A very warm welcome youre watching r. T. International with me becky erin good to have you with us this hour now President Trump has threatened to cut aid to un members who vote in favor of a resolution condemning americas decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital. They take hundreds of millions of dollars and even billions of dollars and then they vote against us where were watching those votes lead a vote against us will serve a lot now weve heard these threats from donald trump and weve also heard threats from nikki haley according to her twitter she will be quote taking names at the upcoming vote in the United Nations General Assembly theres also a document thats been released in the authenticity of this document is not yet been confirmed but it appears that the usa is threatening to cut off the aid of countries that vote against the United States at the upcoming General Assembly vote now this is going to be a nonbinding vote now this comes just a few days after we saw som
Coffee table diplomacy north koreas olympic delegation was welcomed by the south korean Prime Minister. Plus the challenge Small Businesses in nigeria come together to fight rising costs. Israel is responding to the downing of one of its warplanes by Syrian Government forces with its most significant attack on syria in decades israeli fighter jet was shot down near the occupied Golan Heights on saturday it all began when israel said it intercepted an iranian drone that flew into its airspace from syria israel replied with airstrikes targeting what it says were iranian bases in southern syria near the capital damascus the u. N. Secretary general meanwhile is calling for an immediate and unconditional deescalation and russias president Vladimir Putin is warning israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu against raising tensions. Well imran khan joins us live now from west jerusalem him and so what do you expect to come out of israel today. Well a Cabinet Meeting is taking place right now
A source of wealth for all societies. I personally im aware of the importance of human rights i grew up under a dictatorship and has high commissioner for refugees i witnessed the terrible repercussions of Human Rights Violations and im only too aware that we still have a long road to travel with the president this is not to deny that we have made considerable progress in the past seventy years people around the world have gained progressively greater freedoms and equality conditions a profound economic music and exploitation have been improved womens rights of advanced along with the rights of children victims of racial and religious discrimination Indigenous Peoples and persons with disabilities and perpetrators of all refigured Rights Violations ever been prosecuted by international tribunals. But hes also plain that the words of the universal declaration are not yet matched by facts on the grounds in practice people all over the world still in the world constraints on or even total
Dependent on food handouts plus. No right to be massacred to kill like. An emotional appeal is sung sue cheese fellow female nobel peace laureates visit bangladesh to meet a hinge of refugees. And hopes of a homemade revival is the first tamil film made in sri lanka more than forty years hits the screen. There were markham to the program russias president Vladimir Putin has ordered a daily cease fire in east include in syria and the humanitarian corridor to allow civilians to leave its defense minister says the ceasefire would run from nine am until two pm at least twenty three people were killed on monday in the rebel held on. Near damascus despite a u. N. Resolution calling for a truce across the country will monitor say one government is strike killed a family of nine on sunday syrian troops launched a ground assault entering the on klav through three towns harasta house and also we hear of a ship full near now that last time has reportedly been attacked using chlorine gas well as s
A soviet and russian jets head to rebel held areas and led and east and good. Speculation bells about the future of south africas president jacob zuma after an unprecedented delay to his state of the nation address plus. Three. Left off in florida for the worlds most powerful of rockets why it could be a turning point in space exploration. A magnitude six point four earthquake has hit eastern taiwan killing at least four people and injuring more than two hundred others this is a live picture from the port city of haifa say at least five people remain trapped inside this hotel on the brink of collapse one hundred forty five people remain unaccounted for john de silva has the latest. Working against the clock to search for survivors. Rescuers are using cranes to get to those trapped in whats left of the Marshall Hotel when the earthquake struck just before midnight local time the ground floor katie dean leaving the entire building slanting on its side. One of them says. There are two peo