General Assembly Hall they were in the same city for 4 days but all the high hopes of a breakthrough following a flurry of diplomatic activity led by the french president Emmanuel Mccall came to nothing no progress and no meeting between President Trump and president rouhani the dangerous deadlock continues as trump perhaps was preoccupied by the impeachment allegations against him that was being formed while he was in new York Developments the iranians were clearly following closely mr president while youve been here in the u. S. How closely are you following Political Developments here and is. Now President Trump either being impeached or being defeated in next years election. With regard to whats happening here in america we hear the news of whats happening but it doesnt matter for us because its an internal matter for america whats very important for us is that the American Government re stores the damage trust back to the world for now the u. S. Is focusing on the drone attack in saudi arabia and it clearly wants to use its assertion that iran was behind that to add to its maximum Pressure Campaign on terror on what i expect to see happen is when saudi arabia concludes its investigation and is done with the site exploitation where the attacks took place and cake they will then refer this matter to the u. N. Security council for appropriate action i think thats the right thing to do because this was an attack on the world and it requires a response from the world un officials agree that this is coming back here to the Security Council the un theyve had 2 separate experts in saudi arabia and their mandate is to formally report their findings james space aljazeera the United Nations well while International Efforts have been underway on the sidelines of the General Assembly to broker a new u. S. Iran talks a group of families say their loved ones are being held as political hostages by terror and there are slim signs of hope that theyll be released china reports. I cant get over the fact that im paying the price for some Dark Politics between iran and the u. K. In 2016. Radcliffe took her infant daughter on holiday to visit family in iran shes been a prisoner since accused of spying her husband richard on his 4th visit to the u. N. General assembly in new york calls her a hostage held he says for political leverage right now as nameless commits the crime those hostages to the hells happen puts her in some sort of Legal Process its a placebo crisis so she wasnt allowed to speak a trial had a chance whenever my public even to her and think of the present and she was convicted of having been told that listen if the British Government makes agreements one charge of one sentence or nazanin is not alone iran is currently thought to hold up to 30 dual nationals whose families insist they did nothing wrong this year weve known the familys alliance with a number of promise to say this now well theres still more to it happens to a hostage taking now iran is to keep the state isnt it is not the intention to tell the end there is a way in which actually the world is to worry if this can happen more moral that is they will not the same with tensions in the gulf spiraling an International Effort is on the way to broken new talks with iran through zuma briefing you negotiations are a good outcome at this point conflict would not make it without doubt that the situation of war is not good for my family one things ive seen this week is theres been increasing pressure on iran so this is unacceptable this cannot be allowed to continue. To the british i think the most important that we think of for us to have over citizens at the absolute sense and investigations in a recent phone call nazanin said i truly hope this will be the last time that you go to new york for the u. N. I hope that this time it pays off in very blunt terms that were not to that when he sent somebody to talk about some point 7 some of his life the the. Attritional volatile being held in the city all but 3 brutal way behind some desolate and. Garri radcliffe has previously been on Hunger Strike and there are deep concerns for her Mental Health as events evolve on the International Stage over which the family has no control there only the faintest hopes of an imminent release i dont know how aljazeera the United Nations in new york. Now palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas has threatened to terminate all signed agreements with israel if it onyx as a key part of the west bank and comes off to israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu announced plans for more illegal settlements in the occupied west bank speaking at the un General Assembly about the International Community to help end what he called Israeli Aggression in palestine. A week before the israeli elections Prime Minister netanyahu came out to our acutely amounts that should he prevail in the elections he would annex and apply israeli sovereignty to the Jordan Valley northern dead sea and israels colonial settlements despite the fact that all of these areas. Palestinian territories we reject this plan entirely all responses if the Israeli Government is to proceed with this plan all signed agreements with the government of the occupation and any obligations will be terminated. Home plenty more ahead for you this news hour including britains Prime Minister has suffered and another political blow as he tries to push ahead with breaks it. Hong kongs chief executive hopes have fans to meeting with the public in the hopes of ending a long political crisis. And the cream of wild are less eggs is in doha has the support from the international stadium. Now the u. S. Is proposing to cut the number of refugees to its lowest level ever if the plan is adopted the number of refugees allowed in over the next 12 months will be limited 218000 thats down from 30000 lets take a closer look at how this proposal would work Officials Say 5000 people fleeing religious persecution would be resettled there would also be a large number from iraq and Central America with space for people to apply from other countries the new limits would apply from choose day which is the beginning of the new Financial Year previous cuts have triggered protests from human rights officials while the aisle shocker is a senior u. S. Advocate at Refugees International and has testified before congress on Asylum Seekers she joins us now from washington d. C. Michelle one of the reasons that the Trump Administration are giving for why theyre doing this and is it likely that theyll face a challenge. Well i dont think will face the challenge necessarily although human Rights Groups again are very opposed to this the reason that the Trump Administration has given for reducing this is they say that because the United States expects to process about 350000 asylum applicants this year its necessary for them to limit the number of refugees resettled the same officers who process asylum applications also screen refugees overseas the problem with that argument is that most because of policies that been put in place over the last year in the Top Administration has really limited the number of people who get asylum and whether or not you can get asylum so very few of those people who are going to be processed are actually going to get asylum what were going to actually have is very many many fewer refugees being resettled overseas and very few people getting asylum were basically just not going to be having a lot of people gaining refuge in the United States at all. Just talking through these numbers if theres a cap of 18000 and a lot of these spots are already allocated to certain groups as we just described does that mean that other people fleeing other crises or unanticipated disasters should they happen they just wont be allowed in thats correct and even some of the people because this is as you have noted a drastic reduction from last year and then the year before as well ministration has continually continuously slashed numbers each year people already in the pipeline people have been vetted people who have already been referred for resettlement in this country will actually be not able to come from other areas that you that were not some of those that you mentioned well i also realize i think that until President Trump took office the u. S. Was the worlds leading destination for refugees so how does this now change the way that the rest of the wild views the u. S. I think thats right i mean up until 2017 the United States had resettled more refugees in any country in the world combined not per capita but in terms of raw numbers and whats happened is that weve really become ob reselling many many many poor people and what i think is going to happen is what weve seen kind of play out the message as i described before where ive sort of been a race to the bottom where nobodys basically gaining asylum or Refugee Status we might actually see that happen global globally where you see a race to the bottom the trouble ministration is basically saying well if we do less were hoping other countries will do more thats actually not what happens with Refugee Resettlement if we do less if United States does less its likely that other countries are also going to do less how can the United States expect other countries in the region especially in regions that are hosting millions of refugees how can we ask them to continue to take more refugees in places like colombia the welcoming thousands of venezuelans every single day places like jordan and turkey which are welcoming or hosting thousands and millions of syrians on how can we expect them to continue to take people or not to return those already there at the United States isnt taking any refugees at all weve always only taken the most vulnerable bowl refugees from different parts of the world very few people but that small number of people with whom you have resettled has shown the world that we care about refugees we support their efforts so welcome refugees into who is refugees and without that sort of moral commitments its really hard to see why other countries would necessarily do more and continue welcoming refugees where they havent this will lead to regional instability might need to return to refugees to countries where they might be at risk and so i think this could have it could be a kind of global race to the bottom in terms of Refugee Resettlement you know shaka that has seen us out of could at Refugees International thank you for joining us and giving us your insights on aljazeera and chaka. Now the Syrian Government did use chlorine as a chemical weapon in its battle for thats the finding of a u. S. Investigation secretary of state mike pompei o has condemned damascus saying the white house has been working on preventing such attacks against civilians but the regime has been accused of several chemical weapons attacks against the Syrian People during the countrys a. T. N. Long civil war President Trump has been pretty vigorous in protecting the world from the use of chemical weapons previous administrations havent been prepared to do that and the Syrian Regime should know in the world should appreciate the fact that were going to do. It we can do everything we can reasonably do to prevent this kind of thing from happening again. Now a u. S. Democratic senator has accused the trumpet ministration of supporting egyptian president sees regime chris murphy has also called on the government in cairo to allow demonstrations to take place egyptian Rights Groups say that Security Forces have now arrested many 2000 people since antigovernment protests began last week and more protests are planned for friday. President trump has been you know an absolute disaster for global democracy causes use and powered autocrats all over the world of the top of that list is president also you see the congress is going to be watching what happens is these protests some fold tomorrow we have seen words you see has done over the past week or so walking up hundreds of dissidents disappearing many were going to be watching we expect these protests have be able to be held and we are going to hold the egyptians to account if they once again of respond with force indiscriminate detention. Trade talks between the u. S. And china will resume in 2 weeks according to u. S. Media reports its believed a meeting will take place in beijing on october the 10th u. S. Officials had said they expected talks to resume next month a trade war between the u. S. And china has softened slightly over the past few weeks with with the nifty in of some tariffs the British Government has admitted to further breaches of a court order that bans the sale of weapons to saudi arabia and had agreed to back in june to stop sales to the country on the basis they could be used in the war in yemen under questioning in the house of Commons International trade secretary liz truss admitted further breaches of the agreement shes added that its possible that even more cases could come to light. My department identified the errors that had taken place in the export licensing procedure in relation to the saudi coalitions activities in the conflict in yemen. As i stated publicly on the 16th of september i am reservedly apologize for the extra long since is the my department issued an error i have also given my own reserved apologies to the court. Now saudi arabias crown prince says he bears responsibility for the murder of journalist. Because it happened under his watch thats according to a documentary set to be aired next week on u. S. Television now have been silent hasnt spoken publicly about the killing inside the saudi consulate in istanbul last october but un special rapporteur and yes calum says his words mean nothing without actions es a crown prince of saudi arabia so clearly everything at printing in saudi arabia or related to to saudi arabia is our printing under your watch i you know i havent found the statement as riveting as maybe some people may find it. I also think that. Act speak louder than words as far as i know he has not return an apology to the family he has not written an apology to the feel c. Of mr. He has not demanded an investigation into the chain of command and the mastermind behind the. Killing and the one person that has been repeatedly mentioned by the saudi prosecutor in relation to the killing meaning mr sauer dont get any advisor to mohammed bin simon that that person has not been charged and hes not facing trial so those words dont mean much for me. Still ahead on aljazeera why many afghans say theyve lost faith even before saturdays election. Coming on type in mexico families wait for answers 5 years after the disappearance of dozens of students. And in 47. 00 tries for england at the Rugby World Cup far out as a reaction. Hello there what a much better picture it is across much of china at the moment there seasonal rains coming to the end of the season so much dried generally little bit of cloud in the last few as really nothing more than that so dry in hong kong right there around to shanghai for the next couple of days rain showers likely into northern and eastern sections of taiwan but even then all the philippines staying dry for the next couple of days a manila enjoy the sunshine with a high of 32 celsius on saturday but the rains are pushing for the south again were going to begin to see this as a sign of 4 calls over the next weeks and months to come this hour of high clouds here giving an idea where the rains will be and in fact really pushing further south as we head friday on into saturday fairly hazy conditions as well at the same time with all this try to insert into kuala lumpur and again we could see more of those scattered thunderstorms more rain particularly across into india still these long seen rains are very heavy particular across northern and central sections not just there was seen some very heavy rain into colombo in sri lanka over the last several days so the streets looking like this and we have got more in the forecast but its particularly heavy through talk pradesh and particularly up and to be whole states in fact the India Met Department about warnings in place really through the next several days very heavy in particular into kolkata with a high there of 27. 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