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A wedding celebration by mistake well our correspondent rob mcbride has more now from kabul. This seems to have been a Major Military operation in the mussa color district of Helmand Province this is a known taliban stronghold involving both it seems Ground Forces and also an airstrike now the ministry of defense here in kabul is talking about this in terms of being a successful military operation saying a number of foreign taliban fighters as it describes them were killed in this attack others were captured and a large cache of taliban weaponry was seized but it does seem according to various reports coming from Helmand Province including the governors office. Number of civilians were also caught up in this attack particularly from a Wedding Party that was happening nearby that was caught in this airstrike now the number of civilian casualties varies the taliban has issued a statement saying tens of people have been killed others injured other figures differ to that but what we do know it does seem as though a large number of civilians once again have been caught up in a battle between taliban and Coalition Forces and a number include colluding many women and children this comes of course as afghanistan is preparing for its president ial election in the coming saturday the last couple of days have been generally quiet here in afghanistan but we have seen generally a surge in the number of attacks taking place both by the taliban who have threatened to disrupt this election process and also in Response Coalition attacks trying to make sure that there is security here for this election to take place and we are still several days away from polling. 7 schoolchildren have been killed in kenya after their School Building collapsed at least 64 other students are in homes for so family members been gathering outside the schools rescue workers search for several children who are trapped under the rubble after so it has more from nairobi almost everyone has now left this scene there were many many people who just come to witness and what trying to come to terms with what has happened the minister of education was also here and he said the government has started investigations on what could have caused this collapse we have also not too long ago talked to a parent was still looking for his children 2 children who are missing hes going to 5 hospitals and he came here and the red cross personnel directed him to go to the mortuary so he was very very distraught the incident happened right there very hard to tell all cleared all these books to see youre seeing were left behind by children it was a chaotic scene children running other screaming we saw throughout the day some of the survivors collecting the books that are somewhat intact theyve taken them to one of the classrooms theyll be slaughtered later and perhaps will be reused and on this other side is the debris this was a 2 story structure that was constructed using metal sheets and some mood and there was a concrete slab that separated the 2 stories were talking with talk to people and i can see as well so a lot of people telling us that this is a concrete slab was very poorly reinforced now the 64 children who are in hospital doctors are saying are doing well theyre still there stabilize for many many parents parents particularly of the children who died in imaginable pain like this man i talked about still looking for his children. Dozens of American City flights are being organized for holiday makers who have been left stranded around the world after british Tour Operator thomas cook was declared bankrupt 600000 people are affected there mainly from germany the u. K. France and scandinavian countries all thomas cook flights have been grains it and 20000. 00 jobs are at risk and tunis is tourism minister has told the waters hes agency that the company owes hotels there 66000000 dollars some 4500. 00 british customers are still in his ear well others on the Spanish Island of new yorker have described frustration and exhaustion its not going to be any flights and were going to be going to be stuck at the airport to 7 oclock i think theyre going to fly at 10 oclock am it was up to 7 and i imagine they match stress. Not wanted really the full. Talking to do. All the people have lost their jobs. Im pretty anxious. Because i have sort legs so i dont know hey if im going to go to sleep and then have to get a glass full thats to take this to bottoming omar some way dales game so its going to be very difficult. And i wont even somebody tell you. Well catherine stansell has the latest from london. One of the worlds oldest travel companies ground it along with its aircraft in many parts of the world including Londons Gatwick airport the rich history of thomas cook and able to save it from collapse more than 20000 employees face redundancy the bankruptcy is a disaster for more than 1000000. 00 people who have books travel with thomas cook would be holiday makers now have to wait and try to get their money back through various Consumer Protection schemes and some of the 600000 people around the world on holiday are now stranded playfish dated to say the least. I know it will is a problem but its not a problem will go home eventually its going to whiting going right. Home despite a 1000000000. 00 injection of cash earlier this year the company said it needed an additional 250000000. 00 to stay afloat. I would like to say. To all our customers those who dont wholly the us. And those who have booked with us in the coming months. Bringing tourists home will be a mammoth task Britain Civil Aviation Authority says emergency flights are ready to go this is the largest reproach nation since the 2nd world war and we will be bringing home everybody. Back to the u. K. As close as possible to their return but well they contain either tens of millions of dollars are also believed to be owed to hotels and countries in egypt turkey and tunisia one hotel there briefly refused to let thomas cook customers leave demanding money fearing they would not get paid and this is what thomas cook was rescued from near bankruptcy 8 years ago and how people book their holidays has added to the companys plight. High street travel shops have been facing stiff competition from the internet and while Package Holidays like those from thomas cut off and provide good value many consumers are now shopping around Online Booking their accommodation and flights separately to create a prospective raval experience. Analysts say the company struggled to compete and there are accusations of mismanagement but the Company Hemorrhaging money recently thomas cook is a marvelous brand it has incredible heritage but im afraid in the 21st century in the a roches competition of the travel industry that counts for nothing or what matters is do you have a profitable business and sadly in the case of thomas cook we know the answer is no. A 178 year old business steeped in history but apparently failing to keep up with modern times cafe stansell aljazeera london. An emergency meeting has been held on the greek island of less false because of a sharp rise in migrants and refugees refugees arriving in boats from turkey it workers at the rio refugee camp say conditions are hideous it was built to look after the 3000 refugees sports houses some 12000 people and just turning new arrivals away before the clarifies the United Nations high commissioner for refugees representative increase he says other countries must do more than send money the last 2 months have been very difficult in terms of arrivals on the islands with many families Young Children arriving from turkey and who are afghans syrians mostly many of them are staying in 5 camps which are overcrowded sometimes 7 times their capacity particularly on the island of samples and levels it is creating a lot of tension among the communities which lead to weeks ago to the killing of one afghan miner by another miner so it is extremely important that. The greek authorities have the possibility of managing rightly but more transferring as quickly as possible people to the mainland by increasing the capacity of course the greek authorities are receiving up to 2000000 euros by the European Commission that what is required right now particularly for the unaccredited children is that european states take themselves part of them to their own countries and not only pay greece to deal with them and multi is the venue for a similar meeting the interior ministers of france germany and italy met the e. U. Commissioner for migration both malta and as they say theyre shouldering too much of the person looking after refugees rescued from the mediterranean sea. Now the iranian president Hassan Rouhani is on his way to the u. N. General assembly in new york but he says he will reveal full details of his gulf security proposal tensions are simmering after a series of attacks most recently a drawn on missile strike on society Oil Facilities saudi arabia and the usa irans to blame and u. S. Reinforcements are being sent to sanity iran denies being involved in the attack and has tonights the presence of more foreign troops in the region as a big cast more from to her on president rouhani spoke before he set off for new york and the context of this visit is that theres been an increase of u. S. Sanctions against iran as an increase of tensions in the region and theres a military buildup but also side you arabia has accused iran of being behind the attack on the Oil Facilities for president rouhani said this morning that the United States has cheerier motives. Are massively. Regarding the issues in the region they are exaggerating what has happened to iran because what is the reason for that the reason is that americans want to keep control of the whole region now they say they want to bring Patriot Defense systems into the region its clear they want to keep control of saudi arabias oil that comes from the eastern part this conflict is not about us it is about the american competition with chinese and others they are taking advantage of this opportunity president rouhani is also expected to present an alternative peace plan thats in the face of the u. S. Naval coalition that theyve put together what the u. S. Says is to protect freedom of navigation through the strait of her most president rouhani said hes planned called to her most peace endeavor or hope to talk to regional countries because he says the answer to security and stability lies with gulf countries in the region and the United States is only a source of instability iran also says that the british flag tanker stand still in peril which it sees back in july is said to be released that some positive news just as president rouhani is expected to land in new york. Well saudi arabia may take several months to get its damaged all facilities back online according to reports by the wall street journal it contradicts promises by saudi Oil Executives of a speedy recovery taking no more than 10 weeks from co c. E. O. Sought to reassure markets in a letter published on Saudi National day saying the company is stronger than ever yet as his advisors suv claimed responsibility for the iran co attack say a Saudi Led Coalition air strike has killed 5 members of one family this year and syria t. V. Reports that a mosque in the province of those hits 2 children from the same family are missing. The more than 24. 00 countries have signed a joint statement condemning saudi arabias human rights records its the 2nd such condemnation in just 6 months australia britain canada and purring among nations concerns about alleged torture unlawful detentions and unfair trials of critics in the kingdom the statement was read at the Un Human Rights Council in geneva the group is also pushing saudi arabia to reveal the truth about the murder of journalist last year. Israel has entered its 2nd day of consultations on forming a new governments after last weeks stalemates election the main palestinian israeli policies known as the joint list through their support behind ex military chief benny gantz in a bid to ice Binyamin Netanyahu the move breaks a 27 year long policy of not backing any candidates president riven rhythm continues towards the parties today before inviting one of the 2 y. Falls to form a government. Lots more still to come on aljazeera. Will meet children in this indian administered kashmir you cant go to school because of the governments crackdown on dissent. And in sports italian football deals with another incident of the races chants during a match well have all the details. Hello still by satellite you see very little over this part of the world and you would expect to apart from occasional showers in turkey run the caucuses but theyve gone the so were scratching at things to talk about its just quite weather to be honest the breeze isnt strong the temperature is around about middle thirtys or low fortys is cooling down slightly to rock and slightly in the lebanon but how they surprise the seasons now change is hardly reliable change 42 up to 47 off the coast of curator ive been observing for the last several days if not weeks the biggest change is with the withdrawing of the monsoon from india a spin off Tropical Storm going its way to the monacos probably hitting maziar the island that late on tuesday was the Gale Force Winds and a certain matter right i think about 100150 millimeters its enough when it comes on lot of generates more thunderstorms to flash flooding particularly on the high ground the marsh the stuff in this part of ramallah but beyond that its a quite picture throughout the Arabian Peninsula we havent got any more active weather in Southern Africa to be ours this is a frontal system a sport a lot of cloud up to the eastern cape theres been some rain generated the might be a little bit more as well the picture is still a rather cold breeze coming up from the size but you still got 21 in cape town. I asked quickly prepares to exit the e. U. People in power investigates disturbing allegations about the tactics used by the Winning Campaign we know that the law was broken and we know that campaigns over spent we know that russia tried to build a relationship with one of the key campaigns who paid could breaks it people in power on aljazeera. Growing up in harsh and unforgiving circumstances children learned to play dangerous games they said if i throw stones theyll destroy the house and take me worn down by frustration and broken promises young men living under the constant threat of imprisonment big took me to the jeep and blindfolded me the time for them to regain control of their lives is when the boys return visit my side and out at this time on aljazeera. Here with aljazeera quick to violence are all of the top stories this hour World Leaders are attending a special summit on Climate Change at the United Nations but they have heard impassioned pleas from young activists who accuse leaders of stealing their childhoods were about to hear from the laces and the World Leaders which include president emmanuel micro or france and of course shake to mean the hum of the town the emir all. Cats are theyre getting ready to address this Climate Summits Climate Action summit as the u. N. Secretary general had asked World Leaders to come prepared with lists of actions rather than mere warm words as you can see there the show the emir of qatar is sat right next to the french president emanuel my craw each world leader is given 3 minutes of talking times outline what they will do you present mccraw as 1st up lets take a listen to what he has to say now. With mr chicago logan. Colleagues of government minister friends. In a few words i was very struck by the emotion in the room when some of the young people spoke earlier i was lucky to speak to some of them and in many of our countries each to each week for months and months now weve had young people speaking and i think theyve identified an absolute urgency that we have to respond to here because we need to say were doing whats necessary but things arent going quick enough even if youre aware of things that arent working youre not going quick enough thats one of the things theyre saying to us they also say that were not sufficiently involved in the response and so on. I also want to play my role in in listening to them but i think that no political Decision Maker can remain deaf at this call for justice between generations and i think that collectively our young people our societies our companies and our investors heads of state and government. Should. Rebuild a joint understanding of the world we need to change our habits so that we can Work Together you know because if not. We will have a next of the. These denunciations that no action can respond to and then well also have actions that will be insufficient even though were saying that were doing what we should so the only way to have a useful form of action working with our young people is also to establish understanding and to transform our collective system to respond to this imperative of the fight against Climate Change and for d biodiversity and we need to build useful actions we need our young people in our countries to tell us to work faster we need the young people to help us to change things. To act and to put more pressure on those who are recalcitrant whether they are states or finances or companies this is what the 3 of us have been doing in most recent months and following the u. N. Secretary generals mandate were trying to make progress and i think that there is an action agenda. That isnt about not. Being self satisfied but it should be a positive agenda. Firstly we as heads of state and government need to work collectively to respond more quickly but we need to really keep to the previous agreement and to be consistent with its objectives im very pleased firstly today that weve had the good news of the ratification of the Paris Agreement by russia that is wonderful news it wasnt something we expected a few months ago so thats a sign of progress and i think its worthy of applause. Secondly if we want to act and we want to act powerfully we need to move towards Carbon Neutrality by 2050 weve built this coalition that continues to build with chile japan and other countries who of you who have joined i know that china is also moving in india has given encouraging signals this is an essential instrument within this framework europe needs to do more and from 2020 europe will take should take very clear decisions so that we can we can be up to the wishes of the new e. U. President ursula from the line of reducing our emissions yet further by 2030 so reducing emissions by 55 percent by 2030 meaning europe would have to work more quickly it will also have to be ambitious well have to have a minimum carbon price that is higher than the current 1. 00. This is essential if we want europe to be up to its own expectations and within that framework france will take on its responsibilities we have already ended any new. Oil exploration on french soil. Now the 2nd part of this positive agenda i think we need to have a trade agenda that serves the climate agenda. And i think that the most a great majority of us believe in an open world believe in a world of exchange of trains a world where. We do trade where trade is a factor of peace where trade can also bring people out of poverty none the less today we have to realize that our young people and sometimes ourselves we dont understand how the world works we want to collectively take back control we want to ensure that we have regional sovereignty and that we have a control of things and we understand whats happening and so for that we need to have a trade agenda that is consistent with our climate agenda when we are trading we have to be consistent i dont want to see. New trade negotiations open with countries who are running counter to the Paris Agreement i think that that would be deeply hypocritical given all of the debates that we continue to have today and also in previous studies. At least european level because you. That is a level that i can think of we need to have a Carbon Neutral europe and we need to have 0 imported d forestation this is essential this is a deep change it is a real revolution and it doesnt mean that we dont import certain things but that any imports should have a negative consequence we if there is a negative consequence in terms of deforestation for example that has to be compensated for if not well continue to have fine words but a trade agenda that runs counter to those words this is essential work that we have to do and then finally on financing here again we also have to be consistent with our actions. This consistency would mean not financing carbon heavy infrastructure we cant say that we advocate the fight against Climate Change that we advocate biodiversity and yet continue to finance infrastructure in other countries that it is polluting that increases the o 2 emissions and that runs counter to our commitments. There for each of us within our own trade and finance agendas has to follow this line of thinking. Weve had the International Development finance club where commitments have been made and announced yesterday to provide financing of 1. 00 to 1000000000. 00 the aim is to move towards the fore. Is to is to make progress yet further so there is still work that has to be done but this is the 1st imbalance the 1st develop were going to continue to finance Renewable Energies promote direct access for the global science to International Financing and also more we have many countries here who are committed to this agenda which is absolutely essential and which is very dear to us the Prime Minister of jamaica in the emyr of qatar will also be covering this agenda and talking about our mandate on the 100000000000. 00 that we should mobilize by 2020 that is essential for helping developing countries to catch up and so that we can have an agenda of Climate Justice and of social justice and Development Just one last word by way of inclusion in the immediate priority is the green founded. The conference recapitalization will take place in a month on the 24th and 25th of october its governance reform this summer to make it more effective and more accessible germany in the United Kingdom france have doubled their contributions france will put 1700000000 euros in to the fund. Norway has also doubled its contribution yesterday denmark and sweden also doubled their contribution as the netherlands increased its contribution we are now at 7000000000. 00 im speaking to you the target is 10000000000. 00. To also make up for americas withdrawal so maybe there might be some good news from the United States i hope that that will come during this General Assembly but im calling to each of you who have not yet done so. Im calling. And calling on each of you who have not done so to increase your contribution to the green fund another japanese friends are also want to see this i know that the m. E. Of qatar also has news to share with you so im counting on each of you. Action Action Action which we cannot believe our young people are continuing to spend all of their fridays protesting. We saw the emotion in this morning and we have to do everything that is necessary were still theres still work to do but lets do it together thank you. Thank you actually you know yeah thats the president emanuel my craw already has shared you guys next the next speech we are going to hear is from the emir of qatar lets listen in. Emmanuel michael. Usually on our resident emmanuel micro as your excellency Prime Minister andrew horners ladies and gentlemen at the outset it gives me pleasure to thank his excellent see the United Nations secretary general antonio with irish for his efforts in preparing and organizing this important summit the phenomenon of Climate Change is undoubtedly one of the serious challenges of our time it is a. Worsening challenge causing many problems including economic environmental and social problems. This phenomenon has very serious repercussions for all forms of life including human life and with and for both developed and developing countries alike. Especially in. Their efforts to achieve Sustainable Development which all peoples aspire to. This serious phenomenon makes it necessary for the International Community to cooperate and to double its efforts to confront it and to reduce its repercussions we dont need to look further than the devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian in the bahamas and the suffering of its people to realize the dire need for such corporations. All states must fulfill their responsibilities and honor their commitments under International Agreements honorable guests as the state of qatar has assumed its responsibilities as an active partner in the International Community to confront Climate Change in 2012 we hosted the 18th session of the conference of States Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. And the doha carbon and energy forum. Which brought together International Experts to develop Public Policy recommendations. For the Energy Sector and for governments on Climate Change as well as on alternative energies as well as Carbon Capture and storage the state of qatar has also spared no effort to ensure the success of the negotiations on the paris climate agreement in 2015 at the National Level the state of qatar and as part of our National Vision 2030 has taken many measures to develop technologies taking into account Climate Change. And clean energy as well as the optimal use of water. To reduce the loss of desalinated water and to encourage the recycling and the reuse of water. We have started to improve air quality and promote an efficient use of gas and energy. And encouraged Waste Recycling and green spaces and the same context and in order to achieve our long term environmental goals the state of qatar has prepared a set of goals. Most importantly those related to Renewable Energy to generate 200. 00 megawatts from solar sources within the next 2 years and eventually 500. 00 megawatts we are also seeking to regulate Carbon Pricing as a means of reducing emissions and driving investment towards cleaner options. As a host of the 2022 feet for world cup. We are committed to organizing an Environment Friendly tournament the 1st Carbon Neutral tournament in the world through the use of solar powered stadiums. And cooling and Lighting Technologies that are water and energy efficient. I would also like to point out that the Qatar Sovereign Wealth Fund plays an him active role in combat in Climate Change through the Qatar Investment authority a Founding Member of the one planet global so wealth around. Which was established in accordance with the initiative of his i can see president micro to promote Green Investment and accelerate efforts to take into account Climate Change issues in the Investment Sector and in the management of Sovereign Wealth Funds he cut our Sovereign Wealth Fund will promote and encourage Green Investment activities and will adopt low carbon Economic Growth which would help realize the climate goals of the Paris Agreement and would support the s. T. G. And allocate investment into sustainable Natural Resources ladies and gentlemen. As qatar seeks to play its role as an active partner within the International Community i announced that the state of qatar will contribute an amount of 100000000. 00 for the support of small island developing states. And least developed states to deal with Climate Change Natural Hazards environmental challenges and to build their capacity to counter their destructive effects in closing i wish this summit all success and i hope that we will achieve our goals for the good of humanity thank you major peace and mercy of god be with you thanks. Well then were just heard from the enemy of a shake time and been hammered in the ending his speech with a flourish under donation of 100000000. 00 to support small island nations and developing states who are most affected by the adverse effects of Climate Change we have also heard from the french president Emanuel Mcconnell who again had announced a doubling of funds in c. The green funds as well as noting the emotional words the youngsters and teenagers who it could be argued have helped to drive Climate Change to the top of the agenda a lot of food for thought there lets get more from our diplomatic hairdresser james beings he joins us now live from the United Nations james said 2 World Leaders speaking one after the other the secretary general of the United Nations have called for actions and see certainly got them from both french president and the mayor of cutter. Yes absolutely what youre now seeing is a succession of leaders talking but theyre actually coming out each time in a group of leaders thats because the u. N. Has divided this problem the problem of. Climate the Climate Crisis into 9 different im afraid its un language knowing different pillars and the pillar of employment finance is headed by 3 leaders youve heard 2 of them the french president emanuel mark rohr whos made some new pledges with regard to finance the emir of qatar and also speaking the jamaican Prime Minister drew homos the emir of qatar clearly a country whose wealth is built on hydrocarbons making some important clutches talking about the world cup in 2022. Talking about solar powered stadia and the 1st Carbon Neutral world cup in history or major sporting event in history and that pledge of 100000000. 00 for the small island states now these are states potentially that their whole existence is threatened by Climate Change and theyve been the focus of many un meetings the small island and developing states the un has something that is called the samoa part way to try and find ways to help them but clearly on this issue of finance theyre going to need help and certainly some of that finance now coming through from the 3 nations that are leading this one pillar of the 9 pillows that are looking at the whole issue of the Climate Crisis as World Leaders continue to speak were expecting about 60 to speak as ive made clear before some of not being invited to speak because of their policies for example the Prime Minister of australia the Prime Minister of japan and some of chosen not to speak for example the president of the u. S. Whos put a low level state Department Official as the head of their delegation but i must add i dont know why this was decided or whether it was last minute or whether it was always planned but we did see briefly in the general certainly hall Prime Minister sorry President Trump and his secretary of state. City in the audience listening to some of the speeches so even though the u. S. President is not participating he certainly was in the hall for some of the speeches. Ok thank you very much indeed james will certainly have to wait and see the significance of President Trumps appearance there at obit and on speaking appearance but thank you very much indeed for keeping across that a very busy day at the United Nations in new york thanks very much indeed james bays diplomatic exits are what we have. Ive been hearing from the World Leaders who have been talking to us about various pledges various actions they will be taking but its not the only major announcement to come knights of the its not the only major and i saw rather to come a its all for new york at the United Nations so lets head back to one of our top stories of course we heard from the United Nations secretary general antonio good terrorists who announced the formation of a Constitutional Committee for all of syria thats been seen as a step forward to restarting the stalled Peace Process aimed at ending the year conflict lets get more on this and talk to Joshua Landis whos the director of the sensor for middle east studies at the university of oklahoma he joins us now on skype from norway and in houma thank you very much for your patience very busy day in new york of course but this statement from the u. N. Secretary general is certainly of significance do you see this as a breakthrough of sorts when it comes to the conflict in syria. Well its certainly much anticipated and theyve been haggling about this for over a year the the shape of the committee is that 150. 00 delegates at this Constitutional Committee which is very large 50 of them are appointed by the Syrian Government 50 from the opposition and 50 which are called Civil Society leaders appointed by the un theyve been haggling over the nature of these people and who should be on and off. You know its hard to hold up much hope for this although the United States does the Syrian Government has put its foot down and said only syrians are going to decide the future of syria its already carried out one constitutional reform itself and its won the war so its unlikely to allow for the outside powers in the u. N. To change the constitution very much but the United States on the other hand is putting great store by this James Jeffrey the special envoy to syria the u. S. Special envoy has said that he hopes that this u. N. Action will be the leverage that drives assad from power has. Free elections and will will develop a Constitutional Government in syria and america is doing everything it can to push this forward isolating syria economically politically diplomatically and really putting the screws their economy the way theyre doing with iran and just are you mentioned there that you said the syria has already won the war so at that what are we seeing here is this same power allow the conversations that ongoing did that this is not signify in a way it is. And will talk to me more about that why do you think that the government if theyve signed up to putting people towards this constitutional confirmation if the if that the syrians have won this conflict. Well the russians are asking the syrians to do it i think thats the shallow and short of it and they need to they need to go along with russia russia is being i think smart about this they dont expect big constitutional changes i dont believe but they need to they need to constantly feed the u. N. And the u. S. At least to keep them off their backs now the u. S. Says James Jeffrey the special envoy has said assad has not win the war in fact the u. S. Occupies a 3rd of syria and much of its oil agriculture they believe that they can bankrupt the Syrian Government and get the people to rise up again as they would seem to be doing or a little bit in egypt and that they havent lost so he believes that america to win through economics and diplomacy well could not do through military might over the last 8 years that seems to be a little pie in the sky but who knows america is following the same plan with iran. Joshua landis great to get your thoughts there thanks very much for joining us there from the from oklahoma well have to leave it there unfortunately but lets turn to the other news at the u. S. Congress may be forced into a pietschmann proceedings against President Donald Trump thats the warning from the House Intelligence Committee chairman if its confirmed trump pressured ukraine to investigate joe biden though this is being reports say its trying to threaten to cut off military aid to ukraine if it does not investigate whether buys and he says position is Vice President to help his son trump ever insists hes done nothing wrong mike hanna has this report from washington. President trump continued to dumb play the reports describing his conversation with the ukrainian president in july as absolutely perfect. We had a great conversation. Conversation i had with a large majority with large rock n roll of the corrupt they can write large back that we dont want are people like Vice President biden. 6 grew up already in the ukraine the unverified and vague accusation against joe biden was echoed by the secretary of state if there was a lection interference that took place by the Vice President i think the American People deserve to know we know there was interference in the 2016 election and if its the case that there was something going on with the president s family the cause the conflict of interest and Vice President biden behaved in a way that was inconsistent with the way leaders ought to operate i think the American People deserve to know that joe biden says it was the Obama Administration as a whole along with the e. U. That called for the firing of the then ukrainian prosecutor back in 2016 and the matter had nothing to do with his son and President Trumps critics insist they will not be distracted from finding out why the White House Council will not allow the release to a Congressional Committee of the whistleblowers complaint this tweet from House Intelligence Committee chairman adam schiff. If theres nothing wrong with trying to score with the ukrainian president as he claims why wont he release the transcript if theres nothing to implicate trump in the whistleblower complaint why wont they release it to congress clearly they are afraid we must see both and even some republicans are expressing concern if the president asked or pressured ukraines president to investigate his political rival either directly or through his personal attorney tweets senator mitt romney it would be troubling in the extreme critical for the facts to come out the acting director of National Intelligence has been subpoenaed to appear before the House Intelligence Committee on thursday the question hes certain to be asked why is the refusing to allow congressional oversight of a whistle blowers complaint thats been described as credible and off an urgent nature mike hanna aljazeera washington. 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The United Nations secretary general antonio terrorists has announced the formation of a Constitutional Committee for syria its seen as a step towards restarting the stalled Peace Process aimed at ending the 8 year conflict i am pleased to announce the agreement of the governments of the Syrian Arab Republic and the syrian negotiations could mission for a credible balance then the inclusive Constitutional Committee that will be facilitated by the United Nations in geneva i welcome the progress made by my by the government of the opposition and my special envoy facilitative you get him and you know gardens with Security Council resolution 2254. 00 of 215. 00 and will convene the cause Additional Community in the coming weeks. Well i would have to ask and so james paynes joins me now live from the United Nations and james just how much my breakthrough is this. Well i dont think i would use the word breakthrough but it is clear that the u. N. Has been bogged down with regard to this Constitutional Committee for a very long time and it does resolve one issue and its quite an important issue if you go all the way back to the last time the Security Council really could agree on a nothing on syria resolution 22541 part about resolution was trying to draw up a new constitution of the syria and theyve got the opening part of that now in place whats been going on for many months is a as a row over names whod be on this committee there was a list put forward by the government this food forward by the opposition and a list of Civil Society put forward by the u. N. In recent months theyve been arguing over the last couple of names on that list really for most of this year now theyve finally after a meeting in turkey between the leaders of russia iran and turkey they came to a sort of resolution on those names the secretary general was very positive about that in fact he spoke to me shortly after that happened and but i think they want to double check that that this was all going to happen and it wasnt going to be stymied by the Syrian Government and thats why he sent his special envoy get pederson to damascus hes been there for the last couple of days speaking to the deputy Prime Minister Walid Muallem and there i think theyre pretty certain now this can go ahead so the Constitutional Committee which will deal with a small part of syrias big problem will meet we think in geneva in the coming weeks they will look at a future constitution for syria potentially at the prospect of elections to syria but of course this does nothing to stop the ongoing bombardment and bloodshed on the ground particularly in the Live Audience now jim said the other issue which has been looming. Our joy over the General Assembly is of course iran that you met with john its very far in the air at worki tell us about things that are moving with that regards. Yeah the Iranian Foreign minister had a small breakfast which invited some a small group of journalists to pretty clear from the iranian side that theyll be no meeting between trump and rouhani at this years General Assembly the iranians have conditions if that were to take place and certainly President Trump when he arrived here said well wait and see with regard to a possible meeting i think that now after the developments of the last 10 days in that attack on the institution on the installations Oil Installations in saudi arabia which certainly the u. S. Blames iran for iraq and iran said it was not responsible for that has changed things and that sort of meeting wont take place but we do know that there is going to be a new it initiative at the centerpiece of president rouhani speech when he speaks to World Leaders here hes proposing what he calls the whole moves initiative all of the countries of the coals would be part of that to discuss Regional Security arrangements under a u. N. Umbrella it sounds like a reasonable proposal and certainly echoes some of the things that have been suggested in the past by the United Nations by russia and even one point by the u. K. The problem i think of this format is the u. S. Will not have a seat at the table and i think its likely the trouble ministration will reject it for that reason ok james and i thanks very much dont go away well be coming back because soon after and then some not plan for syria the u. N. The secretary general shifted to Climate Change opening a Global Summits warning leaders its time for action and notes negotiations around 60 World Leaders are at stat un Climate Summit Climate Action the summit said but among those stepping it is a brazilian president s jared polson r. O. Hes been criticized for his response to the amazon wildfires donald trump was not one suggestion that sends but made a brief stop now the terrace opened the summits by saying earth is issuing a chilling cry stop. I am hopeful and i am hopeful because of you this is not the climate talks summit we have air the enough talk this is not a climate negotiating summit because we dont negotiate with nature this is a Climate Action summits from the beginning i said the ticket to entry is not the beautiful speech but concrete action and you are here with commitments governments are you to show you are serious about enhancing nationally determined contributions and that the bed is agreements. Made climate activists cretan both scolded World Leaders at the assembly accusing them of stealing her child through an action. This is all wrong. I shouldnt be up here. I should be back in school on the other side of the ocean. Yet youll come to us young people for hope how dare you. You have stolen my dreams my childhood with your empty words and yet im one of the lucky ones. People are suffering people are dying. And School Systems are collapsing and we are in the beginning of a mass extinction and all you can talk about is money and fame or tales of eternal Economic Growth how do you i 6. Once had to head back to new york and james bays is still where theres outside the United Nations ajay as we heard words of defiance very powerful statements from both antonio terrace and from address it soon bird but the one defining thirds was very much a call for action. Yeah absolutely i mean this is this this place the u. N. General assembly where the speeches are taking place has heard people from j. F. K. To feed castro to gadhafi weve heard all sorts of great orators but i have to say that was a particularly powerful speech coming from a 16 year old whose words have cut through on this issue of climate in a way that veteran campaigners and scientists who worked on this issue in decades that their words have not she was most critical of the World Leaders in the room scolding them for their inaction powerful words and clearly she is powered by what weve seen in recent days the youth summit that took place here on saturday but also that mass people process yet protest led by young people all around the world certainly she is very critical but the u. N. And the secretary general antonio the terrorists believe the young people are creating a moment and the moment because he says its so desperate in terms of the point situation a moment that gives the world hope that that actually can be a change and a change in actual acts. By World Leaders not all World Leaders though are at this summit its interesting to note the u. S. Not represented at the Climate Summit by President Trump or any other members of the cabin is a low level state Department Official leading the delegation but having said all of that in the end the u. S. Delegation the main delegation which is also holding a meeting on religious minorities did decide to step into the General Assembly hall and certainly President Trump was there flanked by his Vice President my parents and also secretary of state marvel. During the speech of chancellor merkel they were in the room listening so listening if not participating ok but certainly for those liberal leaders who were participate saying and i will some definite action being in ones notably from the french president to manno microphone but also from the m. E. Of qatar. I mean but one of the tiny. Yeah we heard some new pledges coming from these leaders just as was was demanded by the sec she general those 2 leaders you mentioned with the with the jamaican Prime Minister are looking at one aspect of this they divided the whole Climate Emergency into 9 different pillows and france chasseur in jamaica are looking at climate financing new money coming from france new money 100000000 coming from a small island states from cats which is also pledging shes going to have solar stadia and the 1st carbon free major sporting event in the forthcoming world company. James bays agad secure for me again lots to keep track of and we will be of course be crossing banks the chains for our saints from the United Nations the climate activists have been blocking traffic around key into sections in the us capital to draw attention to Climate Change she had written c. Has more from washington d. C. Than. This is what weve been seeing across. The sea for the last several hours this is independence avenue around rush hour just shortly off the rush hour actually to be honest but theyve shut it down the protesters have shut it down if you can see over there theres another protest apparently shut down the intersection over there as well the point of the protest that says it cant be business as usual say its a private emergency no more business as usual in maryland virginia and d. C. And what theyre also talking about is the intersectionality of the Climate Crisis various locations have been chosen very carefully like immigration and Customs Enforcement up the street outside there was blockaded immigration Mass Immigration as a result of Climate Change the theme Health Care Health care the need for health care as a result of capitalism which has led to Climate Change has also been a theme like lives matter is here all sorts of groups from different parts of the community. The drivers obviously around d. C. A pretty angry but