Im watching the latest headlines here at r. T. International thank you for joining us. The u. S. Ambassador to the u. N. Nikki haley has signaled washington will veto a draft resolution rejecting Donald Trumps decision to recognize jerusalem as israels capital joining me live now to discuss this is caleb moore with more details. Hi there than hello so tell us more about the Security Council meeting. Well the resolution that is being discussed was proposed by egypt and it is widely expected to be very towed by the United States however its important to know that it specifically does not mention the United States there is no finger pointing at washington it simply describes a deep regret that recent decisions concerning the status of jerusalem now weve heard from u. S. Ambassador nikki haley she took to the floor and repeated what she has said in the past accusing the United Nations of being unfair in the way it treats israel this is nikki haley speaking at the u. N. Security council. Th
Counting has started in catalonia. The polls closed an hour ago in Regional Elections that are, effectively, a referendum on independence from spain. In fact this election is happening after a referendum in october was declared illegal and the Catalan Government was sacked. Well today is close. This is coming in from the Reuters News Agency as saying after 30 of the votes counted, catalonia the socialist parties are on track for an absolute majority in the regional parliament. Secessionist parties. Turnout has been high. This is spains major newspaper highlighting voters, and many of them coming out and where they went looks crucial to the result. We have seen big keys through the day, these were from early on this morning. Reasonably long waits, completely peaceful throughout. That is worthy of note because what we saw in october, will surely remember, these pictures when the Spanish Police try to stop that referendum on independence going ahead. There were violent clashes became a Ma
Abbas the palestinian president is in the joint president s press conference with his french counterpart and they are talking about the u. N. General Assembly Vote of less than twenty four hours ago repercussions of what it means for the future lets continue to listen to the president on the occupied territory this is clearly stipulated in the folds geneva convention. To which israel must abide yet it is not. In addition to these violations israel the completion forces has been wreaking killing among our people seizing our land and i hear what led to the call to the end sit in of. Me me which has become a household name that has been illegally arrested by the Israeli Occupation forces and also. This. Activist who has been. Attesting in a peaceful demonstration and he was shot and killed by the Israeli Occupation forces this is not acceptable in the name of humanity of mr president. The recognition of. The state of palestine is through investment in peace and the middle east it is also
Could still prove useful to the west. As a murderous bosher are i suspect in some measure is always trying to live up to the image of his father. The latest wave of terrorism in europe the refugee crisis in europe instability in the middle east and new tensions with russia can all to one extent or another be traced back to assad. Can be quite charming hed be a good kind of a person you would want to have a dinner party going back i did not see any evidence. That Bashar Al Assad could become the premier war criminal of the twenty first century. Is assad really a tyrant or simply a modern political leader is he a friend or a foe so far the west has not been able to decide one reason for this is that assad is a master at concealing his real intentions you have to put your seat belts on all the other way. For me for the you know its. In two thousand and nine two years before the syrian uprising began a french t. V. Crew accompanied assad and his wife as they drove to a concert in damascus
This is the story of syrian president bashar assad a tyrant who has waged a brutal war against his own people hes used chemical weapons should this despotic butcher be allowed to take part in peace talks with western states. We have to talk to assad and his representatives that. Assad and his russian allies have after all played a key role in helping the west defeat Islamic State forces but can really help to stabilize the middle east as a useful tyrant. Visit Syrian Government troops in the summer of twenty sixteen the Syrian Government has been fighting a bitter civil war for more than six years more than three hundred thousand people have been killed in the conflict ten million have been forced to leave their homes tens of thousands have been arrested and tortured in government prisons. But assad could still prove useful to the west. As a mudra bosher are i suspect in some measure is always trying to live up to the image of his father. The latest wave of terrorism in europe the refu