south africa and the prime minister of canada mr. mcke

the united nations onslaught is smashing ahead on many fronts. here in rome, general clark watched his men march into the city. the allies were able to view the work of their mighty air support. some of these rail yards were bombed months ago, but repairs for the germans were out of the question. this is the same devastation now being wrought to nazi transport throughout the whole of europe. in their triumphal entry, the united nations troops moved past monuments of antiquity. the long history of the ancient city has seen few more joyous events. the liberators were acclaimed with fervor. rome is the first great capital to be freed from the enemy. the flags of united nations were unfurled at once, heralding the end of four years of nazi tyranny for the people of rome. and here is the balcony where mussolini once haranged his people. but suddenly there is excitement in the square. a bomb has been thrown into the former german headquarters. the italian people discover that some were hiding inside. and soon they smashed their way in. the traitors who

miles to the size of a nation saw me go to the united nations. printed off isn't that on a he had had a number of good meeting to honor of a job and set off on you know i don't enjoy additional if you want to but i was in the. she was trying to serve the school you know age and even teaching on an island off vera some reports that seem to indicate that sola money may have been trying to bring about a secret deal a truce if you will with saudi arabia which is no friend at least diplomatically to your country can you confirm or officially deny that. when i joined and you alluded that he had already gotten with you know jonathan i mean years. ago i think $40.00 i got it and i had to go to you know united nations general assembly and loni introduced an idea before the. body and he initiated. the whole. peace and. an architecture for the rejection for the you know. to the scottish and he sure is of interest including the economy of china and i mean many and on and on security and so on easy. you. get a shot at me but i think you would be i thought i'm

and unlawful extent noninterference the international community and the united nation must all. must walk to provide the support necessary to achieve the objective mr president to conclude the set of thought that every effort of its support to the efforts of the united nations and the un sman and downs men in implementing them and its mandate its also a new as its goal its call on actors to ensure respect for international humanitarian law and international human rights know and to hold accountable those responsible for the violation and serious crimes thank you. i think it is you're watching jazeera we're bringing you coverage of the united nations security council meeting on the situation in libya you just heard from qatar as deputy prime minister and foreign minister mohammad a bit odd that a man been just some funny sick calling for a comprehensive cease fire in libya among the warring parties there also asking for a return to negotiations and avoiding unlawful external interference not before that we also heard from the turkish deputy foreign minister said it's all knowledg

capital lies in united nations hands. that is it below. inspiring ands an historic birthday president to the united nations, 53 of whose 60 member nations supported the korean military campaign. burning red equipment marks the way as you and forces roll unward -- as you -- forces roll forward. it is ever forward despite renewed resistance to the border of manchuria itself. town 25troops enter a miles north of pyongyang. here, the red defenders put up little fight. eight american gis look into the face of death fly to tokyo. these were among the few u.n. soldiers who escaped their captors during the communist retreat northward. the final knockout blow to the enemyg enemy -- reeling is done by the paratroopers, closing the trap on 28,000 communist troops. ♪ watching the drop, general macarthur sits down at pyongyang to can for -- to confer with the general before returning to tokyo. high on a windswept field near inchon, marines of the first division hold memorial services for 400 of their comrades who died in the liberation of seoul. a fi

budget touch is the ambassador to the united nations representing iran he is also the head negotiator for iran during the nuclear talks with the united states and we thank him very much though for taking time to join us here and take us through this we hope to be able to have another conversation again soon mr ambassador thank you again. thank you very much. this is the news will break sanchez you're watching our special coverage and when we come back even more information new information we should say about the lane maxwell and how her own words may be coming back to haunt her will be back. aha no team no crowd. no shots. actually just felt. let me stress no 1st. points your thirst for action. i'm chris hedges the corporate coup d'etat has destroyed our democratic institutions the commercial media is burlesque part of the reality show presidents expose the trivia lots see on contact question more. i've seen the horrors that arise with money and evil. corporate criminals who trashed countless lives to add just one more dollar to their millions. they threaten they bribe they'll do anyt

much touch is the ambassador to the united nations representing iran he is also the head negotiator for iran during the nuclear talks with the united states and we thank him very much though for taking time to join us here and take us through this we hope to be able to have another conversation again soon mr ambassador thank you again. and this is the news with rick sanchez and you're watching our special coverage and when we come back japan japan versus china all of a sudden where does come from what exactly is japan doing against china we're going to stay right there don't go away. ah no team no crowd. no shots. actually felt. dry no arrests. points your thirst for action. according to even fox news trunk is lagging in the polls is this because joe biden is such a brilliant an idiot or because the party consensus to tend to me is doing badly handled by the president still another trump rand is a populist in 2006 feet as a governor as long. problem drugs don't always come from unscrupulous dealers but from pharmacies to in every state in the united states we see me very sharp increase

the prize has been reset me to the united nations. i mean and off and on now he has had a number of good meeting out of a job and fed off he don't you know i'm joy missional if you want to cause. sean's circus school age and even to getting on an island off verizon reports that seem to indicate that stolen money may have been trying to bring about a secret deal a truce if you will with saudi arabia which is no friend least diplomatically to your country can you confirm or officially deny that. what i get and you alluded that he had already gotten with you know he has many members. are. on the top and i think $40.00 i'm going to. allow you to go to you know united nations general assembly. introduce an idea. and he initiated. the whole. and. architecture for the general you know. to. be sure is of interest including the embassies on kind of the charter and i mean many and on and on security. not easy. on me but i think it would be i thought i'm going to. try. not one action that i should i mean because i notice you didn't say anything

at the united nations. barbara: libya's internationally backed government said it found a prison that was used to torture opponents of the general, and government leaders in tripoli are calling on the united nations to investigate mass graves found near the prison. it is told the torture victims were buried there by the general's forces. human rights watch says the bodies of at least 180 men have , thefound in burkina faso government investigating claims they carried out the killings. government troops have been battling a surge of attacks by armed groups in the region. the violence has forced more than 700,000 million -- more than 700,000 people to flee their homes since 2017. the u.s. president has hailed what he described as a tremendous relationship between his country and mexico. donald trump has been holding trade talks with his counterpart of mexico at the white house. it is sized for traveling to washington to meet trump, who was largely elected on promising to build a border wall between the two na

delegation to the inaugust rrat of the united nations general assemb assembly. it led her to becoming the chair of the human rights commission, here are some of the questions from that period. the first one comes from a readread er worried about the economy. on every hand you hear that our country is heading into a glad appreciati depression. do you think this is true? what should be done to avoid it? eleanor says "i don't think we need to have a bad depression. if our economists have learned their lessons, it cannot be prevented by greedy men, it must be done by men of wide and unselfish vision to see that no group can garner great resources and leave the mass of the people without their fair share. the next question has particular relevance. do you think that equal pay to women who fill men's jobs is economically justified? eleanor replies "certainly, if women do the same work i have always believed they should receive the same pay." here is another one. a perennial problem from a male reader this time. i love and admire my wife, but there is one subject on wh

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and a new report from the united nations has found that a u.s. drone strike that killed top iranian general in january was illegal agnes colum ah the u.n. special wrapper torn extrajudicial killing ses the attack went against the u.n. charter those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera at one o one east. as protests rage over police brutality and corona virus grips the nation campaigning on the election trail has been forced to take a back seat will the presidential candidates ever hit the road and sell their brand of politics to americans before the vote follow the u.s. elections on a just. as malaysia dances to contain the code 90 barks will car she said been carrying out military style operations across the capital one bowl. in the name of public health and safety they've rounded up illegal foreign workers. but when you look at these riots you can't help but think is the practical reality of dealing with a pandemic or is it racism. we're treating them like animals this is not the way to treat a migrant worker is not a way to treat a h

nations that are trying to combat poverty and inequality the united nations development program all of the parts of the u.n. that that help the developing world there are great and we would not want to be without them because they do so much good the security council and the general assembly the parts that act more like a sort of world government. no it doesn't work it's not fair and it needs adjusting and i think we will change it i think it will change itself it's trying to change all the time so again maybe 87 out of 10 for the development parts of the united nations and $3.00 to $4.00 for the parts that are supposed to create new policies together now you've stated the world's biggest problems from poverty to climate change. can be solved if countries collaborate with one another rather vent competing with one another yeah the fact of the matter is that i don't have a problem with competition that would be stupid competition is a wonderful thing it's part of human nature competition between countries is lifted visit billions of people out of poverty competition only becomes a pr

united nations foreign governments and iraq's leaders are condemning the killing of a well known iraqi expert on al qaeda eisel and other groups hashmi was shot outside his home in baghdad so when the whole team has the story from iraq's capital. and authorities to voice silenced one of iraq's brightest gone. this coffin bears the body of dr who shot a man hashimi a prominent analyst and researcher shot on monday night by unknown gunmen a small group of family friends and journalists gather took company his body on its last journey from the morgue to his spam of the home it was here in front of his own house where 4 gunmen on motorbikes waited for him on monday night he was shot several times at close range. his family blames the government for not protecting him when you tell me who is not the government carries the responsibility is the government that should provide the safety and security for the people prime minister most of the mid dismissed the senior security commander responsible for the area and is vowing to bring those responsible to justice and put in. all the possibilities

a new report from the united nations has found that a u.s. drone strike that killed a top iranian general hossam son of money in january was illegal un special and special rapporteur on extrajudicial killings agnes kalama says it went against the u.n. charter. several companies say they're worried about the implications of hong kong's national security law short video has announced it will stop for a sions their facebook and whatsapp i've also said they won't comply with government requests for using data. the un says a string of airstrikes carried out by the syrian government and russian forces in amount to war crimes the report identified 52 so-called emblematic attacks between november and june it says syria and its russian ally have killed hundreds of people and forced nearly a 1000000 to flee the report also accuse the. group of firing artillery into civilian areas with no apparent military objective and for torturing and executing detainees. we've come to the conclusion the attacks by the program of forces were so this systematic and an

beg for what i'm getting from the united states i said you know and china are 2 national friends the girl's eyes are on the strategy because i am. and that is what was happening underground is not to us because as i said you don't have been enjoying good suggestion for how many years but mr bassett we cannot minimize the horrible relations between the united states and iran it's as bad as i think it's ever been. how much of this do you think is your fault what could you have done differently with the trump administration to makes the situation the relationship more amenable. you know just to chat about what has been happening the last thursday don and and i'm going to continue. the 5 plus one i did on something which is called the tontine j.c.t. already and it was signed by he and i'm going to others until i read off. and talking to ask him what are the subjects that he pursued. to get to the was the donkey of the united. in a truth out of it even so it is not the daughter who left the negotiating table it's funny how the it's a left wing bullshit and payroll and in cold actions on y

the united nations secretary general antonio terra she is warning of unprecedented economic damage to latin america because of coronavirus pushing millions of people into poverty the u.n. says the region is set for its worst recession in over 100 years will an $18000000.00 people are expected to lose their jobs bringing the total past $44000000.00 poverty is expected to jump by 7 percent to almost 40 percent this year means $230000000.00 people of those some will be pushed into extreme poverty it will rise by 4.5 percent bringing the total in the region to almost $100000000.00 living on the diet conditions daniel swine flu is monitoring the region are to blame as ira's for us today daniel quits regions or which countries will really feel the brunt of this. well i think the obvious one to start with is brazil which is the 2nd highest number of deaths in the country the 2nd 100 highest number of infections after the united states 1700000 of course we heard on wednesday the president the president of the country himself also nado announcing on national television that he himself had test

secretary of state my pump aoe has addressed the united nations security council urging them to extend an arms embargo on iran which expires in october our diplomatic editor james bays has more. showdown at the u.n. security council with both the u.s. and iran represented by their top diplomats secretary of state might pump a 000 members of the council to extend a ban on iran buying conventional weaponry which is due to expire in october this chamber as a choice stands for international peace and security united nations congress intended the arms a cargo of islamic republic of iran expired he trained the u.s. mission and its finest ideals all 'd pledged to all if you fail to act right away if we have purchased russian made fighter jets to strike up to 3000 kilometer radius but he said it's like riyadh. rome in warsaw in a rain crosshairs iran's foreign minister mohammed jobs a reef spoke at the end of the session this status quo is needed acceptable nor sustainable the international community in general and the united nations security council in particular are facing an important decis

a resolution from the united nations security council to resume aid deliveries to war 2 on syria one day after the program had expired but it gave way to russia's unhearing demands of the 2 functioning runs only one border crossing from turkey will remain open for the next 12 months a move that will cut a lifeline as western countries describe it for syrians in the country's north west western countries have even pushed to reopen a border crossing from iraq. to be clear today's resolution leaves us bitterly disappointed at the law. and on our border crossings the syrians themselves i had a voice will tell you that a lot of those crossings is unacceptable and rest the health and welfare of millions of their fellow syrians are those people who gave the instructions to give instructions to cut off the aid of 500000 children if they are ready to look into the mirror or. the security council was in a deadlock the majority of members argued to the 2 crossing points were essential especially during the coronavirus pandemic but the veto powers russia and china argued that the north west of s

today we offer an exclusive interview with saudi arabia's ambassador to the united nations where the oil demand so low what will his country do that and the thorny issues but doubling the kingdom this year all that is coming up but we want to begin with new information about kobe 1000 there are 4 new major developments regarding the science of corona virus and i want to break this down for you because this is really important stuff number one number one remember how we were told that covert 19 was essentially a respiratory disease right that primarily attacked and targeted our lungs it appears that is not the case now see this is new information but 19. turns out to actually be more of a bascule or disease that attaches to blood vessels and causes blood clots that means it's not confined to the lungs but rather to any organ which is why people can die of kidney disease or heart disease or stroke etc in fact in autopsies when they started looking at all the coated 19 patients who obviously had died they found thousands and thousands in their bodies of little blood clots that are cause

duty is to translate it into a negotiated cease fire now within the frame of the unite united nation 5 plus 5 talks be called on the conflict parties to bring these negotiations to a successful conclusion without preconditions and without further delay a 1st important step could be a demilitarized solution. and yet front we call on the potus and libya and on all of you to unite behind this idea and we encourage the secretary at to provide us with options on how this could be implemented on the ground they didn't gentleman 5 months ago this council endorsed the conclusions of the bill in conference and the resolution $2510.00 a week ago we backed the secretary general's call for a close that cease fire during is a pandemic in resolution 2532 today the time has come to put our roots in action thank you very much. i resume my function as president of the count now and now i give the floor to his excellent see mr kalin and minister for foreign affairs of needs are. you watching our jazeera we've been bringing you live coverage of the u.n. security council holding a virtual session to dis

there is a huge response ability for the united nations to come in and try and resolve this dispute. a very real issue that the world is not looking at. nothing to do it london or the looking at. nothing to do it london orthe uk, but looking at. nothing to do it london or the uk, but a real issue that is suddenly going to come upon us and can be very important. is one of thoseissues can be very important. is one of those issues where we lack the kind of international diplomatic coalition of the willing? it is exactly the kind of dispute that is regional, the united nations should be able to get involved and to provide a forum for debate, discussion to take place, for people to sort of take positions, find some common ground. clearly it is a common ground. clearly it is a common ground, but at the moment they are failing to find it. because they are failing to find it. because the united nations at the moment is gridlocked, and finding it very difficult to be useful in the scenarios, it is not performing as some people would like to at the moment. thanks so much for drawing that our a

the bill also includes controversial funding and language on climate issues, the united nations and a range of other problematic areas . finally i remain concerned about unchecked spending. i echo mister womack's comments earlier today . especially at this time of soaring deficits and debt. we need to carefully consider any increase in spending the long-term consequences ofsuch actions . before i close, let me also thank the staff, both sides of the aisle or their hard work, late hours, susan adams and jamie mccormack from the minority staff. jake johnson and austin gage from my personal office and from the majority staff, i want to thank steve marquez and his team. marincola jesse. celia avocado. dean dolores. jason wheelock, derian stein and dane quan. they've all been great help including, in putting this bill together and we owed them alot . madam chair, i yield my time. >> i now like to recognize ranking member rick granger for any opening remarks she may have on this state and foreign operations bill. >> madam chair, thank you for yielding reedit during this time of instability

the united nations warning on the libyan conflict foreign interference has.

the united nations is warning that are breasting oil tanker in the red seas threaten to become an environmental disaster the 45 year old vastly stocked with more than a 1000000 barrels of crude oil and is floating off the coast of yemen the ships deteriorating and experts are warning of a potentially catastrophic oil spill yemen's ongoing civil war is complicating efforts to extract the oil from the ship. a cruellest ship with explosive cargo is docked off the coast of yemen this is the only current image of the ailing tanker at any moment it could fall apart potentially spilling $1200000.00 barrels of oil into the red sea. that would cause a natural disaster according to u.n. coordinator lisa grande. fishing capacity in the fishing villages. and. environment of the roads. many years. f. as it was safer has not been properly maintained since the beginning of the war in yemen 5 years ago the cables and valves are rusted and the tanker is leaking for the past 2 years the united nations has asked for a team of experts to be allowed to go on board but permission from the warring parties is pending

nations just now or at least a virtual meeting of the united nations security council this is on the issue although a delivery to syria over the draft resolution submitted by belgium and germany. the voting procedure for the draft resolution was launched on july 9th 2020 and concluded today on july 10th in accordance with the special written procedure by council members set out in the letter from the president of the security council 27 march 2020 that's left 2022 hypes 3 the result of the voting is as follows 13 votes in favor to vote against no extension. the draft resolution has not been adopted owing to the negative vote of 2 permanent members of the council the meeting at the dirt. well that was. a not entirely sure what happened there but it seems that that meeting was adjourned abruptly after the resolution was not a james bays that diplomatic editor. in new york can you explain what does have a miss. yeah very bad news for people who rely on humanitarian aid in syria potentially because there is no authorization in place in a few hours time because the existing authorization

are we going to put them under the trusteeship of the united nations? how are we going to work that out? so she was totally into it. expectinghink she was to have that job. with her andns was her secretary and she told them and they said, you call him back. you have to take that job. so they kind of beat up on her little bit before she called harry truman back and said she would do it. >> thank you. [applause] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2020] [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] ♪ president's," from public affairs. available now in paperback and e-book. presents biographies of every president, organized by the ranking by noted historians from best to worst. and features perspectives into the lives of our nations chief executives and leadership style. visit our website to learn more about each president and historian features. in order your copy today wherever books and e-books are sold. >> you're watching american history tv. cov

security council diplomatic editor james bays has moved from the united nations. this is the position that russia backed by china wanted and they have now got it there were some other things that russia and china want to do and that's why in the end in the vote they abstain didn't vote for it and that was on sanctions they wanted some language condemning the sanctions on syria particularly the sanctions by the u.s. and they said at the time of economic hardship in syria it was not the time to pursue those sanctions that language didn't get into get into the final version of the resolution although russia wanted it in there and that's why russia and china abstained there's been a high turnout in hong kong for primary polls that are being held by pro-democracy

summit bargains over the recovery plan the united nations is staging a conference that's talking about building back better our title a green and better recovery for all fonts 24 and the w.t.v. join up for the debate welcome and it is a pleasure to introduce our guests. starting with the finance minister of ghana ken a for iata faso chemin is a leader all sir for the intergovernmental panel on climate change at the united nations lecture at the french political science institute spoke your books include the anthropocene and the global environmental crisis thanks for joining us and it's a pleasure to welcome sinitta not hind she is an environmental activist and director of the center for science and environment in delhi india before we take a closer look at the pandemics toll in the global south we'd like to ask the 3 of you to tell us and really in a one sentence if you would is green recover even still an option in the wake of corona sinitta if you would go 1st place. it's possible but it's a challenge that's recognized and the challenge the fact is there is well people have been affe

and that was also mentioned in that statement from this really acute the united nations now as we understand at the australian foreign minister. zarif pain is due to meet the head with the plot in the us on pay or sometime next week and this was basically kind of friendly because everything accused that making up that we could do you are in line with the us or strongly as well it's important to note that the us is the biggest. the foreign direct investment in astronomy in australia is made to curate ally as well china likely to repeat some statements that they've said in the past were gone astray and moved that money is simply acting as will the lapdogs all that from administration certainly ties between australia and china are also lost earlier this year by prime minister scott morrison the israeli prime minister said he was pushing for an investigation into the current virus pandemic origin in china beijing was not happy about that taking that at some point a finger pointing at china call this pandemic and they responded by blocking some imports of a friendly and b. and bali to china i thi

states is calling this out but also calling on the united nations to demand an end to what they say are human rights abuses but of course this is that the escalating tension that has just happened over these last few weeks we've seen the trade war that has existed between these 2 nations and of course most recently the united states pointing the finger at china blaming it for a lack of transparency when it comes to crowd a virus or covert 19 that has decimated the u.s. economy thanks so much for that can really help get there our white house correspondent well it's has more now for british prime minister of ourselves and had to say impala meant of offering a powerful hong kong residents to move to the u.k. . if trying to continue down this path we would reach introduce a new route for those with british nationals to see status to enter the u.k. granting them limited leave to remain with the ability to live and work in the u.k. and they're off to to apply for citizenship and that is precisely what we will do. u.k.'s foreign secretary has also said that the law is a clear and serious

united nations is warning that the arab world faces deeper and long lasting economic consequences as a result of the pandemic the region's economy is expected to contract to by more than 5 and a half percent and the economies of some countries might shrink double that the u.n. is warning the number of people living in poverty will rise by more than 14000000 possibly sparking more political instability the region is blessed with tremendous diversity and put them. yet all arab countries where the oil rich middle income or least developed face difficulties in responding. the global pandemic is exposed in the ne challenges the regional economy has suffered multiple shocks from the vinyls as well as the sharp drop in oil prices remittances and tourism and economic forecasts than that. in a region already rife with tensions and inequalities these will have profound consequences on political and social stability the united nations is also warning that the number of people in southern yemen with little or no food may rise to 3 and a quarter 1000000 by the end of this year more than 2000000 p

nations has found that a u.s. drone strike that killed top the iranian general cost them so your money in january was illegal miss condom on the un special rapporteur tour an extrajudicial killing says the attack went against the u.n. charter the u.k. says it will resume selling weapons to more than a year after it was forced to stop because of alleged war crimes in yemen it comes just a day after the british government announced economic sanctions against dozens of individuals accused of human rights abuses including 20 saudis involved in the murder of journalist. those are the headlines coming up next on al-jazeera inside story to stay with this. as an effective punishment for human rights abuses the british government targets suspects and the killing a russian lawyer and a saudi journalist will sanctions change anything this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program on iran come on it's a crackdown on despots and dictators persons government has announced its 1st sanctions and leaving the european union

the united nations development program is listening and working with communities to protect forests for the future we want. if you're hearing what we're hearing find out more. with corona searching in the u.s. president trump claims 99 percent of all cases are totally harmless this despite record infection rates and more covert deaths than in any other country in the world america's struggle with the virus threatens to spiral out of control the president used his independence day speech to heap praise on his own crisis management but it seems that many americans don't quite see it that way with the economy.

security at the session of the united nations human rights council. a principal within which a high degree of autonomy was supposed to be guaranteed in hong kong for at least 50 years when britain handed back its former colony to china in 1997. the e new lawaw is a flaanant bh of the agreement, according to the city's last u.k. governor. >> i think it i is very importat that we stand up together, not starting a new cold war with chinina, but just making absolutely clear that we will call out china when it behaves badly. >> the u.k. now says it will uphold its historic -- an offer nearly 3 million residents sanctuary. washington says it is not only concerned about the safety of hong kongers but also that of americans. >> article 388 of the new law also purports to apply to offenses commimitted oututside f hohong konong by nonresidenentsf hongng kong. this likely includes americans. this is outrageous and an affront to all nations. >> the eu, meanwhile, has said it is discussing with international partners possible measurures in response. the german for

and because the united nations at the moment is gridlocked and finding it very, very difficult to be useful in these scenarios, it is not performing as some people would like it to. well, thanks so much for drawing that to our attention and thank you all three, another fascinating discussion. can't wait to see you all back in the studio, jeffrey and steve. james, thanks for being here. and thank you to you for watching. that is it the dateline london this week, we are of course back next week, same place, same time. goodbye for now. hello there. part two of the weekend looks very windy indeed — gales across much of the country. but on the plus side, there will be more sunshine today than what we had yesterday, and we've also lost that humidity. the reason for it — a deep area of low pressure for the time of year moving to the north of the uk. lots of isobars on its southern flanks, though, bringing in strong gale—force winds. lots of showers for scotland, northern ireland, northern england and northern and western wales, fewer showers further south and east. but those winds rea

nations issued a report looking into the assassination of some sort of money by a u.s. drone here in baghdad and ruling that assassination as a lawful source certainly foreign minister mohammad before also be discussing that with his iraqi counterparts and perhaps even pressing the iraqi government to take further action in disregard against the united states think that some on 14 in baghdad let's bring in said big who is in tehran i said it's just a little bit more about what stavans or even hoping to get out of this. well there's a lot of cup cooperation between iran and iraq iran supplies iraq with oil gas and electricity in fact they have a cooperation to supply iraq with electricity up until the end of 2021 but this does see iraq as vital to this security and when developed 3 for speaking this morning he did mention the general cost of the money and also his instrument a role in defeating isis in iraq now general glosson for the money was seen as instrumental in stopping isis reaching the borders of iran solve it and he will want to discuss that but iran has made n

a stunning international diplomatic success with ireland elected on to the security council of the united nations for the the 1st time however that government will also have to deal with the substantial economic followed of both covert and breck's so ho fers the land of violence i'm joined by former tisha bethia have been who's speaking to me from his foreman in dublin there to welcome to the alex salmond sure thank you very much alex and it's nice to be talking to you again and lace me on your show about it you're no stranger to coalition governments of a new lead 3 coalitions in your time as station but a coalition between finn a file of the feeder galas something different altogether how surprising a development is that in the context of the 100 year history of irish independence i suppose it's not totally surprise alex because since 2016 at ciena fault had been supporting gina gail in government but somebody outside with a confluence supply arrangement so there were working actual shit together a down day probably had never gone over decades the best. you are island 2nd longest 7 prim

a setback for the millions displaced in syria the united nations manages to keep only one border crossing open to bring in a. fellow i'm down jordan this is our jazeera live from doha also coming up as anger grows against his government mollies president makes major concessions to the opposition who are demanding he steps down. another record day in the u.s. 66 and a half 1000 new coronavirus cases are reported as president trump wears a mask in public for the 1st time. in hundreds of thousands turned out in hong kong to choose pro-democracy candidates to run in september's legislative elections. millions of syria's displaced people will now have only one turkish border crossings through which to receive aid that's after several attempts to keep a 2nd crossing open failed to pass at the un security council russia backed by china had been pushing to shut down one of 2 border crossings that was still open our diplomatic editor james bays reports from u.n. headquarters in new york. a security council resolution on delivery of aid into syria is finally passed the result of the voting is as fo