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barking of no confidence votes was unconstitutional focused on top court rules. the vote will go ahead. i'm humans un recognize president top of that. i'm not sure how the hand towers to a new leadership council. we begin with breaking news and in the last few minutes, the un general assembly has voted to suspend russia from the un human rights council. 93 countries back the suspension with 24 opposed. 58 countries, abstained. russia is the 2nd country to be removed from the human rights council after libya, live to christian salumi at the united nations. tell us about the votes and some of the reaction. perhaps that's come through already. yeah, we heard an impassioned p. o, from ukraine's ambassador for this move to happen for russia to be removed from the

human rights council. only the 2nd country to have that honor or distinction, if you will. i, russia has rejected all of the allegations against it. it says that all of these alleged atrocities have been staged, and it said that it should be allowed to remain on the human rights council because the west was trying to basically destroy the human rights architecture by kicking, kicking it off the council and, and getting rid of a voice that stands up to western aggression. what's interesting here is that a number of countries that had voted in favor of a resolution condemning russia for its aggression in ukraine and calling for a humanitarian cessation of hostilities actually did not support the resolution to

remove russia from the human rights council. some like brazil and south africa said there should be an investigation 1st that you have to follow through, establish the case, see the results before taking action, mexico, which actually worked on that last resolution in the general assembly hall helped author it and voted for it. i said that they wanted more transparency. i more inclusion, not exclusion. that that was the way to go forward. and ne, abstain from that vote. china, which has abstained on past resolutions that pointed the finger at russia, voted no flat out on this one, saying that it was a step too far. so i'm certainly a victory for the united states that called for this removing russia from the human rights council saying it was hypocrisy to let a country performing such horrible acts that be on the council,

but perhaps not as strong as nato allies and ukraine would have liked ok, thank you so much. kristen salumi reporting from the united nations. we take you to brussels, where the u. s. secretary of state anthony lincoln is holding and media conference following the nato foreign minister is needing earlier on. are you christ, prosecutor general? they've already found 410 bodies of dead civilians in that one town alone. and it's not just future emerging. the body of the 50 year old mayor, allah. so ankle was found in a shallow grave along with her hands bound alongside the bodies of her husband and son. they were last seen alive, being taken away by russian soldiers in our keith. a woman was sheltering in a school with her 5 year old daughter and neighbors. when a russian soldier picked her out and forced her to accompany him to an empty

classroom, he cut her face and night with a neck and neck with a knife excuse me. threaten to kill her and raped her repeatedly at gunpoint. with each day more and more credible reports. a brave killings torture are emerging and for every boucher there are many more towns. russia has occupied and more towns, it is still occupying places where we must assume russian soldiers a committee, more atrocities. right now. here's what we're doing together with our allies and partners to stop this aggression, to stand with ukraine and hold accountable. those who are responsible 1st, we continue to work in close coordination with allies and partners to raise the costs on the russian government for its aggression. yesterday we announced new sanctions on russia's largest financial institution and one of his largest private

banks on 21 members of russia's nav security council. on the adult children a president putin. president biden also signed an executive order prohibiting new investment in russia by any person in the united states. the european union is also actively considering robust new measures, including bands on russian coal on russian vessels accessing a new ports on transactions with 4 key financial institutions. second, the united states continues to work at an unprecedented pace tell the ukraine defend itself. last friday, the department of fence announced $300000000.00 in new security assistance. on tuesday, i authorized an additional $100000000.00 to meet ukraine's urgent needs for more javelin anti armor systems. this will bring total u. s. security assistance to ukraine since the beginning of russia's invasion in february to over $1700000000.00. and over $2400000000.00 since january of last year,

more than 30 countries have joined us and delivering security assistance to ukraine . a that our ukranian partners are putting to very effective use. as we see in the kremlin retreat from keith and other ukrainian cities and towns to day, i met again with my colleague and friend, demitrix labor, ukraine's foreign minister to discuss how we can continue to provide ukraine's greatest offenders with what they need to keep pushing russia back 3rd, we continue to provide significant aid to address the acute humanitarian crisis caused by the kremlin warp. more than a quarter of ukraine's population. over 11000000 people have been displaced. that's roughly equal to displacing the entire population of belgium, the country. we're now in the space of 6 weeks present vide announced that the u. s . government is prepared to provide more than $1000000000.00 in new humanitarian assistance to those affected by rushes ward,

aggression that comes on top of $293000000.00. we provided in 2022 alone to vulnerable communities in the region, including the neighboring countries that have opened their arms and opened their homes to 4000000 ukrainian refugees. the global harm caused by the commas. aggression is growing, including the disruption is cause to the production distribution of wheaton, ukraine, on which so many countries rely something that i heard about the saw 1st hand just a week ago when we were in, among other places, morocco and algeria in africa, where a quarter of the population is now facing a food security crisis. russia's war of choice has raised the costs of basic staples, worsening the hardship that people were already feeling. so the g 7, we discussed in some detail ways that we can mitigate the wars impact on the most vulnerable people around the world forth. the united states continues to work methodically, to collect, to preserve,

to analyze evidence of atrocities. and to make this information available to the appropriate bodies, were supporting a multinational team of experts that's assisting a war crimes unit set up by ukraine's prosecutor general with a view toward eventually pursuing criminal accountability. these efforts will also ensure that russia cannot escape the verdict of history just moments ago, as i was coming into this room. ah, i learned that you and member states had come together once again to condemn russia's aggression and suspend it from the human rights council. the country is perpetrating gross and systematic violations of human rights should not sit on a body whose job it is to protect those rights to day a wrong was right. it says, we discuss ways we can sure up the collective security of our nato allies. as the president said, we will defend every inch of nato territory. we now have 100000

u. s. troops in europe. nato's established for new multinational battle groups in romania and hungary bulgaria slovakia. in addition to those already in poland, estonia, latvia and lithuania, to reinforce our eastern flank 6, we discussed the additional support that nato allies can provide to partners like bosnia herzegovina, and georgia, who are most vulnerable to russian aggression and threats from cyber security. to combating this information. finally, we discussed at length a new nato strategic concept. this is the public blueprint for how the alliance will continue to safeguard transatlantic security. in what is a rapidly changing landscape will release that document at the nato summit in madrid and june. present putin thought, among other things that he would weaken and divide nato. this strategic concept will make clear that nato is in fact stronger. it's more united. it's more capable

of addressing 21st century threats. and i can say unequivocally from my discussions with many colleagues here in recent days, colleagues from around the globe, the revulsion at what the russian government is doing is palpable. there's a greater determination than ever to stand with ukraine to shore up and revitalize the international order that moscow was trying to append to bring to bear even greater costs on the russian government to ensure the people are held accountable for their crimes. thank you. will not turn to questions. we will start with vivian, selena from the wall street journal. thank you, mr. secretary, i to questions. if you'll indulge me you. cape foreign minister les tress said today that allies have agree to help ukrainian forces move from their soviet era equipment. you needed nato standard equipment on

a bilateral basis. she is very specific language there, and so is the u. s. going to match that pledge in of so can you tell me a little bit about the, the timeline? well, when you plan on doing that, 2nd question is ukraine's foreign minister calais by said today that as long as the west continues buying russian gas or oil, it is supporting the russian war machine. that's a direct quote, or you pressing europeans to commit to a time mine a more aggressive timeline for banning russian oil and gas. thank you. thanks. oh, so on the 1st question. first, as you know, and as i said, we have been an individually united states and collectively as partners more than 30 countries providing to ukraine. ah, the weapons and systems that we believe it can use most effectively. and that it needs to push back against our russian, russia, and we're not gonna let anything stand in the way of getting ukrainians what they need and what we believe can be effective. so we're looking across the board right

now, not only what we've provided and continue to provide, but whether there are additional systems that would make a difference and that we could buy them. and we're doing that in close consultation with the ukrainians, as well as with allies and partners on the energy situation. so we've seen over many years, a dependence build up in europe on russian gas, especially as well as on russian oil. and i think what i'm hearing very clearly is a commitment to end that dependence. we've seen again and again, russia use energy as a weapon. ah, as political leverage. and of course, the proceeds that it gets from the sale of its energy is now yes, helping to fuel as aggression against ukraine. and my strong sense is that

europeans are very much committed, as i said, to ending that dependence. but it's also not flight flipping a light switch. ah, you have to do it on methodically. you have to put in place the, the necessary alternatives, the united states is doing a great deal to, to help in that regard. as you know for this winter alone, oh, we've worked to make sure that there were sufficient supplies. for example, alan g to compensate frank losses from mom, decreased sales of russian energy or a, a cut off in russian energy going forward. you heard president biden talk about this a couple of weeks ago when he was here. we're committed to increasing the, the supply of energy. ah, other countries are taking, taking steps to increase supplies of different kinds of energy. ah, and as i said, europeans seem committed to moving forward on this. i think it also tells us how imperative that is that we accelerate the transition to renewables. and we can, i think in europe can make

a virtue out of necessity. not only by moving away from brushing energy from russian gas while, but moving toward sustainable energy and toward renewables, but it's a process. it takes time. ah, but my strong sense is that europe has committed doing thanks. so you're watching the live picture from brussels. that is the u. s. secretary said answering blink and answering questions to reporters. he's just spoken after the nato meetings that took place earlier on. and what he said in the past few minutes is that there is a growing coalition of countries with ukraine and against russia. he also pointed to more credible reports according to him, of rape, torture, and killings by russian soldiers in ukraine. he didn't elaborate much on that. however, and the u. s. sector sate also saying that we are sustaining we, as in the allies, are sustaining and building pressure on russia. let's bring in stuff austin. she's joining us from brussels, where anthony lincoln was just speaking and you were listening in what do you make of what he had to say in the tone stuff

while listening carefully to antony blinking, blink, and makes clear the balancing act that the nato countries have been going through in the last couple of days, he gave some very detailed and alter gruesome accounts of for alleged to war crimes and atrocity sir committed in ukraine. basically giving a clear message that there was a moral responsibility felt by ne, to, to do more for ukraine. to send more military support, but a cutting short of being short of actually sending troops to your grade and also sending planes to ukraine. because that could be seen by russia as getting a clear involvement of nato in the war. which ukraine and could possibly a cause of war between russia and nato. so basically, the nato countries have step up their efforts, but have not gone in a total shift aiding a ukraine with troops and planes. and that's why he had

a long list of sanctions, of the all kinds of measures that the united states is now imposing on russia. and that has been, of course, is very delicate balancing act that we've seen here in brussels in the last couple of days. and step in, we've been reporting about this video that emerge that appears to show ukrainian forces killing russian soldiers. and we heard from the ukrainian foreign minister earlier on in brussels that he did way in on this video. tell us more 40 how to say yeah, the ukrainian foreign minister dmitri labor was asked about this video and he said he hadn't seen it, but he had heard about it. and he said that he says that ukraine or will follow the rules of engagement of war or rules. and that he said this could be an isolated

incident, but he said it would definitely need to be investigated. and he also said he needed to double check on the date, but he also continued in a very emotional way of saying that you dont understand or the people who have left a managed to escape from butcher what they have been going through. and he kept saying that, you know, we didn't understand how severe the trauma was. so basically he said it's not an excuse of what a possibly could have happened in that video. but he sat, he put it in the context of what has been happening in blue china and not of towns as well. thank you so much stuff. awesome. as reporting from brussels. and are other developing story pakistan supreme court has ruled a prime minister in ron con, did violate the constitution. his allies in parliament prevented the opposition from proceeding with no confidence motion. despite the opposition, having a majority con, then got parliament dissolved and called an election. the court says this was in

legal and that the no confidence votes must now go ahead a summit and javert joining us from islamabad. so what happens next? what there is, this is a historic day in pakistan's, legal and democratic history where a constitutional norm has been taken to try and de seat the prime minister of pakistan which has been endorsed by an independent judiciary. the sides which took to the judiciary are jubilant. they're calling it a victory for bach hassan. they're saying that the what the court has done is buried the doctrine of necessity, which had been prevailing in progress and in the last 75 years. where as the court has declared that the dis, just decisions that were taken the sunday by the deputy speaking of parliament, was unconstitutional. because a table, a motion had already been table in the parliament for a vote of no confidence. and according to the constitution by his son,

no other business can be dealt with in the house. once that has been tabled. so now the parties are getting together. it is a win for them. and with, with us is one of the members of the legal team at representing this case in parliament who belongs to the bike, hassan people, spotty. mr. chris, she you said it is a historic day. but again, the government has been saying that this is something that the prime minister should have been able to do. and you have brought into question the integrity of the parliament as an independent offender of the state. well, 1st of all, the summer, this is a landmark historic day for the constitution of pakistan and all the democratic forces in pakistan. and are we are celebrating the independence of judiciary and the burial perpetual burial forever for times to come of the doctrine of necessity . having said that, this, this was an orchestrated exercise by the outgoing government and are they

did? they were trying to reconstruct a 50 it to be scenario a val video, the pakistan people's party government in 2013 or to the 18th amendment. we had done away with so what, what, what practically p d i government tried to do was data for all dimes to come under article $95.00, where under which the award of no confidence is tabled they wanted to make it her absolutely a dysfunctional. if the speaker gives the ruling, so for all times to come, the speaker would always give a ruling that the vote of no confidence is a illegal for some reason. i don't said that's the now struck down. what happens next? there is obsession that is supposed to take place on saturday where you are going to elect the new leader of the house after the vote of no confidence. are we going to words in election? are we going to words further? mayhem on the streets of focus on half an hour. the next? absolutely not. i think the firewall are phenomena that was a,

portrayed by the government that the supreme court cannot look into the parliamentary business that has been thrown out. a supreme court has looked at the ultra constitutional acts, beat me in the floor of the house or by the speaker, and now now that the speakers ruling has been set aside. the status quo ante as we call in law has or has it been given in which the assembly will be deemed to be having continued in session. and the water for no confidence will be now watered upon. on the order of the day on saturday, 9th of april at 9 30 am. and if the motion is carried forward, we have a within the opposition parties, headed by the opposition leader and box on people's party chairman. but i will go to the body. they all the are very confident that we have the numbers. we will a succeed in our motion and then under article $91.00 of the constitution, the supreme court has ordered in today's order that that session will not be brought by the speaker. and in that very session, the new leader of the house i. e,

the prime minister will be elected. and i think pakistan for the remaining term of the parliament which the culminates in august 2023. we will have a coalition government of the opposition forces and we will build bridges and we will take pakistan out of this economic meltdown that this outgoing government brought us. and we will certainly bring to justice. all the actors and perpetrators who had wiley did through the scheme of things, starting from the speaker and the prime minister. and unfortunately, the president also acted on the advice which has been struck down under article of the concentration quickly we've been hearing political statements about article 6 of the constitution that application of treason to be applied to the prime minister to his minister as even to the president, is that something that the opposition coalition is going to be going to words? what happens next to this sitting prime minister focused on who i have been? it has been the target of a lot of attacks. literally political attacks by the well, it's

a very important question that you raised and a, this is in 1st time to 75 years of pakistan's constitutional history. this was the civilian co attempt. we've always dealt and fought. and this was the 1st time under the leadership of the opposition leaders. a democratic tool was used to dislodge a selected government which came through a fear or manipulated election. and today are we were going to have a strengthening of democracy. and as far as the article 6 application is concerned, i think once the full reason to judgement comes and the new federal government comes in place, they will assume they will have all the credible ordinance. who are all the perpetrators and the characters in the, you know, it's a virgin and violation of the constitution. and i think we need to draw lines. we need to set examples and supreme court today has said the example that we will not allow our jingoism. we will not allow ultra constitutional access beard me and even

even if you are you to try got me your pause principle. i think they have laid down and, and shined that pakistan's of constitutional stability has been given. and now we, the political forces have to give the political stability, the democratic stability, the economic stability. and we have to take pakistan out of all the challenges. and pakistan's opposition is going to engage with all stakeholders, but it's a wonderful day for pakistan. it's a great day for constitutionalism and it's an amazing day for democracy. thank you very much, mr. creation. whether you have it or the legal view here from outside the supreme good. a virus on a landmark day as opposition. politicians are colleagues where the actions that were taken to strike down the road of confidence have been declared unconstitutional. thank you so much, a son, ben jeff ed reporting from his lamb event. ah, the french for right presidential candidates marina pan is holding her final campaign rally before the 1st round of presidential elections. her supporters have

gathered in paris, piano, poster jazz. the raced with president money run, macro is tightening. that's find out by how much with bernard smith, he's joining us from that rally. tell us what the latest is. during her opinion, a very popular face for marines support is in school to hold the national riley campaign boyd by recent bowling, which is close to 17 and popularity to manual across one pole, even just ahead of my phone. but generally keys on about 20 percent money. well, my phone on about 27 percent marina plan has sort of successfully managed to pull the image of the party out of being a danger. but democracy they've managed to play down xenophobic reputation that they have to have to pull. just as the campaign was starting under the thousands of fly as of a shaking hands with vladimir po boots and not as now seem to have done

a bunch of party really hoping that this time brown, she will push through yes. in the past is manifesto, there are still promises to curb immigration, stop immigrant families, bringing family members with them from overseas and are promised to hold a referendum on allowing and didn't continue. freedom of movement within the european union. they played down with it, played off, which is concentrate the company on the cost of living prices, say the number one concern a french road is ahead of the war and you freight out of the environment. i had of how just promising to cut b a t on energy from 20 percent of by presented to all of that seems to be having an effect. effective enough on the manual holland, his campaign, they said to very negative campaigning against marine la power replied. they say, though, that we are severe step backwards to france if she were to be elected anyway,

it looks like on the sunday, marina pat in the manual, my problem will be the top 2 in the election on sunday. that means they will go ahead to run off a couple of weeks here. so what can we expect if she does make it to the 2nd round burner? well i think we can see this time round and would look and certainly seeing from marine repentance company, and that's just not, it's been a much more polished campaign last time around the way people think about how they vote down. always tell us that the 2nd time around is, is this person presidential material. she had a disastrous debates with the manual math chrome. and this in the last election 27 . see, she came off very poorly from she said to herself, she's really worked on a campaign. this is the sort of pinnacle of a 20 year political career. so this time around, we can expect, if we can believe that holds a much time to run mach chrome pizza by molten,

refer to percentage points, and the 2nd round in the 2017 election. this time already, it's going to be much, much tighter. thank you, bernard. bernard smith, reporting from personnel in france, student till the latest joint protest since for lincoln, they were calling for the president to resign because of a worst thing. economic crisis, a president got a pyre, roger potter has refused to step down. despite weeks of protests, against high prices of food, fuel and lengthy power cuts. the governing coalition has lost us majority. after 40 politicians quit. without fernandez as more from colombo, the legacy group of protest says as you can see student, these are students that have had been delayed. they can't study because of 1013 apo across all of them, basically taking to the streets now they're rallying cry. give us back our futures . i mean that's what lots of these banners say. it's all about what kind of country

they want. protected and secured for them that he saw that he saw a few to not do doubt done all the 21574 years. they have like destroyed the country, the quality issues. so we should come forward. now the government is facing a huge problem today the 3rd day in parliament, the debates continuing to do in the government and the opposition, the finance minister, the new on that for just 24 hours, ali sub re saying that they had been discussing the need for debt restructuring, the need to allow the repair to float against a donor. all of these things that he had been discussed for a long time, the opposition gave them short shrift. they said, if you had been discussing it, why didn't you do that much, much longer? why did you allow it to come down to such a crisis and hit rock bottom and these are issues that are happening that all.