And this is a news hour earlier from london coming out. In favor one hundred twenty eight against nine. Un votes by a huge majority in favor of a resolution condemning the u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital. Voting is underway and counts alone in an election many hope will finally resolve spains political crisis. And at least four people are dead after a ferry capsized in Stormy Weather off the philippines more than two hundred people were rescued. And im peter hall with all the days sports news a saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates walk out of a News Conference on the eve of the gulf protesting the presence of qatari media. We begin at the United Nations where the General Assembly have just voted by a huge majority to declare u. S. Recognition of jerusalem as israels capital null and void a spokesman for the palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas described the vote as a victory for palestine and israel has already rejected the vote and thanked u. S. President trump for his stance on jerusalem one hundred twenty eight voted for the resolution with just nine against and thirty five abstentions conscious who sided with america where israel guatemala honduras Marshall Islands micronesia nuru allow and togo palestines minister for Foreign Affairs told the General Assembly that jerusalem remains the key to peace in the middle east. Lisa. We meet today not because of any animosity towards the us but because of a decision which constitutes immigration on the genuine and natural right of the title of palestine and to all the muslims and christians of the world the american decision or not and heck the status of jerusalem as the holy city rather it will impact the status of the us as a mediator of peace but israels ambassador to the u. N. Criticize the body for what he called its double standard. Of caution that the United States the fusion is the one sided and harmful to peace the opposite is true you the one sided steps of the palestinians and the un that have pushed away for use with every and there is a revolution with every attack on my people the un has perfect it its double standard by recognizing jerusalem as israels capital the us will move its embassy there and the Us Ambassador to the Un Nikki Haley says america will go ahead with the move regardless of the un vote america will put our embassy in jerusalem that is what the American People want us to do and it is the right thing to do. No vote in the United Nations will make any difference on that but this vote will make a difference on how americans look at the u. N. And on how we look at countries who disrespect us in the un and when mike hanna joins us live now from the United Nations in new york mike you just pull apart the figures a little bit palestinians had hoped for maybe as many as one hundred fifty to come behind them on this turkish resolution wasnt quite that many why do you think there were there abstentions and of course those against. Well lets just go over the figures that were reflected in a similar vote on jerusalem taken by the General Assembly back in november there were six votes against this number has increased to nine toko togo duress and guatemala joining the no votes including of course the us but on the last occasion as well there were only six abstentions on this case youve got thirty five abstentions so possibly this is a result of what many members saw as a hectoring bullying campaign by President Trump and his ambassadors including the threat of financial retaliation should Member States vote in favor of this particular motion but even given that this massive majority vote going way above the two thirds needed to pass a resolution is in the way a very strong repudiation not only of President Trump and his decision to recognize jerusalem as a couple of israel but also the tactics that he and his ambassador have used in attempting to get this vote rejected i dont particularly like the ambassador to the u. N. The u. S. Ambassador nikki haley even when affair theyre saying that obviously the u. S. Is the biggest contributor to the u. N. And this will change the way the u. S. Sees the u. N. Could this end up with with a shift from the u. S. Within the u. N. Family. Well the u. S. Has since the trumpet ministration come into power been hinting at cutting contributions to various aspects of the un operations it does pay as much as a quarter to keep the various organizations off the u. S. U. N. Running including peacekeeping but it does seem particularly from President Trumps comments yesterday that at present the focus is a very personal one if one can put it that way is that hes going to go after Member States states perhaps such as yemen who introduced this particular resolution and who in this year got well over six hundred fifty Million Dollars in humanitarian aid from the United States but it does appear from President Trumps comments and indeed nikki haleys comments that the immediate target is going to be a retaliation against individual states rather than at this stage any form of organized coordinated action against the United Nations itself that may change the in the days and weeks ahead given the nature of this u. S. Administration as mike hanna there giving us his reaction to that vote at the United NationsGeneral Assembly well how the abdel i mean it is in ramallah where of course it matters the most and the reaction there so far harder its a victory as far as the president is concerned. Yes absolutely and actually there was an issued a Statement Issued from his office in where they. Talked about victory but also about basically. Praising the fact that the International Community did not bow to bullying and basically backed legitimacy now this statement went ahead saying that the palestinians will continue all deference in being International Organizations do u. N. Diplomatic initiatives as till they reached the creation of a palestinian state you do get the sense really when you speak to officials here and that was before this vote but they were pretty confident that it was going to resume should was going to pass they felt quite strong about it you do get a sense that there is a momentum and they know they have and the palestinians have a mentor him and they have to get it right they dont only have to get it right because there is pressure from the International Community because of all the attention theyre getting but they have to get it right because the Palestinian People themselves are sort of this illusion that this stage they not only angry at the u. S. And israel but they also angry at what they see as weakness from their own authorities today is a lot of pressure on the leadership here. President Mahmoud Abbas is now in france hes going to meet with emanuel macor yesterday and from what we understand and well have to see how all of this unfolds but what do what hes going to try to get is to get as a bloc to recognize the state of palestine and they leave it to individual European Countries on them to themselves to whether they like to do installed those bilateral relations yes or no because we did see through this vote that certain European Countries were on the side of the. U. S. And israel thank you harder harder doesnt mean that with the reaction in ramallah lets switch across to west jerusalem effectively the other side where harry force that joins us live harry just reading the comments from one senior politician that israel should cut ties with the u. N. And expel the organization from jerusalem i mean really they reaction is quite severe where you are yes its not the first time that those sorts of threats have been made and so far the u. N. Retains its headquarters here but certainly there has been extremely Strong Language directed at the u. N. From very senior israeli politicians the Prime Minister among them the representative there in new york as well and weve heard a brief. Statement from one of the Prime Ministers official spokespeople saying that the the government of israel rejects this vote and at the same time. Those countries the forty four countries that didnt vote for it the thirty five abstentions the nine votes against now obviously there had been a fairly strong play by israel to try and lobby some of the countries with whom it has been trying to develop Race Relations in recent years to not come on board with this resolution and despite the fact that there is a hugely overwhelming vote in favor of that resolution and it really does marginalize the u. S. Position on the israeli position to a large extent israel is trying to accentuate the positive in terms of the negative votes or the extensions many thanks very for sit there with the latest out of western. Coming up on this news hour from london the red cross warns there are now one million suspected cases of cholera in yemen. Well tell you about the linguistic divide thats causing thousands of them cameroonians to think safety in neighboring nigeria. And its fifty days to go until the Winter Olympics speech will tell us about the issues facing later on in sport. The u. S. Has imposed sanctions against dozens of people and businesses accused of Human Rights Violations and corruption one of those targeted is an army general in myanmar accused of leading a campaign of ethnic cleansing against their hinges the u. S. Has also drafted a u. N. Resolution banning nearly fifty percent of Petroleum Exports to north korea can really help joins us live now from the white house with much more kimberly i have to say interesting timing with whats going on in new york nations today for this to to emerge and tell us a little bit more about those that have been fingered. Its always interesting to hear at the Trump White House is what my experience has been in the last almost year or so youre right just when you think there is one major story of the day two and three can pop up and this is an example of that certainly this is something that has been in the works for some time of course we know that has been quiet here at the white house and we do know that the white house has been watching very carefully as the events are taking place at the United Nations were still waiting for reaction from that of press the white house number of times about that but in the interim perhaps as a distraction as some have suggested we see now have this executive order being signed against entities individuals what this is essentially is that the first use of the trumpet ministration of whats known as the global magnitsky act that was first expanded under barack obama and what this does as you point out is it freezes the assets blocks access to the Global Financial system for a number of individuals including a million marginal accused of ethnic cleansing and of course this is a follow up to a very strong statement from the u. S. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson saying that in fact the actions against the will hinge and rock and state amounted in the eyes of the United States to ethnic cleansing so certainly this is an example of these sanctions that have been announced of the United States using as it has said repeatedly all of its tools at its disposal to promote human rights and adding to that also to this request by the trumpet ministration to the United Nations with regard to north korea feeling that the saying things that were put in place there in september were violated with regard to Petroleum Exports now asking for in light of the view of the United States those sanctions being violated for further and tougher action many things can really help with. The wind. At least four people have died after a ferry with hundreds onboard capsized off the philippines it was traveling from the town of in fact turn to k. C. On providence to polydor island in rough seas the navy and coast guard have managed to rescue two hundred forty people some of whom were injured seven people are still missing jamal island has more from manila. According to the Philippine Government the next few hours is going to be critical rescuing those who remain trapped and stranded out at sea is now being conducted by the Philippine Military there is the air force there is a need also working with the Philippine Coast guard but its not going to be easy because of the rough seas and because its already nighttime here in the philippines what we know is that around eleven am local time around two hundred fifty passengers was on the ferry on its way to poor Little Island when it capsized it comes at a very difficult time here in the philippines its Christmas Season the most important time of the year for filipinos as the goal at this time on their way home to their provinces to celebrate the holidays with their families surprisingly though this kind of accident is the thing new in the philippines the philippines holds one of the worst records when it comes to maritime accidents still that has not been any we helped improve maritime standards here in the philippines the worst on record was around thirty years ago when the Passenger Ship collided with an oil tanker and left more than one thousand eight hundred people dead the International Committee for the red cross says that the number of suspected cholera cases in yemen has reached one million the u. N. Says yemen is facing the worlds worst humanitarian crisis with eighty percent of its population suffering from a shortage for food clean water and access to health care that has more. More than twenty two hundred yemenis have died from cholera since late april the disease continues to spread in what the u. N. Has called the worlds worst cholera outbreak the International Committee of the red cross says yemen now has one million cases. Going to got even though it is figures that we did with the u. S. One hundred twenty seven. Not that good idea yet but no we cannot recall these d. D. s why because children have not been vaccinated and we want to know what next more than eighty percent of yemenis cant get food or clean water and lack access to health care and fuel adding to their misery aid groups have struggled to deliver supplies since november thats when the Saudi Led Coalition blocked all ports of entry saying it needed to halt the flow of weapons to the rebel who thiis vowing to International Pressure the coalition has allowed some aid in but the u. N. Says its still not at the level required to help the more than twenty Million People in need a shortage of commercial goods is also driving up prices. The price hike will cost starvation of thousands of people many goods cant enter the market because of the closed airports and ports on the other hand we dont have enough money to buy things not only the people but the whole country struggling to survive more than two and a half years of war has battered the countrys infrastructure making the water supply unreliable and yemenis are trapped in a dangerous cycle malnutrition compromises the immune system and cholera exacerbates malnutrition the majority of people can survive cholera if given fluids to rehydrate and antibiotics in extreme cases aid groups are trying to expand access to health care and clean water one giant obstacle remains the war natasha going to aljazeera a straining place have ruled out terrorism as a motive behind a deadly car running in melbourne and nineteen people were injured when a man plowed his vehicle into a busy intersection they say vagina the history of Mental Health issues. Catalans are voting in a crucial election that could mark a turning point for their region just chain once after a failed secession bed chicken spains worst political crisis in decades turned out a seventy percent has been recorded so far with process session and unity candidates neck and neck in the polls paul brennan reports from barcelona. I outside catalunya is largest polling station the queue to vote formed early and stretched out of the gates and down the street the polling day underway a mood of calm determination replaced the bitter words and strident campaigning of recent weeks inside voting was brisk turn out to be a crucial factor in the catalonians proportional representation system the prospect of an outright victory for either of the two main camps process session or pro unity its extremely unlikel