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the kyiv region in recent weeks, the united nations high commissioner for human rights michelle bachelet told about it, the actions of the russian military in the north of the capital can be equated of pre-war crimes, we are talking in particular about numerous executions of people, added bachelet, i will note that today the un human rights council will make a decision on whether an official investigation of the events that took place in kyiv and other regions in february and march of this year, the fascists continue to fire at evacuation transport and humanitarian cargo in luhansk region, in particular, they target the route to bakhmut, the head of the luhansk regional military administration, serhii gaidai, said that despite everything, the local government continues to deliver products to cities and towns food, so two days ago, they brought humanitarian aid to troitsky, now 80 packages to the kidney, according to serhii gaidai, one local resident persistently asked to evacuate her despite danger, now she is in a safe place and in the luhansk region, the ukrainian defenders did not all

the kyiv region in recent weeks, the united nations high commissioner for human rights michelle bacheletd that the actions of the russian military in the north of the capital can be equated to war crimes bachelet added that today the un human rights council will make a decision on whether an official investigation is needed into the events that took place in kyiv and other regions in february. and march of this year, and the russians meanwhile are preparing to issue their passports in the temporarily occupied territories. this was reported by the spokesman of the ministry of defense of ukraine, oleksandr motuzyanyk . on preparation for the integration of the occupied territories into russia, in particular changes in the administrative-territorial division, adaptation of law enforcement banking of the border system to russian legislation and are also preparing a legal basis for issuing russian passports, the russians are again trying to leave ukraine without fuel, the kremenchug oil refinery was once again attacked with rockets, the head of the poltava regional military administration, dm

but ms bachelet says she was able to talk to people there unsupervised and express her concerns directly government there can nurture and not stifle the tremendous potential for civil society to contribute to the promotion of protection of human rights. activists and journalists and others under the national security law being arrested is worrying. i have called on china to ratify the covenant which was signed in 1998. vladimir putin says that russia is open to resuming negotiations with ukraine. he spoke to french president emmanuel macron and german chancellor 0laf scholz in a phone call this morning. he told the two leaders that supplying arms to ukraine was dangerous and risked destabilising the region. ukraine says any agreement with russia cannot be trusted. they have both blamed each other for peace talks breaking down in late march. earlier we spoke to the former ukrainian prime minister, volodymyr groysman, to ask how ukraine will keep feeding its people going forward if they can no longer harvest their grain. translation: here, we are not alone. we must not ameliorate the situa

rights chief michelle bachelet where she was visiting the uyghur region of xinjiang, warning that politicizing rights is an excuse to interfere in the internal affairs of other countries. their talks, a day after huge cache of data hacked from the chinese government shows evidence of serious human rights violations there. now, south korea's military says north korea has fired three ballistic missiles towards the city of japan, one of which it suspec was an intercontinental ballistic missile. it follows a trip by president joe biden to asia, where he discussed the issues of security and defense with its leaders. here is our correspondent with more. >> we don't have the details, we just have reports from the south korean military. onre said there wether smi a short range missile and the otr they think failed. the first one, they believe was an intercontinental ballistic missile. not confirmed yet. it did not fly as far as expected. intercontinental ballistic missiles are capable of reaching the mainland united states. it was a short flight. what that means is they could have been testing part of

capital can be equated to war crimes it refers in particular to the numerous shootings of people, bacheleted. i will note that today the un human rights council will make a decision on whether an official investigation of the events that took place in kyiv and other regions in in february and march of this year, the top-rated tv channel espresso became the number one viewed on youtube. our tv channel last week collected more than 72 million views. this analysis was made by the media detector portal. espresso has the highest number of views. this is the number of downloaded videos, according to the message of the online publication. i will remind you of the concert on april 4. rrt turned off the espresso tv channels from the t2 broadcast network, love that death cannot conquer mariupol defender valeriya karpolenko married her beloved border guard andrii in the basement of the military they promised each other to be together forever, but on the third day of their marriage, andrii died at the hands of the occupiers, next to veteri, espresso, an interview with the ukrainian defender valeria ka

urging an independent investigation, the united nations human rights chief michelle bachelet, saying is time for anand to impunity -- it is time for an end to impunity in israel, do you see realistically a chance for a change of behavior in israel? guest: as far as the atrocities committed against journalists, all the statements we have been hearing, they have been playing at the hands of israel, because they've been also playing the same game of casting doubt about the testimony of the media professionals, palestinians who were there, and also the perpetrators. what should be looked at right now is the big picture of why shireen was killed, why she was targeted. was it because she was a journalist and was chasing stories about the crime and exposing them, but also because she was an arab palestinian who was, like most of the palestinians targeted, denied the right to exist by israel. she was chasing the story. the big picture right now is what happened in that camp she while she was there. because palestinians in that camp are living under apartheid in israel. that is the story. unl

from a whole host of other towns and cities where, according to the un human rights chief michelle bachelet schools and hospitals have been hit, it's myjob to ask, are you ever going to change your stance in budapest? not because of what you're suggesting, and that is your moralising or media perspective. no, it's not my moralising. it's my discussion of facts with you. yes, we are aware of the facts and we are aware, again, of the possibilities, if you like, the framework in which we can move. that has been provided by the hungarian electorate. we cannot change that. again, our hands are bound by the fact that we've been given a mandate very clearly based on hungarians�* desire for peace, and that is the rejection of participation in that war. do you see volodymyr zelensky, president of ukraine, as some sort of enemy? i'm just wondering why mr 0rban, after his election victory, said it was a triumph over the brussels bureaucrats, the soros empire and, he said, the ukrainian president. what did he mean by that? when you make citations, be precise because the prime minister mentioned who was

so, we heard from the humans rights chief michelle bachelet today about the efforts that her office hasing their second visit to the region last week to document these violations, so i see the resolution today as sort of an effort to basically focus on this accountability piece and kind of bring in the different pieces of machinery that the council can vote on and establish and that ohchr controls to really co—ordinate with international courts and prosecutors in ukraine and in other european countries that are looking to hold perpetrators accountable. so that, i suppose, might be our next area, gissou — i mean, what courts might use this information? right, so one thing to note is that the commission of enquiry that has been set up — that was set up in march but which i think the mandate sort of deepened today with the resolution, with these explicit guideline, they are not the body that would be tasked with prosecuting perpetrators — that would be dealt with by ukraine's prosecutors that are looking at establishing war crimes prosecutions, that would be dealt with by the international

we heard from michelle bachelet today about the efforts her office has made, including the special businessvisit to the region last week to document these violations so i see the resolution today as sort of an effort to focus on this accountability piece and kind of the different pieces of machinery that the council can vote on and establish and that unhcr controls to really co—ordinate with international courts and prosecutors in ukraine and in other european countries that are looking to hold perpetrators accountable. but, i suppose, hold perpetrators accountable. but, isuppose, might hold perpetrators accountable. but, i suppose, might be our next area. what courts might use this information?- next area. what courts might use this information? right, so one thing to — use this information? right, so one thing to note _ use this information? right, so one thing to note is _ use this information? right, so one thing to note is that - use this information? right, so one thing to note is that the i one thing to note is that the commission of enquiry that has been set up, that was set up in m

united nations human rights chief michele bachelet is on a six-day trip to china. her visit will include time in the xinjiang region where china has been accused of the mass imprisonment and torture of uyghurs and other muslims. on tuesday, a coalition of news outlets published a series of articles based on internal chinese police documents obtained by hackers. the trove documents include thousands of photographs of detained uyghurs, as well as details about a shoot-to-kill policy targeting anyone who tried to leave the detention camps. in news from nigeria, at least 50 people, including many farmers, have been killed in an attack in borno state by the militant group boko haram. one survivor said the militants arrived on motorcycles armed with guns and machetes. roughly 40 climate activists disrupted shell's annual shareholder meeting tuesday in london. three protesters were arrested and shell was forced to temporarily suspend the event. climate activist lauren macdonald spoke outside the meeting. >> while millions of people have been displaced iu.k., shell has jus

the publication of this data comes as the united nations human rights commissioner michelle bachelet highly controversial trip to china where she is due to begin a tour of xinjiang. it's controversial because critics fear her itinerary will be under the heavy control of the chinese government, even more so in times of covid. so, this data makes a very interesting backdrop to the visit, not least because it stands in such stark contradiction to china's own narrative about what's happening in its far western region. mps have delivered a scathing assessment of the government's evacuation of afghanistan last year. the foreign affairs committee said afghan allies and british soldiers had been let down by what they called "deep failures of leadership." their report accuses ministers of having a "total absence of a plan," and calls for the resignation of the foreign office's top civil servant, sir philip barton, who stayed on holiday as kabul fell. paul adams reports. the west's withdrawal from kabul was chaotic and for vast numbers of afghans desperate to leave, profoundly traumatic. it wa