193 Member States all represented in one of its 6 main organs the United Nations General Assembly. Its 1st session with representatives from 51 nations was in london on january the 10th 1906. The next few on your sessions were held in different cities then moved to the uns permanent headquarters in new york in 1952. Since then the General Assembly has made history from the cold war but can you expound affinity for that to the palestinian israeli conflict with controversial statements we will never ratified the u. N. Arms trade treaty to some undiplomatic moments to get it to one of the iraqi. Remodelled out of when we asked for that idea. The annual General Assembly in september is chaired by a president voted for by Member States. But does the assembly have to force its resolutions or to compel countries to act. Well find out as the president of the 74th session of the United Nations General Assembly nigerias ambassador to the u. N. Johnny Mohammed Bundy talks to aljazeera. Ambassador
It was a multiple fatality accident. We are seeing a bit of traffic approaching the area. What happened, according to to chp, this vehicle was involved in a fatal wreck. This vehicle flipped over several times. Four people inside of the vehicle were killed. The driver was arrested after suspicious of driving under the influence. An investigation shut down all of the lanes and people were forced to get off the freeway. There is still an investigation on the scene, this is i80 five in san jose. We have a crew op the way and we will have more live from the scene coming up. The rest of the traffic is light. Let us get steve in for the weather. Not much change from wednesday. We have rain and drizzle. There is a lot of cloud cover. The only difference is that there is a back edge to the cloud cover. By the afternoon and early evening you may see an end to this. Cloudy to mostly cloudy. Light rain mainly north. 70s to the south. Golden gate park, 55. Livermore sitting at 54 under partly clou
Relief chief. Thank you for joining us. The brutal impact of coronavirus lockdowns on the Global Economy is becoming clearer with the release of new Financial Data. The numbers only reflect up to the end of march as most restrictions were being put in place. Let us start with the Worlds Largest economy, the United States, which has recorded more than 60,000 dead. 4. 8 conomy has shrunk since the start of the year. That is the largest drop since 2008. New numbers from germany show its gdp is expected to contract by more than 6 this year, plunging the country into its deepest recession in half a century. And the economic heart of africa, nigeria, has been granted a 3. 4 billion loan from the imf. That is the funds largest ever aid package for a single country. All of this as the International Labor Organization Warns that 1. 6 billion workers in the informal economy are in danger. Nearly half the global workforce. 2 billion workers of the world, about 1. 6 billion have suffered massive d
Order calling it unlawful, invalid unenforceable. Could this open the floostates it is thursday may the 14th. Early today starts right now good morning, im david gura. Im frances rivera. A Top Health Official at the World Health Organization warns coronavirus may never go away as it resurges in some countries. The virus has now claimed the lives of almost 85,000 americans and has infected nearly 1. 4 Million People beaches in Southern California reopened to the public under the new rules people Must Wear Masks if theyre not in the water. Sunbathing is still prohibited. Pharmacists will now be able to order and administer covid19 tests. The doctors approval is notn wn will have to keep tabs on patrons as part of the reopening plan they must keep a log of all customers served along with their phone number Officials Say its to facility Contract Tracing if an infection spreads. And the urge to set sail is kicking in according to carnival cruisings bookings for august has shot up 600 there
Edge you can see, so maybe there is partial clearing this afternoon. Inland temperatures will be average. Oakland will be close to it. Lets head over and talk about southbound 85. Good morning, sal. Southbound 85 near cotton road, we have a closure of the freeway here on 85 southbound. You will not to be able to get a bike, they will be taking you up for an investigation, we have more details on what happened. Alyssa . A Dodge Durango packed with six people was traveling at a high rate of speed, the driver lost control. The crash had happened that 10 20 p. M. And the southbound lanes of highway 85, it flipped several times and, one passenger was inside the vehicle, and pronounce three male passengers dead at the scene. A female was also taken to the hospital and died from her injuries. Officers arrested the driver for suspicion of dui, the southbound lanes on highway 85 are closed, and chp hopes to have lanes open by 8 00. The driver was arrested, under the influence of alcohol. Always