well, the crypto bit going change in the internet on out of sarah what's most important to me is talking to people understanding what they're going through here as we believe everyone has a story with hearing. ah, the un human rights council backs and international investigation into crimes committed during the recent israel palestine conflict. ah, hello barbara, are you watching l just the real life from london also coming up, washington says the conflict in ethiopia as p region must end accusing government forces of collective punishment. the french president, the minute mccall enough for forgiveness for his country's role in the one the

genocide and the message to the international community. family of the team, the bell of roof journalists, appeals for help your his release. ah no, thank you for joining us. israel and the us have rejected a vote by the top you and human rights body backing and international investigation into violations during the recent, the 11 day conflict in gaza earlier the, you and human rights chief, michelle, russian is said that israel targeting of densely populated areas could amount to war crimes, russia, they also said how much rockets fire during the conflict was the clear violation of the rules of war. is found to be in the scheme. i mean, this proportion and what's the impact on how to

make on war crimes. on the other hand, it is also a violation of international humanitarian law to locate military assets in densely populated areas or 2 lounge attacks from them. however, the actions of one party do not show the other from its obligations on the international case. good morning, this is me who has lived before us from the united nations of christ and the majority of faith back to this investigation. israel though is not willing to cooperate, is it now the decision was denounced by israel with prime minister benjamin netanyahu accusing the human rights council being obsessed with israel. this is the 9 session on gaza since 2006. but in this case, the council took the toughest tool in

a toolbox to use on the conflict in the middle east. it called for the creation of a permanent commission of inquiry. it allows them to keep this investigation ongoing. of course, israel is saying it won't cooperate, it claims that it was acting in self defense against a terrorist organization. and as we just heard from michelle boshoway, the high commissioner for human rights, she doesn't dispute that hamas was in a violation of international law by firing indiscriminately into civilian areas. she also said using civilians as human shields would be considered a war crime as well. however, she said more information is needed to determine whether or not israel was acting appropriately, namely whether or not the response. to guys as an marsh is attacks was proportionate or indiscriminate, given the large number of casualties. $266.00 of them on the palestinian side,

some 60 plus of them were children. and given the large amount of damage to infringe structure, she said, despite israel's claims that many of these buildings were housing terrorists, or terrorist organizations, we have not seen any evidence to that yet. and without evidence, we don't know. so they were asking for more of that information in order to conduct this investigation. the investigation was approved by was welcomed by palestinian delegation to the un. it was welcomed by many by china and russia. sure. nation and africa however, were not so clearly on board. even the british ambassador to the un said that this overly expensive mandate could risk hardening both sides to the conflict. the united states weighing in saying that they did not see this move as helpful

christmas salumi with the latest on that development from the un. thank you. well, as efforts to investigate the conflict continue, how are palestinians reacting? neither abraham sent us this report from ramallah. how many people gathered around they turn on the tv? walter, who isn't events such as the president speeches you one security council session next interest over the years to be for example, this green is rose, casting the human rights council session at the un. what the tv is on new and people are just going about their lives. why they're not wanting it? what's the use of those meetings? who's standing with us palestinians? no one the world against us were fed up with empty talk. truthfully, the u. s. talks about israel's rights to self defense. when it's the only nuclear power in the middle east,

the u. n is doing nothing. and the security council doesn't have a say that all united nations security council resolution, the thought of all of them, some of the people here we spoke with basically the majority of the decisions which i'm finding weren't to implemented. that's a known the human rights council. so across generations, we're seeing more and more frustration when it comes to the international community, the ability to change things on the ground for palestinian. that's why they say they only have themselves to rely on that's the view from romanella. meanwhile, the un has launched an emergency appeal for $95000000.00 to cover the next 3 months of humanitarian needs and gaza. the money is set to be spent on damaged or destroyed hospitals, schools and water facilities. around 800000 people have been left without access to regular pipe water. while 58 educational buildings were damaged in the conflict. earlier on thursday,

hundreds of palestinians lined up to receive aid donated by egypt. ah, the united states relationship with the few most important ally in the horn of africa region is under the spotlight in the us senate. the senate foreign relations committee has been holding a hearing on the conflict in the tea gray region. and more specifically, the response from washington, a senior us state department official has one d, c o, p, those stoking pension should anticipate further action if they don't reverse course thousands of the p o p, and have died and 7 months of fighting while millions has been displaced while the assistant secretary of state for african affairs wilbert. go take care also said that the security situation in te gray has worse and in recent weeks in western te gray security forces belonging to be i'm horror,

regional government or forcing ethnic to grey. and from their homes. and what secretary blinking has described is actually ethnic cleansing. the air trans defense forces undertaking a campaign of unremitting violence and destruction that amounts to the collective punishment. the people of t great. the violence abuses and atrocities are unacceptable. they must stop. now. we've also heard devastating reports of abuse by arm doctors across t gray. the reports not only speak to widespread incidence of rape and other gender based silent, systematic attempts to dismantle society and destroy families. some perpetrators are targeting the wives of priest, abusing women in front of their families, or using a level of violence, so brutal that women are left with organ damage. the severity of abuse is among the absolute worst. i have seen in nearly 2 decades of humanitarian work that's close to alan fisher, who is following event for us on capitol hill. allen,

we've been hearing reports of alleged human rights abuses coming out of the region for a while. now. how far do you think the finance administration is actually willing to go if the conflict continues? well, this was a real start message to senators on the foreign relations committee about how the us views the situation and degree. you had the to comment from the people who were on the panel. we had that there are thousands dead, thousands injured. and of course, a warning that ethiopia may fall into famine for the 1st time. and more than 40 years. the reality is the crops are not being planted in that area at the moment, simply because of the fighting people aren't able to tend to fields. and unless that situation is rectified within a couple of weeks, then there could be a significant famine. later in the year already 4000000 people are facing food insecurity. 2000000 of them are children. now the u. s. has expressed concern over the last few weeks, but essentially the, the opens up said back off. you can't get involved in internal affairs, but we've had condemnation from the biden ministration. you're biting in the last

24 hours cold for a c spot. we've had the unanimous view of the senate that if you have to pull out of t great, we've had antony blink and the secretary of state saying, what's happening and degree is close to ethnic cleansing. that the big question of course of the u. s. and it was passed during the panel. is there the possibility that the u. s. will declare what has happened in t great as war crimes. now, according to the state department, they are still making that very important legal decision. and that final decision will be given to secretary of state 20 blinking. but of course, this is just another stake that the u. s. can use to against the, if the opium, to make sure that they get a cease fire. they're also talking about the possibility of economic sanctions, making sure that aid doesn't flow at to the government, perhaps even restricted access to international money market. they're talking about individual sanctions as well. they want to see

a fool transparent investigation into allegations of war crimes. they say that is the only way to stop these sorts of things happening again. and all of this happening is joe biden census envoy to the horn of africa back to the region next week. clearly hoping that the strong works here in washington, d. c will turn into something concrete on the ground and the fighting will stop otherwise, sanctions are real possibility. the senate is unanimous. both republicans and democrats, very keen that the by the ministration is strong on your p. a. and your biden himself has said that he is ready to take action. if things do not improve very quickly, elena know you're following developments on that story for us for the moment. allen fisher. thank you. the french president has asked for forgiveness from rwanda saying he recognizes his country's role in the 1994 genocide. and then when mccrory made the comments that a vigil in the capital key,

lee on his 1st visit there as president. but he stopped short of a formal apology, ties between the 2 nations have long been strained of our accusations that the former colonial power was complicit in the killing. i love to know. so and putting myself with humility and respect on your side to day. i am recognizing our responsibilities in gang involved since 1990 in a conflict in which it had no precedence. france did not know how to hear the voices of those. they warned it also overestimated strength to be able to stop those who were already there with france did not understand why wanting to obstruct a regional conflict or civil war was in fact, staying alongside a genocidal regime. the worthy man, when the cron, there were lyn historic sign of reconciliation. president polk, again, they praised the french leaders, acknowledgement his words were something more vulnerable

than an apology. the they were the truth speaking the truth is a risk but you do it because it is right all around 800000 people were brucely slaughtered in just a 100 days between april and july. 1994 death squads loyal to the ethnic who to lead government folk. the country killing me mainly as the cookies and some modern hutus france says the country's former colonial ruler supported that government. a report earlier this year found that it had an overwhelming responsibility for not seeing the social was coming while it still armed the

country's forces. but it was absolved of direct complicity. and while president polk adamus still says it participated in manuel mccomb told him that france was not an accomplice. malcolm webb was that that ceremony and the capitol kigali, and he explains how the 2 countries got to this moment. it certainly follows number events of lead up to this. i mean, it was 11 years ago and president sol cosy, came here, but didn't say anything nearly as didn't acknowledge nearly as much of a role as, as michel has just now focused on these visited parents twice since mccolan came to power. 2 years ago. things have been steadily storing and in both governments. rwanda and france, commissioned report in the last year or 2 that were both published earlier this year into france's role in the genocide. and now both of those reports kind of pretty much what has been the off line all along is that france was to some

degree responsible or even complicit. it's been a depending on on who you are. now with these 2 reports certainly shouldn't be seen as anything that's in any way independent. they're written by 2 players. very much active in this conflict in the early 990 and genocide in 1994 here in rwanda. so they should definitely be taken more of a measure of the political sentiment between these 2 governments at this time. but the, the outcome of those reports was one very much showing france is moving over to the government verandas. narrative on the events of that time. still to come here and al jazeera warnings of a 2nd volcanic eruption and go mountains of residents, lee the cities, and couldn't have been a man, made it maybe a conspiracy theory, but a white house, proven to look at all the possible origin of the corona virus. ah

hello, we've got dryer quieter, comma weather coming in across northwest parts of europe and it will garage the turn a little warmer at long last with a high pressure in charge will be a little bit of wet weather coming across ireland as we go through the weekend, but you get squeezed out by our hi. so things gradually started to calm down nicely and temperatures will pick up 20 celsius there in london, a $21.00 in paris, mostly temperatures, getting up towards that value in berlin. as we go on into the we can so 21 celsius the at that stage is sherry rain coming in across ireland for northern ireland into the receipt wells western possibly going to scott and we'll see some wet weather. but unless you dry close at east side of scotland and also eastern areas of england wanted to shout into germany some showers. they went to poland into the baltic

states some really wet weather for a time across the ukraine. and also into remaining and showers still in place there as we go on through saturday day one or 2 showers across the u. k. by saturday, but large he dry and fine and temperatures picking up nicely. as i said, went back for a bank holiday weekend. we'll see some showers just around the out, some showers there to into southern past of france. you must still cause one or 2 showers into southern they, since the most people will never know what's beyond these. the deafening silence of 100000 and how it feels to touch danger every day. most people will never know what it's like to work with. every breath is pressure with fear. it's not an option. but when most people

o a reminder of the top stories allow the un human rights council has voted to launch an independent investigation surrounding the latest garza violence. michelle says targeting densely populated areas could amount to war crime and highlights of the fox. there's been no evidence to suggest the present presidential ass in homes and media offices that were destroyed by israeli for a senior us state department official as warranty,

t o p s. that those are still contention in the great regions should anticipate further action if they don't reverse course. robert go pick also said the security situation has worse than the recent weeks. and his calling for an immediate end to the french president, come on when mccrory has asked for one done for forgiveness for his country's role in the 994 genocide, but conduct knowledge that france ignored warnings. and in his words, de facto stood by a genocidal wishing tens of thousands of people are fleeing the city of go mind the democratic republic of congo after warnings, a volcano could erupt for the 2nd time round near gone, go erupt on saturday, sending rivers of lava flowing through the city with hundreds of homes destroyed, dozens of people were killed. many are still missing. the bus driver has one. the less than a week after mountaineer ogle, one of the world's most active volcanoes,

killed dozens and destroyed entire villages. the government has ordered a massive accusation of goma city in the eastern part of the democratic republic of congo. fearing a 2nd direction, the population of an entire city seems to be on the move. i'm fleeing the volcano, i'm going to true because i have no choice. the governor told us to evacuate the town. lava flows have already killed dozens of people and caused widespread destruction. the governor of north pupil province ordered a mandatory evacuation after seismic data showed magma rising beneath the city. a sign another eruption could happen at any time. we're taking our belongings. the governor told us on the radio that we have to evacuate and leave go my. we don't have an exact destination. hundreds of earthquakes that followed the 1st erupt and leveled buildings across the city. continuing tremors,

leaving open cracks in the earth. i'm going to a galley, as the situation seems to be uncertain, and goma, the volcano may erupt again and were scared. we were told by the authorities last night that we had to leave with our families. many of gomez residents have abandoned any effort to salvage their lives from the charge landscape. the threat of another volcanic eruption added to the already swelling numbers of displaced people. now, the only priority is to outrage the lava vein bas rubbing 0 smileys military says the prime minister and president has been freed from the tension after resigning from their positions. colonel, a see me go into one of the military officers who lead last year's coo arrested. the 2 transitional leaders on monday, accusing them of violating government agreements. the un security council used an emergency meeting to call for an immediate release. nicholas hark is in the capital

by mac. oh he says molly and they're hoping for return to normality as soon as possible. it seems. according to the resignation from the french president of transition into prime minister, the strong man, the one in charge is no other but the vice president, the, the leader of the military who toppled a very move are kate i in august. i see me going. now it's in the relief has to be made official of the government, the president of transition by and, and the prime minister most are once there's been a relief among many miles, you can see perhaps that the situation is slowly returning to normal. but there's also a lot of anger about the grievances and the presidency by the way, my cold during this, during the removal of the president, the transition, the prime minister call this occur within here among the volume that you've been to on the street. they feel that this situation has put

a reset button and perhaps that it will be an opportunity for molly and to get the grip and get the job going to return to the civilian rule that they wish for as quickly as possible. you foreign ministers have been neutral to decide how to sanction bela roof over the forced landing of a passenger jet on sunday opposition during list the roman protest of h was arrested after his flight from greece. phyllis, when you was diverted to mince western governments, have called on bella ruth and president lucas shanker, to immediately release the purpose of each and his girlfriend. he is very challenge at an ease conference in war. so on thursday, remind process age. his parents made an impassioned plea for help in freeing their son. and they said that country we, as parents were asking the people to journalists, the president, the government,

some kind of influence on lucas shanker on his regime so that he can stop torturing the wonderful young bright youth. and stop all of the evil things that he is doing at the moment. well though, the e u has yet to put new economic sanctions against that roots into action. their intention is clear in lisbon. foreign ministers discuss their options. and at the moment, at least the talk is tough. what is clear is that we want to show that we will not be satisfied with small steps for the sanctions. but rather, we want the sanctions to put significant pressure on the better russian economic structure and financial structures to the repercussions of felt. and the liquor shank regime is made to understand at the moment, but the august passed as long as things like those the last week after what the sanctions will be better if his foreign financial transactions could come under fire. also it's oil sector, and one of its key exports this garbage is potassium. i think that the key word is potash. we know that by the rece produces a lot of potassium is globally ones,

the biggest exporters. and i think that this would hurt luther shanker if we manage that. and i do assume that we will, if managed this by june, the 21st, when we have a foreign ministers meeting in luxembourg, and that is the most important thing to transfer you. yes. and we are stuck in so, but you met a recent president denies the western allegations of piracy, and the keys is what he calls the ill wishes of waiting a high britain war against his country. he's on friday, he travels to russia for a meeting with his main financial and political support. let me put him on. russia has started to refuse, landing permissions for european plains, avoiding better russian ass base. it's assign, moscow wants to push back against what it sees as a shared threat. the batteries, russia, and the west, the economic costs of this stand off or increasing will reach helen's how to 0. the global kovacs facility needs $2000000000.00 by june to secure vaccine supplies for

the rest of 2021 and early 2020 to the scheme to provide vaccines to poor nations is also facing a shortfall of at least a 119000000 doses of cooper at 1900 vaccines by the end of june because of the virus surgeon india. meanwhile, russia has agreed to supply unicef with enough doses of the sputnik vaccine for 110000000 people, the delivery of the job to the un children's fund. they subject to approval for emergency use from the world health organization, the russian direct investment fund, which markets the vaccine abroad says it will hold, talks to gets put, make included in the kofax facility. president joe biden has ordered us intelligence agencies to investigate the origins of the corona virus. he's expecting them to report back in 3 months copier lopez for the young, one with more than 50 percent of us adults now vaccinated. president joe biden is turning his focus to the origins of covered 19th. he's given his team 90

days to investigate how and where the virus 1st emerged. perhaps most controversially, the report will look at whether the virus was leak from this chinese lab in walk on china. i needed to provide more access to the lab corporate more fully with the scientific investigators. and we don't think that they have met that standard once dismissed as a conspiracy theory. now leading scientists say the possibility of the lab leak should not be ignored. we're hearing about people who work at the institute of i ology, becoming sick with an illness. we know that this has been spreading since november . we've seen the chinese government been very reticent to allow pressed to investigate the origins of this virus. we know the wall street journal reporters have been detained by police. we know the b, b. c has been chased out of certain areas where people are looking for the origin. so i think that raises question back in march,

a joint investigation by china and the world health organization concluded the probable source of the virus was animal to human transmission from a work market, an accidental lab leak. it said was highly unlikely noted, but many governments have criticize their reports, credibility, they say access was limited, and the chinese government withheld data. they are you china's apparent influence on the w. h. o has painted the reports. validity, china denies the virus league from one of its labs, saying its critics are playing politics. may what single and with 33000000 confirmed cases and about 600000 deaths from cover 19 in the u. s. which are the highest numbers in the world. the u. s. isn't reflecting on its own problems, but rather attempting to make escape goat out of china. my question is, what are they able to find? can they sleep at night with an untroubled conscience? good might, in administration, says, knowing the origins of cove 19 is

a matter of global health, a way to stop another pandemic in the future. but the report could have far reaching consequences that go beyond the health sector. capielo visit the young al jazeera police in hong kong have banned. next month's vigil markeen the anniversary of beijing salomon square massacre. last year's event marking the 1989 cracked down on pro democracy protesters was also cancelled due to corona virus restrictions. tens of thousands turned out to defy the ban. hong kong security chief has warned the controversial new national security law could be used against anyone who rallies on june, 4th and hong kong security chief is also threatened bankers with jail. if they deal with a council of media tycoon jimmy ly, that's according to the reuters news agency, the pro democracy activist stand billionaire is in jail serving a 14 month prison sentence for taking part in anti government protests. a letter

from the secretary for security. john lee sent 2 branches of city bank and hsbc, reportedly for i since up to 7 years trail time lies, assets were frozen. earlier this month on de sweeping national security laws more on the website, al jazeera dot com. ah, and now reminder of the top stories and i'll just israel in the us, have rejected a vote by the top you and human rights for the backing and international investigation into violations. during the recent 11th day conflict in gaza earlier the you and human rights chief mission rochelle is said that israel is targeting of densely populated areas could amount to war crimes, especially also said high mass for could fire during.