Turn autoplay off Turn autoplay on Please activate cookies in order to turn autoplay off Obama speaking at the UN general assembly opening session amid plan to avoid showdown over Palestine - live coverage 12.22pm: Unconfirmed reports are coming in that Israeli police have begun fining Palestinian drivers for flying flags from their cars. The Ma'an news agency is saying that Israeli police placed a checkpoint in the north of the West Bank and imposed fines of $40 for small flags and $68 for large ones. The