the un secretary-general antonio guterres _ kept in? issued _ kept in? the un secretary-general antonio guterres issued a - kept in? the un secretary-general. antonio guterres issued a statement late yesterday saying that he has received concerning news about the president and his state of health and the conditions he and his family members are kept in in captivity of the militaryjunta. we understand he has not had access to his doctors or medication or food supplies that he has actually run out of. we also understand that he has not had contact, physical contact with anyone since last friday. these are very concerning conditions that the president is being kept under. and? how about the population of niger? how about the population of niger? how are they being affected by what is happening in the offices of power? well, on the one hand, they are pro—coup supporters and they are happy with their military takeover following a decade—long influence from france, the former colonial master. they have said they are supporting the militaryjun

antonio guterres has urged the council to act now. he says the situation is not right to try only peacekeeping. gang violence has spiraled since the assassination of the president in 2021. >> the secretary-general has been calling for the creation of a non-human -- non-united nations police force to get gang violence under control in haiti since last october. in this latest report seen by al jazeera, he's -- he lays out what steps are necessary to make that happen. first and foremost, he wants the support of the security council welcoming this international force, which he says must have military capabilities and the ability to take robust action. second, the united nations would need to provide some sort of logistical support to this international police force that could come either, he says, through expanding the political mission in haiti there now or by creating a new one. this would help with everything from -- or could help with everything from providing food and medical services to the troops there, but given how serious the si

secretary general antonio guterres condemned the power grab wednesday. mother of luis rubiales the president of the spanish football federation has been taken to the hospital on the third day of her hunger strike. she locked herself in a church in southern spain monday to protest accusations against her son after he kissed a spanish football on the lips after the world cup final. the spanish federation called on luis rubiales to resign and fifa suspended him but he has not stepped down. more from madrid. >> luis rubiales the head of th spanish football federation, has been under term it is pressure in recent days to resign because of the kiss he gave a spanish player after the world cup final. he is under even more pressure now. a former referee, javier estrada is alleging that mr. ruby artas -- mr. luis rubiales siphoned money from the football federation that should have been used to pay referees. mr. estrada launched a formal complaint. meantime, mr. luis rubiales is facing an investigation where prosecutors are looking into whether they can proceed w

un secretary—general antonio guterres says he is concerned about the reported "deplorable living conditionsly who have been held in arbitrary detention following the military takeover of their country. reports say that the president is living without electricity, water, food or medicine. the secretary—general is calling for the unconditional release and reinstatement of the head of state. american nurse alix dorsainvil and her daughter were freed on wednesday nearly two weeks after they were kidnapped in haiti's capital. ms dorsainvil was working for a christian relief organisation when she and her daughter were taken. the us state department says it remains unclear who kidnapped the pair and why. heavy rains on wednesday caused a norwegian dam to partially collapse, causing widespread flooding. more than 3,000 people have been evacuated as rivers in the country swell to their highest levels in 50 years. a power plant on the glomma river was submerged by the waters was also rendered inoperable. you're live with bbc news. it's been nine years since 18—year—old michael brown was fatally shot

the un secretary—general, antonio guterres, has also added his concerns about the arrest of electionelson chamisa, who is the leader of the opposition, has said that they are tallying the votes, votes which he said are vastly different from what the official announcement has been. in 2018 we saw that when nelson jimmy so went to court to try and overturn the election results they failed, —— nelson chamisa. ltruthgt overturn the election results they failed, -- nelson chamisa. what sort of timeframe? _ failed, -- nelson chamisa. what sort of timeframe? until _ failed, -- nelson chamisa. what sort of timeframe? until this _ failed, -- nelson chamisa. what sort of timeframe? until this is _ of timeframe? until this is resolved, an element of limbo for voters? , :, resolved, an element of limbo for voters? , ., :, ,:, voters? there is an element of limbo for voters. — voters? there is an element of limbo for voters. the _ voters? there is an element of limbo for voters, the president, _ voters? there is an element of limbo for voters, the president, whose - for voters, the president, who

earlier thisj week the secretary general of the un antonio guterres said robust use of force was needed people are slightly cautious of forces coming in, especially if it is going to be a un lead force which is not off the cards especially because back in 2010 the un are accused of bringing in cholera to haiti which caused a widespread humanitarian disaster. people are open to help. people know they really need help and i really wanting the international community to come together and give them back their lives. gangs have really destroyed communities and livelihoods across the capital and wider region but what exactly that helpful look like is yet to be seen.— exactly that helpful look like is yet to be seen. mimi swaby, thank you _ is yet to be seen. mimi swaby, thank you for— is yet to be seen. mimi swaby, thank you forjoining _ is yet to be seen. mimi swaby, thank you forjoining us - is yet to be seen. mimi swaby, thank you forjoining us with i thank you forjoining us with that analysis. the us has approved sending f—16fighterjets to ukraine from denmark and the netherlands to defen

well, sara, the united nations secretary general, antonio guterres issued a statement late yesterdaycerning news about president bazoum's state of health and the conditions he and his family members are kept in in captivity of the military junta. we understand that he has not had access to his doctors nor medication nor food supplies, that he's actually run out of stock. we also understand that he has not had contact with, physical contact with anybody since last friday. so these are really very concerning conditions that the president is being kept under. from a holiday in the uk — to a trip to outer space, i've been waiting a quarter of my life on this earth to go into space. at 80 years old, jon goodwin is an 0lympian, an accomplished adventurer, and now almost an astronaut. this has been a long time coming. he bought his ticket for $200,000 nearly 20 years ago. jon goodwin... here he is talking to bbc breakfast in 2014. i was never...envisaged wanting to go into space, but the opportunity as a bit of an adventurer to actually go to 70 miles high, see the curvature of the earth, t

un secretary general antonio guterres, also in attendance at the summit, welcomed the idea of reformingversal, they must reform to reflect today's power and economic realities and not the power and economic realities of the post— second world war. important to note that more than a0 countries have expressed interest in joining brics. now, japan has started releasing treated radioactive water from the fukushima plant into the pacific ocean, a process that will take 30 years. the plant was the scene of one of the world's worst nuclear disasters since chernobyl in 2011. japan used water to cool the plant's reactors after it went into meltdown and the water was then treated and collected in tanks. but the site was running out of storage space, which led to thursday's release. our tokyo correspondent shaimaa khalil has more. it might not look like it at first glance, but this picturesque coastline is now at the heart of a huge regional controversy. for the first time, treated radioactive water from fukushima's crippled nuclear power plant would be pumped into the ocean. and this is the momen

secretary-general antonio guterres says he's concerned about reports of voter intimidation and suspiciousbwe's recent elections. >> it says the incumbent emmer m emmerson led with marred and delayed ballots and intimidation and led to violence, arrests and corruption. >> david mckenzie joins us live. questions have been raised by observers, a lot of concerns about potential rigging, a climate of fear and so on. what happens now? >> reporter: well, what happens now, bianca, and you described very much the complaints from both monitors, the opposition, civil society groups and election observers from outside of zimbabwe, what happens now, the opposition say they're going to dispute the results. they say in the coming hours they'll have their own data from polling stations and from districts where they had monitors and others tabulating what they say is the election and they say don't add up with the official results, and on saturday putting emerson as the winner of the election and 52% of the vote. here's the leader of that. >> it is clear that we are rejecting the election as a sham, the r

secretary-general antonio guterres.y haitians remain opposed due to the disastrous history of u.n. and foreign interventions in haiti. the filmmaker, author and activist catherine kane has died at the age of 84 after a long struggle with cancer. she founded the haitian restaurant and cool to room center in miami -- cultural center in miami. she also documented how the united states twice supported coups against haiti's president. in 2004 she helped organize a flight that brought him from exile in the central african republic to jamaica. the pentagon says president biden has selected colorado springs to host the permanent headquarters of u.s. space command, reversing a decision by former president trump to move the facility to huntsville, alabama. the announcement on monday came as republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama continued to block the senate from confirming biden's military nominations over the pentagon's policy of paying for employees' abortion-related travel expenses. u.s. health officials are urging st

un secretary general antonio guterres welcomed the release and called for the kidnapers to be held accountablee kidnaped victims were in very good health and good spirits, despite everything that they went through. the conditions of their release and the identity of the kidnapers has not yet been made public. ukrainian president volodymyr zelensky is taking another step in fighting corruption in his home country. zelensky announced today he has dismissed all military recruitment officers responsible for overseeing the enlistment process. the decision comes after a number of corruption scandals made headlines across ukraine. it was discovered that some draft officials were allegedly taking bribes. zelensky wants the dismissed officials replaced with veterans, all new appointees will go through a review process. that's up next on the forward today, getting ready for an incredible show in the night sky this weekend. coming up here on the four, we'll talk live with the bay area astronomer about the best ways to see the perseid meteor shower which peaks in the coming days across the bay area. at th

. >> well , this week, un secretary >> well, this week, un secretary general antonio guterres calledunak radical and dangerous, creating an economic mess by his proposals to open new oil drilling in the north sea. now i don't know if this is the same rishi sunak that's our prime minister who seemingly not dangerous nor radical in any way , shape or form. but you have to laugh at the hypocrisy that comes united nations comes out of the united nations and its affiliate agencies like the who. let's go back a couple of years and look at what happened during the pandemic, shall we? lockdowns that took away all of your freedom to even leave your home that barely touched the spike at the time to stop the spread of covid and has damaged our economy the point damaged our economy to the point where we've got inflation running wild . that's thanks to running wild. that's thanks to lockdowns, the way . secondly, lockdowns, by the way. secondly, vaccine would vaccine passports. what would those right. those those. oh, that's right. those passports that again prove that stopping the spread had no

. >> well , this week, un secretary >> well, this week, un secretary general antonio guterres calledunak radical and dangerous, creating an economic mess by his proposals to open new oil drilling in the north sea. now i don't know if this is the same rishi sunak that's our prime minister who seemingly not dangerous nor radical in any way , shape or form. but you have to laugh at the hypocrisy that comes united nations comes out of the united nations and its affiliate agencies like the who. let's go back a couple of years and look at what happened during the pandemic, shall we? lockdowns that took away all of your freedom to even leave your home that barely touched the spike at the time to stop the spread of covid and has damaged our economy the point damaged our economy to the point where we've got inflation running wild . that's thanks to running wild. that's thanks to lockdowns, the way . secondly, lockdowns, by the way. secondly, vaccine would vaccine passports. what would those right. those those. oh, that's right. those passports that again prove that stopping the spread had no