to the russian kids are sent to the russian federation to other families and their real parents are left in infiltration camps. these are really dramatic situations. those kids are made orphans artificially. l dramatic situations. those kids are made orphans artificially.— made orphans artificially. i have been speaking _ made orphans artificially. i have been speaking to _ made orphans artificially. i have been speaking to ukraine's - been speaking to ukraine's ambassador to the un and i asked him what he thought about the fact that the uk blocked russia from using the un to broadcast its meeting. i think that the uk did the right thing. i would like to avail of this opportunity to say that i am enjoying the great cooperation with the uk mission here in the united nations, and i think that the uk mission is one of the most principled missions. what is the united nations doing about trying to get these kids back? well, first of all, let me tell you the fact that the whole united nations system and many conventional mechanisms that are there for the kids,

they proved to be not fit to address the specific context of the russian aggression against ukraine. nevertheless, i would like to remind all of us that lastjuly the secretary—general activated the mechanism, which is called caac, the mechanism of children in armed conflicts, and the united nations started collecting information and monitoring the situation. the united nations and the special representative of the united nations on the children in conflict will report to the security council thisjune orjuly, and then the decision will be taken whether the russian federation will be listed as a violator of the rights of the child in the conflict. right. but even if they come to that conclusion — so what? that does not get the

kids back to ukraine. yes, you're right. but i think the pressure is mounting and the fact that on march 17th, the icc issued the arrest warrant for putin and lvova—belova really pushed the russian federation to the wall. and the fact that they had this meeting on children today proves that they're, kind of, really panicking and they would like to show that they are doing whatever they are doing in the best interests of children. the activation of the caac mechanism is very serious business because if a country in question is listed as the child's rights violator for three consecutive years, then the sanctions against such a country are automatically activated. and no decisions needed,

neither by the security council nor by the general assembly. it may be on paper, but that arrest warrant was issued by the iccjust a couple of weeks or so ago for president putin, for maria lvova—belova. and yesterday, russia assumes presidency of the un security council. so you can see, can't you, how that looks to many people? it makes the un... sorry... i agree with you. no, no, no. i know you will. but you can see it makes the un security council look impotent and leads to people saying, "what is the point of this"? exactly. and you basically take words from my mouth. that's what i was telling many security council members for months, because the month of april was coming and i was talking both to the united states, to the uk, to france, and to other members of security council, because it is primarily responsibility of the members

of the security council to deal with this reaction. and i was warning them that public and constituents in their countries would put these questions that the decline of the authority and the image of the security council is quite dangerous. however, we should not forget that the united nations is notjust the security council. the security council is a very important body, but there are other bodies. there is the general assembly, there is secretary general. there is a whole family of agencies. and the fact that the security council is immobilized on the ukrainian file does not mean that other bodies of the united nations are not operational. thank you very much for talking to us this evening, ambassador. thank you. that's all from us tonight. i will be back tomorrow, see you then.

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the chairman of the contaminated blood inquiry has recommended more people should be entitled to compensation. thousands were infected with hepatitis and hiv after receiving contaminated blood from 1970 to 1991. tony farrugia was 1a when he lost his father to infected blood. the impact has been devastating. my father died in 1986. he was one of the very earliest haemophiliacs to die from hiv, and subsequently, we've been losing family members right up until the last death was in 2012. so, it's been affecting ourfamily for the best part of 30 years. every time a campaigner dies or one of the victims dies, it's a constant memory of what we've been through, and i'm sure it's the same for all the community, notjust myself. i would hope that the government will respond to sir brian's second report.

you're live with bbc news. one of the world's biggest criminal marketplaces, used by online fraudsters to buy passwords, has been shut down after a global police investigation. known as genesis market, the site sold login details and other personal data, allowing criminals to log into people's bank accounts and other services. 2 million people may have fallen victim to the fraudsters around the world — tens of thousands of them in the uk. daniel sandford has the story. come to the door! police! come to the door! a dawn raid on grimsby at the home of a suspected fraudster. the start of an international operation against alleged hackers who steal from online bank accounts and shopping sites. here, officers from the national crime agency and the police arrested

a man in his 30s on suspicion of fraud and computer misuse. one of 2a people arrested in the uk. the target of the raids was the genesis market website, a one—stop shop for hackers who could log in and buy stolen passwords for bank accounts, paypal accounts and accounts for services like amazon, uber and netflix. what was particularly dangerous about the data being sold on the genesis market website was that it wasn't just log—in details. the hackers could purchase all of what's known as your digital fingerprints, your browser information, your ip address and your physical location. so that when the hackers logged in to a bank account or shopping website, it really did look as if they were the original user. hackers trying to use genesis market today did not get the usual login page. rather, they got this message from the fbi saying the website

had been seized as part of operation cookie monster — a reference to the fact that one of the things that genesis market was selling was computer cookies to help hackers impersonate genuine users. for too long, criminals have stolen credentials from innocent members of the public. we now want criminals to be afraid that we have their credentials, and they should be. and people today are getting a knock on their door, very early in the morning. the national crime agency advised members of the public that, to avoid fraud, they should always take software updates on their phones and computers, they should use strong passwords and, where possible, use two factor authentication. that's when a text message with a one use password is sent as part of the login process. daniel sandford, bbc news, at the national crime agency. let's take a look at some other stories in the headlines. four young children have been killed in an attack on a preschool in southern brazil. police say a 25—year—old man entered the nursery and attacked the children before turning himself in.

a tornado struck missouri in the early morning, killing at least five people. local authorities report widespread damage to the area. this storm is one of many to devastate the us south and midwest. when commenting on the storm, an officer called it "heartbreaking" to see. the un chief has strongly condemned the taliban for barring afghan women from working for the organisation in the country. secretary general antonio guterres says female staff are essential and that this move will harm afghans. afghan employees — men and women — have been told to not report to work for the next 48 hours until there's more clarity on the situation. a new bbc investigation exposes a uk life—coaching organisation that is accused of being a cult. the group says it offers self—development but people who have left say it's taken over their lives. people say they've been encouraged to hand over tens of thousands of pounds, separate from their families and have suffered

extreme harassment. one charity which helps people break free from abusive groups says it receives more calls about the organisation than any other in the uk. catrin nye reports. it's been 18 months since jeffrey leejones left lighthouse international group, a life coaching company accused of being a cult. the sailor initially signed up for business coaching, but soon, he was on the phone to his mentor at all hours of the day. at first, i was motivated, i was inspired, and i started working hard. these calls then became more frequent, longer, more intense, more about deeper parts of your life. in time, i began to share traumatic things, things i found deeply painful. jeff became part of lighthouse full—time. that meant being on group phone calls with their leader, paul waugh. many people who don't know me very

well think i'm a mystic. all these calls were recorded, then painstakingly transcribed. they began to take overjeff�*s life. they got longer and longer as we went, so within six months, they were five to six hours. i would listen in at times. the topics were getting more sinister. narcissists, you know, toxic parents. and then that's when i started worrying because i thought he's literally being brainwashed all day, every day. what did they say about your family? my mother and sister are narcissistic, my father is weak. my partner, dawn, well, she got endless flak. people in lighthouse have become isolated from family. some move into shared houses, and there's a financial cost, too. in total, jeff paid £131,000 to the organisation. he sold his house to fund some of it. lighthouse says that any money paid is a self investment. is a self—investment.

i consider lighthouse a very classic example of a cult. firstly, cults are started and led by a charismatic and authoritarian leader, but they are also bullies. but they're also bullies. the structure is steeply hierarchical. then you have this process of what i call brainwashing, or we could also call coercive control. if you do this to people, you can then exploit them. some people who have spoken out against the group have been reported to the police. others have had letters sent to their employers. one week ago, lighthouse international group was shut down as a business by a court, over a lack of financial transparency. we put our allegations to their leader. how do you feel, paul, about the fact so many people feel you're running a cult? we're not running a cult because l they don't know what a cult is. i they don't know, if you ask them lwhat's the difference with a cult| and a community that supports people. — they wouldn't - be able to tell you. why do you think so

many people say it? because they're slurring us. they're smearing us. - that's exactly what they do. are you going to carry on? yes, we are carrying on. thank you _ we've had enough. no comment. - catrin nye, bbc news. fascinating report there. lots more on our website. former new zealand prime minister, jacinda ardern, has bowed out of parliament with a standing ovation following her farewell speech earlier. the 42—year—old spoke about the honour she has felt representing her country and steering its people through some of the hardest times, including natural disasters, the covid—19 pandemic and the 2019 christchurch mosque attack. shocked the country earlier this year when she announced she was stepping down as prime minister and retiring from politics, saying she no longer had "enough in the tank". i do hope i have demonstrated something else entirely. that you can be anxious, sensitive, kind, and wear your heart on your sleeve.

you can be a mother or not. you can be an ex—mormon or not. you can be a nerd, a crier, a hugger, you can be all of these things. and not only can you be here, you can lead just like me. tena koutou, tena koutou, tena koutou. visibly emotionaljust into our during their with some words of windows and indeed for all of us. —— words of wisdom. before we wrap up, let's take you to the spanish coastline, because growing numbers of loggerhead sea turtles are nesting and laying eggs on western mediterranean beaches. scientists suggest this is a case of climate change causing habitat expansion of the threatened species. they say the warming waters have apparently become more suitable for the turtles. look at them, they're adorable, are they? that's it from me in the team and semic miller. do stay with you

to see news for the latest level headlines and analysis —— in singapore. hello there. the easter weekend just around the corner, a heads—up for what to expect coming shortly, but first of all, let's take a look at wednesday's weather. best of the sunshine was certainly across eastern england. yes, it clouded over into the afternoon, but most of us had skies like this — fairly grey with outbreaks of rain at times. now, that rain is pushing its way east and it will clear over the next next few hours and allow this ridge of high pressure to build and quieten things down. so, first thing thursday, it's a rather grey, damp, dreary start across the east, but it's a mild one with the cloud around, temperatures holding up above freezing, so that early rain will ease away. mist and fog patches lift to sunny spells and scattered showers into the afternoon. maybe some of those showers filtering down through the cheshire gap could be quite heavy, maybe with the odd rumble of thunder

mixed in there as well. so, by the middle part of the afternoon, it's sunny spells and scattered showers. highs of 11—14 degrees, slightly drier, brighter skies into northern ireland and western scotland as that ridge of high pressure takes over. but there will be some showers across the northeast of england and eastern scotland here, highs of 9—12 celsius. so, by the end of thursday, the high pressure is building and quieting things down quite nicely. a spell of really wet weather for a time, moving away through east anglia and southeast england. but under those clearer skies out to the west, once again, those temperatures fall away low enough for a touch of frost to form first thing on friday morning. but good friday is going to be a reasonable day — dry, settled and sunny. these weather fronts trying to push in from the atlantic, but they will take most of the easter weekend before they arrive. so, on the whole, we could just see a little more in the way of cloud just pushing in off north sea coasts, unfortunately

for eastern england. but most of us dry with some sunshine coming through and light winds. it'll be pleasant enough — highs of 10—14 celsius. similar story as we go into saturday, but there's a greater chance of seeing more cloud developing from the north sea with that easterly flow. there's our weather front, trying desperately hard to push in from the atlantic. it takes its time to do so, perhaps not arriving until sunday with more significant rain for some of us by easter monday. take care.

this is bbc news. we'll have the headlines and all the main stories for you at the top of the hour, straight after hardtalk. welcome to hardtalk with me, zeinab badawi. i'm in the serpentine galleries in london where there is a major exhibition of the work of the renowned american artist barbara chase—riboud. her art is on display in museums around the world, and she is also an award—winning novelist and poet. throughout her long career, barbara has been fascinated by public memorials and her sculptures honour various historical and culturalfigures. but how should society commemorate controversial people from the past?