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Mahmoud abbas has threatened to terminate all signed agreements with israel if it onyx as a key part of the west bank that comes after israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans for more illegal settlements in the occupied west bank speaking at the Un General Assembly about the International Community to help end what he called Israeli Aggression and palestine a Us Democratic senator has accused the trumpet ministration of supporting egyptian president of a fossil species regime chris murphy has also called on the government in cairo to allow demonstrations to take place now egyptian Rights Groups say that Security Forces have now arrested nearly 2000 people since antigovernment protests began last week and more protests are planned for friday. President trump has been you know an absolute disaster for global democracy causes he is empowered autocrats all over the world of the top of that list is president also you see the congress is going to be watching what happens is these protests some folds tomorrow we have seen what sisi has done over the past week or so walking up hundreds of dissidents disappearing many were going to be watching we expect these protests to be able to be held and we are going to hold the egyptians to account if they once again of respond with force and indiscriminate detention. The Syrian Government did use chlorine as a chemical weapon in its battle for thats the finding of a u. S. Investigation secretary of state mike from peo has condemned damascus saying the Top Administration has been working on preventing such attacks against civilians as i lost sons regime has been accused of several chemical weapons attacks against the Syrian People during the countrys 18 long civil war. And the u. K. Government has admitted to further breaches of a court order that bans the sale of weapons to saudi arabia m. P. s had agreed in june to stop sales to the country on the basis that they could be used in the war in yemen under questioning in the house of Commons International trade Center Secretary liz truss admitted fell the breaches of the agreement she added its possible that more cases could come to light. Well the next but still ahead hong kongs chief executive holds have fast meeting with the public and the hopes of ending a month long political crisis. Going on to hype in mexico families the wait for answers in 5 years after the disappearance of dozens of students. Hello what a much better picture it is across much of china at the moment there seasonal rains coming to the end of the season so much dried generally little bit of cloud in the last few as really nothing more than that so dry in hong kong right there around to shanghai for the next couple of days rain showers likely into northern and eastern sections of taiwan but even then all the philippines staying dry for the next couple of days a manila enjoy the sunshine with a high of 32 celsius on saturday but the rains are pushing for the south again were going to begin to see this as a sign of 4 calls over the next weeks and months to come this hour of high clouds here giving an idea where the rains will be and in fact really pushing for the south as we had friday on into saturday fairly hazy conditions as well at the same time with all this try to insert into color and again we could see more of those scattered thunderstorms more rain particular across into india still these long seen rains are very heavy particular coast northern and central sections not just there was seen some very heavy rain into colombo in sri lanka over the last several days so the streets looking like this and we have got more in the fall cause that is particularly heavy through talk pradesh and particularly up and to be whole stacy in fact the India Met Department about warnings in place really through the next several days very heavy in particular into kolkata with a high there of 27. Sponsors. Song. Just. Others run to the. Good rule complicit in creating a world of terror and depression. Now living in fear and denial they reveal their motivation the shocking truth from the inside. Witness remain advice and. Amount to 0. Again i missed. A reminder of our top stories this hour the acting u. S. Director of National Intelligence has testified before congress over his handling of a whistleblower complaint which has now been made public it details how the us president tried to persuade his ukrainian counterpart to investigate his political rival chaired by. The pentagon is deploying a battery of patriot missiles a full Radar Systems and 200. 00 personnel to saudi arabia in order to bolster the kingdoms defenses and comes in the wake of an attack earlier this month on a saudi Oil Processing facility. And saudi arabias foreign minister has the International Community to band together to combat. Relations between riyadh and tehran nosedived this month after that attack on Saudi Oil Facilities which was blamed by the saudis on iran. Now the u. S. Is proposing to cut the number of refugees to its lowest level ever if the proposal is adopted the number of refugees allowed in over the next 12 months will be limited to just 18000. 00 thats down from 30000 well for more on this lets go live now to Patty Culhane in washington d. C. Patty talk us through what this involves how quickly could be see this come into action and would we see a challenge to this. Youll likely see a challenge in the courts from human Rights Groups but in the past the courts have given the president and the executive branch broadly the n. C. To basically do what they think is correct when it comes to refugees and they looked at the 980 statue that set this refugee policy it does give the president a Broad Authority it says that he has to consult with congress before making the announcement but it doesnt say that they have to approve it and by all reports in the you hasnt been consulted with them but this is the president s overall goal of solidify his base is one of the key issues from his 1st campaign through his presidency as the been that he is tough on immigration so this will be one of the lowest numbers ever for the United States since it started taking in refugees the lowest number 18000 and the change is also in who they want to accept they say they want to accept iraqis who worked with the u. S. Military a few 15100 migrants from Central America and 5000 people fleeing persecution this is a huge drop just to give you some perspective under president obama it was a 1110. 00 refugees per year this is 800000. 00 but again this is something that sits well with the president s base and theyre also making change the system and were states and cities would have more power to simply refuse Refugee Resettlement so again the president said in the message throughout his tenure throughout his campaign that its his number one goal is to crack down on people who are fleeing persecution or just trying to find safety in the United States has he come across that story for us from washington d. C. Thank you patty now flash flooding in western india has killed at least 11 people 6 more on missing and 28000 evacuated from and surrounding areas the city has seen significantly more rain than usual in this years monsoon season which runs from june to september. With the hong kong protests now in the 16th week the citys leader has opened talks with the public for the 1st time now for many involved in the so called to dialogue session it was an opportunity to voice their anger at the government scott high that reports. They were the 150 people selected by a lottery to go face to face with hong kong chief executive kerry lam in a socalled town hall meeting her 1st direct interaction with the people of this divided city she controls after nearly 4 months of protests that were sparked when a bill allowing extraditions to Mainland China was presented lamb later shelled the legislation permanently but it was too late for the protesters they expanded their demands focusing on alleged Police Mistreatment of protesters and less control from the g. M. And im a white mole and no matter how difficult it is my colleagues and i think that its time to start a direct dialogue because in the last 3 months im sure no matter what political stance one holds they must be feeling very sad and worried or angry but empathy was met with blunt to statements from some participants a young lawyer like i was saying go on that you know weve been doing it is you because youre useless a governing listen youre responsible for what has happened in the protests you must step down. As the to our dialogue continued inside the hundreds of protesters out front continued with their chanting and their demands for kerry land and her government. They listened on their phones as they swarmed the street in front of the meeting venue. This political observer sees the dialogue as too little too late i think its more political show it all looks to be farcical these days because she talked about. Engaging in dialogue since august 18th the massive variety of 1700000. 00 people in half the rain but after more than one month for all what people see made one announcement during the meeting the authorities will end the controversy or practice of taking a rest of protesters to a Detention Center near the border with meal in china but the concession appeared to have little impact on the focus of the protest movement with many events planned for the next few days its got harder aljazeera hong kong. The United States has imposed sanctions on cubas former president raul castro for supporting what it calls a grocer violations of human rights in venezuela its president Donald Trumps toughest action against cubas communist leadership since he took office and 2017 u. S. Secretary of state mike says castro was responsible for helping to prop up a major regime in venezuela which has been accused of suppressing antigovernment demonstrations and presiding over an economic crisis. Now its been 5 years since 43 students disappeared in mexico their thought to have been abducted by gang members from a drug cartel with the help of corrupt Security Forces some suspects arrested by the police have now been released after it was found they were tortured to confess grieving families fear the Justice System will never give them the answers they want by newer pilot reports from mexico city. Christina says she has hope her son is still alive even today 5 years since he went missing along with 42 other students from the town of. Every year when its my sons but they i miss him and want to give him a hug is the love i have for him that keeps me going and i wont rest until i find 10. Other parents have been the driving force behind the constant protests to pressure the government for answers but they fear that those truly responsible for their childrens disappearance may never face justice there have been a 142 arrests made in connection to the disappearance of the 43. 00 students but the investigation found that much of the evidence presented to prosecutors was obtained illegally. A handful of the accused were found to have been tortured in order to obtain false confessions as a result as many as 53. 00 of the 142. 00 detained have been released this includes he said that the locals the leader of the socalled. The group believed to be responsible for the disappearance of the students. This is an example of the miserable rot thats spreading through the countrys Justice System it smells rotten. After years of misleading narratives the official Investigation Continues to drag on. The linking complexity of this specific case has become emblematic of mexicos problem with impunity. This is a country with 40000 missing pistons what makes this case especially relevant is that high level far are under investigation along with members of federal and local police the military and film a mans and cavernous. Mexican president and lopez has vowed to parents of the students his government will get to the bottom. Of the case even if it requires storing a new investigation. But for the parents of the youll see now before 3 they couldnt even longer wait for answers when. Mexico city. A former french leader Jacques Chirac has died his lengthy career at the pinnacle of French Public life included 2 terms as president and Prime Minister during that period he became the champion of the european single currency and a vocal opponent of the u. S. Led war in iraq he also served 18 years as the mayor of paris though this period was marred by allegations of corruption our correspondent reports. People gathered outside former president Jacques Chiracs home in central paris to remember one of frances most famous politicians whose career spanned 5 decades in a t. V. Address to the nation president emmanuel macro pay tribute to the conservative leader no posse the people of france have lost a great statesman that we love as much as he loved us became a familiar face after being in politics for more than 40 years and whether we share his views or not this is all recognize this man who resembled us and assembled us there of paris Prime Minister twice and president for 12 years he held nearly all the top jobs sure i was born in paris in 1932 his political prowess was clearly evident he spent the 1950 s. Working in the Civil Service before becoming a protege of Prime Minister 2 after that his climb was steep and fast within 12 years he was Prime Minister his march to the lease a palace began after he left the camp and its becoming men of paris in 1987 when he set his eyes on the presidency it would be almost 20 years before he would gain his seat in the least say he was elected promising tax cuts and more jobs but within months there was a general strike bringing millions into the streets the in Foreign Policy chirac was a supporter of multilateralism but he didnt shy away from taking a stand on a trip to jerusalem in 1906 he forced his frustration with the Israeli Security officers assigned to accompany him but i wont go back to my own way and i go back to iran to god i was very late let them go and theyre going to go that will go no dad or no problem i dont want this. Vision. Of that is not ok to raise you know. One journalist traveling this year ak at the time. Remembers it 50 and that made him an immediate and overnight hero in the arab world in the next days we traveled through. To cairo damascus and beirut everywhere people had seen that on television and where. Absolutely amazed that the western leader could speak that way through Israeli Forces which no one had done before in 2003 the u. S. President george bush failed to persuade chirac to join the invasion of iraq winning the french leader praise from some quarters memories of his leadership will be sullied by the corruption during his 18 years as paris may 20 levon he was conflicted of embezzlement Jacques Chirac though was a consummate french politician a survivor but his legacy is uncertain and damaged by his personal failures Natasha Butler aljazeera paris well you can find much more on our website including ongoing coverage of all the developments from washington the address al jazeera dot com. Hello im astounded today with the headlines on aljazeera the acting u. S. Director of National Intelligence has testified before congress over his handling of a whistleblower complaint which has now been made public it details how the us president tried to persuade his ukrainian counterpart to investigate his political rival joe biden while the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee adam schiff accuse trump of sacrificing National Security for personal gain. Yesterday we were presented with the most graphic evidence yet that the president United States has betrayed his oath of office betrayed us all to defend our National Security and betrayed his oath to defend our constitution. For yesterday we were presented with a record of a call between the president of the United States and the president of ukraine in which the president our president sacrificed our National Security and our constitution for his personal political benefit the pentagon is deploying a battery of patriot missiles for Radar Systems and 200. 00 personnel to saudi arabia in order to bolster the kingdoms defenses and comes in the wake of an attack earlier this month on a saudi Oil Processing facility yemens the rebels have claimed responsibility for those strikes but washington and riyadh blame iran. Moments ago a saudi arabias foreign minister the International Community to band together to combat iran speaking at the Un General Assembly said iran is a bloodthirsty regime menacing the wild anonymously and. Today we be a historic responsibility the credibility of this organization and the entire world is at stake the Iranian Regime is left with one of 2 options either become a normal state that respects International Laws and norms or face an internationally unified position that uses all instruments of pressure deterrence and also speaking on the sidelines of the Un General Assembly irans president said his country will of course engage in talks with the u. S. But only if sanctions are lifted but Hassan Rouhani reiterated that the trumpet ministrations current tactics are not twerking well those are the headlines and next up inside story stay with us. Our hopes for a Nuclear Free World realistic its the International Day for the total elimination of Nuclear Weapons but many are worried a new arms race has begun so is there the political will to abolish these weapons this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program im homages will 74 years ago 2 Nuclear Bombs were detonated over hiroshima and nagasaki killing tens of thousands of people since then whenever a conflict between major powers rises so does the threat of nuclear war various treaties have attempted to suppress that threat yet today there are nearly 14000. 00 Nuclear Weapons based around the world thursday marks the International Day for the total elimination of Nuclear Weapons but its a goal that looks increasingly less likely we begin our discussion shortly but 1st heres alex get topless with the worlds Current Nuclear state of play despite calls for the global reduction in Nuclear Weapons it is increasingly clear that a new arms race has begun agreements made between the United States and the then soviet union at the height of the cold war have eroded in the last few years the a. B. M. Or into Ballistic Missile treaty was the 1st to go when the u. S. Pulled out in 2002 next was the intermediate Nuclear Forces treaty designed to stop one side from attacking the other by surprise that collapse this year after both the us and russia accuse the other of violations and the strategic arms reduction treaty or new start signed in 2010 looks increasingly unlikely to be renewed when it runs out in 2021. Both russia and the United States have already begun their Nuclear Modernization programs introducing new weapon systems to those they already have china has never been constrained by treaty limitations and has been expanding its Nuclear Forces while north korea has its own growing stockpile in the crease and the potent means to deliver them but not all Nuclear Threat stem from the cold war pakistan indias Nuclear Arsenals became an International Concern during the recent crisis over india administered kashmir israels is believed to be robust and ready for use the world has become an increasingly dangerous place and the countries already possess Nuclear Weapons have only shown interest in expanding and modernizing their stockpiles expert say that makes Nuclear Conflict more and not less likely in the future. All right lets introduce our panel in washington d. C. Lawrence korb hes a defense analyst and senior fellow at the center for American Progress in glasgow by Skype Andrew Smith the director and spokesperson for campaign against arms trade and in london paul short he is former director of proliferation and arms control in the British Ministry of defense paul let me start with you is the elimination of Nuclear Weapons actually achievable in this day and age not the current political and strategic circumstances no there isnt sufficient. Willingness to jeopardize Strategic Alliance positions and there isnt enough trust to believe that other people would even if they signed up to a treaty to do so there is a huge unsolved problem of how are you verify and inforce treaty is to do with weapons of mass destruction. Andrew the bulletin of Atomic Sciences Doomsday Clock is now set at 2 minutes to midnight thats the closest its ever been to nuclear war so how dire is the situation right now i think its very concerning and we have to be very concerned also names of the new Nuclear Arms Race because the results could be absolutely catastrophic. What hope have said but there is no present the political will for disarm for kind of way spends its time we want to see perhaps not to reason why not shouldnt be what were spending to Going Forward because the risk is very severe 90 year old Nuclear Armed putin in the clear arms trying. To create a pl. Nuclear weapons range well to something what should concern us all lawrence are there currently any Nuclear Disarmament negotiations underway and at this stage can diplomacy still work well it can if both sides are a willing the 2 Major Nuclear powers the United States and russia president putin has offered to extend the new start agreement which limits each side to 1550. 00 deployable Nuclear Weapons for 5 years unfortunately President Trump house and taken him up on that if that expires in 2021 given the fact that the United States has gotten out of the into immediate Nuclear Forces agreement with with russia and then of course d gotten out of the Nuclear Arms Agreement with with iran it looks like were going in the wrong direction and nearly you know 50 years of progress from the Nixon Administration through obama are seen to be going d in the other way. All right so this is gushing has become increasingly relevant giving that given the recent tensions between india and pakistan over the state of kashmir i spoke to pakistans Prime Minister iran han about the possibility of a Nuclear Conflict heres what he had to say when do Nuclear Armed countries fight if they fight a conventional war there is every possibility that its going to end up into nuclear war the unthinkable i mean you know if if said pakistan for god forbid we fight a conventional war were losing and if a country is stuck between the choice either you surrender or you fight till death for your freedom i know pakistanis will fight to death for their freedom so that when a Nuclear Armed country fights to the end to the death it has consequences we have to let me ask you when it comes to the potential for Nuclear Conflict there is so much concern right now when it comes to pakistan and india how worried are you that this could actually happen at some point. And something which we should be that he wanted to play because in any conflict between 2 Nuclear Powers all it takes is one side is to transfer button and that could kill tens of thousands of people and even when we are talking about the limits and plans for reduction to being suggested 1550. 00 Nuclear Warheads is still an awful lot of warheads that it could do to issue jetliners devastation all of it and one of what we should ideally be moving towards is bustling what ambitious targets of the densely hunting z. To Nuclear Warheads and thats where we should be spying thats what we should be aiming for because the consequences of nuclear war do not bear thinking about its lawrence the u. S. Recently withdrew from the i. N. F. Treaty with russia the u. S. Has accused russia flouting the conditions of the pact on the other side of that argument the russians president putin he said that he believes that the u. S. Withdraw from the agreement has been counterproductive is all this going to lead to an actual new arms race between russia and the u. S. Well it could because both sides are modernizing their Nuclear Arsenals for example to share in our Defense Budget the President Trump has asked for what we call a low yield on Nuclear Weapon which is would have been prevented prohibited under the intermediate Nuclear Forces agreement so there is that danger and i do worry about the fact that all of this progress that had been made is being undermined our without people thinking through. The consequences remember what i had the privilege of working with president reagan he was willing to get rid of all Nuclear Weapons at the reykjavik meeting with secretary gorbachev and it was only because president reagan wouldnt give up his strategic defense our nuclear defenses them that it fell apart but right after that then they signed the i. N. F. Agreement which got rid of all of the intermediate weapons in europe. Paul from your perspective what strategy must the United Nations take as far is activating new efforts towards achieving the goal of a Nuclear Weapons free world well it can do there sortation thing its good that it should talk about and well go on talking about the moral necessity for disarmament but actually most progress is going to come by by the actual deals particularly between russia and america and maybe china or of china decides it will sign up to some kind of limitations which it has previously refused i think the other thing that needs to be done is to focus International Attention when people cheat. Russia undoubtedly cheated the i. N. F. Treaty all the nato countries despite suspicions and uncertain as it were persuaded it that it has paid no political cost its put the blame on america its muddied the waters and its lent once again that it can get away with cheating and having its allies cheat and when you have that climate of distrust and successful noncompliance theres very little system confidence in making treats his work and are you sure you would help with that and i saw you nodding along to what paul was saying that you want to jump in with with an observation. I meant to actually sponsored has to be political cooks to really to international lopez to be a coast. To sleep do you think the lack of consequence is always something we want reasons why these things keep happening lawrence the end of the i. N. F. Treaty leaves really only one major treaty that would really i mean at least on paper act as some type of deterrent for the development of arsenals thats the new start treaty but many say that that treaty is in jeopardy as well i mean is that the case well it is if the United States doesnt agree with the russians to extend it both sides of kept out and one of the great things about the what we call the new start treaty it allows 20 inspections each year by both the both countries and that has continued even despite the problems we have with with russia it can be easily extended in fact the President Trump board agreed to extend it he doesnt have to go back to the senate to get ratified nor does president putin have to go to the duma so that it get us to 2026 and in the interim we could begin to work out some of these issues i agree that the russians cheated on i. M. F. But the way to deal with it was to get back to the table and see what you could do without before just getting out of the treaty the russian technically violated the antiBallistic Missile treaty by doing developing a 2nd site but we kept talking to them about it and never obligated until after the attacks of 911 president bush felt we needed a defense not against russian attacks but attacks by other other other terrorist groups followed like the focus for a few moments on on china because there is growing concern about chinas arsenal many say that its not subject to any International Arms control treaties so 1st of all how worrisome is that and secondly. How large is chinas arsenal nobody knows they refused to give details they have a systematic refusal of transparency so that means. You cant even begin to discuss what numerical limitations would look like if its i see estimates at this in the order of 3 to 400 its certainly growing but nobody knows and that says this that theres a practical problem there theres also a conceptual problem what nobody has got a convincing model of what the right proportions would be. How many should america have how many should russia have how many should try to have how many should the European Countries you click on trees have theres no concept of water and that could have all global balance would be even before we begin to think about the non n. P. T. States israel pakistan and india and what their numbers should be so theres a huge conceptual problem to be worked through in addition to the practicalities of verification and declarations andrew what about the Iran Nuclear Deal obviously the u. S. Withdrew from it last year what effect has that withdrawal had with regard to the fight against Nuclear Proliferation i think theres an instant impact has been to increase hostilities between did us in the run and feels date when it would be coming dangerously close to yet another terrible misguided middle eastern intervention which will kill probably kill a lot of people and do actually no good. And i think this has to be seen as part of the weight of Foreign Policy because the Nuclear Powers world also d be extremely aggressive on what will stage and lean towards a Foreign Policy which has been that which has. Military interventionism very high and has generally tended towards going to war 1st i think we need to return to the table and its your turn to table. Return to negotiations because only who sheesh and discussion has to be preferable to every military engagements and some it feels like weve come very close to that over recent weeks and months and im very concerned that it is going to carry on about that too particularly with the current tensions between iran and saudi arabia which are becoming even worse laurance President Trump has repeatedly announced his intention to out innovate other countries when it comes to Nuclear Weapons and Nuclear Technology but hes hes also been speaking where that meeting with leaders like north Koreas Kim Jong un what kind of message does this cynic is it all seems very contradictory. Well thats part of the problem with the Trump Presidency he is studying these contradictory messages he says hes getting out of the Iran Nuclear Deal because he would like to have a better deal but the fact of the matter is the way to do that was to start negotiating not get out of the deal and put the put the sanctions back on and i do worry about a Nuclear Arms Race in the middle east between iran and saudi arabia to me that would be you know debt devastating so this was very important and the other mistake that he made about about the Iran Nuclear Deal was saying well i dont like irans other behavior in the region whether rating has will all get intervening in the Syrian Civil War i think youve got to separate those things we separated them when we dealt with the former soviet union when president nixon started these arms negotiations and all of us predecessors followed we did not insist that the soviet union and russia completely change its Foreign Policy and i think thats a key thing that we need to to to focus on you just cant change everything you should focus on the most dangerous thing which is nuclear Nuclear Weapons and right now trump has got a 2 trillion dollar Modernization Program for our Nuclear Weapons which not only is unnecessary but will take money away from other conventional capabilities that we need paula look to me like you you may have had a point you wanted to make i wanted to give the floor to you well a couple of points i mean i think that its absolutely correct that linkage of newton messes with other concerns is is likely to lead to its a general blockage but nonetheless those of the politics of the present situation and old these points are being made again and again in washington said cool so i know im not very optimistic that thats going to change at least on the presidency i also think that. Its important not to be too alarmist we should be concerned but not hysterical newquay numbers have gone down significantly since the end of the code cold war its important to realize that not everybody is expanding britain and france have reduced the numbers and keeping it very low levels of about 200. 00 ph and modernization is not necessarily destabilizing its necessary to submarines and rockets wear out if you they have to be replaced and nobody wants to build obsolescence systems so that leads to modernization but thats not necessarily a terrible thing so keep this in proportion but do worry about the advent of new technologies hypersonic missiles are going to be problematic some of the space based systems that are being introduced involve enter interactions with nuclear come on the control which could be very the stable stabilizing if attacked so it seems to me we ought to be not only obsessing about numbers and and impossible early nuclear elimination we should be very interested about the new technologies which are which are coming in which will interact with with Nuclear Weapons in conflicts and areas and of course all of that we should add cyber as a disruptive and uncertain factor which which may break in and slow to slow down on the gate to terror capabilities at any point if not controlled so theres less to worry about but all symbol to worry about that weve been talking about and governments over the years have continued to put out the concept or the narrative that Nuclear Weapons act is a deterrent to nuclear war from your perspective is that a valid concept. If you take that to its logical conclusion that would suggest that if every country in group wanted to to Nuclear Weapon were peace would break obviously isnt the case. I dont believe that Nuclear Weapons do keep us safe from the idea of it not a shot was fired mccools war is a myth which the people of vietnam would contest very severely so would a lot of people are going through one of those. And its not me just constantly made that is not an argument you think can be justified because all it takes is one nit clear weapon being set off and this is where i agree with paul actually that the obsession of the numbers doesnt feel particularly relevant in so far as i dont think it massively effects matters with the u. K. s 100 Nuclear Weapons were as 500 reality is that it would only take one to have devastating impacts and a devastating humanitarian cost we have to be working that number dying towards the 2. 00 but i do think that the broader the broader issue to be concerned about is the direction of Foreign Policy and the political circumstances which are allowing this to happen in the 1st place lars lets talk briefly about one of the one of the signs of progress in the fight against Nuclear Proliferation im talking about the u. N. Treaty on the prohibition of Nuclear Weapons now this can really only enter into force if about 50 more nations ratify it as i understand so in this climate in this day and age is that doable. Well i dont think its ever doable because the countries that havent ratified it all the ones a process Nuclear Weapons but i do think its sending a signal that just as we got rid of chemical and biological weapons there is hope for that in the future and i think you know one of the things thats important to keep in mind is if you had said back in 1945 when the United States unfortunately used Nuclear Weapons that almost 75 years later we would not have used them i think people would have said no no no that that thats impossible so there is some optimism one thing i would like to see is our adoption up in no 1st use policy which the chinese as theyre building up their arsenal they have at least publicly embrace that and thats something i think that people ought to discuss and could have much more traction than just banning nuclear or Nuclear Weapons andrew you know we talk a lot about the threat of Nuclear Weapons but if something so horrible were to actually happen could you tell our viewers a little bit about what a good a Global Nuclear winter would look like i mean what kind of impact are we are we talking about when it comes to the impact of life on this planet and be absolutely devastating tens of phases of people would lose their leaves over 90 it would be be done to italy and discriminately as well and we would be feeling the impacts not just the morning after that for years and years to come as well i think that we have to be very we have to be very vigilant about france of Nuclear Weapons because the it comes of it would be devastating noons it would be something which would be felt by people of all ages people. And yes it would be truly devastating paula we only have about a couple minutes left but it looks like you wanted to jump in a minute ago did you want to add something well i wanted to run back. A couple of things that we got rid of chemical and biological weapons have we weve got treaties banning them but very clearly chemical weapons are still being used in the middle east and its and the system which is supposed to verify in force that has broken down because of repeated russian and chinese vetoes in the Security Council we dont actually have an architecture of diplomacy and law and investigation which enables us to be sure that other people have got rid of all these things that they promised and on the biological side nobody knows whos still go to offensive capabilities so we shouldnt exaggerate what has already been achieved we should be more humble about the deficiences of our experience to date we dont have an alternative design from say the chemical weapons treaty which which would which would work magically in the nuclear case we dont know how to do this and that ought to set limits on the the kind of inflated expectations and Rapid Movement switch or being called for and if were talking about the ban treaty remember 60 percent of the human race is in Countries Nuclear countries where our alliances which say they will never sign it. Maybe theres a lot of small countries around the world big numbers of nicaraguas and better concerned want to carlos have signed that doesnt mean theres a significant shift in important Global Opinion which is going to make a difference all right weve run out of times were going to have to leave it there thanks so much to all our guests paul short andrew smith and lawrence korb. And thank you too for watching you can see the program again any time by visiting our website aljazeera dot com and for further discussion go to our Facebook Page thats facebook dot com forward slash a. J. Inside story you can also join the conversation on twitter our handle is at a. J. Inside story for me im a gentle and the whole team here by for now. Outside that blast and chicks fair of influence were able to bring a different perspective to claim that. When you peel away the list a cove a minute train the financial dog and you see the people in those words and those policies are affecting see the elation on their faces the situation that living in thats when all the us can identify with the story. That he has unfolding eric prince to account. And. Head to head on a 0. The 950. 00 s. A clash of governance politics and a challenge to french colonial. Any 2 part series aljazeera was tells dramatic story of how modern geneseo was born. Give us back our land and sea level the hospital. With rare eye witness testimony from the men who fought the french on the ground to newseum the battle for independence episode one rebel on which is iraq. Hello im mr hall with the top stories on aljazeera explosive allegations against donald trump have been revealed in a whistleblowers complaint which has now been made public it details how the u. S. President tried to persuade his ukrainian counterpart to investigate his rival joe biden john hendren reports from washington d. C. Democrats have a new word for the white house response to a whistleblower this is a cover up the accusation follows a newly released whistleblowers report that says the white house trying to lock down the transcript of a phone call in that july call President Donald Trump pressed ukraines president to find dirt on a rival president ial candidate in this case former u. S. Vice President Joe Biden reads like a classic organized crime shakedown the report says u. S. Officials told the unnamed whistleblower that they were directed by white house lawyers to transfer the transcript of a conversation to a separate Electronic System that is otherwise used to store and handle classified information even though the call did not contain anything remotely sensitive that left trumps new acting director of National Intelligence explaining on capitol hill why he withheld that mid august report from congress until thursday we consulted with the White House Counsels Office and we were advised that much of the information the complaint was in fact subject to executive privilege a privilege that i do not have the authority to waive so a white house transcript of that call shows that trump repeatedly urged ukraines Volodymyr Zelinsky to investigate whether joe biden sought to interfere in a conflict of interest probe of the Ukrainian Gas Company for which his son hunter biden worked at the time trump was with holding nearly 400000000. 00 in aid without explanation under fire denies using any pressure what these guys are doing democrats are doing to this country is it grace but theyre going to tie up our country because frankly this so tied up this so its good up as the director of National Intelligence testified here on capitol hill President Trump was at the United Nations talking to staff he told them he wanted to know who told the whistleblower about his phone call adding that they were close to a spy and then he said something that sounded menacing. This is. Definitely. According to the whistleblower several senior u. S. Officials were concerned by the president s call now exhibit number one in hearings to decide whether to impeach donald trump john hendren aljazeera washington saudi arabias foreign minister has the International Community to band together to combat iran abraham been. Made the comments at the Un General Assembly relations between riyadh and tehran nosedived further after a recent attack on Saudi Oil Facilities saudi arabia and the usa iran was responsible even though terror on denies this anonymous will be here today we be a historic responsibility the credibility of this organization and the entire world as its stake the Iranian Regime is lived with one of 2 options either become a normal state that respects International Laws and norms or face an International Unified position that uses all instruments of pressure deterrence palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to terminate all signed agreements with israel if it acts as a key part of the west bank and comes after israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu announced plans for more illegal settlements in the occupied west bank urge the International Community to help end what he calls Israeli Aggression in palestine now protests over the disappearance of dozens of students have turned violent in mexico. Its been 5 years since 43 students went missing theyre believed to have been abducted by gang members with the help of corrupt Security Forces no one has yet been convicted demonstrators marched through mexico city on friday demanding justice. The u. S. Is proposing to cut refugee entries to its lowest level ever 218000 in the next 12 months thats down from fashion 1000 well those are the headlines and next up its witness women of eisel stay with us. To do that because of. What in the world that it has of so how will that has not been on the spur 30 little. Hero mash in they go on much faster. Now than we did then im going to tell. You one who ha ha ha ha the whole world that i have been to you know what ive been told that. Out on me it has all the matter i have one how they dont. Jump all the other men are i but not an. Allegation how is that how. All. The loss of. All the little mother. And all part of. Their lives of what i have to credit. 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