Has already killed. Welcome to the program the United Nations has slapped. Tough new sanctions on north korea in response to his missile tests the measures will restrict oil supplies bydel for p. R. Nuclear and Missile Program the sanctions were proposed by the United States and backed you never mislead by the council including veto holders russia and north koreas main ally china nikki haley the u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Says pyongyangs refusal to rein in its Nuclear Program left the International Community with no other choice their arrogance and hostility to anything productive has set their country on a destructive path nine times before today we have asked the north korean regime to choose the path of peace and if they do we would welcome them back into the community of nations but pyongyang has chosen the path of isolation strong words there from u. S. Representative nikki haley to discuss this further im now joined from the south korean capital seoul by journalist even more awake stephen its good to see you these are further sanctions but if tightening the screw on north korea are really making any changes or difference. Well north korea has already absorbed other rounds of sanctions and theyve proven to be pretty resilient when it comes to enduring Economic Hardship and so finding alternative forms of income other ways to fund their nuclear Missile Programs one thing thats interesting about these sanctions is that they specifically target north koreas imports of Petroleum Products which are very important for these weapons programs north korea has none of its own oil and needs to import a lot of its energy also a lot of the better off people in north korean cities rely on Petroleum Imports to run the generators that they use for their own private Security Supplies so the screws are tightening as you said and we perhaps can expect a major change right away but this is an important step towards further cutting north korea off from its source of income an important step that have been also backed by russia and china will the camera team be concerned about this. Certainly on the short term to be concerned theyll be wondering how there will be able to continue to supply their energy needs and all the rest but like i said theyve gone through this kind of thing before and there are unlikely to be pushed to some kind of major policy change over this they are have shown that theyre very determined to continue to pursue Nuclear Weapons they see that as a really important part of their identity as a country and how they sell themselves to their own population so we cant expect them to choose straight from any of the major policy goals just yet ok and russias u. N. Envoy has stressed that the resolution also includes measures where all five have to reduce military maneuvers on the peninsula but have a listen to what he had to say. Which would move us but your view in the middle is on his again we stress that in order to normalize the situation on the Korean Peninsula what is necessary a comprehensive approach is an approach which stipulates both the sensation by north korea of Nuclear Missile tests and an abandonment of scaling up military infrastructure reduction in the scale of maneuvers being conducted so that you for narrowing that clearly seems to be aimed at u. S. And south korea are they likely to comply with that. Given the state of affairs is how north korea continues to demonstrate increase of the staycation and its nuclear Missile Programs the u. S. And south korea are unlikely to draw back their military exercises just because the state of tensions remain that i level and its hard for them to say to their own people that now is the time to take a more passive approach now is the time to have more faith that north korea will keep things in a peaceful state so we hear these kind of terms a lot but i think south korea and the u. S. Have shown that theyre on the same page when it comes to having a firm posture against the north and i think thats unlikely to change others although this Steven Burrill week in seoul thank you. Now to some of the other stories making news around the world a teenage syrian refugee will be permitted to bring his parents and siblings to germany after a court ruled in his favor and the German Foreign ministry dropped its appeal the court concluded that rejecting family reunification in this specific case violated Child Welfare protections guaranteed under human rights and refugee conventions. A former u. S. 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Yemen was already one of the poorest countries in the world civil war drought and hunger have made it situation even more dire the country is now on the verge of collapse epidemics of cholera and diptheria have broken out those who receive no medical care have no chance of survival. The air attacks continue as does a widespread blockade some aid has finally arrived but its rare and doesnt reach many locations villages in rebel held areas have been isolated for months that means people are forced to eat leaves because no food is available aid organizations have sounded the alarm. Over eleven Million People who are what we declared in the need and thats one million more than last year and the some four hundred thousand children under the age of five who are in a very severe acute moment mother situation the war has raged for more than a thousand days leaving ten thousand dead most of them civilians. Lets go to spain now a regional vote the country had hoped would stifle separatist sentiment as only deepened the countrys constitutional crisis thats because cattle and separatists held on to their majority the Pro Independence leader carr last put him on could now become catalonia as regional president yet again but hes still in exile in brussels even though separatist parties won more than half the seats in the cattle and parliament it was the anti independent Citizens Party that picked up the largest individual share of the vote meanwhile spains Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy is still refusing to consider independence for the region he declined an offer from put him on to meet on neutral ground. My colleague pablo foley ass joins us now in studio for more on this story pablo your resident of spain youve been following the story it looks like a complete deadlock to most of us and it is and its impossible to ignore particular when youre in spain or across europe for that matter now obviously what the next move is the Million Dollar question why do you want to hold the spanish Prime Minister has said that he will speak to the next president whoever he may be but also he said under the right conditions now what he was hinting at was the fact that catalyst was among the former premier the former president who is currently in exile in belgium looks like the possible next president of the region of catalonia but of course the minute he comes back to spain he will most likely be arrested because of these charges against him for sedition and rebellion related back to the first of october. Referendum which was deemed illegal by spain but of course many of the holy has also said that hes very much willing to speak to the head of the Citizens Party that is in the mother who they are the party with the most number of votes in the region of catalonia but to so most were essentially in a situation of deadlock and its going to be very difficult for a government to be formed in the pro independent side and also in those parties who are very much against the idea of independence and in favor of that union with spain basically maintaining the situation that were in in the moment in spain ok and the European Union is definitely watching all of this unfold very very closely many people in spain perhaps are wanting the blocks intervene but that hasnt happened why is that no its very much the e. U. Has essentially said that this is an internal matter that spain needs to resolve but they also have very much backed. The government in the dritte particularly germany and france and i think its quite important that we hear what this m. E. P. From germany has to say on the issue. I think mr puts it is very emotional not exactly realistic and easily carried by the emotions of the moment in the masses mr a hole is sometimes a bit stubborn and does not have the flexibility or the openness to approach others. Think its incredibly telling essential what the reaction has been particularly from france and germany on the one hand hes very much backing up money on overhaul the madrid government but on the other hand hes saying that perhaps the tactics or the way that money on a whole has approached the issue in catalonia hasnt exactly been the best way to approach the situation and have to deal with it so in the next weeks body on the whole is going to be theres going to a lot of spotlight on him to see on how he deals with the situation on the crisis in catalonia which is not going away anytime soon yeah especially with a vote that was meant to bring more clarity and that hasnt happened. Thank you for joining us. The Winter Olympics are a little over a month away and alpine skiers are busy honing their skills for the flagship discipline in south korea the latest world cup event took place at the italian ski resort of madonna the company low but it was a different kind of men slalom the night race took place under floodlights. The streets jack human night race and madonna is one of the most eagerly anticipated of the ski season and it didnt disappoint switzerlands new cut and he was well placed in throughout after the first run of the mens his second run was even better. Than any pollock down the course with perfect technique to grab the lead. And wasnt he happy. But austrian great mausoleum will be the man to beat at the Winter Olympics however a mistake halfway down the second run meant this was by no means a flaw in this race for the six time would come when a a compost hershon managed to bounce back though he triumphed by just point zero four seconds to win his forty ninth race and reclaim the lead in the standings. And are minor of the top story were following for you the United Nations has slapped tough new sanctions on north korea in response to his missile tests restrict oil supplies needed for pyongyangs nuclear and Missile Program the sanctions were proposed by the United States and backed you know the mostly. Dont forget you can always get d. W. News on the go just download our app from google play or the apple store thatll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the deed to send us photos and videos. 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