this government in any form and that has bullet remains disarmed and militarily defeated. un human rights council has said that we'll be investigating human rights abuses, eastern democratic republic of congo for london, about 23 levels to the city of government last week. and i've been advancing across the country when human rights chief focus hooks, as the worst is yet to come, if nothing is done, un says an estimate to the $3000.00 dozens hills and hundreds of thousands full from the homes. you k government says that the burden town remains of grantsville town will be dismantled despite some very families oscar and that it remained standing for 201772 people died in the building quarter when most people were sleep combustible. crowding on the buildings exterior close flames to spread quickly. what is the worst 5 more than british history? 5 brigade had told residents for meeting that is if things continue to spread, investigation blamed and mixing the government and industry failures for the tragedy. for no charge as of yet to be brought against those responsible. sweden's government says it w

executive order prepared for your attention that would withdraw the united states from the un human rights council, would withdraw the united states from the unrwa, which is a refugee organization, and would also review american involvement in in unesco, which has also exhibited anti-american bias. more generally, the executive order calls for a review of american involvement and funding in the un in light of the wild, disparities in levels of funding among different countries that, as you've expressed previously, is deeply unfair to the united states. >> so i've always felt that the un has tremendous potential. it's not living up to that potential right now. it really isn't hasn't for a long time. it has. there are great hopes for it, but it's not being well run, to be honest. and they're not doing the job. a lot of these conflicts that we're working on should be settled, or at least we should have some help in settling them. we never seem to get help. that should be the primary purpose of the un. the united nations, and again, it's got great potential. and based on the potential, we'll continue

human rights chief as well. the west could yet be to come with the eastern democratic republic of congo is provided by them. 23 rebels advisors across the country. the un human rights council as last of the investigation into human rights abuses and volk attacks as crimes, including rape and sexual slavery, may increase of the peter vincy shows the sharp g. since january the 26, nearly 3000 people being killed and the 2880 into the roof is likely to be much higher. so i'm pulled up in my book will preset a v i go model event and goma. on january the 27th, 2 hospitals were bombed. kidding and wounding many patients, including women and children, feed the family. it is on call. tricity zoe fee. i'm horrified by the spirit of sexual violence, which has been an appalling feature. if this conflict for a long time, this is likely to worse and in the common circumstances. dislike of 8 on the above, the law is a cx, but full central africa, the global initiative, it gains trends, national, organized crime. he says, crushing dialed the legal minerals bulk. it is the only way the region can secure a lasting piece that we sent you. the intention to declare inside the you just says 5,

the un human rights council says this will be investigating human rights abuses and eastern democratic republic of congo rondon but to m 22 levels to the city of gun last week. and i've been advancing across the country you and says thousands of people have been killed and hundreds of thousands forced from their homes. come with as much. but these children notice that parents are dead or alive. some was separated while running from the fighting. when the n 23 rebels, backed by rolanda took the city of came in last week to grab a shad. gotcha. we were in the comp and then all of a sudden that were explosions. we started running by the time i called away. i couldn't find my parents off the guy myself, people living in the vast displacement camps, north of the city, say, and 20 three's fights, has forced them to leave and destroyed the shelters, causing more separations. these women say they'd be left taking care of thousands of children in this churchyard, including toddlers and babies. so the people are panicking and they didn't even have the time to gather. there's children, we have no

our investment of the un human rights council will hold a special meeting to discuss the situation in the eastern congress city of goma later this week. so bruno, what is your message to the global community ahead of that meeting? so that's very, very you get to know the very bottom meeting at the stage about this, this uh and for the price is the message is 1st in the like in every conflict but, but she writes people that tie on because this has been going on, this this a comforting not, not that this gateway is today, but this is a price is that is the most part structured on earth because it has been going on for 2 years. the decision of bearing the brunt of these prices, we quote on all of the boxes to go back to the uh, to, to uh, to the police report process. uh, essentially the one definitely says this, the one that processed or if i should be made right now to avoid the original blow because we would be at the brink of the original order. well, we quote on all the boxes to uh, to agree to observe a humanitarian tools, to facilitate humanitarian assistance. and we code also on

what's the setting most of the day, or she has requested an emergency meeting of the un human rights council due to the situation during my on february 7th. so just a couple of days from now. how would you assess the role of the un in addressing the complex so far as well? the really well for you and seems to be just, it's kind of under criticism from that. yes, the government because of these feeling but a not enough is being done. there's a lot of talk, but not enough fiction to uh, to uh, let's say and shoot us a prius, a piece process. moves for, for example, recently the us age age of the the, the various parties to find a solution. but without providing any um, any back into uh, tools uh to, to the plan. so the different plans like the, the, the, any sort of a framework which really, uh, its as published the various steps that should be taken to, uh, finding a lasting, lasting solution to this country. so its, it's really a problem off. uh huh. less waiting list or maybe much, much discussions, but not much uh, picking up that uh that the willingness to find it lasting solution to the,

c and were one that took place during a heated session of a un human rights council. a demo catching you from the democratic republic of the congo coals for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry to examine the violations of human rights are committed in our country. we strongly reject the continued involvement of certain states in particular, lawanda in the logistical military and financial support to arms, groups operating on a territory. follow in the far off boma new evidence as a common light regarding any minute large scale attack again. so the one that consists of bucked coordination has distilled, filed a large number of weapons and military recruitment. and the other one does border most of the in, oh, i don't to go my airport. the hard problem university over one, the professor tom lisa, who hopes that east african states will help to broker a last piece. i think this is going to be a breakthrough because i think this time we had been with is septic. i'm hands upstairs to the fedex team. i wouldn't be successful with the on this side, duc

c and rwanda. trade involved during the session of the un human rights council. over in geneva. the life of the game will continue for the democratic republic of the congo coals for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry to examine the violations of human rights committed in our country. we strongly reject to the continued involvement of certain states in particular, lawanda in the logistical military and financial support to arms groups operating on our territory to follow him. therefore, i'll go my new evidence as a common light regarding any minute large scale attack again. so the one that consists of bucked cooperation pause as duck filed a large number of weapons, the military recruitment and the other one does border most of the in, oh, i don't to go my airport quite as close to live now to try. so i'm not who and yeah, professor of public low at the university of go my i'm interested. oh nice. of course. uh on go my way. you teach. i mean, the 1st thing i do want to ask you the summit that's taking place in tons and yeah, how hurtful are you that it wi

see, meanwhile, the un human rights council over in geneva, we sold the 2 parties to the conflict trade fobs a demo, catching you for the democratic republic of the congo, calls for the establishment of an international commission of inquiry to examine the violations of human rights. committed in our country, we strongly reject the continued involvement of certain states in particular, lawanda in the logistical military and financial support to arms, groups operating on a territory. follow in the far off boma new evidence as a common light regarding an imminent large scale attack. again, so the one that consists of bucked coalition has distilled, filed a large number of weapons, the military recruitment, and the other one does border most of the in, oh, i don't to go my airport body of this. we cut a stadium in east and you all see sits yells, guy was a crowd gathered around minutes and salty m 23 group. this is the 1st public meeting since the instructions seized control of the area. putting to be run around $3000.00 people into the fights and so that's how we have from a full month fr

i'm sure you saw this but donald trump has signed an executive order withdrawing from the un human rights councilnd banning future funding for the un relief agency in gaza. are you okay with that? >> i'm okay with it. being a disruptor, making sure these organizations are truly doing what they are supposed to do. you do not need funding from the united states if you are impacting our allies and our friends and they were negatively impacting countries we care about, people we care about so we should no longer support, the human rights council has become a joke at the united nations and i'm so excited we have a lease stefanik representing our interest at the united nations. stuart: defense secretary pete hegseth says last month the army hit its best recruiting number in 15 years. i'm familiar with your service record, you are a combat veteran and you now serve on the senate armed services committee. has trump's presidency made a difference in recruitment? >> i think it has. i think finally americans are saying the united states of america that is worthy of fighting for. that is something our young

trump also signed an order to pull us out of the un human rights council, and is reportedly working on an executive order that would dismantle the department of education. and that's good. i for one, i don't know about you. i am thrilled that a man who writes smocking gun and scot free with two t's and tap with two p's and wants to make it in showbiz and spells his party republicans is doing this. what could possibly go wrong? you know it's eliminating. or eliminating the department of education isn't making america great again. it's making america florida. okay, i guess the ideas will save money on books if the kids can't read, i really don't know. trump and first lady melania musk are also planning to do away with usaid, which is a humanitarian organization that strengthens our ties with other countries by helping them fight things like poverty and disease. it was founded in 1961 by jfk. nearly all their staff has been put on administrative leave, and all usaid missions overseas have been ordered to end by friday because trump, for some reason, believes they are spending their money

pleased to announce that this afternoon, the united states withdrew from the anti-semitic un human rights councilnded all of the support for the un relief and works agency, which funneled money to hamas and which was very disloyal to humanity. today. i also took action to restore our maximum pressure policy on the iranian regime, and we will once again enforce the most aggressive possible sanctions, drive iranian oil exports to zero, and diminish the regime's capacity to fund terror throughout the region and throughout the world. we had no threat. when i left office, iran was not able to sell oil. nobody was buying oil because i said, don't buy it. if you buy it, you're not doing any business with the united states. and hamas was not being funded. hezbollah was not being funded. nobody was being funded. there would never have been an october 7th. two weeks ago, i once again designated the houthis as a terrorist organization, trying to destroy world shipping lanes. and that's not going to happen. and over the weekend, i ordered airstrikes against senior i.s.i.s. leaders hiding in the caves of soma

pleased to announce that this afternoon, the united states withdrew from the anti-semitic un human rights councilwhich funneled money to hamas and which was very disloyal to humanity. today. i also took action to restore our maximum pressure policy on the iranian regime, and we will once again enforce the most aggressive possible sanctions, drive iranian oil exports to zero, and diminish the regime's capacity to fund terror throughout the region and throughout the world. we had no threat when i left office. iran was not able to sell oil. nobody was buying oil because i said, don't buy it. if you buy it, you're not doing any business with the united states. and hamas was not being funded. hezbollah was not being funded. nobody was being funded. that would never have been. on october 7th, two weeks ago, i once again designated the houthis as a terrorist organization trying to destroy world shipping lanes. and that's not going to happen. and over the weekend, i ordered airstrikes against senior isis leaders hiding in the caves of somalia and took them out. here in america, we've begun the process of

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human rights. the un security council, the general assembly, the international court of justice, the international criminal court, and many more institutions were established to safeguard the root of law. i'm convinced there is no better tentative insights. so this conference will be about peace through dialogue. but also about the imperative that the pursuit of peace through dialogue is based on the root of law and not on the root of the strongest. the window opening my 1st 2 conferences i recognize personalities who i've made a difference in advancing the root or flaw. democracy, freedom and human rights. 2 years ago it was heavy solano. x. last year it was george soros. and this year i want to recognize a friend of the m a. c t. the supporter, very important of part of munich. but more importantly, someone with done more than anyone is to promote and revitalize jewish life in germany to promote reconciliation and resist porter, i zation, and that is shuttle to cannot last a hold of costs to viber, 4 years president of the center console of juice in germany and vice president of the white jewish

rwanda, notjust this meeting of the human rights council but and sanctions against it. african countries except unis the third party in spain in the white house but their own performance suggests that what could we see coming out of this meeting? political leaders speaking. but it will be reaffirming some of their policy priorities, also their criticism of the eu. these parties, but they do criticise its institutions, particularly in areas like farming. and overall, a show of strength by these parties and show the rest of europe that they are a force guy hedgecoe in madrid there. local media reports suggest the colour may have been caused by the dumping of textile dye, or by chemical waste of toxic waste in the river. stay with us here on bbc news. will be after short break. hello there. but i suspect there's going to be more cloud for england and wales. a change on the way over the next few days. there's quite a cold wind developing, that's going to drive in more cloud off the north sea. developing and coming in from the southeast. that's tapping into some colder air. quite a lot more in the way

from the israel hating un humanghts isrn israel and usd u.s. u.n. human rights council agency. this amid disturbing reports that iran could already have north korean designed nuclear missiles that would be capable of hitting europe. the president was asked about that today, take a look. >> how close are they to developing nuclear weapons? >> i think they are close. they are too close. but again, you could go back for years and i would have said they would have had it during this intervening period. but they are pretty close, peter. >> sean: herewith more, the u.s. special envoy to the middle east, steve witkoff is with us, good to see you. to big messages that i see tonight. number 1, iran can never and will never have a nuclear weapon. number 2, gaza, which has been destroyed, can no longer be a launching pad for hamas or other radical islamist terrorists. and knowing donald trump as i do, tell me if i'm wrong, is he not telling the middle east that it is time for you to step up and absorb the population of the palestinian people and rebuild this and demilitarize this area? >>

un secretary general antonio guterres, in an address before the 58th human rights council in geneva,ely concerned over the rising violence in the occupied west bank and human rights violations in gaza. >> violations of human rights have skyrocketed since the horrific attacks of october 7th, and the intolerable levels of death and destruction in gaza. >> this is a mosque threatens to derail ceasefire deal talks with israel, saying further steps are conditional on palestinian prisoners being freed. as agreed sunday, israel said it was delaying the release of more than 600 palestinians in return for six living and four dead hostages who were returned to israel last week, accusing hamas of repeated violations, including what it called humiliating handover ceremonies. israeli u.n. ambassador danny danon telling reporters monday. >> now we know that was hamas didn't just murder them, they slaughtered them in the most deprived way imaginable. >> in a statement from the national security council, the white house is backing israel's decision to delay releasing prisoners, calling the move an a

un secretary and un security council. most countries on earth have adopted this, which is kind of a declaration of human rights for women. but a united states senate refuses to ratify. and there's another element that i earlier, and that is the violence women act that has been by many countries. they in a national version of that that on the united states and others to be involved in enforcing the law. the congress so far failed to pass. so that's two examples that i can mention immediately where the religious community should play a major role in trying to encourage the end of discrimination against women. and as you know, in this country slavery is major issue that hasn't been adequately addressed by the congress. i think there again we can take a stand against human trafficking or slavery which is still pervasive in the united states itself. and that can be sharply attenuate by action the congress. another thing that i very quickly is prostitution. i think that we should adopt the swedish model of punishing customers, women and pimps and owners instead of punishing the women who are the sexual slaves inside the united

un secretary general antonio guterres, in an address before the 58th human rights council in geneva,gravely concerned over the rising violence in the occupied west bank and human rights violations in gaza. >> violations of human rights have skyrocketed since the horrific hamas attacks of october 7th, and the intolerable levels of death and destruction in gaza. >> this, as hamas threatens to derail ceasefire deal talks with israel, saying further steps are conditional on palestinian prisoners being freed as agreed sunday. israel said it was delaying the release of more than 600 palestinians in return for six living and four dead hostages who were returned to israel last week. accusing hamas of repeated violations, including what it called humiliating handover ceremonies, israeli un ambassador danny danon telling reporters monday. >> now we know the truth. hamas didn't just murder them, they slaughtered them in the most deprived way imaginable. >> in a statement from the national security council, the white house is backing israel's decision to delay releasing prisoners, calling the mo

human rights council council desirable. and i was you from the terrace supporting you and relief and works agency the un has such great potential, but not the way it's run. now. it's terrible the way it's running. now we stopped all taxpayer money to these corrupt institutions. and by the way, a just so is who the hell knows. we gotta talk about something very important. the war between russia and ukraine, people are being killed, mostly young men, mostly russian and ukrainian men at the levels you've never seen before. thousands of people awake and i've spoken to president potent and i think that thing is going to end for this guy, the end. it's a horrible, horrible things or words. i'm dealing with president zalinski. i'm dealing with president boat and i'm trying to get the money back that the or secured because you know, europe is given 100000000000 dollars. the united states as given $350000000000.00 because we had a stupid, incompetent president and administration, $350.00. but here's worse. europe gave it in the form of a loan. they get that money back. we gave it in the form of not say you, so i want them to give us som

as a result of the un security council commission to team to carry out a fact finding mission on the ground. $35.00 investigators was sent to congo, including 20 human rights sank spots. they were tasked with mapping the mass killings. the mandate only allowed them to investigate crimes committed between 19932003. the result was known as the mapping report. what was really important for me. and the mapping report was, this is the 1st effort of the united nations to try to document and tell the story of the suffering of millions of congolese and in doing so to try to put an end to the endless cycles, violence and impunity, violence and impunity that we've seen over though, since the beginning of since the beginning of congo. and then there was the word political trial. and just because there were many who didn't want this investigations to happen because they fear electric that they are not connected with that, that'd be lies. the, the region and uh, you know, bring out skeletons from the closet. when we deployed teams, they were finding out more and more cases and a one point they had to stop investigating because we didn't have time. so i'm actually convi

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that's unrwa and the un human rights council.e added if he were to be assassinated by iran, he's left instructions for the country to be obliterated and the princess of wales has joined a group of children at the national portrait gallery gallery as part of her gradual return to public engagements following cancer treatment, kate took the bus to the popular faction, along with 13 children, who were taking on the magical bow beam tree trail. it's based on the shaping us framework published by kate's royal foundation centre for early childhood. it's all about increasing awareness and understanding of society's social and emotional skills. those are the latest headlines. more from me. in about an hour's time. >> for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> i feel like the net is closing in on mr integrity. mr rules, mr morality our prime minister sir keir starmer yesterday it emerged that sir keir had lessons from an actress in his office on chri