Alone down jordan this is al jazeera live from doha also coming up u. S. President donald trump hits back up north korea warning on twitter that his Nuclear Button is bigger and more powerful than pyongyangs. Pakistan denies u. S. Claims that its not doing enough to fight terrorism as washington pulls a quarter of a billion dollars of aid. And a cartoon about a Sweet Factory in gaza tells the bitter reality of life under siege. The u. S. Has called for an emergency session of the u. N. Security council to discuss the protests in iran the iranian Supreme Leader has blamed his countrys enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters and the Police Officer died a big security operation is in force in several cities mike hanna has the latest from un headquarters in new york. Ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u. S. Priorities at the United Nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we
Button is bigger and more powerful than pyongyangs. Pakistan denies u. S. Claims that its not doing enough to fight terrorism as washington pulls a quarter of a billion dollars of aid. And a cartoon about a Sweet Factory in gaza tells the bitter reality of life under siege. The u. S. Has called for an emergency session of the u. N. Security council to discuss the protests in iran the iranian Supreme Leader has blamed his countrys enemies for six days of violence in which twenty one protesters and the Police Officer died a big security operation is in force in several cities mike hammer has the latest from u. N. Headquarters in new york. Ambassador nikki haley called a briefing to outline u. S. Priorities at the United Nations in this new year and top of her list the situation in iran if the iranian dictatorships history is any guide we can expect more outrageous abuses in the days to come the un must speak out in the days ahead we will be calling for an emergency session both here in n
Without live from doha also coming up in the program we cannot and will not accept you as a Nuclear State talking tough on north korea the u. S. Trials the pressure on pyongyang will continue. Another crisis for yemen as a dip bierria outbreak takes hold. The french president calls for more cooperation with the u. K. On the refugee crisis. The u. N. Relief and works agency for Palestinian Refugees says reduced u. S. Assistance would threaten Regional Security it follows an announcement by the trumpet ministration that it will withhold half of the Financial Aid it had allocated to the un agency is a diplomatic editor james pace reporting from u. N. Headquarters in new york. After years of conflict and poverty millions of palestinians rely on they will be devastated by this announcement that they should not cut the aid people here are sick and poor and have nothing to support themselves people here cant afford to buy bread so why does the u. S. Say its taking this action it has of long b
Coming up in the next sixty minutes there should be more socalled burden sharing to go around. The u. S. To withhold sixty five Million Dollars in aid for palestinians washington insists its not a punishment. We cannot and will not accept you as a Nuclear State talking tough on north korea the u. S. And vals the pressure will continue on pyongyang. Another crisis for yemen is that period takes hold. And pope francis expresses pain and shame the child sex abuse scandals involving the Catholic Church in chile. But first the United States is withholding hall for the Financial Aid it had to allocate if the palestinians through the United Nations relief and works agency now this means the trumpet ministration is freeing up just sixty Million Dollars of the one hundred twenty five Million Dollars it had initially promised for. Now the u. S. State Department Says the decision is aimed at encouraging other countries to also provide aid to the palestinians this is not aimed at punishing anyone
Hello im sam is a than this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. Risk is the education of half a million children one point seven million million food insecure people may not get food and cash the u. N. Condemns washingtons decision to slash aid for palestinians. Catalonia a new parliament is said to be sworn in facing the threat of renewed direct rule from madrid. Our nations most remain united on sustaining pressure until north korea takes concrete steps calls for tougher sanctions a twenty nation meeting to discuss north Koreas Nuclear program. And im sorry a small top seed rafa nadal is three into the third round of the Australian Open while number to see caroline firstly actually survived a major scare to advance in melbourne i. Now for the first time in its history the u. N. Agency which provides funds for vulnerable Palestinian Refugees says faces a challenge in meeting its mandate to Trump Administration is confirmed its withholding half of the o