this is al-jazeera and live from studio fourteen here at al-jazeera headquarters in doha. welcome to the newsgroup in the diplomatic setting of the u.n. north korea's foreign minister calls donald trump mentally deranged and anything goes wrong with twitter the u.s. president says he. won't be around much longer on the one hand it's one calling in brinkmanship but still the fear remains of an actual attack from either. side but that's not the only fine donald trump speaking at the moment some big name u.s. sports stars are angry at the president's criticism of players who choose to take and meet during the national anthem a silent protest at racial inequality they say its resistance calls it an insult to flag and country and here in a mirror has just returned home from an overseas trip which included a speech at the u.n. general assembly usually wouldn't cause a ripple but with the country still on the blockade from four arab nations nationalism is running high will be live from a parade on his waterfront. also returns of protests which appear to be transforming and. separ

on wednesday right here on al-jazeera live from doha. and suci has canceled her plans to attend the un general assembly in new york later this month she has been widely criticized since violence against the range of muslims escalated in the northern states of recalling in late august. after visiting makeshift camps on tuesday the bangladeshi prime minister sheikh hasina promised she would speak about the crisis at that u.n. meeting a closed door u.n. security council discussion is also expected to focus in on the crisis let's take you live now to young gone and my colleague florence louise lawrence what else do we know about aung sun suu cheez decision not to go to the u.n. general assembly. well initially when the spokesman in now made the announcement there was no reason given but then al-jazeera spoke to a foreign affairs ministry spokesman and he said she's remaining in the country because the president is abroad for medical treatment so she's staying behind largely to handle the situation in rakhine state now another government spok

in the studio marc fastest and professor of politics and international relations at the doha institute welcome to you all douglas johnson in oxford what was the united nations set up to do all those years ago. will serve to regulate interstate relations to try to promote. negotiations and. avoid into international tensions it was really set up for international or interstate relations rather than for internal political issues of the sort that it's now being asked to do so here shetty from amnesty is it managing still to do what it's supposed to do. i didn't start to think that the security council which is the most powerful body in the united nations itself is deeply divided on every single issue we have to remember that the united nations is only as strong as its strongest members and allow it to be we know that president jiang. dispensation don't like the u.n. so much so that's a struggle but even leaving aside the chump phenomenon if you look at the un security council. every time there is a vote which is very serious which effects would be fined the bum and five members using the v

hello again i'm adrian finighan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up the president's time to be the more you know the story the more you will put. the president of the e.u. commission lays out his vision for the block urging countries to take advantage of the briggs's and the economic upswing plus. tension over the gulf crisis spills over at a meeting of the arab league in cairo. and we meet the nigerians whose lives have been blighted by boko haram violence but a determined to move forward. in mass leader aung san suu kyi will not attend this year's un general assembly meeting she has been widely criticized around the world since violence against muslims in rakhine state escalated last month since then more than three hundred seventy thousand people have crossed into bangladesh to escape the conflict but as florence slowly reports now many in myanmar have rallied behind the government and the military. the sign reads collecting donations for the displaced in rakhine state this charity drive is being run by a ministry in yangon six hundred kilometers from the fighting in n

hello and welcome to the program i'm peter dobby here at the headquarters in doha also coming up north korea's foreign minister calls president donald trump's threat to destroy the country the sound of a barking dog. playing the crisis comments from me and my second vice president even as thousands of marooned in bangladeshi camps. and heritage in ruins syrians trying to preserve the past destroyed by war and conflict. three days of mourning have now been declared in mexico where at least two hundred thirty people have died in the worst earthquake to hit the country in thirty years rescuers did pull a survivor from the rubble of one of the collapsed buildings the capital mexico city was the hardest hit and the search for survivors continues thirty six hours after the quake seven point one registered an official has the details. he wanted a small victory in a place where they suffered too many losses there would be the call for silence. and they would wait the faeces caught between hope and anxiety as rescuers made their way through the day very early and wednesday two students were pul

general assembly today i'm come all santamaria here in doha as we continue our coverage of the united nations general assembly from new york we've got a panel here to discuss that closest to me self and body count is the director of the center for conflict and humanitarian studies at doha institute next to him then the director of the out of the earth center for studies and next to him who is an assistant professor of politics and international relations program at doha institute as well and also joining us getting late at night so thank you for staying up donald kirk journalist and author on north korea and i think we should probably start with you because if i'm to quote the u.s. president's. on north korea if we have to defend ourselves and our allies quote we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man kim jong un is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime did you expect anything like that donald. i expected him to talk tough and strong but no i do not expect him the dog quite that tough and quite that strongly i don't know what's more surprising he's

the old doha fire station now the canvas for five larger than life. that these artists could turn around profession on this scale and in just ten days goes some way to explaining the depth of feeling here they say it forced them to create from the heart explaining an overwhelming sense of grievance and injustice that other gulf nations could seek to impose their will on all people in qatar. to be honest because i'm not really angry that's why i've said of the whole situation because. we are family we have families brothers sisters cousins or other relatives we have and other countries around us but there is a sense of optimism too we will take the lessons from our mistakes and we will start over but we will start strong this time. like this piece featuring twenty different characters to represent everyone locals and expects alike all standing in solidarity against the blockade. saudi arabia said it's not the right time for an independent investigation into alleged human rights violations in yemen the netherlands and canada are backing a u.n. resolutio

this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up a fourth term for a week and angle of merkel in germany as far right nationalists make it to parliament for the first time since the nazi era. donald trump pads north korea chad and venezuela to the list of countries whose nationals face a u.s. travel ban. and the impact of hurricane maria on the caribbean island of. the first times in nearly six days that there's been any water distribution here you can see people are anxious to get water they're thirsty they're hungry there's no electricity here. iraqi kurds are voting right now on a controversial referendum on the region's independence the president of iraq's kurdish regional government masoud barzani is among those who've already cast that ballots around five million kurds are eligible to vote turkey's prime minister says that ankara will not recognize any changes resulting from the referendum well the vote is underway in the provinces of to hook. areas that are officially under the control of the kurdish regional government disputed areas outside its ministration claimed by both the k

and offline share your views with the hash tag aging is straight from the heart of the story here in doha the gulf crisis special on news. stream a break because i thought it was a blanket coverage follows experts and politicians off a path to choose i'm soundbites unstable leadership trying to play the media and shape the message in an age of simplistic narratives the listening post critiques the mainstream response today is the two hundredth day of this administration exposing the influences that drive the headlines at this time on al-jazeera. swear every us.

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera another person has been pulled out alive from the rubble in mexico where rescue workers are searching for survivors of tuesday's earthquake more than forty buildings collapsed when the magnitude seven point one quake struck the eyes of the country have been focused on a school in mexico city where number of children remain trapped at least two hundred thirty people have died and three days of national mourning have been declared helen fisher has more from mexico city. we wanted a small victory in a place where they suffered too many losses there would be the call for silence. and they would wait their faces caught between hope and anxiety as rescuers made their way through the day very early and where is the two students were pulled from this collapse school but this is where twenty five of twenty one children who are adults and will remain missing some children had a lucky escape. the scene as well licked under dozens of rescuers waiting for news

watching al-jazeera life my headquarters here in doha also coming up the un will investigate accusations of war crimes in yemen but it has had to make a lot of compromises. with an agenda stretching from trade to north korea the u.s. secretary of state has arrived in china. and we're in cox's bizarre with an update on the range of crisis. spain's catalonia region is twenty four hours away from a political confrontation bands a session referendum a shuttle to take place on sunday campaigners for a yes vote complying schools are expected to be used as polling stations but the spanish government is insisting there will be no vote it says the referendum is in . deploying police to ensure no ballots cast people in favor of a united spain holding

alone down in jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up.

the old doha fire station now the canvas for five larger than life. that these artists could turn around profession on this scale and in just ten days goes some way to explaining the depth of feeling here they say it forced them to create from the heart explaining an overwhelming sense of grievance and injustice that other gulf nations could seek to impose their will on all people and cut. to be honest because i'm not really angry not that's why i've said of the whole situation because. we are family we have families brothers sisters cousins or other relatives we have and other countries around us. but there is a sense of optimism to. take the lessons from a lot of old mistakes. but strong this time. like this piece featuring twenty different characters to represent everyone locals and expects a like well standing in solidarity against the blockade. and. it's been a really big feature of the last hundred days here in doha you can go almost anywhere in the city and say these spontaneous autistic efforts which really brought the community together so th

i shall carry this is out there live from doha also coming up.

and that's it for me here in london back to andria now in doha. thanks for the city a taxi strike in south africa has left thousands of people stranded across western cape province they were unable to get to work on monday due to growing violence between two prominent taxi associations the strike is believed to be due to the number of taxis that have been impounded recently new taxi laws and the upcoming elections for south africa's national taxi council so lots of people were talking about this today online about how they've various ways that they've been impacted by the protests and they've been using the hash tag taxi strike now as it happened major highways were blocked michael here by role on monday is showing a girl who was injured when a bus was attacked a number of buses in fact were attacked by a strike participants with at least one here that was set of lights in the delf area now zoe tweeted this photo of what's left of a golden arrow bus on one of the main roads this morning the south african national taxi council into a taxi industry

for the whole team here in doha thanks for being with us the news of al-jazeera is next. from the icy mountain steps of goliad to the flooded lowlands of south america. the high stakes series returns. following the daring journey. from around the globe extraordinary risks to earn a living. risking it all coming soon on al-jazeera. i just want to make sure all of our audience is on the scene where they're on line to us citizens here and what puts people of iraq the one in the same or if you join us our. differently because. people. is a dialogue with hostile streams and one of their pitches might. join the global conversation this time on al-jazeera. hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here at al-jazeera the united nations security council has agreed to impose new sanctions on north korea they severely restrict fuel supplies and exporters. foreign countries from hiring north korean workers diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united.

again i'm adrian for again this is that is from al jazeera live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes myanmar's leader decides not to attend the u.n. general assembly but she comes out of fierce criticism over the handling of the hinge a crisis also. now is to come to be a more united stormed the more democratic you are for two thousand and twenty. the president of the e.u. commission lays out his vision for the bloc urging countries to take advantage of breaks it and the economic upswing plus. tension over the gulf crisis at a meeting of the arab league in cairo. driverless cars come up against a road block in the u.s. would explain why. but we begin this news hour with the deepening real hinge a crisis in myanmar which is causing global outrage thousands of muslim or hindu have fled to neighboring bangladesh over the last two weeks to escape violence under severe criticism criticism in miles leader aung san suu kyi has decided not to attend the un general assembly later this month bangladesh's prime minister sheikh hasina is promising to help for now but once myanmar to take

hello again i'm peter sagal you're watching al-jazeera live from our headquarters here in doha also coming up the bangladeshi prime minister calls for safe zones inside me in my office thousands of engine muslims also ahead. i'm alan fischer and who would in mexico where people are counting the cost after the quake of the houses that have been destroyed and the lives that have been changed forever. bowing to pressure facebook agrees to share details of russian adverts on its site ahead of the u.s. election. for the first time in history a leader of north korea has directly addressed the world on state television tensions are high with the country now considering a hydrogen bomb test in the pacific kim jong un reacted to donald trump's u.n. speech in which he threatened attack to attack north korea kim said he spoke unprecedented ruge nonsense one has never heard from any of his predecessors a frightened dog barks louder kim went on to call trump a road. and a gangster who was fond of playing with fire the north korean leader also called trump a dotard which is hard of hearing him went on t

address i'm joined by my guess and it'll even in doha he is a professor at georgetown university in qatar is well as author of several books including america right or wrong an anatomy of american nationalism in paris we have he is a theoretical physicist political commentator and on. author of humanitarian imperialism using human rights to sell war and in washington we cross to michael maloof is a former senior security policy analyst in the office of the secretary of defense right gentlemen cross-like rules in effect that means you can jump in anytime you want and i always appreciate and i tell if i go to you first in doha we heard the term principled real ism i have to say quite bluntly i didn't see hear many principles and i didn't see much real ism at all what was your reaction to the the president's speech to the united nations general assembly go ahead. well no i mean this seems to be a policy which has largely or an approach i wouldn't speak of a policy which has largely divorced itself both from reality in the sense of a real assessment of of interests and dangers. and as for pri

hello i'm daryn jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera the united nations security council has agreed to impose new sanctions on north korea they severely restrict fuel supplies and blocked textile exports the sanctions also ban foreign countries from hiring north korean workers our diplomatic editor james bays has more from the united nations. this was the result the u.s. ambassador nikki haley wanted even though she had to weaken her resolution to get it a unanimous vote by the security council to punish north korea for its latest nuclear test today the security council has acted in a different way today we're attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime china and russia may have voted for the resolution but both said it was only part of the solution the u.s. and south korea they said should stop military exercises and remove the fired missile defense system and there should be new talks new that so it's a big mistake to underestimate this russia china initiative it remains on the table at

here in doha your top stories from al-jazeera the un approves a team to investigate accusations of war crimes in yemen but not before making a few major compromises. surviving but struggling people in puerto rico are trying to rebuild their lives after hurricane rita plus. i mean. the friend. of. spain's catalonia region is twenty four hours away from a political confrontation bands a session referendum a shuttle to take place on sunday campaigners for a yes vote to occupying schools expected to be used as polling stations but the spanish government insists they'll be no vote it says the referendum is illegal. and is deploying police to ensure no ballots are actually cost opinion polls suggest forty percent of registered voters in catalonia want to break away. from barcelona. thank the fields and into the political fray. farmers are vowing to turn their tractors into barricades if police try to crack down on the referendum. we have come to the fence. and we are fighting for democratic rights on the right. as. you can see from the reaction of the people with one hundred twenty zero zero

i'm about this in in doha with the top stories on al-jazeera the un security council has expressed deep concern over the violence in myanmar is rocking state against muslims in me and over the last few weeks almost four hundred thousand people have fled to neighboring bangladesh to escape a government crackdown on groups in a heightened state diplomatic editor james bays reports from the un. these were the toughest words yet from the secretary general on the ongoing violence in myanmar i call on the myanmar or thought it is to suspend the military action and the violence appalled the rule of law and recognize the right of return of all those where to leave the country the un knows the situation is deteriorating fast when mr good terrorist last spoke to reporters a week ago there were one hundred twenty five thousand rohingya refugees that number has now tripled given the situation has got so much worse in the last week do you believe this is ethnic cleansing well i would answer your question with another question when one third of the growing a population had to flee the country can you

hello again adrian finnegan here in doha the top stories this hour. suci has decided against attending this year's u.n. general assembly meeting she's been widely criticized since the violence against muslim or a hinge in rakhine state escalated late last month since then more than three hundred seventy thousand people have crossed into bangladesh to escape the conflict the un security.

those your headlines that's it for myself and the team here in london much more news coming up from doha at the top of the next hour that's in about twenty five minutes time but first want to stay with al-jazeera. and this is difficult not to say whether someone voting for someone is very red. in the three things it's how you approach an official and another that is a certain way of doing it. in egypt a story in my out. the remote windswept feral islands are a world away from tropical southeast asia. but hundreds of asian women are moving to the south park the highlands between norway and iceland amid a shortage of local women. i'm steve cho on this episode a one of one east we meet those traveling to the far reaches of the earth to look for love. at first sight the faroe islands make your heart skip a beat. secluded in the north atlantic ocean it's striking mountains a cloaked in fog there's not a tree or a person inside hard to imagine for someone from the philippines and they're looking so although there's no holst's. push the hostesses versions thinking. many have never heard about t

hello and welcome to dhabi you're watching al-jazeera live from doha also ahead north korea warns of a fast a push to its nuclear program after new u.n. sanctions plus. tensions over the gulf crisis boil over at a meeting of the arab league. an eye on victory iraqi forces prepare for what they hope is the last phase of their war against eisel. me and my son suchi has canceled her plans to attend the un general assembly meeting later this month she has been widely condemned since the violence against muslim or hindu in rakhine state escalated late last month after visiting makeshift camps on tuesday the bangladeshi prime minister sheikh hasina promise you'll speak out about the crisis at the u.n. meeting in new york a closed door u.n. security council meeting is also expected on weapons day florence louis has more from the city of yangon. a foreign ministry spokesman has told al jazeera that aung san suu kyi the country's leader will not be attending the united nations general assembly in new york later this week because she has to stay back in the country while the president is abroa

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i'm rob matheson in doha the top stories on al-jazeera u.s. president donald trump is ramping up pressure on north korea by imposing further sanctions on top of those passed by the un the e.u. and china are also stepping up measures against pyongyang over its nuclear program our diplomatic editor james bay reports from new york days after he threatened to destroy north korea militarily now a fresh attempt by president trump at economic destruction today i'm announcing a new executive order just signed that significantly expands our authorities to target individuals companies financial institutions that finance and facilitate trade with north korea he was flanked by the leaders of the two countries most at risk from north korea the prime minister of japan and the president of south korea not present the nation which will probably be most affected by the new sanctions china but it appears there was some coordination before this move was taken china their central bank has their other banks it's a massive banking system. to immediately stop doing

with thousands of people lining up here on the corniche of doha to greet the enemy and of qatar this was quite a significant moment for the qatari as it comes against the backdrop of the three months of an unprecedented blockade imposed upon the top people still remember those statements made by foreign ministers of saudi arabia egypt behind and the united arab emirates widely believed he to be a can be sounding saying that ultimately the ties have to alter the aisle timidly they would have to capitulate that has sort of backfired creating a momentum which has been building up hitting an unprecedented patriotic fervor that we've been seeing over the last few weeks people who gathered here today wanted to send a message to their neighbors and to the international community that this tends united and that they are behind their leader and that ultimately they have no other option but to stand united to defend what they consider to be a legitimate national sovereignty of qatar thank you perhaps from a whole bara who is there on the doha waterfront this evening following the parade for th

and i'm down in jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera iraq has over the kurdistan regional government to surrender control of its airports or face an embargo on international flights it's part of mounting pressure on the kurdish leadership everett secession referendum on monday john stuff and reports from. the rhetoric and threats continue and from both sides. at that are still is still occupying some parts of kirkuk and some parts of iraq are still is still a threat to the cities with some of the brothers in iraqi kurdistan a living we must not divide iraq according to well through all viral referendum that is completely rejected such language will go down well with the international community including the u.s. and the e.u. each said the timing of the vote could weaken iraq's unity at a time when the fight against terrorism is paramount. ela bhatt he says the kurdish referendum on independence was unconstitutional and the federal government will ignore the expected yes result. only a few minutes after the speech the kayla president appeared on kurdi

hello i'm rob matheson and this is the news our live from doha coming out of the next sixty minutes a fourth time for german chancellor angela merkel but after sunday's election she faces of a very different parliament. kurds refused to back down from monday's independence referendum despite opposition from all their neighbors. the kurds aren't the only people planning a controversial vote to a report from catalonia where defiance of spain's government is growing. this is nothing to do with race anything else assisted with respect for our country and respect. and how remarkable it all really suddenly pitted donald trump against america's most popular sports. german chancellor angela merkel has won a fourth term in office her victory was widely expected but she'll face of a very different political. landscape when the new bundestag convenes. the party not only won the seats for the first time but made a surprisingly strong showing exit polls project center right christian democratic union party has won just over thirty three percent of the vote giving them two hundred and twenty seats

this is doha the capital of qatar two decades ago none of this existed all this development has only been possible because of a huge investment of revenue from oil and gas in other words. the chemical industry . and. the oil is was all the more for much that we take for granted daily life from fuel to plastics the medicines even the tama road i'm driving on the chemical plants over there is processing the gas and crude oil that exists in such abundance in the middle east. oil in its war state is a mixture of many different chemicals and these are separated out through a process called fractional distillation. the crude oil is heated until it becomes a vapor the vapor rises up the distillation tower and separates into his different components as it cools the fractionating tower in a modern oil refinery is a high tech version of a piece of apparatus called an eleven pick used by the golden age scientists as a distillation tool over a thousand years ago. one early pioneer of distillation was the ninth century physician and chemist or ozzie amongst his many writings are the earliest know

urged the gulf states teen night against iran and expressed his willingness to act as mediator between doha and riyadh early though the u.s. president to lead counsel was a sponsor of terrorism if i can help mediate between cutter and in particular the u.a.e. and saudi arabia i would be willing to do so the nation of qatar unfortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism. at a very high level donald trump made those remarks in june when four countries in the region first diplomatic transport links with the gulf nation saudi arabia egypt bahrain and the u.a.e. all accuse capital of supporting terrorism the us has its largest air base in the middle east encounter around eleven thousand american troops stationed just weeks after the blockade president trump approved a vast fleet to deal with doha it's worth twelve billion dollars to run university politics professor side mohammad marandi believes that the u.s. just wants to boost its arms sales to the region trump really is completely discredited outside of the united states behaving in a provocative manner across the globe trump is v

to between doha and riyadh early though the us president alleged can't always sponsor terrorism. if i can help mediate between creator and in particular the u.a.e. and saudi arabia i would be willing to do so the nation of qatar unfortunately has historically been a funder of terrorism at a very high level don't troll made those comments back in june when four countries in the region first cuts their diplomatic and transport links with the gulf nation saudi arabia egypt bahrain and the u.a.e. all accuse count of supporting terrorism the us itself has its largest air base in the middle east even cattle around eleven thousand american troops are stationed just weeks after the blockade president trump approved last fighter jet deal with doha with twelve billion dollars tehran university politics professor side one hundred round it believes the u.s. just wants to boost its arms sales the trump really is completely discredited outside of the united states behaving in a provocative manner across the globe trump is very unpredictable so. therefore it's very difficult to say what he's up

stationed there just weeks after the blockade president trying to prove the vast find to deal with doha with twelve billion dollars terror on university politics professor side mohammad marandi believes the u.s. just wants to boost calm sales to the region trump really is completely discredited outside of the united states behaving in a provocative manner across the globe from is very unpredictable so. therefore it's very difficult to say what he's up to and therefore what the position of the united states will be in the future but obviously one of his our objectives is to milk the countries in the persian gulf region there they're poor seeing that the kuwaitis to buy more weapons that are used to buy more weapons me about amy's and the emirate of the saudi supply more weapons from the united states. and around three hundred thousand people have fled the country of myanmar for the last two weeks as a result of the violence against the country's persecuted religious minority that's according to the new think is from the united nations the organization claims the die a situation in the re

hello i'm down in jordan in doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here on al-jazeera hours after winning a landslide in the secession referendum the government of iraq kurdish region has rejected baghdad's demand to hand over control of airports the results been announced despite a last minute appeal to cancel it by the iraqi prime minister. reports from a bill. celebrations on the streets of that appeal up to ninety two percent of voters said yes to secession from the kurdish region of northern iraq. the referendum is very important it will form our future and i hope at least that baghdad will support us eventually to be independent. with the federal government in baghdad has called the referendum on constitutional and he's refusing to even recognize the result let alone start negotiations with the kurdish regional government ok allergy of the future independence for iraq's. events of the last few days here can only be described as some of the most momentous in these regions history but the political ramifications are massive the threats continue from the baghdad governments and

hello i'm don jordan doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here al-jazeera a meeting of the arab league in cairo has descended into a shouting match as ministers of the four states blockading the gulf nation that insults the u.s. saudi arabia bahrain and egypt all cut diplomatic ties with qatar one hundred days ago. meanwhile president trumper spoken to the crown prince of the united arab emirates in an effort to resolve the ongoing dispute. he's a professor of conflict resolution at george mason university he says the meeting in cairo should have been a platform for diplomacy but it wasn't. this is a reminder of what the reality of the arab league has been for the last two decades we all remember the famous exchange between the saudi king. and lately we. also will remember the heated exchange with the syrian leader geisha in cairo so the arab public is wondering once again where what are we doing with our conflict when they. should be addressed this claim before and number two i think the cairo made it also provided the platform for certain nations to solidify the counterterrori

iraq matheson in doha the top stories on al-jazeera north korean leader kim jong un has vowed to continue his country's nuclear program despite u.n. sanctions as comments come off to pyongyang fired yet another missile over japan the second in less than a month russia china and france are calling for talks is the only way to resolve the crisis mike hanna has this report from washington d.c. . usa a poll celebrates its seventieth anniversary and here to address the troops and their families president trump makes clear the air force may have a role to play in addressing the undoing north korea crisis after seeing your capabilities and commitment here today i am more confident than ever that our options in addressing this threat are both effective and overwhelming. earlier speaking at the white house the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. emphasize that sanctions could still be an effective weapon if you look at the resolutions that have passed in the last month or two of them they cut thirty percent of the oil they banned all the labors they banned ninety percent of the exports they banned joint v

i'm rob matheson in doha the top stories on all dizzy the united nations security council has agreed to impose new sanctions on north korea base of very restrict fuel supplies and block north korean textile exports they also ban following countries from hiring north korean workers previous efforts to bring north korea to the negotiating table have failed they have repeatedly walked back every commitment they have made today the security council has acted in a different way today we are attempting to take the future of the north korean nuclear program out of the hands of its outlaw regime. we are done trying to prod the regime to do the right thing we are now acting to stop that from having the ability to continue doing the wrong thing china has urged the us to reduce its presence in the region. by. the strengthening of military deployment on the korean peninsula and the goal of the nuclearization of peace and stability run counter to each other the deployment of the fat anti missile system severely undermines the regional strategic balance it undermines the strategic security interes

welcome to the program in doha i'm adrian finnegan it's anyone's guess as to who will win this year's nobel peace prize no less than three hundred eighteen people and organizations and nominated and the announcements to you on october sixth but on the nations are supposed to be secret but on the list are expected to be the white helmet search and rescue in syria pope francis and donald trump previous winners have been controversial including trump's predecessor barack obama vietnam war diplomats and former u.s. secretary of state henry kissinger and now. reports. a nobel peace prize winner silence on the military crackdown of the rohingya in myanmar. is under international pressure as hundreds of thousands of the long persecuted raheem just steamed into bangladesh they told her stories their villages burned women raped and children killed. landmines another danger as they crossed the border united nations secretary general caused a crisis a textbook example of ethnic cleansing do you believe this is ethnic cleansing well i would answer your question with another question when one thir

madison and doha the top stories in all just german chancellor angela merkel.

on in doha the top stories on u.s. president donald trump is ramping up pressure on north korea by imposing further sanctions on top of those passed by the un the e.u. and china are also stepping up measures against pyongyang over its nuclear program diplomatic editor.

welcome to al-jazeera live from my headquarters in doha.

and i'm about this and this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes world leaders condemn north korea as it carries.