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

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

as a soften member state of the united nations. president abbas put all the blame on the israel is and said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence which he says was caused by israeli incursions and told the james bertha israel has not been abiding by the is oslo accord they will not either. >> translator: we will not be the only one following these, while israel vie let's them. we therefore declare that we cannot be bounds by these agreements and israel must assume all of its responsibilities as an occupied power. >> reporter: is this the bombshell that president abbas said he would drop or just an empty promise? there are more more questions than answers, how will it change the way his palestinian authority working on on the west bank and what would be the reaction from palestinians there and in gaza. al jazeera spoke to an official from hamas. >> i think it is just words. it's just a speech. all the time you are talking about occupation, palestinian state, two-step solution, peace process, coexistence, peaceful negoti

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

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

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

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

♪ >> we are awaiting a news conference right now from sergei lavrov at the united nations. he is the russian minister of foreign affairs, and according to syrian state tv, russia has carried out 30 air strikes in syria over the last two days. russian officials released video of some of the air strikes a short time ago. u.s. officials say at least some of those bombs have targeted u.s.-backed rebels. >> it is one thing, obviously, to be targeting isil. we're concerned obviously if that is not what is happening. >> we all want syria democratic, united, secular, syria which is a home for all ethnic and confessional groups who's rights are guaranteed, but we have some differences as for the details on how to get there. >> russia says its air campaign is aimed at isil, but as mike viqueira suspects, russia is in syria to bolster president bashar al-assad. >> reporter: u.s. officials were again taken by surprise by russia's swift and aggressive moves in syria. >> this is not the kind of behavior we should expect professionally from the russian military. >> reporter: the u.s. was

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

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

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

and the next move, not quite united nations. it's tin side story. >>> we must recognize that there cannot be after so much blood shed a return to the prewar status quo. >> update on citizens of syria and so should not be involved in choosing the leadership of another country. it's syria's business. >>> welcome back to inside story. i'm ray suarez. noted quite united nations this time on the program. even as the u.n. talks about peace, freedom, and security, they seem to be in seriously short supply around the world. syrian targets are attracting the attention of a long list of national air forces while people -- and the national security network are still with me in washington. jim, when the smoke clears, is al assad still in charge? >> putin seems to think so and if i had to choose, sadly, between he and barack obama to see who's going to blink, i'm pretty sure obama will blink. i think we've gotten to the idea that assad will stay and potentially at this point as i mentioned we've outsourced strategy there to putin. in a painf

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

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

but with the lesson of two world wars to learn from, if any of us among the united nations give fascism its cunningly-planned road to revival by being fooled into neglecting this, or this, the access legacy in action as the true terms of tomorrow begins to show itself, -- dissension, distress, despair, doubt, defeated, fertile soil for the seeds of world war iii and signs of access success in this, the last battle, and if we permit this to be the face of the future, then truly there will be only one place in which to rest the full burden of the blame, on ourselves, ourselves, including those of us strolling in the shaded streets of nations whose trees have not been stripped by shrapnel, and whose homes have suffered neither burn nor blast, our lush land bearing no scar of the scorched earth, and the shops where shortage represents not death, but temporary discomfort. walking by schools and grounds where they only screams heard are those of children at play, and whose steeples stretched towards god unshattered by the bomber's wing, in this atmosphere, the information and no matter how vi

it's to mark the anniversary of the united nations. christine gallan, communications manager - thank you for joining us. how is the u.n. going to celebrate the anniversary. >> we are celebrating with a tremendous train of blueing around the world, that has started already almost 24 hours ago in the pacific, in australia, new zealand and now new york, where you mentioned - empire state, and through to san francisco. it's just a symbol. what it means is the solidarity, support for an indispensable organization. >> what is the biggest challenge for the u.n. going forward? >> i would say two challenges. the conflicts in the world, the planet is complicated. and it has to face a tremendous amount of challenges such as change and development. and also it needs the support of all the member states. they are key challenges. how to get the support, to get the energy to work at the same time, and how to ensure that things are done in an efficient manner. >> you said it needs to adapt. what does adaptation mean. >> adaptation means to be ready fo

. >> prosecutors in the united states have announced corruption charges against united nations officials including the full head of the u.n. general assembly. the officials are accused much being part of a bribery scheme. from the united nations james bays reports. >> it is a largely ceremonial and prom job presiding over the general say systembly, chairing meetings, including those involving the world leaders. >> the assembly will now hear and address his excellency barack obama. >> but it is alleged that john ashe as faking more than $1 million in bribes from a chinese billionaire property dealer. >> mr. president, president secretary general. >> sometimes for than cash. sometimes he was paid in other ways. he also allegedly had the bribers pay for luxury vacations for himself and his family and paying the hotel in new zealand anew zealand--in new orleans at $850 a night. >> like all presidents of the general assembly. >> we obviously just learned of these series allegations this morning. of course, the secretary general was shocked and deeply troubled to learn this morning about the a

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

whether it forces turkey, united nations and others to do is to reaccess the plan and strategy for syria. i don't think we were approaching a local solution in syria. fundamentally, yes, russia is backing the bashar al-assad regime and the syrian army, of course. >> the majority force is the islamic state, or the al nusra front, which is essentially an al qaeda group. bashar al-assad would lose, they would win. the challenges between russia and the west have been bashar al-assad must go. russia can't effect bashar al-assad going, russia is not in power to make him leave. with a direct military intervention, russia is in a better position to determine the fate of syria, and it changes things a bit. russia is not all personally attached. that's clear. russia believes that the syrian army and the syrian - whoever leaves it, is the way forward. that is the core of their position. but in the long term, yes, russia is now in a place where it could affect regime changes. it could agree to a transition away from bashar al-assad, and force them to do it. before, frankly, it couldn't. >> various s

ashe had previously served as the ambassador for his country antigua here they united nation, he was highly respected. in fact, when he was elected as president of the u.n. general assembly, the then u.s. ambassador, susan rice, said we could not be in better hands. now it's alleged those hands took months i have bribes. >> the session is now closed. >> reporter: but the criminal investigation in to bribery here is not closed. the u.s. attorney's office warning that there be further arrests. james bays, al jazeera, at the united nations. >>> the international monetary fund says global economic growth this year will be at its lowest since 2009, the i.m.f. blames china's slow down and falling commodity crisis forecasting a growth of 2.4 from its prediction in july. now nations worst hit sly the slump in commodities are brazil and russia. it's predicted their economies will shrink by at least 3%. >>> two scientists are sharing this year's noble prize for physics, they have been working out how tiny particles whiz around space. >> the royals speed i can academy of sciences has decided to

the strait is vital for trade. >>> the united nations has praised the pal tinnian flag for the first time. but the symbolic moment has been overshadowed by the president's announcement that he is no longer bound by the oslo accord. >> reporter: raised for the first time at the united nations, the flag of the state of palestine, following a decision by the u.n. general assembly, observer states, there are two, palestine, and the holy see, are now allowed to fly their national flags. the ceremony was attended by the president and the u.n. secretary general. >> i sincerely hope that a successful peace process will soon yield a day when we unfold the palestinian flag in its proper place, among the family of nations, as a sovereign member state of the united nations. [ applause ] >> reporter: however, the political process to lead to that day is dead locked. in his speech to the general assembly, president abbas put all of the blame on the israelis. he said he needed to raise the alarm about recent violence in jerusalem, which was caused by israeli incursions around the al aqsa mosque. an

this time, however, the united nations made the right decision. though we protest the adoption of unfair resolutions against the islamic republic of iran and the imposition of sanctions against the iranian nation and government as a result of misunderstandings and sometimes overt hostilities of some countries, however, we believe, as an old iranian saying goes, the sooner you stop harm, the more benefit you will reap. today is the very day that harm is stopped. security council resolution 2231, despite some significant shortcomings, was an important development and the basis for terminating sanctions imposing resolutions against iran. we consider as unfair the conduct of the security council in the past and insist that iran, due to the important fatwa of its leader and its defense doctrine, has never had the intention of producing a nuclear weapon and, therefore, sanctions resolutions against iran were unjust and illegal. sanctions by the security council and unilateral sanctions by some countries were based on illusive and baseless allegations an

we're hearing the united states and united nations saying the time for negotiations is over, but need to sign up, but at the end of the day, the power is in the hands of these two groups. they have to come to anning a greem or there's no agreement. >> right. and the urgency of the situation underscored by the violence in libya. the u.n. has been speaking about that as well? >> reporter: for sure, some half of the population is in need of some form of humanitarian assistance. the government institutions are not functioning, education, and so on, and there is also wider concern for the region as well. the country has become a hub for human trafficking. isil has taken root in libya, and it is feared that the country could become a safe haven for that. the united nations is concerned about not only the people of libya, but also on the stability of the wider region. >> kristen thank you very much. >>> there is much more still to come for you on al jazeera, we'll have the latest from afghanistan, as taliban fighters battle with the army for control of kunduz. >>> plus . . . >> i'm katherine

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

that were lead by the then mediator of the united nations, but those talks broke up in geneva, because the syrian government was not prepared to go to the phase of talking about political transition. the opposition wanted to talk about it. the syrian government wouldn't talk about it, and that's why the geneva talks last year failed. >> james, does that mean that we're further than ever away from a diplomatic solution, just some of the things he said that the only way to work things out was with syrian talks, he also said we can't take part in diplomacy while we fight terror? >> reporter: i think we are further away, not because of the position of the syria government. i think this was a most predictable speech by the syrian deputy prime minister and foreign minister. i think we're further away for a different reason, it happened maybe as a coincidence or maybe not, while we have been here in new york, there was a feeling that just perhaps the u.s. and russia were going to get together and try to force things forward, everyone saying that if those two powers were there, and then could

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

shortly after, the palestinian flag was raised at the united nations for the first time. the u.s., canada and israel were among the nations that voted against what is a symbolic gesture for a nonmember state. >>> up next, we'll look at the latest batch of classified documents that went through hillary clinton's private email server, that's breaking this afternoon. >>> first hear what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 25 in, with a last-minute stay of execution for convicted murderer richard glossip who was scheduled to die this afternoon. governor mary fallon issued a 37-day delay after the u.s. supreme court refused to intervene. last night kelly rene disendaner was executed in georgia for the 1997 murder of her husband. >>> fox 59. judd mcmillan's announcement came a week after he sent out a text saying his phone had been stolen and apologizing to anyone who may have received offensive material. a sexually explicit video was sent from the phone. >>> a live look at our new york affiliate. preparations for hurricane joaquin. sed to be

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

he had a speck waific warning f the united nations as well. don't be silent in the face of these threats. very strong words. let's bring in nicholas burns. the former undersecretary of state for political affairs. you watched and listened carefully to the entire speech. it was about 45 minutes. what's your initial reaction? >> wolf, i thought in many ways it was a very effective speech. he was right, prime minister netanyahu, to shine that very bright light on the hypocrisy of many member states of the united nations. the fact that just two weeks ago, the supreme leader of iran, ayatollah khomeini, once again threatened to destroy israel. as prime minister netanyahu said, objectionable that countries are not speaking up to defend israel. i thought it was the best part of his speech. >> what about the part of his speech where he said that with the sanctions lifted and iran about to start getting tens of billions of dollar, the iranians are going to use that money not only to go after israel but to go after others, to support the regime of basha

the newspaper has worked for months for his release, even appealing to a united nations human rights panel for help at a black tie continuer in washington, the president of the united states spoke about him. >> he's been in prison for nothing more than writing about the hopes and fears of the iranian people. >> there was hope with world powers to limit iran's nuclear program, hoping that others would be freed. but the white house maintained the issues are separate. the agreement was signed without their release. his time has been troubling for the washington post foreign editor. he says the increasing trend of locking up journalists is alarming. >> we are used to the threat from armies and wars. what we have seen is just as troubling, the governments seem to be arresting and holding journalists for doing nothing more than acting as journalists. >> for attempting to tell the stories governments don't want to be told. >> five nato military personnel have been killed in a helicopter crash in kabul. two were british. five others were injured. britain's ministry of defense says the crash

nearby, the united nations headquarters stands by new york's east river. the secretary-general and the u.n. chief protocol take there majesties into the great chamber of the united nations general assembly. statesman of more than 100 countries have stated their views. afghanistan has proved over the years to be one of the strongest supporters of the united nations. within this council chamber, ambassadors work to preserve the peace of the world. there majesty's 12 day visit to the united states of america draws to its end. they will fly 12,000 miles, halfway around the earth, to return to their mountain kingdom. home awaits. the arrival of the royal plane in kabul stirs loyal hearts to beating faster. familiar banners, friends, loved ones, mountains, who can count the myriad cords that tie us to our homeland? it is the end of a long and successful journey. his majesty, king mohammed zahir, first in to the united states of america, is now safely home. thanks be to allah. ♪ [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2015] [captioning performed by t

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

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

less than two days after sitting down at united nations for face-to-face talks with president obama, putin today ordered the launch of russian airstrikes in syria. according to u.s. defense officials, those strikes are not against the islamic state, but on syrian rebels including the u.s. backed free syrian army, who want syrian president bashar assad out of power. the obama administration seemingly caught offguard with defense secretary ash carter and secretary of state john kerry issuing more warnings to russia. warnings that putin is obviously not heeding. and president obama himself nowhere to be found as russia expands its influence in the middle east. >>> also tonight, another foreign policy failure in afghanistan nearly a year after nato ended its combat mission there. u.s. special forces are now on the ground in the northern city of kunduz trying to help afghan forces retake it from the taliban. they seized it earlier this week at a major military victory for the taliban. we take up the president's embarassing handling of afghanistan and the war against the islamic state. we

we take all of that up with former ambassador to the united nations john bolton. >>> also tonight, reports that president obama angered the fbi when he spoke out about hillary clinton's e-mail scandal. federal agents still investigating the classified information on clinton's personal server when the president went on "60 minutes" and downplayed the scandal. i'll have a few thoughts tonight on the president's pension for injecting politics into ongoing investigations, hardly the stuff of a harvard lawyer and university of chicago constitutional scholar. >>> and the house select committee on on benghazi today investigating an earlier clinton scandal. her roll in the benghazi terror attack. longtime clinton aide huma abedin went before the panel to testify. we'll have the latest for you. and discuss it with weekly standard's fred barnes and ashley pratt. >>> president obama chiding enemies while signaling he may be open to negotiations with some of them. the united states is ready to negotiate with north korea, much as it did with iran, but only, only if north korea is serious about abandoni

but the united nations says governments are becoming more sensitive to the violations of women's rights and that equality could take a big difference. the head of u.n. women's this includes giving women more prominent roles especially in peace situations. >> in situations where women also participated, women influenced the quality of the negotiations and the agreement in such a way that it did not punish one side or the other, but united the sides that were fighting. >> coming up in our next hour the successes and failures of the united nations promise, and how the changing role of women, john, could change the world. >>> up next on this broadcast, the catholic nun challenging the church. ♪ >>> sister joan has been asking the tough questions for decades. the roman catholic nun has challenged the vatican on issues from the treatment of the lgbt community to the ordaination of women. >> in this day and age where consciousness has been raised to such a level, what it's saying is you are a woman in a man's church, and that this -- this is an -- an institution that belongs to the men. now

ash had previously served as the ambassador for his country antigua here in the united nations. he was highly respected. when elected as president of the u.n. general assembly, the then u.s. ambassador susan rice said we could not be in better hands. now it's alleged those hands took massive bribes. >> the session is now closed. >> the criminal investigation into bribery is not closed. the u.s. attorney's office warning there could be further arrests >>> growing fallout from the emissions scandal. the head of the north american arm apologised to us customers using old-fashioned pen and paper. michael horn asked drivers for forgiveness for violating their trust and admitted fixing the problem. the new c.e.o. told employees to brace for cutbacks. they are likely to include job cuts. analysts say fines, lawsuits and recalls could cost tens of billions of dollars. >> a court in malaysia rejected a challenge to the sedition law as unconstitutional. the law makes it a crime to criticize the government. critics express dissatisfaction with the ruling. officials suicide the sedition act

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

. >>> the united nations has raised the palestinian flag for the first time. but that symbolic moment has been overshadowed by palestinian president mahmoud abbas' declaration that he's no longer bound by the oslo accords, he's accused israel of breaching the agreement signed in 1993 which were meant to provide a basis for peace. our diplomatic h editor james

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

how important would it really be if a woman headed the united nations? >> i think it would be extremely important. this is the top piece in security job in the world, and women have -- -- >> it's it is been described as the most impossible job in the world. >> the job itself, which is in its title. you are the secretary general. at times you are the secretary and at times you have to step in and be the general. women are very good at doing that in our professional and personal lives. i have think it would send a strong message. because this is the top peace and security job in the world. it's the world peacemaker and i do believe that now that you have a pool of women who match all other qualifications, the added qualification of being the conaccept us is builder, being -- consensus builder, being able to lead by consensus would be very important. >> it's been described as the most impossible job in the world. that's what the person has to do, is keep the world power and the security council happy and keeping the other 190 members of the united nations h

. >>> moving now to the united nations where the security council is holding an emergency discussion. the palestinian ambassador to the u.n. called for international help. >> translator: we come to you today asking you to urgently intervene to end this aggression against our defenseless palestinian people. and against our shrines subjected to violations by the israeli military occupation and by the israeli settlers and by extremists. >> while the deputy israeli ambassador accused the palestinian leadership of inciting recent violence. >> we face an enemy willing to die in order to kill. these people who kill innocent civilians in cold blood abide by no rules and have abandoned even the most basic morality. israel is taking every necessary means to defend their citizens and is responding proportionately to these attacks. i have no doubt that if on a daily basis your citizens were being stabbed in the streets with butcher knives or shot on buses, your security forces would have reacted in the same way. >> live now to kristen at the united nations headquarters in new york. we heard today

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

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

the united states announced charges against united nations officials accused of being part of a bribery scheme. this is just coming out now, literally just in my in box. james bays on the line in new york. anything more? >> the allegations are a wide ranging corruption scheme center on the former president of the u.n. general assembly, john ash. now, the u.s. general assembly president is an important figure, mainly a ceremonial role, but the person who provides over that assembly of all the 193 countries. mr. ash was in the job from september, 2014 until september 2015, and it appears that during that time, he's accused of making all sorts of -- or receiving all sorts of payments in connection it seems as he look through the indictment against him to do with the building of a u.n. branded conference center in macau and it's and would he took bribes in connection with this project. it's also alleged that i didn't properly disclose the money he'd received on his taxes and the amount of money in his bank account that was not declared to the tax man, $1.2 million. it's and would these brib