The United Nations General Assembly has voted by a huge majority to declare u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital knol and void all in all a hundred twenty eight voted for the resolution with just nine against and thirty five abstentions countries who sided with america were israel guatemala honduras the Marshall Islands micronesia now roup palau and togo mike hanna has more now from the United Nations. On the face of it its a sweeping repudiation of President Trump and his policies the two thirds majority easily achieved in the General Assembly but its instructive to look back at a similar vote on jerusalem that was taken in november there were six votes against now nine togo on tourists and guatemala joining the notions who voted against that last vote in terms of abstentions even greater difference then there were six abstentions of this occasion there were thirty five so it does appear that the threats of president trying to cut off Financial Aid did have some kind of i
Has marginalized itself in the Israeli Palestinian conflict he is holding talks about mood of us a day after the u. N. Rebuked washington over making jerusalem as the capital of israel the palestinian president in turn said that the u. S. Is no longer a credible mediator in the Peace Process. I also said there be no two state solution between israel and palestine without an agreement between both sides sharply. I told president abbas that i did not approve of the decision taken by the us president with regards to jerusalem and i researched my support to launch a new policy to have a sustainable policy which is vital relations between israel and palestine it can only exist through a policy that we can help to support on this point i wish to be very clear there is no eternity of the two state solution and no two state solution without an agreement between the two parties on jerusalem. Has more powers for the Palestinian Leader Mahmoud Abbas greeted the french president a man michael very
And all of those are the problem and the headlines on aljazeera the Un Security Council has unanimously passed sanctions targeting north koreas fuel imports the resolution drafted by the us will badly ninety percent of Refined Petroleum product exports to pyongyang will catch on ones regime is already on the u. S. And e. U. Sanctions are conducting several nuclear and missile tests this year but by Widespread International condemnation michaela has more from the u. N. In new york. Well what has been a sometimes divided year for the Security Council draws to an end with a display of unity the resolution on north korea tightening sanctions passed unanimously and tighten the sanctions it does theres a massive reduction in the amount of refining the fuel that is north korea would be allowed to import also or trouble bairn an asset freeze on a number of individuals and one entity the north korean army well this resolution followed intense talks between the United States russia and china to
Hello im down in jordan doha with a quick reminder of the top stories here aljazeera north korea has called the latest round of u. N. Sanctions against pyongyang an act of war but also warned it plans to consolidate its Nuclear Program the u. N. Imposed exile sanctions on pyongyang on friday following north koreas recent Intercontinental Ballistic Missile test of thousands who joins us live now from the south korean capital seoul foreign so the North Koreans according these new sanctions and outs of war any response yet from the south koreans. No we havent yet had any response from south korea but policy watchers in koreas analysts will say that theres nothing so surprising about this statement thats come out from north Koreas Foreign Ministry and the language is something that north korea policy boards are quite familiar with its talked about how the sanctions are an act of war that this is an infringement of sovereignty of north koreas sovereignty and it will violate peace and stabil
And im Maryam Namazie in london heres a quick roundup of you had lines on aljazeera authorities in vietnam a vast more than a Million People to leave their homes in low lying areas along the Southern Coast before Tropical Storm tembin makes landfall Officials Say seventy four thousand have already been moved to safety from vulnerable areas tembin is moving southward and is expected to pass the province of some our one choose day before entering the gulf of thailand well the storm has already killed two hundred thirty people in the philippines where it calls the devastating landslides and flash floods thousands of people are being forced to spend christmas in emergency shelters after their homes were destroyed while mcbride has this update from the worst hit island of mindanao. Here in the city of hillah again as darkness falls people here as elsewhere in parts of mindanao are assessing the damage from the storm that passed from the landslides that happened from the torrents of muddy wa