U. S. Efforts to extend an indefinite arms embargo on iran have failed at the United Nations unless further action is taken starting in mid october iran will be able to purchase conventional weapons christine salumi has more now from u. N. Headquarters in new york it was a quick an unceremonious and to the United States efforts to extend the iranian arms embargo that is out of the war if that follows. In favor to watch again 11 at abstentions that draft resolution has not been a doctor. Every failed. Number in a statement u. S. Secretary of state mike pompei o called it an inexcusable failure saying quote the Security Council paved the way for the worlds leading state sponsor of terrorism to buy and sell conventional weapons without specific u. N. Restrictions in place for the 1st time in over a decade under an agreement negotiated by the 5 permanent members of the Security Council and germany aimed at stopping iran from developing Nuclear Weapons the 13 year old ban on conventional weapons sales is due to expire in october russia and china accusing the us of undermining the deal had threatened to veto the resolution but didnt have to the Dominican Republic was the only other country to vote for it the u. S. Has threatened to trigger the return of all International Sanctions on iran through a snapback provision written into the nuclear deal but other members of the Security Council say the u. S. Lost the right to do that when it withdrew from the deal 2 years ago europeans are warning of adverse consequences for the Security Council if a legal dispute over snapback ensues for them preventing iran from getting a Nuclear Weapon remains paramount kristen salumi aljazeera the United Nations. Been following the story from tehran he says iran will be treating the failed bid as a win for the u. S. Even going into this vote at the United Nations to extend the arms embargo we had had some strong rhetoric and language coming out from the iran president Hassan Rouhani had warned of a crushing response if the arms embargo had been extended from mr divides the reef had said that the u. S. Approach was feckless and unpredictable and now weve had rain in a bus a 2 day United Nations call it a day back to the reins with very much see this particular back to that the United Nations as a victory for themselves and use it to show how little support the United States has in its approach to iran but also could be used domestically by the iranians because this 2015 nuclear deal didnt have total support across the political spectrum and president Hassan Rouhani and his government did take their political reputations to take a hit when donald trump pulled the United States out of that deal so this will be seen as iran as a diplomatic victory over the United States well lets bring in jared blanc hes a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and joins us via skype from washington d. C. Jarret so this u. S. Sponsored vote failed dismally at the Security Council how much is this being seen as a huge humiliation for President Trump and his team i mean only one country supported the vote well its a diplomatic. It just demonstrates that President Trump and his team are not only bad at the strategy of approaching iran theyre bad at just the day to day tactics of diplomacy it is unconscionable that they couldnt round up more than one vote for a resolution like this and jarrett so the u. S. Is now threatening to use this snapback clause to roll out yet more sanctions on iran is washingtons aim here to destroy any remaining framework of the nuclear deal and it is this likely to fail as well. Well its absolutely their aim and i think that the arms embargo is a red herring for the United States if the United States were truly concerned about limiting arms commerce with iran you wouldnt put together put forward a u. N. Count Security Council resolution that you know is doomed to fail and certainly fail as dramatically as it did today rather you would use quiet diplomacy with the very small handful of likely sellers to iran in order to Reach Agreement on limitations on the sales of the fairly short list of things that were worried about. So what theyre after is some kind of crisis that would destroy the remaining shell of the a and limit the ability of a future Biden Administration potentially to return to the deal i think that they are likely to fail in this as well and that the indication of todays vote is that not only will russia and china even any u. S. Not back effort no envoy to because theyll say the u. S. Doesnt have standing but that the europeans are very likely to join them in that view which will mean that youve got a disputed outcome at the Security Council and not one that really cuts off options for a future American Administration yeah you mentioned the europeans that i mean they and other world powers clearly want to mend. The nuclear deal whats the next diplomatic step is there likely to be some kind of compromise do you think. I think the United States has made very clear that it is not looking for a compromise that if it if it wanted to make progress on its announced concerns about the arms embargo i believe that there are things that it could do probably not to achieve a new u. N. Arms embargo but to effectively limit irans armed arms commerce its chosen not to do that its chosen to provoke or attempt to provoke a crisis with iran over the g c p o a and its going to try to do so whether or not it succeeds i think is a somewhat open question but but looks less and less likely with every passing day just a final thought here john iran will no doubt see this u. N. Vote as a diplomatic victory but whats terrazas next move particularly the run up to the us elections well i think that you know iran so far has been relatively moderate in its responses to us steps under the g. C. P. O. Way it has not itself chosen to shatter the shell of the deal my expectation is that theyre likely to continue that policy in the coming months and see whether theres an opportunity for some sort of reversal out of washington either with a new administration or because as President Trump has now said hed like a deal in 4 weeks after the election but of course iranian politics can be opaque and maybe theyll shift course. Good to get your thoughts thank you very much indeed for talking to aljazeera thank you thank you when all this comes as the u. S. Department of justice says it seized iranian fuel from 4 tankers headed to move venezuela both iran and venezuela are under u. S. Sanctions reports. The u. S. Is calling it the largest seizure of fuel from iran its incepted for tank is carrying more than a 1000000 barrels of oil to venezuela after winning a federal court order last month where for tankers theyre going to use them and theyre there. Theyre not supposed to be doing that or ones are supposed to be doing that and so we did we see the tankers and were moving them and moved to euston but iran says the liberian flag ships have nothing to do with them it accuses the us of lies and psychological warfare 0. 09 with a lot of know right now theres nothing planned because we havent had a request from our venezuelan friends as they are reactivating their own refineries u. S. Officials are experts in fabricating lies and carrying out shows in the media the details of the capture. When the seizure or do is produce more than a month ago all of the ships turned off the tracking devices seemingly not wanting to be found but whats certain is that trump is running up his campaign against iran in venezuela at sea the public documents suggest that the United States negotiated with the owners operators of those 4 tankers and arranged peaceably and agreeably for the transfer of the iranian oil refined oil headed to venezuela to other ships those ships are the ones that the president indicated have arrived in u. S. Waters or about to arrive in u. S. Waters that its way into has become increasingly more aligned to an oil from iran it previously received shipments in may and june although venezuela sits a one the Worlds Largest crude oil reserves it unable to refine its u. S. Sanctions corruption and a lack of investment is blamed for the decline of its oil industry the United States hasnt done a set too much to date actually seize the oil but the United States has a policy of. Of trying to drive Iranian Oil Exports to 0 theyve frozen iranian revenues from from previous oil sales so in effect that was confiscating it and yes this does ratchet it up another step venezuela and iran act isnt defiance of u. S. Sanctions for now the seizure at sea appears to stop much easier trade between the allies as a man the aljazeera. Tens of thousands of people have rallied in the belorussian capital minsk for a 6th night of protests over last weeks disputed president ial elections president Alexander Lukashenko as refuse to open dialogue with the leader of the opposition svetlana to kind of sky has fled to with a way that is calling for more protests this weekend stardust reports now the minsk. Was. Slowly but surely protesters in minsk are taking over the citys main streets after days of Police Violence as demonstrators were beaten detained and chased away protesters came out in large numbers friday they were joined by workers from a state owned tractor factory throughout the country thousands of workers are on strike to protest against a look at. The other kids. We cant stand the situation anymore people are afraid but they will be monitored have more people and now factory has many most locals. Who was there. When. They have come out of their factory and are now heading to the city center the protests and not only against the Police Crackdown but also against what they call are rigged elections these are very unusual. Arriving at Independence Square the protesters are met by soldiers protecting Government House pension starts to build but suddenly one soldier drops his shield and then this happens. The the. Peace remember you have a mother to my baby you cannot do this why are you standing here. Meanwhile look at shankar is warning of more violence as he accuses foreigners of provoking the protests new sudesh we should just know what its stay clear of the streets now you have to understand that you and your children are being used like cannon fodder people have already arrived from poland the netherlands ukraine and russia from open russia and the valley and this old. The aggression against our country has already started to be you see in the july spirit detainees who were released talked about torture dance had to be taken to hospital immediately after their release others were treated by foreign ts who came to detention santa still held it in a moment were. Going to the judge in the most fractious bruises dislocations brain injuries knows fractures abrasions hema toma hemorrhage to brain and even to eyes is a nightmare fascist dont even do these things the government world does of mozart. While the government has tried to appease protesters by releasing detainees the wounds on their bodies had the opposite effect throughout the evening crowds at the Independence Square started swelling if tested and fiery mood in sharp contrast with the threatening words of Lucas Shankar and his soldiers standing nearby step class and aljazeera means its time for a short break here and aljazeera when we come back why the u. S. Postmaster general is being investigated for his stand on the service ahead of the ben ben actually. Flying i once again were live in hong kong where example it has 0 chance of flights from Mainland China more that stay with us. But. We have got more heavy rain in the forecast for the Korean Peninsula long a lot of cloud now stony outs of the side of china are east of russia to the west where the system just pushing in here and there organized by the seasonal showers they are set to continue thats the my front thats going to continue pushing a little further race words across a similar area nudging up towards beijing as we go on through saturday and eventually sliding a little further race which this week. One through sunday so you could catch a shower too although i suspect sheltered by the mountains it will be largely dry sunny style hot and humid 35 celsius here for central parts of china sun sign coming through more hot sunshine here 36 hours here as well southern areas of china will see some sharp showers joining up with the showers that we have across much of in the china or lobby downpours coming through here and the usual russia shower was a which was the philippines into malaysia seeing some with a way of showers also starting to crop up over the next couple of days into indonesia and also up towards smart rush hours continue main wall across a good part of south asia very heavy rain this nasty circulation pushing into the northeast of india more heavy showers for the west and gets. Abducted and forced into sexual slavery by the Japanese Imperial army. The socalled comfort women of the 2nd world war decades have passed but the trauma lives on. Whitneys on is the story of the women who campaigned with on wavering resolve for an official apology for this morning chapter in history. The apology on aljazeera. Welcome back if you come out of our top stories here this hour u. S. Efforts to extend an indefinite International Arms embargo on iran have failed that the United Nations it means terror and will soon be able to trade weapons without u. N. Approval the u. S. Says it will seek to trigger a return of all the u. N. Sanctions on iran in the coming days but this comes as the u. S. Says it sees to rein in fuel headed to venezuela it claims the cargo on 4 tankers amounts to more than a 1000000 barrels of petrol its biggest ever seizure iran has denied any connection with the shipment both iran and venezuela are under u. S. Sanctions. And tens of thousands of people are protesting in better routes for a 6 day over the disputed president ial election and violent Police Crackdown the European Union says it will initiate sanctions against those responsible for violence arrests and food in connection with the vote after a meeting of its foreign ministers. Now u. S. Watchdogs investigating the nations Postal Service which has warned it might not be able to deal with a large number of mail in ballots in the vendors election Congressional Democrats accuse postmaster general lou is the joy of intentionally slowing down the Postal Service a charge he denies as expected to be a huge rise in mail in voting due to the pandemic President Trump has tried to restrict the method because he says its susceptible to fraud of mike hanna joins us live now from washington d. C. Mike so there were huge concerns over this issue of postal voting in the election and now the Inspector General is launching a probe tell us whats been happening. But indeed yes so last week democrats in congress wrote a letter to. The Inspector General ask and came to take a look at the situation within the Postal Service now that has been dying indeed in recent months there have been all sorts of problems in the Postal Service theres been a 10 percent reduction in letter sorting machines theres been delays of up to a week in postage and this all follows the appointment of louise detroit a close friend and confidante of President Trump as postmaster general so its likely that this investigation by the Inspector General is going to look at the new postmaster general who has fired a number of people in key positions hes reassigned others so certainly it will focus on what he has done to reduce the level of the services of the post office now looking ahead as well of course its going to play a key role in terms of mail in votes for the november election given the ongoing pandemic but in july the Postal Service sent a letter to 46 states including d. C. Saying that it could not guarantee being able to turn around the postal votes to get them in time for the deadline in voting so this is a key issue and obviously any problem within the Postal Service particularly one that may be allegedly manufactured is of grave concern to all within this country yeah mike and President Trump says mail in ballots will make this election fraudulent but look the democrats say trump is actually undermining the election systems that houses likes to play out then in congress in the run up to the election. Well weve heard today from the former president barack obama who broke with what has feed this protocol since president trying to office and vigorously criticize the president for his stand on the post office saying that hes essentially undermining democracy by kneecapping the Postal Service and is actively encouraging people not to vote very strong words from the former president congress is obviously waiting for the report from the postmaster general but heres another issue where this all gets complicated Coronavirus Relief bill which has been drawn up by democrats in congress has been rejected by most republicans and the president himself the president now has given the main reason as the threat that in that bill there is 25000000000. 00 for the Postal Service to be able to conduct mail in voting he says he will not pass the bill while that money is given to the post office saying absolutely bluntly that in so doing the postal Voting System will not be working efficiently and therefore lists people will cast a vote by mail so there is a clear admission by the president that he is encouraging the voting process and bell in voting process to be logjam but one final point daryn highly ironic point the president and his wife have applied for absentee ballots to take part in the coming primary in florida this is exactly the same as mail in voting the president doesnt appear to have a problem with doing it on that occasion her my kind of there live for us in washington d. C. Might thank you. Now protests by opposition supporters in ivory coast to turn violent for a 3rd straight day demonstrators are trying to hold president Alassane Ouattara his reelection bid they accuse him of violating a 2 term limit but what tara says a new constitution adopted in 2016 removed it can address reports. This is what remains of a Police Station in the south eastern town of. As opposition supporters clash with security forces. Is the latest in a series of demonstrations taking place across ivory coast for the 3rd consecutive day. The protests threatened to plunge the country once an island of stability into its biggest political crisis since the civil war of 2010 the contention is a declaration by president and i said what to run again and. We are protesting for the present what to go because the constitution has been violated and we dont want to accept a 3rd term we call on the entire population of our records to join us in making what time i leave. In a broadcast last week the president announced his candidacy after a student successor but. Suddenly died of a heart attack. The fear of the country sinking into political and economic crisis has forced me to reconsider my earlier position not to run again i accept the call by citizens who asked me to stand for president the opposition has won that ivory coast cannot afford another bloody crisis. We invite the president of the republic to ensure that he can safeguard social peace and stability to do otherwise would be to open up a pandoras box that will give rise to uncontrollable. Former 1st lady simone but whose husband is still stuck in the netherlands after his acquittal by the International Criminal court of crimes against humanity says providing a level Playing Field for all is the all a thing that can stop a country sliding into anarchy. I call him president of had a to make let on by eligible to run and to free all held for the 2010 postelection violence he should also facilitate the return of exile of those ins everybody ends. With tension building some residents of the Financial Capital has started stocking up hearing for the worse. Still remember the events of 2010 im stocking up on supplies now look at the chicken we buy for 2000 c. F. A. Its now 3000 c. F. E. Even snail transport for. Have gone up by 30 percent. The president supporters say a change to the constitution in pretty 16 which also violent demonstrations clears the way for him to run again. Until 2010 ivory coast was considered one of africas most politically stable countries since then it is seen violent demonstrations even mutinous by soldiers a president ial election set forth in the book that are fears that the supporters could grow and place the country deeper into political tomboy. Al jazeera. Now for the 1st time in 6 months passengers from Mainland China are able to transit through Hong Kongs International Airport the city is gradually relaxing its Coronavirus Travel restrictions later on brown joins us live now from Hong Kong Adrian so the airport will now be open to some transit passengers what more do we know. Yes daryn thats correct Simon Hong KongInternational Airport there have been plenty of picture metaphors during this crisis over the past 6 months and this is another one of them as you can see its like a vast empty mostly and right now i remember this is one of the worlds busiest International Airports well things of eased a little bit on saturday as you rightly point out passengers arriving from Mainland China and now able to transit in hong kong for up to 24 hours although they cant leave the airport terminal now why is hong kong doing that well it seems that there are so Many University students in china who have to get back to europe or north america for the start of the University Year there simply arent enough flights in china because of the restrictions on sched jewels to to help them so the mainland authorities have turned to hong kong where from here of course you can still fly to most places in the world albeit with a greatly restricted shuttle so thats thats one reason now its going to help airlines like Cathay Pacific thats no doubt and this week c. X. Posted a half year loss of more than 1300000000. 00 in fact you know traffic passenger traffic on Cathay Pacific has dropped by more than 99 percent compared to this time a year ago cathay of course not the only airline in trouble airlines around the world are also suffering a similar fate right now on friday hong kongs government released some pretty disturbing data saying that it believes that hong kongs economy is actually going to shrink by up to 9 percent this year now these are the worst figures in almost 70 years this is the worst recession that hong kong has experienced since 1962 and of course if hong kong is unable to contain the coronavirus this surge wave of covert 19 then of course the economic picture will get even grimmer adrian thank you. India now has the 4th worst coronavirus death toll in the world after passing the u. K. The number of faith challenges has crossed 48000 has been another single day recording increase in cases with nearly 65000 new infections reported the government says the situation is improving despite criticism of a testing race. Australian Health Officials made unjustifiable and inexcusable mistakes when they allowed passengers with covert 19 to disembark a cruise ship in sydney in march thats according to a scathing report by an independent commission 120 of the 2700 passengers were feeling unwell when they left the ruby princess helping spread the virus around the country the Public Inquiry says New South WalesHealth Failed to get quick test results before passengers disembarked there are more than 150. 00 coronavirus vaccines in development around the world but fewer than 10 have reached stage 3 thats the final phase before approval and eventual production and distribution there are worries that the rush for a vaccine means safety is being compromised as gablers on the reports now from new york. On average it can cost more than 100000000 dollars and take years to put a vaccine through all 3 stages of development with no guarantees of success with time of the essence in the covert 1000. 00 pandemic many governments are picking up the costs taking the financial risk to help speed up the process the government has basically taken the risk out. No pay for the no pay for the street drugs and therefore the companies can move right along but in fact mr hughes the back while they were doing based while they are still unsure whether that actually works in the say because the governments going to pay for it but is safety being sacrificed for speed it was in 1955 when a laboratory rushed out more than 100000. 00 batches of the polio vaccine that mistakingly contained the polio virus but batches were recalled but not before they lead to paralysis in dozens of people and the death of some children the incident was a sad chapter in the history of vaccine manufacturing fast forward to today and pfizer is one of the pharmaceutical companies that has a covert 1000 back seen in stage 3 human trials theres no guarantee it will be successful nevertheless the u. S. Government has given the Company Hundreds of millions of dollars to speed up the Development Process in exchange if the Pfizer Vaccine turns out to be the one that works the u. S. Government will control the rights to the 1st 100000000. 00 doses the white house is pushing ahead so fast officials there claim they could have as much as 300000000 doses available by the end of this year in a program theyre calling operation warp speed some back soon experts i spoke to said they hope that moving so fast doesnt lead to mishaps like what happened with the polio vaccine you dont actually want to back see. That is developed at well i mean really you know you want a vaccine that is developed as safely and chiefly as any other get seen that youre comfortable putting in yourself or your child for now the race is on balancing speed and safety for the elusive vaccine in the covert 19 pandemic gayborhood sandow. New york dont forget you can catch up with all the news on our web site there what is on your screen the address aljazeera dot com. Time for a quick check of the headlines here on aljazeera u. S. Efforts to extend an indefinite arms embargo on iran have failed at the United NationsSecurity Council it means that tara will soon be able to trade weapons without u. N. Approval the u. S. Says it will seek to trigger a return of all u. N. Sanctions on iran in the coming days aljazeera as questions to me has more now from the United Nations headquarters in new york catch here is that the United States withdrew from the nuclear deal 2 years ago and so members of the council are arguing particularly russia and china that the United States doesnt have standing to make such a claim because it withdrew from the deal unilaterally it cant now come back and claim to invoke part of that so theres no clear Legal Mechanism to settle this dispute in the council if the United States decides to go forward in that way this could be really. To malta was time for the Security Council and there is no clear mechanism for resolving the dispute well this comes as the u. S. Says it seized iranian fuel headed to venezuela it claims the cargo one for tank has amounts to more than a 1000000 barrels of petrol its biggest ever seizure irans denied any connection with the shipment both iran and venezuela under u. S. Sanctions. Tens of thousands of people have protested in belarus for a 6th day over the disputed president ial election and a violent Police Crackdown the European Union says it will initiate sanctions against those responsible for violence arrests and fraud in connection with the vote. And u. S. Watchdogs investigating the nations Postal Service which has warned it cannot guarantee that ballots cast by mail to the november president ial election will arrive in time to be counted Congressional Democrats accuse postmaster general lewis to joy of intentionally slowing down the Postal Service which he denies expected to be a huge rise in mail in voting due to the pandemic. For the 1st time in 6 months passengers from Mainland China are able to transit through Hong Kongs International Airport the city is gradually relaxing its coronavirus restrictions its a much needed boost the citys flagship carrier Cathay Pacific. Those that were the headlines the news continues here on aljazeera a. J. Select statement thats what. Food production is wasteful and its training our planet. But pioneers are adapting with new food sources jellyfish is delicious with a very light seafood taste and a texture and some that tell him our aid. And innovative production techniques ive seen a vertical farm before i would never in a restaurant have to say this is great earthrise feeding the 1000000000 on a jersey you know. Because in the interview in your new movie. Theres no needle give a big. Muscular already nor. Would any one of the like a whole lot of little rock out about things. Like. That