UN meets over veto

THE UN General Assembly will hold an emergency session to vote on a draft resolution rejecting President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as Israel’s capital after the US vetoed the measure at the Security Council.

Nikki Haley, the US ambassador to the UN reacted angrily to the move, tweeting: “On Thurs there’ll be a vote criticising our choice. The US will be taking names,” in rhetoric reminiscent of her boss’s threatening style.

Turkey and Yemen requested the meeting on behalf of the Arab group of countries and the Organisation of the Islamic Cooperation.