On north korea that will cut oil supplies vital for pyongyangs missile and nuclear programmes. With chinas backing, the council in new york voted unanimously to adopt the us drafted resolution. The sanctions also force North Koreans working overseas to return home cutting off another revenue stream for kim jong uns regime. The bbcs nada tawfik is at the un. This is the 10th Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on north korea. None before it has convinced kim jong un to abandon his nuclear programme, but diplomats hope this resolution will bite hard enough to change the regimes calculus or at the very least, restrict its ability to carry out Additional Nuclear and missile tests. President trump specifically asked president xi of china to cut oil to pyongyang, believing it would be a pivotal step. According to the united states, north korea imported 4. 5 Million Barrels of Refined Petroleum in 2016. This resolution now caps it to 500,000 barrels a year a nearly 90 cut to a vita
On north korea that will cut oil supplies vital for pyongyangs missile and nuclear programmes. With chinas backing, the council in new york voted unanimously to adopt the us drafted resolution. The sanctions also force north koreans working overseas to return home, cutting off another revenue stream for kim jong uns regime. The bbcs nada tawfik is at the un. This is the tenth Security Council resolution imposing sanctions on north korea. None before it has convinced kim jong un to abandon his nuclear programme, but diplomats hope this resolution will bite hard enough to change the regimes calculus or at the very least, restrict its ability to carry out Additional Nuclear americas un Ambassador Nikki Haley warned there would be repercussions if pyongyang continued on its course. Todays resolution achieves an 89 total reduction of the kim regimes ability to import gasoline, diesel and other refined products, and should the north korean regime conduct another nuclear or Ballistic Missile
A move welcomed by the italian interior minister as historic. More direct flights for those deemed to be extremely vulnerable are planned in 2018, including single mothers, unaccompanied children and people with disabilities. Many people are trafficked to libya and risk a perilousjourney to europe by sea. Andrew plant reports. A military plane touching down easily. In italy. 0n board 120 women and children. African migrants. Refugees now flown directly to europe for the first time. They are part of the protection work that unhcr does in libya. We have visited the detention centre. 1200 vulnerable refugees, we have had them released. Tens of thousands of people fleeing their homes arrive in libya each year and attempt to cross the mediterranean to reach italy, their very first footsteps into europe. The risks are enormous. These people were pulled from the water last week when their boat work in half of the libyan coast, rescued by chance by the libyan may be. This year and for the past
Has overtaken the number of women dying from Breast Cancer. A bears eye view. How polar bears are struggling in the wild because of melting ice in the arctic. Sterne brings a whiskey. And its into the trenches in the world war one drama journeys end. Mark kermode is here to review that, and the rest of this weeks top releases, in the film review. Its five oclock. Our main story a man who drove his van into a crowd of muslim worshippers in north london, killing one person and injuring 12, has been jailed for life. Darren osborne, has been sentenced to a minimum term of 43 years, for the attack near Finsbury Park mosque in london last year. Thejudge said he had been on a Suicide Mission terror attack and had wanted to sow long lasting terror among the muslim population. Jess parker reports. Asummer a summer night lastjune, Darren Osborne mows down worshippers outside a mosque in Finsbury Park. Several were injured, one man died. 51 year old makram ali was crushed by the van. Today, outsi
Well, lets g in philly. I doubt thats the kates this morning . Not any more. In fact, i was waiting for your favorite two weather words when doing that explanation, you know what they are, radiational cooling, yes, thats what happened overnight in minneapolis. Now it is 24 below windchill and the actual temperature is two below. But heres where we are. Right now, wow, above freezing. With our current temperature at 34. And our windchill of 29. We will take that. Much, much better. Sunrise time 7 09. Weve got number of the day is a six out of ten, only because, it is going to rain later on, have a lot of cloud cover. But will be much milder today, it is National Grapefruit month. Yep, first day of february. Dont forget your umbrella if youre going to be out all day. Because good chance you could encounter some showers before the end of the day. So 48 degrees is our high. Mostly cloudy skies with afternoon rain. Then sometimes during the overnight hours that range will change to wet snow