how was the nation of culture religion your democracy day september twenty fourth d.-w. did you know it costs fifty cents to feed one hungry child for one full day. if you want. to even a little. door. for the meal. was just busy and a time when your smartphone to gather and. welcome back you're watching news our top stories hurricane maria has devastated the small caribbean island of domenico and is now sweeping two words puerto rico in the virgin islands already ravaged by hurricane or i. mean mars leader aung san suu kyi

has broken her silence on the flight of muslims to neighboring bangladesh invited outside observers to visit areas hit by violence but u.n. human rights investigator say myanmar's government has denied them permission to go there. and the u.s. president donald trump is set to make a speech at today's annual gathering of world leaders of the united nations where we're looking at live images of the general assembly taking place right now many leaders waiting to hear what trumps america first vision means for global politics . and let's stay with that general assembly meeting in new york we're expecting donald trump to speak any minute now and let's take a look at exactly what he might be saying today we're joined by nicole renwick from the german council on foreign relations that's a think tank here in berlin nicole thank you very much for being with us let's just briefly take a look back at our yesterday where donald trump made his debut at the united nations a lot of people were looking to that to set a tone for what the next few days. may look like and was that surprising or it

seemed like a very friendly encounter for the first meeting and i well i think it was testing the waters some first day and we'll see you want to speech will be all about today it might be tougher because yesterday was the you know opening let's see or yesterday it was also was touching on the question of reforms the take us through what exactly the u.s. is looking for in terms of reforms and what we heard from the trying to administration yesterday and also the u.n. u.s. ambassador to the u.n. nikki haley and the u.s. is still the country which placed the most of the united nations and it wants to see the united nations become more effective more efficient and of course they're also looking for ways to cut costs and share the burden with of the countries which is not a completely new request but it's one that comes to a period where a lot of countryside trouble you mentioned that we're all waiting to hear what donald trump has to say today what are what are you expecting to come out of the speech what european need us hope that there will be some constructive talk on chen

chen and aging issues like terrorism the fight against poverty and other countries might expect that he will be very tough on north korea and of course we will hear something about iran how do you think that donald trump will take on the issue of putting america first in terms of this international organization how can he make those two things work together i think from the very start of his presidency he somehow tried to find a way to make it work so he would stick to his agenda america first so he will look out for. you know benefits for the united states but he would also seek compromise in areas where we need international cooperation and by the united states needs international cooperation and you mentioned europe's perspective there what key points you think european leaders will be listening for today but i think everybody is very curious about his remarks about north korea of course but also to.

terrorism is an issue it's a complex issue and it's something where a lot of countries have still rely on the united states on the support of the united states and so these are for me the tool important issues in iran again is so complex and difficult that we will all listen very carefully of what he has to say about iran and nuclear deal do you think we could see a change to that deal well we don't know if you want to ended and if you don't if there's mentioning this will be difficult because a lot of the important partners like great britain or germany are. totally against ending the deal so the u.s. would take a very isolated stand on ending the nuclear deal with iran ok nicole renner from the german council on foreign relations we are waiting for that speech from donald trump i will come back to you in just a moment for a bit more and also but first looking at another u.n. issue antonio good terrorist is urging all member states to take joint action to stop sexual abuse under the u.n. flag now the call came at a high level meeting a following widespread allegations of rape by the un's blue helmets in the central

african republic last year the u.n. is accused of mishandling the case alleged rapists on trial and the democratic republic of congo this is the first such case against united nations peacekeepers they're accused of raping women and children and the central african republic is one of the biggest ever scandals to rock a peacekeeping mission troops from france morocco and other countries are also alleged to have abused hundreds supposedly under their protection the un's reaction incredulity. it's hard to imagine the outrage that people working for the united nations and for the cause of peace and security. particularly involving minors which are so so hard to understand the. claims of sexual exploitation by un peacekeepers continue to surface whether it be rape or whether

it be selling sex for food or for money that is regarded as very shameful women and girls are very very hesitant to step up and admit that this has happened that's not the only thing that makes prosecution so difficult u.n. soldiers enjoy immunity from the jurisdiction of the country they're serving and all the u.n. can do is say we hope you're doing what you're supposed to be doing and the country struggles so trucks its shoulders excuse me and says the dossier is still open we're still working on it and years go by and the victims have no recourse. to what happened to them this training camp in ghana prepares soldiers for un missions over several weeks the country is proud of the reputation as and for peacekeeping not just in the military sense. that it is some of things to abuse somebody said. it is an offense to give some to my.

to give something like a james it me form of reason. for sex we do that. then we also in. order. to. priest mommy or recreationally. but not every country is as responsible as ghana and the treatment of its soldiers many blue helmets come from nations that are themselves embroiled in conflict. human rights activist pullet donovan says the u.n. hasn't. with any real solutions to stop the misconduct what's needed is for the member states of the united nations to create a special court mechanism that will take care of every part of this problem take it away from the un organization from intake to criminal investigations to the prosecution and to the judgment of these of these crimes but for now it seems that

the abuse of those most vulnerable will continue and conflict zones the congolese peacekeepers have not been charged with sex abuse so far prosecutors cite a lack of evidence. ok nicole rembert is with us from the german council on foreign relations coming back to this nicole sexual abuse by un peacekeepers these allegations are grave and it's been a black eye for the u.n. do any of the reform plans that are being discussed actually tackle oversight of peacekeeping missions i think what is important is not only to create a mechanism that these crimes can be taken to court and can be. you know solved somehow i think it's very important if you look at the fact who are we sending to this missions are these people well trained are these the best people we can really send you know to countries where there are a lot of problems and i think the u.n. reform has to also target the fact that we very easily send people there who come

from countries who have no other choice than joining the u.n. is very cheap in or labor aspired to are not prepared to morally. to really deal with the issue was that they are facing in this country so you farming the un doesn't only mean you have to look at the you know a new way of bringing justice to to injustice like this but to also look at you know who are you sick conduct and missions which are very difficult and honest so how do you how exactly do you reform that or do you increase for example the pay for peacekeeping soldiers you said better training and how could the u.n. carry this forward to make sure that there is accountability for peacekeepers. well i would like you said i mean there has to be better training they have to be prepared not only to be in the countries but that they have a certain modern role when they are you know central to these crisis areas and

my impression is the u.n. first of all didn't show enough responsibility after the crimes and i'm absolutely convinced and this evidence for this is not the only case and it's not you know a case that just came up a few months ago but this has to do with a long tradition of turning a blind eye to issues that a lot of international organizations facing when they are active in certain areas of the world where it will certainly plenty of issues for the u.n. general assembly to take up this weekend as a reminder to our viewers we are awaiting for donald trump to speak live and nicole will be coming back to a little bit later when donald trump does take the stage for now though we're going to move on to our top story again the refugee crisis man mars leader aung san suu kyi has now addressed the situation saying she does not fear international scrutiny of her government's handling of the crisis more than four hundred thousand range of muslims have fled across the border into bangladesh after a security crackdown by me in mars' military the refugees are languishing in

desperately overcrowded refugee camps. and heartache sent us this report from bangladesh. they keep on coming. more than four hundred ten thousand refugees from myanmar have already crossed the border into bangladesh and no one knows how many will still arrive. in the camps the situation is already at a breaking point. food water shelter everything is scarce here. many of the aid deliveries are organized by private bangladeshi citizens. if we do not help the governor. to bangladesh this problem will be difficult to solve and how do we damn that's not the refugees are getting increasingly desperate and distributing the aid to those who really need it can't be done from the back of a truck. the problem with the way this aid is being delivered is that it doesn't

reach everyone and that it's a matter of luck and sometimes even a physical strength if you get some or not but there are hundreds of thousands of people here who are all desperately in need of food water and medicine and what they really need is a large scale coordinated relief effort some forty kilometers north lies the hospital of cox's bazar the district capital. here doctors are treating around thirty rohingya refugees with severe injuries. they have sustained burns broken limbs and gunshot wounds. the hospital only has two hundred fifty beds and was already overstretched before the refugees arrived. and this influx due to the going to the mind has been a great burden to us because these patients are huge in number diversity injuries and difficult to manage injuries from infected cases or cases of coming so with

their existing resources existing medicine existing meant to be difficult for us to deal with this influx outside the hospital locals voiced their resentment towards the rohingya refugees. and whining about me that only because of the. country suffering great lady. many of them break the law they steal they drop us and the women work as prostitutes. that men are such a. high percentage of ninety percent or so we don't get. other don't. we don't get them. people don't get this obvious in our country back in the camps bangladesh authorities are trying to battle the chaos. the government has designated an area to house four hundred thousand refugees where aid can be

properly distributed but with hunger and illness spreading it's a race against time. now to germany's general election on sunday and the turkish germans living here who have the right to vote many are unsure whether they will actually cast their ballots that's because turkish president russia tie affair to one has called for a boycott of germany's established parties did it mean that a turkish activists here in berlin who was trying to persuade voters to exercise their democratic rights. on leopold square in berlin i should the mirror is handing out flyers in turkish and german her organization the turkish union of berlin is encouraging german turks to vote in the upcoming federal election the mayor's message is clear vote or allow other germans to vote for you and this year the stakes are high the anti immigrant party a.f.d. the alternative for germany is likely to enter parliament for the first time in the

desert campania monday and this campaign is meant to increase fights participation this is the only way we'll be able to stop the i.f.t. from getting stronger often the stop for turks are the largest ethnic minority in germany and over a million have the right to vote but this year tensions between turkey and germany could decide whether they cast their ballots in august turkish president edwin called for a boycott on germany's established parties claiming anti turkish sentiment in the german government that could be bad news for smaller parties like the greens and the left which depend on votes from german turks still the mir is hopeful that she can persuade voters their interests are at stake in addition to handing out flyers her organization has hosted panel discussions where candidates can make their appeal to the turkish community. to his distinguished it's important that we don't leave these people to be totally influenced by catalog and see here by and of the unless we need to try to win them back and sort of it's

a given and many attendees said the boycott will not keep them from voting for the party of their choice the two i'm not influenced by turkish affairs and give this sometimes some of the i don't support his hand might be influenced but not in general sometime next on sunday to me or we'll find out if her efforts paid off. i had a sunday's election we've been talking to people all over the world as part of our series view of germany to find out how this election is being seen abroad today we had to the small greek island south of the capital athens to speak to dimitri who runs a small hotel on the island now afghans and berlin have had rocky relations because of greece's debt crisis and the german government's demands for austerity.

when i worked in the hotel since their money i learned about how to be more effective more responsible. and to give high standards to everything i do i learned how to work really work really met. like i love and now it on my own but then on a good night on the new album. we save a lot of that among guests that there might they like to talk about the everyday life of drugs for you things that i like. so because we've talked a lot about the crises and how we can go on. this conflict between north and south euro may the war a lot. of that that my financial and minister mr lay very famous indeed because he's pushing us to the

limits and is not a good sign for greece. our government is bending everything exactly we are even moving to the limit we've come a bit more than we found. in their money people across. the state. because they follow the rules in greece the greeks they have no more trust to the politicians so they don't pay their taxes and don't support their. my opinion is that their money rules euro. medically. i've been like thieves my professor the brain to me you know. but this isn't their money by the end if we all had the professor. giving us that either way it's

a good way. and you can join the discussion on the election by following campaign germany decides there's full coverage on g.w. dot com and you can get updates on our t.v. news a facebook page or you can follow us on twitter and they use the term they decide how much tax our social media team is waiting to hear from you. now to the middle east where the spiral of violence has spawned a radical minority among jewish settlers they are extremists who have called for the murder of nonbelievers and arabs and who are prepared to target palestinian civilians in revenge attacks two years ago israel on the world were shocked when extremist israeli settlers fire bombed a family home in a palestinian village in the west bank the attack killed

a palestinian couple and their baby boy but the couple's other son ahmed he survived the fire but he sustained severe burns to his body spent almost a year in the hospital she now lives with his grandfather who is trying his best to help little ahmed build a new life this is the story of his long and painful road to recovery. akhmed is undergoing his seventeenth operation. the four year old must be in terrible pain he is severely burnt all over his body. one extremist israeli settlers fire bombed his family's home. where you know the aftermath was in a coma for twenty seven days and afterwards for four months the doctors in joost consciousness for just four hours every day.

made is from junior a palestinian village south of nablus in the west bank just a few months after the attack we visit his relatives for the first time. his uncle has son takes us to the house where i met his parents and his baby brother ali used to live. that is until the night of july thirty first two thousand and fifteen when their home became the target of what investigators say was a random attack the mood of a lot of the new. settlers threw molotov cocktail through a closed window model the room where all four family members were sleeping immediately went up in flames baby alue was sleeping on a separate mattress after that was lying between his mom and dad in a bed of a phone book. parents themselves ablaze called

outside in the chaos eighteen month old allie fell from his mother's arms he burned to death inside the house afterwards father siad succumbed to his terrible injuries after a week for five weeks doctors fought to save his mother but she too died. when we visit in the winter of two thousand and sixteen after med has been in hospital for six months residents of his village are scared the attackers will return documents grandmother is still in shock a little. my head hurt so much from crying i hope my children will go to paradise and that god will root vengeance on the culprits and be angry with. a young one. much of the israeli population is horror stricken not just by the attack but also by videos like this one showing radical settlers celebrating the death of

a palestinian baby. brother ali. israeli authorities temporarily detained many attendees of the celebration they also arrested the leader of the radical settlers movement and three of his supporters as the suspected arsonist and the extremists have published a manifesto calling for the murder of so-called nonbelievers and arabs their goal to establish a jewish theocracy. in the spring of two thousand and sixteen the first positive news from the sheba hospital in tel aviv emerges meds recovery is advancing he can now get out of bed and he plays with his newest gift with abandon this is what you know after my gets daily visits from the arab and israeli volunteers for them supporting him is a way to take positive action against the brutal attack. as an

arab or jew who cares a child is a child we love akhmed with our whole hearts we can't speak arabic but we understand each other just the same people that afterward has to wear a special suit after sustaining burns to over seventy percent of his body it's important he doesn't sweat so his visitors now want him to go back to his room. no i don't want to go back to bed i'm sure i want to sweat i just want to keep on playing. when i have not i never. married doesn't yet know that his mother father and brother are dead he constantly asks when he will finally be able to go back home to the. well. on july twenty second two thousand and sixteen almost a year after the attack can finally leave the hospital.

from now on he will live with his grandfather hussein who has hardly left his side throughout. akhmed supporters come to see him off. and the hospitals head physician who is israeli has also come to wish the family well. i'm going home now and i'm so happy finally by hospital it's over. his grandfather has now told him that his parents and brother are dead but ahmed now five doesn't quite comprehend what that means he also doesn't know they will have to go back to hospital once a week for checkups and undergo countless plastic surgeries. another year on now in the summer of two thousand and seventeen we visit ahmed again his grandfather continues to look after him with steadfast love.

physically akhmed seems to be doing much better than the jewish and arab donors have also raised a special fund for him. hussein is not using it. and you know this is me. and that's the. problem i should decide for himself when he's eighteen whether he'll take the money or not money can't compensate for his parent's death. the school ahmed now attends has been named after his initial brother only everyone here knows the family's story and is keen to take care of our marriage but he's often overcome by shyness that. it's no longer a normal child after all he's been through he often doesn't know how he should behave and it's very painful for him when he sees other children being picked up by their mothers starts when he tries to distract himself. with these even one at this hour in the. classroom has been specially fitted with curtains and eye conditioning

to protect his sensitive skin. when he manages to overcome his shyness akhmed really starts to blossom. he's intelligent and he's been making huge leaps in reading and writing. for a brief moment the six year old seems to be able to forget about the wounds he carries in both body and soul. all right moving on to sports now and in bundesliga midweek action tonight hosts shaka will lock horns with byron munich in a marquee match up with the winner heading to the top of the standings the bad news for biron is that star goalkeeper manuel neuer will be out for the rest of the year after fracturing his left foot for the second time in undergoing surgery he missed the start of the season with the very same injury lawyers absence for a buy on is a boost for shell cup they have been on a roll so far this season and they are expected to give the reigning champ

a run for their money. sheldon's impressive start to the bundesliga season has a team full of confidence under first season coach domenico to disco the side from girls and kishan have experienced many changes in style and tactics and it appears to be working the royal blues of one three of their four but in this league matches this season sometimes with the help of the video assistant referee but now their attention is focused on their greatest test so far this campaign about against. you want to really want to hold against you have to be on i think that's the only way you'll have a real chance against fire munich when you need to have a heck of a day in. biomes dominance against child in recent years is unquestionable the last time unit lost of the royal blues in a competitive match was back in two thousand and eleven. but this time around byron go into the clash swimming in a sea of criticism their decent start to the season has been overshadowed by their

recent defeat to hoffenheim and rumors of tension within the dressing room and criticism towards current launch a lot he forced him to answer his detractors. that. is like. that i've known you but who do you. want to celebrate it with. decides this is football a mouth watering bottle is expected between these two old rivals. canadian the prime minister justin trudeau and his british counterpart theresa may watched a wheelchair basketball demonstration ahead of the invictus games which start on saturday in toronto britain's prince harry found of these games for wounded military personnel the aim is to help soldiers overcome trauma suffered in combat this year some five hundred fifty injured servicemen and women from seventeen nations will compete for medals and twelve sports including basketball.

we're turning now to one of our top stories a donald trump is taking center stage at the annual gathering of world leaders at the united nations today the u.s. president is expected to make a speech any minute the general assembly is already underway in new york of these are some live pictures from the summit in new york brazil's president michelle tamar speaking right now and trump is expected to follow him his speech is highly anticipated with many waiting to hear what his america first vision means for world politics we will have live coverage of that speech and some analysis as soon as donald trump takes the podium. and while we're waiting for donald trump to speak let's go over to do that because alexander phenomena is covering the general assembly meeting for us in new york sandra as we said this is highly anticipated a what exactly are we expecting to hear from donald trump today.

white house officials told us that he will be urging all nations to come to go over to address the threats the world is facing and he is expected to focus on north korea of course the on going crisis and also on iran and he is expected to warn that no nation should be advised and day in history that they all should work together towards coleman goals as one white house aides put it he is expected to urge the nations to come to go over to tell them that the united states is not going to tell them how to live and how to govern so that a little what we are expecting from his speech but having said that i have of course to add that this is a predictable president and that he might use this international stage to send you know a more provocative message even now there are concerns that he could use this

appearance to lash back at the united nations that being said on sunday he made his debut at the u.n. yesterday at a meeting on reform he there are praise the secretary general antonio terrace he complimented the united nations did that all come as a surprise because during his campaign he was very critical of this body. yes indeed you're right he was very critical he once said that the united nations is a club for people who would like to come together to talk and just have a good time so he was very critical but yesterday we saw you know rubber and measured restraints donald trump talking at this you and reform meeting praising the united nations for its noble goals he also criticized the united nations saying that the organization cannot. reach its potential because of bureaucracy and mismanagement but he was not as critical as he used to be and the reason for its

might be that as a president he now see that he needs for example the u.n. security council he turns to the u.n. security council in order to put more pressure on north korea focus on for example to a flu approve a tougher sanctions which as he hopes can lead or can rain in north korea and sleet eventually to the result of north korea and its nuclear and missile program and alexandra what about the reforms that donald trump and his administration are asking for is there anything surprising there because they're looking for less spending. yes and that's true and we still really don't know how it's going to look like this this planet to cut to you and us spending u.s. contribution to the united states the united nations i'm sorry and that is of

course something that people officials here at the u.n. are quite war it's about because the united states is the largest contributor to the u. and budget all right alexandra thank you very much it looks like donald trump is going to take the podium in just a minute just before we get to him just one more question to you how much support does donald trump have if you were to take on the iran nuclear deal what do the other nations there think well at the moment it seems like he wouldn't have much support he had a meeting yesterday with the french president mark hall and they were talking about the iran deal as i understand france russia. and we're going to leave it there this nuclear ok because i donald trump is just hard to speak thank you guys eneral coming back here in just a moment. and i let's go right to new york to

listen to donald trump speech american people to address the people of the world. as millions of our citizens continue to suffer the effects of the devastating hurricanes that have struck our country i want to begin by expressing my appreciation to every leader in this room who has offered assistance and aid. the american people are strong and resilient and they were hardships more determined than ever before fortunately the united states has done very well since election day last november. the stock market is at an all time high a record unemployment is at its lowest level in sixteen years and because of our regulatory and other reforms we have more people working in the united

states today than ever before companies are moving back creating jobs growth the likes of which our country has not seen in a very long time and it has just been announced that we will be spending almost seven hundred billion dollars on our military and defense our military will soon be the strongest it has ever been for more than seventy years will soon be the strongest it has ever been for more than seventy years in times of war and peace the leaders of nations movements and religions have stood before this is. like them i intend to address some of the very serious threats before us today but also the enormous potential waiting to be unleashed we live in

a time of extraordinary opportunity breakthroughs in science technology and medicine are curing illnesses and solving problems that prior generations thought impossible to solve but each day also brings news of growing dangers that threaten everything we cherish and value terrorists and extremists have gathered strength and spread to every region of the planet rogue regimes represented in this body not only support terrorists but threaten other nations and their own people with the most destructive weapons known to humanity. authority and authoritarian powers seek to collapse the values the systems and alliances that prevented

conflict and tilted the world toward freedom since world war two international criminal networks traffic drugs weapons people forced dislocation and mass migration threaten our borders and new forms of aggression exploit technology to menace our citizens to put it simply we meet at a time of both immense promise and great peril it is entirely up to us whether we lift the world to new heights or let it fall into a valley of disrepair we have it in our power should we so choose to lift millions from poverty to help our citizens realize their dreams and to ensure that new generations of children are raised free from violence hatred

and fear this institution was founded in the aftermath of two world wars to help shape this better future. it was based on the vision that diverse nations could cooperate to protect their sovereignty preserve their security and promote their prosperity it was in the same period exactly seventy years ago that the united states developed the marshall plan to help restore europe those three beautiful pillars their pillars of peace sovereignty security and prosperity the marshall plan was built on the noble idea that the whole world a safer when nations are strong independent and free as president truman said in his message to congress at that time our support of

european recovery is in full accord with our support of the united nations the success of the united nations depends upon the independence strength of its members to overcome the perils of the present and to achieve the promise of the future we must begin with the wisdom of the past our success depends on a coalition of strong and independent nations that embrace this sovereignty to promote security prosperity and peace for themselves and for the world we do not expect diverse countries to share the same cultures traditions or even systems of government but we do expect all nations to uphold these two core sovereign duties to respect the interests of their own people and the rights of

every other sovereign nation. this is the beautiful vision of this institution and this is the foundation for cooperation and success strong sovereign nations let diverse countries with different values different cultures and different dreams not just co-exist but work side by side on the basis of mutual respect strong sovereign nations let their people take ownership of the future and control their own destiny and strong sovereign nations allow individuals to flourish in the fullness of the life intended by god in america we do not seek to impose our way of life on anyone but rather to let it shine as an example for everyone to

watch this week gives our country a special reason to take pride in that example we are celebrating the two hundred and thirtieth anniversary of our beloved constitution the oldest constitution still in use in the world today this timeless document has been the foundation of peace prosperity and freedom for the americans and for countless millions around the globe whose own countries have found inspiration in its respect for human nature human dignity and the rule of law the greatest in the united states constitution is its first three beautiful words they are we the people. generations of americans have

sacrificed to maintain the promise of those words the promise of our country and of our great history in america the people govern the people rule and the people are sovereign i was elected not to take power but to give power to the american people where it belongs in foreign affairs we are renu in this founding principle of sovereignty our government's first duty is to its people to our citizens to serve their needs to ensure their safety to preserve their rights and to defend their values as president of the united states i will always put america first just like you as the leaders of your countries will always and should always put your countries first of.

all responsible leaders have an obligation to serve their own citizens and the nation state remains the best vehicle for elevating the human condition but making a better life for our people also requires us to work together in close harmony and unity to create a more safe and peaceful future for all people the united states will forever be a great friend to the world and especially to its allies. but we can no longer be taken advantage of or enter into a one sided deal where the united states gets nothing in return as long as i hold this office i will defend america's interests above all else but in fulfilling our obligations to our own nations we also realize that it's in

everyone's interest to seek a future where all nations can be sovereign prosperous and secure america does more than speak for the values expressed in the united nations charter our citizens have paid the ultimate price to defend our freedom and the freedom of many nations represented in this great hall america's devotion is measured on the battlefields where our young men and women have for and sacrificed alongside of our allies from the beaches of europe to the deserts of the middle east to the jungles of asia it is an eternal credit to the american character that even after we are allies emerged victorious from the

bloodiest war in history we did not seek territorial expansion or attempt to oppose and impose our way of life on others instead we help build institutions such as this one to defend the sovereignty security and prosperity for all on for the diverse nations of the world this is our hope we want harmony and friendship not conflict and strife. we are guided by outcomes not ideology we have a policy of principled realism rooted in shared goals interests and values that realism forces us to confront a question facing every leader and nation in this room it is a question we cannot escape or avoid we will slide down the path of complacency

numb to the challenges threats and even wars that we face or do we have enough strength and pride to confront those dangers today so that our citizens can enjoy peace and prosperity tomorrow if we desire to lift up our citizens if we aspire to the approval of history then we must fulfill our sovereign duties to the people we faithfully represent we must protect our nations their interests and their futures we must reject threats to sovereignty from the ukraine to the south china sea we must uphold respect the law respect for borders and respect for culture and the peaceful engagement these allow and just as the founders of this

body intended we must work together and confront together those who threaten us with chaos turmoil and terror discords of our planet today is a small group of rogue regimes that violate every principle on which the united nations is based they respect neither their own citizens nor the sovereign rights of their countries. if the righteous many do not confront the wicked few then evil will triumph when decent people and nations become bystanders to history the forces of the structure only gather power and strength no one has shown more contempt for other nations and for the wellbeing of their own people then the depraved regime in north korea it is

responsible for the starvation deaths of millions of north koreans and for the imprisonment torture killing and oppression of countless more we were all witness to the regimes deadly abuse when an innocent american college student otto warm beer was returned to america only to die a few days later we saw our in the assassination of the dictator's brother using banned nerve agents in an international airport we know it kidnapped a sweet thirteen year old japanese girl from a beach in her own country to enslave her as a language tutor for north korea's spies. if this is not twisted enough

now north korea's reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles threatens the entire world with unthinkable loss of human life it is an outrage that some nations would not only trade with such a reason but would arm supply and financially support a country that imperils the world with nuclear conflict no nation on earth has an interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear weapons and missiles the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime the united states is ready willing and able but hopefully this will not be necessary that's what the united

nations is all about that's what the united nations is for let's see how they do it is time for north korea to realize that the deed nuclearization. is its only acceptable future the united nations security council recently held to unanimous fifteen to nothing votes adopting hard hitting resolutions against north korea and i want to thank china and russia for joining the vote to impose sanctions along with all of the other members of the security council thank you to all involved but we must do much more it is time for all nations to work together to isolate the kim regime until it ceases its hostile behavior we face this decision not

only in north korea it is far past time for the nations of the world to confront another reckless regime one that speaks openly of mass murder valor and death to america destruction to israel and ruin for many leaders and nations in this room the reigning in government masks a corrupt dictatorship behind the false guise of a democracy it has turned a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence bloodshed and chaos the longest suffering victims of iran's leaders. are in fact its own people rather than use its resources to improve iranian lives its oil profits go to

fund hezbollah and other terrorists that kill innocent muslims and attack their peaceful arab and israeli neighbors this well which rightly belongs to iran's people also goes to shore up the shah rolla sod's dictatorship fuel yemen civil war and undermine peace throughout the entire middle east we cannot let a murderous regime continue these destabilizing activities while building dangerous missiles and we cannot abide by an agreement if it provides cover for the eventual construction of a nuclear program. the

iran deal was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the united states has ever entered into frankly that deal is an embarrassment to the united states and i don't think you've heard the last of it believe me it is time for the entire world to join us in demanding veteran's government and its pursuit of debt. and destruction it is time for the regime to free all americans and citizens of other nations that they have unjustly detained and above all arad's government must stop supporting terrorists begin serving its own people and respect the sovereign rights of its neighbors the entire world understands that the good people of iran want change and other then the vast military power of the

united states that iran's people are what their leaders fear the most this is what causes the regime to restrict internet access tear down satellite dishes heute unarmed student protesters and imprison political reforms oppressive regimes cannot endure forever and the day will come when the people will face a choice will they continue down the path of poverty bloodshed and terror or will be arraigned in people return to the nations proud roots as a center of civilization culture and wealth where their people can be happy and prosperous once again the iranian regime support for terror is in stark contrast to the recent commitments of many of its neighbors to fight terrorism and

halt its finance and saudi arabia early last year i was greatly honored to address the leaders of more than fifty arab and muslim nations we agreed that all responsible nations must work together to confront terrorists and the islamic extremism that inspires them. we will stop radical islamic terrorism because we cannot allow it to tear up our nation and indeed to tear up the entire world we must deny the terrorists safe haven transit funding and any form of support for their vile and sinister ideology we must drive them out of our nations it is time to expose and hold responsible those countries who support and

finance terror groups like al qaeda has bola the taliban and others that slaughter innocent people the united states and our allies are working together throughout the middle east to crush the loser terrorists and stop the reemergence of say phased they use to launch attacks on all of our people last month i announced a new strategy for victory in the fight against this is evil in afghanistan from now on our security interests will dictate the length and scope of military operations not arbitrary benchmarks and timetables set up by politicians i have also totally changed the rules of engagement in our fight against the taliban and other terrorist groups in syria and iraq we have made big

gains toward lasting defeat of isis in fact our country has achieved more against isis in the last eight months than it has in many many years combined we see the d. escalation of the syrian conflict. and a political solution that honors the will of the syrian people the actions of the criminal regime of bashar al assad including the use of chemical weapons against his own citizens even innocent children shock the conscience of every decent person no society could be safe if banned chemical weapons are allowed to spread that is why the united

states carried out a missile strike on the air base that launched the attack we appreciate the efforts of the united nations agencies that are providing vital humanitarian assistance in areas liberated from isis and we especially thank jordan turkey and lebanon for their role in hosting refugees from the syrian conflict the united states is a compassionate nation and has spent billions and billions of dollars in helping to support this effort we seek an approach to refugee resettlement that is designed to help these horribly treated people and which enables their eventual return to their home countries to be part of the rebuilding process for the cost of resettling one refugee in the united states we can assist more than

ten in their home region out of the goodness of our hearts we offer financial assistance to hosting countries in the region and we support recent agreements of the g. twenty nations that will seek to host refugees as close to their home countries as possible. this is the safe responsible and humanitarian approach for decades the united states has dealt with migration challenges here in the western hemisphere we have learned that over the long term uncontrolled migration is deeply unfair to both the sending and the receiving countries for the sending countries it reduces domesticity pressure to pursue needed political and economic reforms and drains them of the human capital necessary to

motivate and implement those reforms for the receiving countries the substantial costs of uncontrolled migration are borne overwhelmingly by low income citizens whose concerns are often ignored by both media and government i want to salute the work of the united nations in seeking to address the problems that cause people to flee from their homes the united nations and african union led peacekeeping missions to have in valuable contributions in stabilizing conflicts in africa the united states continues to lead the world in humanitarian assistance including famine prevention and relief in south sudan somalia and northern nigeria and

yemen we have invested in better health an opportunity all over the world. through programs like pepfar which funds aids relief the president's malaria initiative that global health security agenda that global fund to end modern slavery and the woman entrepreneurs finance initiative part of our commitment to empowering women all across that lo we also thank. you. we also thank the secretary general for recognizing that the united nations must reform if it is to be an effective partner in confronting threats to sovereignty security and prosperity too often the focus of this organization has not

been on results but on bureaucracy and process in some cases states that seek to subvert this institution's noble aims have hijacked the very systems that are supposed to advance them for example it is a massive source of embarrassment to the united nations that some governments with egregious human rights records sit on the un human rights council. the united states is one out of one hundred ninety three countries in the united nations and yet we pay twenty two percent of the entire budget and more in fact we pay far more than anybody realizes the united states bears an unfair cost burden but to be fair if it could actually accomplish all of

its stated goals especially the goal of peace this investment would easily be well worth it major portions of the world are in conflict and some in fact are going to hell but the powerful people in this room under the guidance and auspices of the united nations can solve many of these vicious and complex problems the american people hope that one day soon the united nations can be a much more accountable and effective advocate for human dignity and freedom around the world in the meantime we believe that no nation should have to bear a disproportionate share of the burden militarily or financially nations of the world must take a greater role in promoting secure and prosperous societies in their own regions

that is why in the western hemisphere the united states has stood against the corrupt destabilising regime in cuba and embraced the enduring dream of the cuban people to live in freedom. my administration recently announced that we will not lift sanctions on the cuban government until it makes fundamental reforms we have also impose tough calibrated sanctions on the socialist madeira regime in venezuela which has brought a once thriving nation to the brink of total collapse the socialist dictatorship of nicolas maduro has inflicted terrible pain and suffering on the good people of that country this corrupt regime destroyed

a prosperous nation by imposing a failed ideology that has produced poverty and misery everywhere it has been tried to make matters worse madeira has defied his own people stealing power from their elected representatives to preserve his disastrous rule the venezuelan people are starving and their country is collapsing their democratic institutions are being destroyed this situation is completely unacceptable and we cannot stand by and watch as a responsible neighbor and friend we and all of us have a goal that goal is to help them regain their freedom recover their country and re store their democracy i would like to thank leaders in this room

for condemning the regime and providing vital support to the venezuelan people. the united states has taken important steps to hold the regime accountable we are prepared to take further action if the government of venezuela persists on its path to impose authoritarian rule on the venezuelan people we are fortunate to have incredibly strong and healthy trade relationships with many of the latin american countries gathered here today our economic bond forms a critical foundation for advancing peace and prosperity for all of our people and all of our neighbors i ask every country represented here today to be prepared to do more to address this very real crisis

we call for the full restoration of democracy and political freedoms in venezuela. the problem in venezuela is not that socialism has been poorly implemented but that socialism has been faithfully implemented. from the soviet union to cuba to venezuela wherever true socialism or communism has been adopted it has delivered anguish and devastation and failure those who preach the tenants of these discredited ideologies only contribute to the continued suffering of the people who live under these cruel systems america stands with

every person living under a brutal regime our respect for sovereignty is also a call for action. all people deserve a government that cares for their safety their interests and their wellbeing including their prosperity in america we seek stronger ties of business and trade with all nations of goodwill but this trade must be fair and it must be reciprocal for too long the american people were told that mammoth multinational trade deals unaccountable international tribunals and powerful global bureaucracies were the best way to promote their success but as those promises flowed millions of jobs vanished and thousands of factories disappeared others gamed the system and broke

the rules and our great middle class once the bedrock of american prosperity was forgotten and left behind but they are forgotten no more and they will never be forgotten again while america will pursue cooperation and commerce with other nations we are we knew in our commitment to the first duty of every government the duty of our citizens this bond is the source of america's strength and that of every responsible nation represented here today if this organization is to have any hope of successfully confronting the challenges before us it will depend as president truman said some seventy years ago on the independent strength of its members.

if we are to embrace the opportunities of the future and overcome the present dangers together there can be no substitute for strong sovereign and independent nations nations that are rooted in their histories and invested in their destinies nations that seek allies to be friend not enemies to conquer and most important of all nations that are home to patriots to men and women who are willing to sacrifice for their countries their fellow citizens and for all that is best in the human spirit in remembering the great victory that led to this body's founding we must never forget that those heroes who fought against evil also fort for the nations

that they love patriotism led the poles to die to save poland the french to fight for a free france and the brits to stand strong for britain today if we do not invest ourselves our hearts and our minds and our nations if we will not build strong families safe communities and healthy societies for ourselves no one can do it for us we cannot wait for someone else for faraway countries or far off bureaucracies we can't do it. we must solve our problems to build our prosperity to secure our future or we will build vulnerable to decay domination and defeat the true question for the united nations today for people all over the world who hope for better lives for themselves and

their children is a basic one are we still patriots do we love our nations enough to protect their sovereignty and to take ownership of their futures do re reveal them enough to defend their interests preserve their cultures and ensure a peaceful world for their citizens one of the greatest american patriots john adams wrote that the american revolution was effected before the war commenced their revolution was in the minds and hearts of the people that was the moment when america awoke when we looked around and understood that we were a nation we realized who we were what we valued and what we would give our lives to defend from its very first moments the american story is the story of

what is possible when people take ownership of their future the united states of america has been among the greatest forces for good in the history of the world and the greatest defenders of sovereignty security and prosperity for all. now we are calling for a great reawakening of nations for the revival of this spirits their pride their people and their patriotism history is asking us whether we are up to the task our answer will be a renewable of will a rediscovery of resolve and a rebirth of devotion we need to defeat the enemies of humanity and

unlock the potential of life itself our hope is a word and world of proud independent nations that embrace their duties seek friendship respect others and make common cause in the greatest shared interest of all a future of dignity and peace for the people of this wonderful earth. this is the true vision of the united nations the ancient wish of every people and the deepest yearning that lives inside every say quit song so let this be our mission and let this be our message to the world. we will fight together sacrifice together and stand together for peace for freedom for justice for family for humanity and for

the almighty god who made us all thank you god bless you god bless the nations of the world and god bless the united states of america thank you very much. on behalf of the general assembly i wish to thank the president of the united states of america for the statement just made america three percent of story may. well be agreed to president after which to me. welcome back you have just been watching president donald trump's first speech at the u.n. general assembly in new york it was a sweeping speech touching on the duties and obligations of the u.n.

but he also drove home the point that the success of the body depends on the independence strength of its member states and he also has some very sharp words for what he called rogue nations north korea and iran two of that let's get the first take on this so we have here with us in studio nicole virt from the german council on foreign relations and at the united nations in new york we have alexander phenomena covering this for us welcome to you both good to have you with us alexander let's start with you we talked before donald trump took the podium about how this is an unpredictable president to take us through the words that jumped out at you when trump speech. what i found very interesting and it was something that we really had expected is that the person is president or use a very strong language strong words talking about the threat from north korea he said that the rocket man is on a suicide mission and he managed the north korean leader kim jones and then he went

on saying that if the united states if it has to defend itself and its allies it's willing or it's ready to totally destroy north korea of all there is nothing that the united states wants to do so those are very strong words and he also talked about iran and the iran nuclear deal saying that it was the worst deal ever and virus meant to the united states and those remarks can be seen as an indication that he might be really thinking about tearing up this nuclear deal there is a deadline coming up in october when he is supposed to tell congress whether he things that iran is complying to this deal and if he says no congress would be maybe considering can re imposing sanctions against iran so those two topics are

quite important in his speech i think. all right alexander we're going to come to you now nicolle you know we were watching the speech together here in the studio and we were talking about the fact that in the first ten minutes or so we were hearing a lot of words that seemed to be very much along the line of of the scripted lines that we would have heard perhaps from donald trump's predecessors praising the u.n. and its duties and obligations and and its achievements but then the words as alexander said turned much more brash and aggressive things that are become a hallmark from this presidency what were your impressions what stood out to you the most where the fact that at the end never really mentioned cooperation community. a way to help those who are not able you know to find the solutions for the problems in their countries which is one of the tasks of the united nations to help those while we keep very much pointed to the fact that

everybody you know has their own obligations and i missed the mentioning off you know all community and corporation which is important to a speech at the united nations you know let's talk more about that because he did say that the strength of its member states is going to be the success of the united nations and he talked about his obligation to his own country and i think we do have a sound bite from the speech a clip we're talking about america first let's listen to that. as president of the united states i will always put america first just like you as the leaders of your current truth will always and should always put your country's first. all right nicole coming to you what exactly does that mean what will that look like in terms of the u.s. has obligations to the united nations i mean donald trump pointed this out as very clear in the speech he said the investment has to be worth it and something has to

come out of it for the for the united states if they support the idea of the united nations so he's still very much acts and things like a businessman you know are looking at the united knighted nations as an investment opportunity and this is somehow different from the political sphere where you have to also look at you know how can you bring complex you know solutions to challenging questions just a follow up on that he said it was an investment that's worth it if peace comes out at the end was that a threat to the u.n. well it is to a certain degree because what do you do if there is no peace in certain countries and we know that there are many countries you know for your struggle of its effect and you know they don't have peace and you know did not find a solution how to bring about peace so it somehow shows that the united states is willing to withdraw who sources so we fall maybe does not only mean we want to have

less bureaucracy and a more efficient united nations but it needs to cut off it in areas where you don't see a result all right alexander let's come back to you now because you mentioned some of the words the donald trump had to say about north korea he said that the u.s. would destroy north korea as you said that rocket man is on a suicidal mission what exactly will this mean for the u.s. policy towards north korea going forward and how much support do you think he's going to have for those words destroy north korea there at the u.n. . well i think that he was trying to convince all the leaders coverage in the general assembly that it's time to act that the united states needs their support to rein in north korea and as you know in the past he's administration turns to the u.n.

security council in order to impose tougher sanctions on north korea and this time by threatening the north korean regime in front of the u.n. general assembly he was i think trying to put even more pressure and trying to convince everyone sitting in this hall that he is really determined to defend the united states and its allies if it's necessary and the other thing that i found also very interesting you know talking about his america first policy i think that this speech had two audiences actually the one was his political base he tried to reassure his supporters that he is there a president who always will be putting their interests first and then addressing the u.n. general assembly he was trying to convince the leader of the government here that

look people that's what you all also do you also do put the interests of your people for us at least that's what you should do and it was quite interesting to see what he proposed what he offered them cooperation based on serenity security and prosperity and he also said that the united states is not going to tell the leaders coverage here at the u.n. general assembly how to live and how to govern and that is something i think that some leaders covered here very pleased to hear. people or countries like russia or china. a lot of emphasis on it's own they owns a sovereign it's. all right alexandra you know just coming back now to those comments that donald trump did make on north korea that we were just touching on and i believe we do have that clip of those very strong words that trump issued a little bit earlier let's listen to that right now no nation on earth has an

interest in seeing this band of criminals arm itself with nuclear weapons and missiles the united states has great strength and patients but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies we will have no choice but to totally destroy north korea rocket men is on a suicide mission for himself and for his regime the united states is ready willing and able but hopefully this will not be necessary that's what the united nations is all about. ok and a cold coming to you how is this going to go down with european leaders. they were quite surprised how tough you know he was talking about what the states would be would be doing if the north korea continues to exist because right now the european

need us very strongly focus on the sanctions and so do the us and the united nations at this point so i think really wanted to. say again that the military option is on the table and it's a very strong warning but in his speech he also said i hope this is not necessary and said well this is what the united states with the u.n. is all about and eluded again to the sanctions perhaps hoping that the threat of violence might cause some movement there in pyongyang he also had some very strong words as alexander already mentioned on iran and he said that the iran deal and i'm quoting what he said here was an embarrassment to the u.s. one of the worst and most one sided transactions that the u.s. has ever entered what does this mean then for the iran deal can we take away from this that the u.s. could then pull out of this deal where they have been. to take the nokia deal back

far far told a long period of time and i seem here tom caters to a certain group within his government but. what he also did which i thought was very smart eluded to the fact that the iranian people with take matters into their own hand if the region regime is not willing to reform and change the environment in iran so i say i think he did a very smart and you know distinguishing between the iranian government and the iranian people and we have to see if the united states really stops iranian deal because as i pointed out before. other european leaders for example germany but also great britain supporting the deal and so far iran has followed many also the obligations they were supposed to follow under the

deal so we'll see you know alexander just to come back to you to follow up on that this was a deal that was very hard fought it took months of negotiations and wrangling to reach this agreement with iran how do you think a trump's words today criticizing this deal at least that it's not in the interest of the u.s. is going to go down against among u.n. member states are you know what chance is there then for them to uphold this deal if the u.s. may not be on board. what it would mean that the deal is it would just mean that the united states is going to impose impose sanctions against iran and. we just sat there are a lot of. nations nations that were participants of the negotiations such as germany and friends who strongly oppose.

this deal and president met yesterday with the french president talking about iran and also talking about a knob or issue which is being discussed here climate change and climate change agreements. alexander let's come back now to donald trump's speech and another issue that he touched on which is migration that's an issue that's obviously a lot of has a lot of interest here in europe that is seen a lot of migration of the past few years and i believe we have a clip here of what donald trump had to say on the topic of migration let's listen in. for decades the united states has dealt with migration challenges here in the western hemisphere we have learned that over the long term uncontrolled migration is deeply unfair to both the sending and the receiving countries for the sending countries it reduces domesticity pressure to pursue needed political and

economic reforms and drains them of the human capital necessary to motivate and implement those reforms for the receiving countries the substantial costs of uncontrolled migration are borne overwhelmingly by low income citizens whose concerns are often ignored by both media and government i want to salute the work of the united nations in seeking to address the problems that cause people to flee from their homes. ok nicole coming to you on that donald trump saying there's a sustainable costs are borne overwhelmingly by low income citizens and ignored by the media is that a criticism of the german government well you know we have elections coming up so it's difficult to you know to answer this question but yes i think it's

a discussion we have in many countries at this point you know who will bear the costs for illegal on controlled by gratian what to say is how does you want to go about it if you will to the root causes of migration you should read named the reasons why people migrate and. to my opinion didn't. point to the fact that in many countries the chances for people to find a way to live is so on a developed that they have no other choice in leaving their countries and this has to be tackled in you know in a larger group all right well let's bring our viewers up to date who might be just joining us right now u.s. president donald trump has delivered his sharpest threat ever to north korea and his first address to the united nations general assembly today the president said that if kim jong un does not abandon his reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons the u.s. says quote ready willing and able to destroy north korea he also threatened to take

action to restore democracy in venezuela if the government there continues on its autocratic path a trump speech touched on the iran deal which he called an embarrassment to the u.s. and the threat from islam is to terrorism which he said cannot be allowed to tear up the world. all right time to a catch up now on some other news will be getting more analysis on that trump speech a little bit later in the program but. all right it turns out we are actually sorry for that going to be staying with the story for now. and we have two of our correspondents were just joining us sorry for the mix up by your ear shot there was standing. bye for us in moscow and georg mathis is standing by for us in brussels they've both been following the speech i understand they yuri and gary thank you very much for joining us so give us an idea yuri first of all how the words that trump laid out today in a speech at the general assembly how they would be going down there in moscow

well we don't have any reactions yet immediately after the speech so we are expecting statements are the film from the russian foreign ministry or probably from the kremlin as well what we do have is a statement of the leading russian politician we. had of the russian federation council's foreign affairs committee just hours ahead of mr trump's speech he has very clearly called blaine's is that you asked president trump would imitate the policy of his predecessors off to eight months of being in power mr trump wouldn't have made any consistent decision and mystical such as meant obviously for us the time of the promised improvement of russian american relations instead of that the u.s. president would break promises he has made to during his election campaign he would act in favor of foreign depending on political trends so that means regardless of what he said moscow made clear that he feels that mr trump has already discredited himself that's at least is the official line and his speech ultimately is going to

be criticized especially by the officials here what about on the topic of north korea brusha has back diplomacy rather than any sort of military confrontation are they going to change russia's policy his words on north korea. no sunni i don't think so moscow has made very clear this is absolutely unacceptable russia couldn't tolerate are the north korea's threats to erase japan and to cover u.s. territory with the black ash on the one hand or u.s. threat to interference that's what of the russian politician cause the charge called it interference in north korea's internal affairs especially any military action to worst of this country on the other hand we've just we've just heard from the president trump you vote to totally destroy north korea even the reclusive state doesn't to relent so russia obviously tries to mediate in this conflict claiming at the same time it hasn't of that much political influence on pyongyang

which seems to be partly through. keeping in mind to there that the first trip abroad of russian president vladimir putin after he's really election two thousand and five was his journey to pyongyang where he was a festival or welcomed a small detail more if i may russia has approximately ten thousand migrant workers from north korea largely construction workers who could be banned and thrown out of the country if the land would pass and you've resolution and russia would have to implement but tensional new sanctions against north korea this would be also a noticeable loss of roughly russian economy especially for construction of stadiums just a couple of months ahead of soccer world cup which is going to take place next year here in russia. let's come to you now in brussels you know the u.s. a traditional ally for europe but yet we've seen very strong aggressive words from donald trump on the issues of north korea and iran especially the iran deal something that europe supported how do you think these words are going to go down

there. sumi let me first start with a little bit of good news and that is for all those who followed donald trump closely on the campaign trails and heard of all is extremely critical words of the united nations i suppose would have been rather happy if all the praise he had for parts of the united nations for instance for the peacekeeping so brace for words for a multilateral organization that that is actually something he's been rather critical of for instance even further in threats from fears that he might have been the organization now of course for all those who are interested in the path of negotiations particularly when you look at north korea the outright threats is something that will surely not go down with the twenty eight year leaders and also and in particular i would say if you look towards iran his suggestions to potentially undo the round deal that has led to very fruitful developments in iran where the e.u.

has been key ally to bring about this deal surely this will not be good news for european leaders what about his remarks on terrorism that we haven't touched on yet has. pledges to defeat i asked for example how do you think that's going to be viewed by european leaders is this an area where they can certainly work together. i think here if we take a little bit of a step back and take a more political scientific approach to do this i think he presented a textbook example of a realist versus a liberalist point a few a realist who says you know the nation state comes first it always pursues its own interests it's zero sum game in international relations also when it comes to fighting terrorism it's always the country first it's the united states first and it's the security policy of the united states that will dominate or that will be the crucial element when it comes to organizing international missions on the other

hand you have the more european the so-called international relations at least a liberalist approach where corporation and mutual ends are crucial and where common ends can be achieved in a new organization such as the european union where it's also a union of values where the leaders believe that common things are crucial and within a clump of nation states you can reach common things so it's a very contradictory approach and that is something that will not go down so well in his assessment of the terror threat i think a lot of leaders would agree that there is terrorism is a real threat to the current international system but in how to tackle it how to work together with other nation states other than just putting military power to the front something you mentioned right at the beginning of his speech saying we will have the strongest military in u.s. history that is not the european style and it's also not the european philosophy of

approaching international problems well more security and care will involve more spending and that is another point that donald trump brought up in a speech he said that the u.s. shoulders far too large a burden when it comes to its budget for the united nations and yury are coming back to you russia said that it actually opposes donald trump's plans to cut its contributions to the u.n. and to trim its bureaucracy why is that. well sumi look for the reform agenda for the year and for trump's reform agenda. for the handle of the russian upper house of parliament as an international affairs committee said russia cannot participate in this proposed reform as mr trump's proposal would support american idea of uni polar world with a clear leading role of the united states in this unique world russia would rather support he said multipolar world with

a strong role over again which might be also publicly through sunni keeping in mind how many you envisage lucian's russia blocks whether in terms of north korea or syria or libya or other international conflicts right now our correspondent in your ear in moscow and cared much for us in brussels i thank you both very much for your insights and we're going to continue our coverage of the story coming back to our guest here with us in studio nicole rendered from the german council on foreign relations nicole i want to get your take on one of the points we just discussed with your insurer which is donald trump's words on fighting terrorism and what the u.s. and the u.s. efforts there should look like how do those words how does this take on the efforts to fight terrorism jive with what europe's policy is well it was interesting because he singled out terrorism as a separate issue as if terrorism is not connected to you know certain problems in

countries like poverty like also an ideological basis for terrorism he didn't address so in singling out and treating terrorism as a separate subject he's not going to approach terrorism in the fight against terrorism it's needed the european and also the united states the european leaders in the united states for many years now work very closely on. common strategies because terrorism has is so multifaceted and it needs an approach where you culprit with other countries and value tekel the many different sources for terrorism instead by only looking at you know who funds terrorism what he did he for example totally forgot to mention countries. which prepare the ground and i do logical basis for the rise of terrorism and how best do you think that

donald trump will be pursuing that path to to deal with the roots is what you're saying the roots of the problems that lead to terrorism did you take anything away from a speech that could reveal perhaps how he sees the un and the us together working to achieve that goal very very much focused on the military side on the security side of fighting terrorism and in this with under estimates the different instruments also an institution like the united states and it nations hest so i saying in this respect he didn't really grasp the complexity of you know fighting terrorism and using institutions like the united nations in fighting this terrible set oh he accused iran of promoting it terrorism and he again was as we've mentioned already very had some very sharp words to say in iran just to remind our viewers let's let's go back to a listen to that clip of that we have a donald trump speaking about iran a little bit earlier in a speech to the general assembly they are a new government corrupt dictatorship behind the false gods of

a democracy it has turned a wealthy country with a rich history and culture into an economically depleted rogue state whose chief exports are violence bloodshed and chaos. the iran deal was one of the worst and most one sided transactions the united states has ever entered into. all right let's go back to alexander phenomena who's standing by for us in new york covering the general assembly aleksandra the secretary of state rex tillerson he is expected to meet his a rainy and counterpart on the sidelines of this gathering this week how much room will they really have to maneuver after trump's words today. well i wouldn't say i would say that there is room to maneuver because u.s.

president was quite clear and his criticism of the iranian regime. this deal was the worst deal ever and this is what actually we are hearing from the administration for months now that time is running out of that and they criticize they have been criticizing the iranian regime for its stabilizing influence in the region and for its support of terrorist groups. arrayed in the coal i want to put that same question to you where does this leave the new european leaders in their efforts to pursue diplomacy with iran i would say they will continue to try to convince united states you know to follow the iranian deal and not stop and negotiate negotiate with iran because especially the european need us work very hard to get iran back to the negotiation table and i don't think they will just go

to go off it that easily certainly a lot to talk about here in europe and in the u.s. i just a reminder to our viewers that u.s. president has delivered a threat to north korea and also his first address to the united nations general assembly today the president said that of kim jong un does not abandon his reckless pursuit of nuclear weapons the u.s. is quote ready willing and able to destroy north korea he also threatened to take action to restore democracy in venezuela and trump speech a touch on the iran deal which he called an embarrassment and the threat from islam is to terrorism she said cannot be allowed to terrify the world. we'll have more coverage with phil gayle coming up. what. sense.