as the on the international criminal court launches an investigation into a legend, new war crimes during sedans, ongoing conflict that this claim, $3000.00 lives, the lives several venue. it's great to have you with this is elsa 0, live from the also coming up, syria is government approves the continuation of 8 supplies into the rebel controlled northwest from turkey, but with conditions and the world health organization warns the aspartame sweetener is positively carcinogenic advising people. to consume it in

moderation, and all the wood is facing its 1st major shut down in 63 years when the actors set to join writers on the ticket. the so the international criminal court, the i c. c has opened an investigation into new legend, war crimes and sedan store for region, prosecutors and looking at reports of atrocities against civilians since war broke out in sedan. in april the i c. c has been investigating since the early 2 thousands when mass killings began. indoor for, but the conflict this year has left the security vacuum and recognize it ethnic and tribal violence. but un says a mass grave of at least 87 bodies has recently been found. all right,

let's listen to the icbc, prosecute a cream kind as he was exposing his recent findings to the un security council in new york. we have already started investigating. as i said, mister president of excellence is, i do want to be clear and send a clear message to every belligerent, every commander, every foot sold, you has a gun or believe, so they have power to do what they want. the targeting civilians, individuals targeting the homes, targeting their businesses intentionally, particularly the targeting children and women are crimes prohibited by the room statute correspondent un headquarters will be coming back connecting with us a little later on this. now the syrian government has granted the un conditional

permission to continue delivering aid through a vital border crossing from turkey a to the rebel control northwest of syria. aid is delivered through 3 crossings by the salon, all about e and bible. how i know the vast majority of the a, those 2 level, how it is delivered by the un. but earlier this week, the un security council failed to renew authorization for deliveries through bible house, which directly impacts 4100000 people in journalist nor cor marsh gave us this update from it live a short while back. the also the letter, the, the, the mazda sent to the u. n. a. earlier today, saying that they were giving the un permission uh, to use the valve cover to try to deliver a spot, the fact that they had absolutely no control over the border crossing. uh, neither the surrounding areas and uh the uh,

allows the area that the tier and government old, the control of these tens of kilometers away from the border crossing uh, permanently and previously for the past uh years the board to crossing was uh and the metabolism of the, the, the process is being delivered through the border crossing uh, was coordinated by the, uh, seeing all physician um we also have a used to low, smoothly through the border crossing and then g o r, uh, uh, working in coordination with the 2 and off position here in north buses, julia to deliver you and facilitated a 2 areas of northwest here in syria. so uh, actually uh, uh, you know, local, active as dance people here in the area. they consider this movement as you know, the certain government is trying to accomplish some political games. i will this

letter, as well as the ceo of engaged foundation. he previously served as syria outreach coordinator with the us and bassett, a robert ford. and he was a policy advisor to re former us ambassador to view and samantha power. all right, while you are joining us from washington dc, to help us explain this is, this is a complicated one. to wrap your head around, there was a lot of big power still is a lot of big power politics of play here with russia, western countries, darky, a, syria, and there been different attempts to renew authorization to a deliveries each with competing agendas. explain well, the russian answering machine's agenda is to reassert a saw control over all of syria and in this case already smarter crossings. even though as you speaker mentioned, the syrian army and government physically are not there. and these aren't corner quote, liberated areas for the international community, the us to our key,

the europeans, others. they just want access. they want unfettered access to deliver as many people as they can. and they prefer to work with the united nations, as obviously the most reliable, reputable, and, and best way to get into into conflict zones. and what you're seeing right now is essentially russia and the regime are winning. they have held the international community hostage to technicalities at the un with the threats of russian veto. and as you saw the and has agreed that acquiesced to their new minutes to go through damascus to wait for their approval. that is now going to be contingent on renewals every 3 months and the winds of a sod. so 4000000 people would and star. how is this going to help syria achieve its goal? that you were just outlining of reestablishing control over those opposition held regions as well. but literally,

it will argue that it has restored sovereignty throughout the country. and as a solid always does, they will demand concessions from the international community. every time they are asked to renew or extend the authorization from damascus or not from new york, now, not from the un, but from damascus every 3 months. so they're going to ask for easing of sanctions, the listing designated entities in syria giving aside more money. so he can rebuild his military as he has done in the past and whatnot. and so really just moves the leverage from the un security council. it puts it in damascus. what can you, when do, or what can western countries do those that want to see a get those populations they can bypass the un security council. there's no legal grounds to wait for the russians to veto or to approve

a decision to send humanitarian assistance to a country. its government has no sovereignty over a sort of it, and there is no legal ground for the u. n. to be waiting and such a matter, this is just simply a political decision. and so they should go around it and they should deliver as much paid as they wish. directly from turkey to northern syria. imagine the international community was waiting for vladimir portland to approve aid to ukraine . what do you think he would do? of course he wouldn't let that happen. and that's what we're doing for syrians. yeah, that's, that's an interesting analogy. who's going to monitor the aid now? to make sure that it's not misuse because that's also a big part of what the un does to make sure you know the, the, the 8 actually gets the people who need it as well. there's 2 types of channels here. one is coming from the north to the liberated areas of the un monitors that they're in control of it. and it goes to opposition hill to areas where aid is being this use is when it's being delivered to damascus. and overwhelming amount of

8 is going through damascus by the way, bilaterally. and sort of the u. n. n. a, according to a lot of studies, almost half of it is either stolen or missed directed by the city and redeem and send through a show company is controlled by as a wife, his brother, other military and governmental outfits. and this is u. n. a. there's going through damascus, and there's a lot of efforts, at least here in the united states to ensure that us money that's going to the land is, is better, safe, guarded, and it's, it reaches its intended recipient. since the us is the largest contributor to you in the aid, the funding y o, l's layout seo of engage foundation look, well, thank you very much for your explanations. that can be difficult to to understand everything that's at stake here. so thanks for that. thank you. it got them all is constitutional court has put on hold the suspension of a presidential candidates party. earlier on wednesday,

the attorney general head suspended bernardo arabella sent me a party after allegations of fraud. it came in 2nd place after the 1st round of voting last month. avalos rival and leading presidential candidates, sandra torres as far as for own campaign in an apparent show of supports for our follow. joining us now live from mexico city to explain all of this is manual report on manual. i'm just going to read that 1st line again, bought them all, his constitutional court has put on hold a suspension. so what that means, in layman's terms, is that the run off is going ahead as planned, after all is, am i right? you're right, i'm nodding my head. yes, that is, that is obviously correct. it is a suspension to a previous suspension. this is a, basically a reiteration of the statement read by the got them all in electro court late on

wednesday that certified the results of the general election that was held on on june 25th. this means that barring any other surprises, which we have had plenty of over the course of the last 24 hours. the run off election, which is set for august 20th will go on as scheduled. but to get here, a lot has happened. right. and i think it does married a little bit more of the context because what happened after the, the, the 1st round of voting, the june 25th. the general election was at the electoral court. the supreme court in guatemala delayed it's certification of the election results. denise delayed certifying those 2 candidates that emerged from that 1st round of voting that's been out of the idea of a little of the same media party. this is the and this is the progressive candidate and send that the is the, the right wing candidate from the need. i have not seen none of them experience a party. so what happens after this 1st round of voting, this is what really kicks off this sort of environment of tension where people are expecting that at any moment the supreme court is going to announce and certified

the elections. but what happens just before the that announcement from the supreme court is another announcement from the attorney general's office. this prosecutor, by the name of law fi code, which she checked, who calls for an investigation into sydney. yeah. and orders the suspension of their presidential candidate. but i'm out of the idea of a little, the progressive candidate, the sense shockwave, a lot of concern over what this might mean for the democratic liability of the elections. but then shortly after that the supreme court steps and they says they say that this has not been made official. instead, they certify the election results, giving people a little bit more clarity and, and, and in theory, certainty that the leg to process will go forward and that, that run off election will in fact take place. on august 20th, we went through a whole roller coaster of events throughout the course of the day on thursday. and once again, the court reiterated that statement. the election goes on as plan. okay,

tell us more about the state of the race then since it's going ahead, do you have a good read on who's the head? so this is one of the sort of bottom line points here for this election is this candidate? bet them out about a low from the progressive party who is essentially an under dog candidate. he was placing, i believe in a place in the poles, the head of the 1st round of voting. nobody really expected him to do as well as he did moving into a 2nd place coming out of that, out of that 1st round of voting. going head to head against the sound of authorities from the conservative party. um, so for a lot of people who uh, which i should mentioned, voter turnout was at historic lows for this for this 1st round of voting. there was a lot of political apathy gearing up to this 1st round of voting. so people are now turning their heads, they're seeing these, these targeted attacks by um, by, by officials in the, in the government currently against specifically the send me a party because they're the ones promising the most radical change this,

this candidate. but i'm out of the envelope has successfully run on a platform of anti corruption and it's, it is more than then rustling a few feathers among the political elite in guatemala. so people are now turning and paying very close attention because to them this fight is really becoming a sort of fight over the future. democracy of the country, mental republic. thank you very much. money reporting there from mexico city. and the world health organization says aspartame, one of the most commonly used artificial sweeteners in diet sodas is possibly carcinogenic as follow studies by 2 separate panels of experts. but the w h as director of nutrition insists, but he is not advising people to stop consuming the sweetener altogether. stephanie decker breaks it down for us. now we're talking about a spar tate. one of the most commonly used sweeteners found and many top brands of diet, drinks, chewing gum, and jelly. now many probably think it's

a better and healthier alternative to sugar. well, and you, you, and reports as it may come with its own risks to expert panels, took a look one the i a r c, which is the world health organizations, cancer research arm not classified to spar tame as possibly carcinogenic to humans . now the findings make sure to say this is based on limited evidence for a certain type of liver cancer, so it's certainly not categorical. but under the i a r c classification system, there are various ratings. one is sufficient evidence for cancer and humorous things like smoking. for example. then you have a 2nd level and that's probably causes cancer listing things like consumption of red meat and night shift work. and then it's to be where a spar tame falls under. and according to them is possibly cancer closing to human . so the 2nd part of the research was done by the j e f. c. a. is that so you one body that looks up updating the risk assessment in current daily acceptable intake to human. so overall,

that committee concluded that there was no convincing evidence from experimental animal or human data that a spar tame has adverse effects after ingestion. but for such a commonly used product that let's face it, we will, ingest questions will be raised and they are being raised to now the world health organization is encouraging more research to take place a still a head on alpha 0. fighting to save lives in ukraine's field hospitals were on the front line and eastern ukraine. the the brought to you by visit capital. hello. we should see things quieting down across the midwest over the next day or so. you can see this little clot just those are swept through these across the illinois chicago. so i propose that the damaging wins here and the all tornadoes sweeping out across the midwest, easing the east,

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10 a reminder of our headlines this our, the syrian government has told the un that it can continue delivering aid through a vital border crossing from turkey, ga, to the rebel controlled northwest. earlier, the un security council failed to renew the authorization for deliveries for the bottles our crossing. the world health organization says aspartame, one of the most commonly used artificial sweeteners is positively carcinogenic. however, experts say it's still safe to consume in moderation. the international criminal court has opened an investigation into new alleged war crimes and sedan store for regions, prosecutors, and looking at reports of atrocities against civilians since fighting broke out in april. let's go live, does she have a ton c at un headquarters in new york? so she have, what does the of something prosecutor say is happening right now, and or 4 pieces of history is in danger of repeating itself. and also he specifically mentioned the pleasure of women and children,

the reset fit for their lives and in the written submission to the security council . the i c. c said it was closely tracking the reports of extrajudicial killings, the budding of homes and markets, looting in west style full as one is killing. the displacement of civilians in most awful and allegations of sexual gender based crime is the prosecution. oh, i'm sorry. i think, i think we already discussed a little bit confused as i have the prosecutor, but probably just basically that they would be no impunity for crimes. they were closely involved in the situation. i'm sorry, i thought we were going to catch, we're good with somebody that knows you have no problem, but the so imperative. that's an interesting word because why? because since 2009, the i c c has had an arrest warrant out against the been leader of sit down or more of this year. and famously, you know, of course, they never got their hands on them. he was never arrested or at least not for that . so what are the prospects for accountability in door for

we actually have to admit for they have no investigators on the grounds in doubt for right now. and the prosecutor said that's the sixty's government was no longer cooperating with icbc investigations in, in the offer. i think we got a clue as to how the icpc would proceed from something that the prosecutor set up the security council, where he referenced a report from the un human rights council, the human rights office, rather about an alleged atrocity in west and all 4 in which $84.00 ethnic muscles that were killed and buried in it mass graves are. he said that they were investigating those reports from, from these bodies who are on the ground. so yes it's, it's, it's clearly, it's clearly about might be able to jason for the eyes. you see something i've been meaning to ask you, why is the i c c focusing solely fund or for when we know the capital cartoon has also been awarded on for the last 3 months. all right, well, i mean that's,

that's, that's an interesting question. the guys usually has a mandates from 2005 to investigate crimes against humanity. and that is, crimes against humanity in the for up to this point. they've been investigating alleged atrocities in the early, 2002005 to 2008. and that's where we got those as warrens for, for, for arrest. and indeed one prosecution has already begun for the less judge we believe should lead to what best saying is. but mandate includes ongoing obligations of atrocities by rolling it in. and they feel that they do have that mandate and they will be investigating and prosecuting potentially in the future. okay. copy that understood, and she advertise the live from the un headquarters in new york. thank you very much on your credit is military says it is continuing it's counter offensive to retake areas around the new pro river. newly released drone video shows what's

being called a reconnaissance mission by ukraine. that's near the city of for son. keith says the operation identified russian military positions on one of the islands on the nipple or a river. russian president vladimir putin has warned against ukraine, joining nato saying that it would worse and international tensions. the comments follow this week and make those summit and lithuania, where ukraine's leader are pushed for a time table on when it could join the military lines. back on the ground and eastern ukraine, the battle rages on acid. vague reports from a field hospital nearby fluids. a warning, some viewers may find images in this report. disturbing. this is the unseen face of ukraine's capture offensive. the men and women who are sacrificing their lives for every inch of land or which was it, comes the risk this so just up time and then mine makes don't have a lot of time to stabilize him. he's colleagues on the back to the field. money

should stop the bleeding, but he still needs attention before he can be taken to a proper hospital. even though if he's medics with to save lives, the own lives constant. as close as they can possibly be to the front line with the back to the going on with around in the next room, another patient is protein with shrapnel rooms to his face. the sound of constant firing and shilling can be heard. the vibration of the strikes felt through act this hospital were not allowed to reveal the location except that it's close to the eastern city of baltimore. russian forces to control over to inmate. the ukrainian ministry is trying to get to. the soldier is not stable. he's lost his foot, but he's a life. during moments of shortly, quite medics rest and makes the next set of casualties. hardly beautiful thoughts here. you could have good training for medics manual for those injured survive. one of the issues is the enemy use and type personal minds to take a long time after the victory at least 10 years for us to clear those mind. a lot

of the equipment and supplies is donated. sure. and i mean that it's also volunteers to you, like the most difficult thing is that we have very short on time here. if they are in the critical state seconds matter, it determines whether they live or die. the most shocking thing is when you have soldiers with no arms or legs, they ask, when will i be able to fight again for everyone involved, it's a risk task throwed an outage on a dead track through winding fields or the other routes are within sight of russian forces and easily hit even those leaving the fields, hospice that have to be transported quickly so they don't come into fire. the hospital only moves location if the front lines be further away, but with intense fighting, taking pace and no real change. these magics expect just that the field of casualties start big. i'll just say to me about what the frontline, eastern us person and joe biden and leaders of several northern countries have met in finland to discuss the war and ukraine and other issues. both finland and sweden

ditched their history of military non alignment and decided to join the nato alliance after russia's invasion. and then became a member this year, and sweden is expected to follow soon, or diplomatic. it is a james based reports from helsinki, as president biden slew straight here to helsinki. from the nato summit, to lift away near the white house, believes was a success, presidency. lensky, maybe not happy. he didn't receive a more exact timeline. please come through his membership with the alliance, but he was praising us leadership. many allies may privately feel this squash about buttons decision to send customizations to ukraine, but they didn't raise their objections publicly. and the biggest breakthrough appears to be in persuading took his present. oh, the one to drop his opposition to sweden's and they took membership. and that's why this 2nd summit in helsinki with the 5 nordic nations is important. the security situation in this region has been transformed. it's not just sweet and finland

became nato's 31st member. 3 months ago is a country with a 1300 kilometer border with russia. and with a large and capable military, with expertise in winter. we just finished historic nato summit and i think it was historic where we welcome friendly succession to nato and recent agreement to move forward on sweden's membership. and they know, and it was a reminder that the nation is around the table and not only share a common history, but we shared common challenges. and i would add for some sicily, common values this. so it's not just about ukraine. all of these are up to take nations and nato was worried about russia and to an extent about china because of climate change areas that in the past, what inaccessible but on land and sea could become part of a future battlefield. this summit would have been keenly watched in moscow. it was held in the presidential palace that was once russia's c to power when it ruled

finland into the 1917 revolution. it's the same building with president putin met president trump 5 years ago. but now in this part of the world, russia finds itself very much on the outside looking in james bay's outages era, helsinki, the hollywood actors union, has voted to go on strike with a $160000.00 members in the union. and it will be one of the largest strikes in the us in decades. but union says, weeks indigo, sions with major studios sales. they are demanding more royalties from streaming services and safeguards around the use of artificial intelligence to preserve jobs . actors will join writers who have already been on the picket line since may rob reynolds has the latest from los angeles, of hollywood is facing its worth disruption in many, many years. as the actors are now going on strike joining the screen riders on the picket line. very soon, what this means for viewers will be, you'll be seeing

a lot more life sports events, a lot more on scripted reality tv type shows, of fewer movies released in theaters and many more reruns. the actors union president fran drescher says that her membership was free to disrespectfully by the alliance of motion picture and television producers. the motion picture and television producers say they gave the, they offered the actors a good deal, but they turned it down. one of the key elements and all of this is artificial intelligence and the prospect actors say, of the existential threat to their profession by the fact that this advancing technology could in the future take their like, this is their voice has their persona and use them in movies to create almost entirely artificially created characters that would not be under the artistic control of the,

of the actors and for which the actors may not even be compensated. so this is one of the key sticking points in this, in addition to wages benefits and some of the other, more ordinary labor issues. how long will this go on? both sides are very far apart and it looks like this would last for quite some time . rob reynolds, l g, a 0, los angeles. the guidelines on alpha 0. the international criminal court has opened an investigation into a new alleged war crimes in sedan store for region. prosecutors are looking at reports of atrocities against civilians and splicing, broke out in april. we have already started investigating, as i said.