U. S. President donald trump hits back at north korea warning that his countrys Nuclear Button is bigger and more powerful than pyongyang. Pakistan denies u. S. Claims that its not doing enough to fight terrorism as washington calls more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid. Visit a school in new york thats providing more than just education for vulnerable children. The u. S. Has called for an emergency session of the u. N. Security council to discuss the protests in iran the Supreme Leader of iran has blamed his countrys enemies for six days of violence which is now claimed the lives of twenty one protesters and one policeman riot police are now out in force in several cities i can as 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 arraigning 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 new york and at the Human Rights Council in geneva we must not be silent the people of iran are crying out for freedom all freedom loving people must stand with their cause this echoing sentiments expressed by President Trump earlier who said in a tweet the people of iran are finally acting against the brutal and corrupt regime all of the money that president obama so foolishly gave them went into terrorism and into their pockets the people have little food big inflation and no human rights the u. S. Is watching. This little evidence in the streets of tehran of the turmoil evident in some other parts of the country but there are deep concerns expressed about the rise in food prices and drop in employment. John a call by working but in this society im always stressed about the possibility of getting fired the next day always being worried about my job my family the security of my family the main problems people are grappling with are their security the economy and their livelihood ammonia dast and there are some who are poor and cannot make ends meet what should they do life is really difficult we have tenants i have a daughter and son both at school the high prices really put me under pressure at home irans Supreme Leader has broken his silence on the protests accusing irans enemies of responsibility montazeri if the enemy is waiting for an opportunity for a crack three which it can infiltrate because the recent events. All those who are at odds with the Islamic Republic have used various means including money weapons politics and intelligence apparatus to create problems for the islamic system the Islamic Republic and the islamic revolution. News agency put it reveals ongoing protest in a number of regions hundreds are reported to be in arrested and demonstrators continue to defy an attempted to government blackout of social media back at the United Nations the new president of the Security Council has confirmed the u. S. Has been in contact and discussions are ongoing but its not clear at this stage whether the u. S. Appetite for a formal meeting is shared by the wrist of Security Council members some may be reluctant to intervene in what they would regard as an internal domestic dispute. Mike hanna aljazeera United Nations irans foreign minister says head back at president transfer marks telling the u. S. To stay out of irans affairs jeffords or if treated Iran Security and stability depend on its own people who unlike the peoples of trance regional b f fs or best friends for ever have the right to vote and to protest these hard earned rights will be protected and infiltrators will not be allowed to sabotage them through violence and destruction frances president amanda macron is calling on president rouhani to show restraint the two spoke by phone the crown expressed concern about the number of People Killed during the protests the visit by his foreign minister to teheran planned for later this week has been postponed Eric Randolph is a. F. P. Medias Deputy Bureau chief and is currently working in teheran he says some Media Outlets are having problems trying to report on the protests well for now it seems relatively calm but i have to say that its very difficult for us to report from aaron i mean there are very tight restrictions on what the media can do. Around we know theres a heavy Police Presence but iran is actually not in the focus of much of the rest unlike the last major demonstrations in two thousand and nine its mostly been out in the provinces we had only scattered protests the last few nights but it does you slightly come as far as we can talk now as much as people want to see this revolution and some of the slogan certainly have been revolutionary in terms of attacking the islamic rebel regime and. These have been driven by economic grievances bread and butter issues such as i am employment soaring prices things that have been bubbling away in Iranian Society for a long time and people are simply fed up with the but they tried reformists they tried moderates they tried hard liners and conservatives and none of them have been able to deliver on what really matters the people which is jobs. And. U. S. President donald trump has warned north korea that he too has a new care button on his desk and that it is bigger and more powerful this was in response to kim jong uns new year day statement in which he spoke of the launch button on his desk for weapons capable of reaching the u. S. The war of words comes as south korea accepted the north wear off of talks proposing that the two sides meet next tuesday Bernard Smith reports. In the freezing environment of the Winter Olympics there might be a chance for a Foreign Relations between south and north korea hopes are being raised following the new year address by kim jong un north koreas leader suggested sending a team to the winter games starting in south korea next month government leaders in seoul were quick to seize the opportunity. The government proposes to hold high level talks with north korea on january ninth at the peace house in panmunjom true spillage to discuss north koreas participation in the plan chang Winter Olympics. South koreas president favors talks with the north as a way of managing pyongyangs nuclear and missile threats. The improvement of relations between north and south korea cannot go separately with the resolving north Koreas Nuclear program so the Foreign Ministry should coordinate closely with allies and the International Community regarding this. The chinese say theyve noted what they call positive signals from both sides of the border. Well. China welcomes it supports north and south korea taking if its to treat this is an opportunity to improve mutual relations promote the alleviation of the situation on the Korean Peninsula and realize denuclearization on the peninsula. While offering to send a team of athletes to the olympics came. The Nuclear Button is always on the desk of my office a north Korean Nuclear bomb test last year as well as the firing of more than twenty missiles continue to defy the world u. S. President donald trump wants to toughen sanctions further as pyongyang continues to develop Nuclear Missiles it says it will be capable of hitting the continental United States if negotiators do meet next week ahead of the Winter Olympics will be the first formal talks in two years Bernard Smith aljazeera their state department is skeptical about kim jong uns sincerity to hold talks with south korea you know if if the two countries decide that they want to have talks that would be certainly their choice we have a very strong relationship with the republic of korea as we do with japan we have had a Strong Alliance with them for many many decades that hasnt changed kim jong un may be trying to drive a wedge of some sort between the two nations between our nation and the republic of korea i can assure you that that will not happen that will not occur we are very skeptical of kim jong uns sincerity and sitting down and having talks our policy hasnt changed the South Koreans policy has not changed that we both support a denuclearized Korean Peninsula p. J. Kim is an adjunct professor at hancock university of foreign studies in seoul who joins us live from there its very good to see you thank you for joining us whats on the table here i mean what is south korea hoping to achieve from these talks. Yes thats a big question at this point and i dont think there is a clear idea about what this is going to mean in the longer term right now of course the south korean government the government what it has in mind is north koreas participation in just opening a gate for now for the peaceful handling of the overall situation the starting point of that but however how thats going to proceed after the participation of multicore if thats ever materialized as of today the south korean government is calling those korea for the talks you know to arrange details and so on north koreas not answering it but lets say a north korea comes to the table and talk about the ways north koreas participation in the Olympic Games but what it means afterwards after the participation what it means for the principle as affairs sims still unclear because you wonder what both sides want from this. For now looks like from the conservative perspective here in korea north korea is getting what it once because north korea seems to be buying time with this kind of peace gesture because as many people believe north korea may be in the final stage of finalizing its Technology Development for making operational i. C. B. M. South koreas side even though we are sitting in the city and we are watching our own government government does not seem to have open have presented a clear picture of what its end game is what its you know the final goal is whether theyre just preventing war from happening i mean preventing war from happening is a very important goal but how we are going to deal with nuclearized north korea after that is as much of an important goal as as that is so that as are to the question is what were waiting for ok theres a safe eeling that kim jong un could be trying to drive a wedge between south korea and the u. S. Weve just heard from donald trump his latest tweet boasting about the size of his Nuclear Button that its bigger than that north korea i mean could this be a pretty provocative gesture by north korea. Possibly so the efforts to drive wedges between washington and seoul that efforts had been made for decades by kim jones father and his grandfather death has been north koreas strategy all along and looks like there is a growing concern that this time their actions could actually make that happen but however north korea south korea here in seoul we have enough for presence of conservatives who believe you know the tie between washington and seoul is the most critical one we should keep in place so i dont think thats going to happen no matter what the policymakers try some of the progress to policymakers try here in the city there will be enough of a reaction from the conservatives to prevent that from happening thank you b. J. Came pageboy head on the news on creating well tell you about a new israeli know that the palestinian president says he is equivalent to the declaration of war. And as hundreds of book around hostages escape we need to form a captive of the armed group. And its support Manchester City are in a league of their own in england details on the latest when coming up later. Here is plans to withhold more than two hundred fifty Million Dollars of aid to pakistan the decision comes after President Trump again accused the country of being a safe haven for terrorists and jordan has this report from washington d. C. The u. S. President doll tromped used his first tweet of two thousand and eighteen to attack the pakistani government trying to accuse the pakistanis of not doing enough to crack down on groups such as the one khan the network or the talabani say these groups are destabilizing not just pockets but also afghanistan to the west on tuesday the u. S. Ambassador to the United Nations nikki haley made it plain that the u. S. President simply wasnt tweeting elative turf in her words nikki haley said there are real concerns with what is law is doing to fight but the u. S. Calls terrorism pakistan had played a double game for years they work with us at times and they also harbored a terrorist attack our troops in afghanistan that game is not acceptable to this administration we expect far more cooperation from pakistan in the fight against terrorism in addition the state Department SpokespersonHeather Nauert told reporters on tuesday that pakistan knows what it needs to do in order to make the region safer and she said without going into too many details that it definitely means trying to crack down on these groups that are doing stabilizing the region and she said that islam abides complaints simply arent going anywhere. Pakistan has responded to the years announcement in an email to aljazeera pakistans envoy to the un right weve contributed and sacrificed the most in fighting International Terrorism and carried out the largest counterterrorism operation anywhere in the world us spokespersons should not shift the blame for their own mistakes and failures on to others went on to say pakistans cooperation is not based on any consideration of a but on our National Interests and principles bugs on our plans to take control of charities and Financial Assets linked to half a side too many believe was behind the two thousand and eight attacks and trash a good name as more on that. Theres a ten Million Dollar reward for any information leading to the conviction of hof is sayit yet here he is at a rally last week protesting u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of jerusalem as the capital of israel the United States believes saeed is the mastermind of the two thousand and eight attacks in mumbai over the course of four days attackers used automatic weapons and grenades to kill more than one hundred sixty people say he has denied involvement in the attacks and a court in pakistan found there was insufficient evidence to convict him in two thousand and seventeen he was put under house arrest for violating terrorism laws really made his release prompted outrage from pakistanis and the u. S. Government which is long been critical of pakistan when it comes to clamping down on terrorism the pakistani government has targeted saeeds assets and charities they include three hundred schools hospitals Ambulance Services and a Publishing House the government is blocking fund raising and there are plans to assume control of the un Security Council has also banned two of sayed organizations pakistan is under pressure and their flight this decision. Has come after the british by the americans by you and by india. This is a challenging time in pakistan u. S. Relations. We must see Decisive Action against terrorist groups parading on their territory and we make massive payments every year to pakistan they have to help pakistan says moving in on saeeds groups isnt bowing to u. S. Pressure its intended to fulfil its International Obligations reuters reports that pakistan was worried it would face u. N. Sanctions for failing to crack down on terrorist groups later this month a un Security Council team will visit to check on its progress natasha going to aim does era Marvin Weinbaum is the director of pakistan studies at the middle east institute he says chumps criticism is likely to backfire. What were seeing here is a continued frustration with touches down i think the question here is will this tweet which seems to frame where our Foreign Policy is toward pakistan at the moment whether this will be constructible or not theres some reason to believe that the character of the language that President Trump used will have will backfire. This is going to be very difficult for pakistan now to make further our concessions if you will to the United States on terrorists and terrorism issue also i would add that so much of this is predicated on the fact that pakistan holds the key to the ending of the or at least they are peace possibilities for peace in afghanistan i think that thats