back to our diplomatic editor james bay's was been watching proceedings. james, as you say, the 1st time we've heard from sedan at the un since his crisis talk us through what the ambassador has been saying. well, the ambassador describing this as a rebellion, saying it was a rebellion of military coups by the rapid support forces, making it clear, we didn't know which, where he stood exactly on this, but he's very much supporting the army. he's very much supporting general bo hon, which is important because what's going on in sudan right now is not just a battle for control. it's a battle for legitimacy. and if this becomes a prolonged conflict, them the country that or the party that holds the seat at the un, that's an important diplomatic card. having said that, i'm not sure who's going to win that many friends because there was criticism there of the un security council. he said they shouldn't be calling meetings about this. there should be the african union that is taking the lead. he also said the international committee was to blame for what had happ

james bays al jazeera of the united nations assyrian air defenses have confronted a number of his ready targets over the capitol, damascus, according to state media, and they report several, incoming israeli massage were intercepted. multiple explosions have been reported in the vicinity of the capital is latest in a series of attacks in recent days. on sunday, 5 serious soldiers were wounded in hums province. and 2 members of iran's revolutionary guard were killed in damascus on friday. still to come this half hour ah, supporters of crossovers, formerly dashing touchy rally outside, caught in the hague as he, pete's not guilty to the attend charges against him in his war crimes trial. and nasa makes his 1st steps towards landing on the moon once again, naming the ultimate script. ah, well, sidney is coming off, it's warm, it's march on record. those records go back a 165 years. but while, while by things have changed, april is starting on its soggy. note, still more wet weather in the forecast on tuesday. now for the other coast up and down western australia, we've got some showers in

antonio content as condemned to violence warning of a humanitarian catastrophe. diplomatic editor james bay's reports the un security council is calling for an urgent c spar. although behind the scenes there are certainly divisions about how to proceed. the council was brief, but the un stop official in cartoon vall capacitors after that close meeting of visibly todd. mr. pathos, spoke to reporters at un headquarters by video link as the 2 sites who are fighting and are not giving us the impression. that's a want mediation for peace between them right away. our mother, they are calling on the other side. you too well? ah, yes, i took it out to slender. oh, the other site to be disbanded? so does that doesn't sound very much. happens to an event, you are an our media shortage to seat on short notice. mr. pathos says it's too dangerous for him to travel around cartoon. but he's in touch by phone with the 2 rival generals who believes a boast in the city. i will be just saying it in public love in new york, the un secretary general has also had talks with each of the 2 men, as well as with regio

our diplomatic editor james bays has more darla mckinney. the security situation in marley remains dire with the number of deaths reported by the un rising greatly in the last year. almost a decade ago. this was the ceremony. when peacekeepers from the un mission millsman started their work, but 10 years on manners were, is struggling efforts to reach a peace deal with armed groups have failed. a constitutional referendum to but the nation back on a path to democracy was due to be held last month, but has been postponed. france, which had its own force and marley pulled out all of its troops. and in the last year sweden, the u. k. and jordan, all remove their peacekeepers from the u. n. force. germany has said its troops will stay, but only for one more year. the un secretary general antonio good terrace, has laid out 3 radical options for the security council. to beef up the mission with thousands more troops. secondly, to close some bases, reducing the footprint of the mission, or the most extreme option of all. pull out all the peacekeepe

james bay's ouch is era of the united nations. russian state media is reporting that the ukrainian forces of killed 20 civilians in bark wood where there's been fierce fighting for months. rushing back to forces claim retreating, ukrainian fighters attacked for residential buildings 2 days ago. the reuters news agency says that it's unable to independently verify the report. after months of lobbying, ukraine has received its 1st us made patriot missile systems. ukraine's defense minister says the delivery will make it sky is more secure, with the ability to defend itself against russian air strikes. patriots can target aircraft missiles, the distances of up to 150 kilometers. both chambers of the us congress have been holding hearings to discuss allegations that russian troops are committed. war crimes in ukraine, ukraine's prosecutor general testified that keith, as registered almost 80000 cases torture chambers. we have discovered approximately 20 such locations and even more unlawful detention facilities. all were 1000 torture chamber survivors submitted their evidences, survivors repo

this conflict will not be resolved on the battlefield. diplomatic editor james bay's report in its 1st open meeting on sedans since the crisis started, the security council received a dismal picture of the situation inside the country with the un secretary general telling them of violence could soon spread these 10 days of violence. and calles our art breaking it, but a longed full scale was, is unbearable to contemplates. so then board of the 7 countries, all of which are there been involved in conflicts or seen senior civil unrest over the past decades. it is a gateway to the side hill. we are insecurity and political instability are making an already catastrophic humanity in situation. even worse, the secretary general's special representative for saddam was recently relocated from cartoon joining an 800 kilometer overland convoy to port sudan from where he brief the council. so 2 generals continued trading accusations and issuing competing claims of control over cancellation. there is yet no equivocal sign that either is ready to seriously negotiate, suggesting that both thing and

james bays al jazeera at the united nations. at least 12 people have been killed in 2 explosions at a police station and north west pakistan. another 50 had been injured and he say they're not sure if the exposed we're an accident or the result of an attack. the area and the swat valley used to be a stronghold of the pakistani taliban. am alida has more from is lambda. it's what about $820.00 local focused on standard time i'll which would be just off to 15, g m t. ah, that could they were 2 explosions. heard at a police station, and kabul and cobbler led just across the river. ah, a doctor of the new river swat adjacent to the logic town and watch richard mingo laura. according to eye witness said they would do explosions. are this because of the fact that the attack took place at night made dead dos, difficult as far as trying to pull people out of the robber because we have reports that the roof collapse and dad, dozens of people were rushed to the hospital. the effort i still underweight or try to see if anybody else may sti

james bays, which is era at the united nations. a large fire has broken out one of the biggest clothing markets in the bangladesh, capital, no casualties have been reported, and firefighters are trying to bring the blades under control. bangladesh has a poor fire safety record in 201200. 17 people died in a garment factory blaze. the french newspaper, liberal seal, and the associated press news agency have released footage that appears to show members are bertina fosters military torturing and killing teenage boys writes groups of accused soldiers of widespread abuses in their fight against armed groups linked to al qaeda. and i saw just the warning viewers may find some of the footage distressing. nicholas hoc reports this video footage is reported to have been taken inside a military camp in northern burkina faso. the man filming tells the captives will kill you one after another. and you went who moves? we shoot him. some of the boys appear dead. others, unconscious. among them is 16 year old cattle heard or adama, still breathi

james bays reports. this is something that the united nations had greatly feared already. most women in afghanistan are banned from work, including those who are supposed to work for humanitarian organizations. now it seems that ban has been extended to the united nations and its agencies, the spokesperson for the un secretary general says if this is not reversed, it will have a devastating impact on their work. for the secretary journal. any such band would be unacceptable. and frankly, inconceivable. this is the latest in a disturbing trend undermining the ability of aid organizations to reach those most in need. it goes without saying, but unfortunately it does need saying that female staff members are essential for the united nations to deliver life saving assistance. such orders as we saw today, normally violate the fundamental rights of women and infringe upon the principles of non discrimination. if the taliban do not reverse their ban on women operating in the country, can the un continue to operate? what is clear is that we cannot do it without women, right? the w

james bays al jazeera of the united nations said i had on our da 0 as the u. s. battles and opioid crisis. we look at why mexico is asking china to help the fight against fentanyl and from cataracts to clarity. we hear from a doctor who's bringing ocular health to rule uganda. ah. hello, there was dot in southeast asia. we've seen some extreme heat effect, northern areas of indo china in particular for vietnam. but the heat does shift its way further south and got heat wave warnings out. as we go into the we can for southern areas of vietnam. the different story for southern parts of thailand, we are expecting some heavy rain here in the days ahead. and the rain continues for much of indonesia was very heavy rain to come for eastern areas. and to that swirling system, the philippines could see some wet weather as we go into next week. ahead of that, it is looking more settled with showers, but also some sunshine. now that heavy rain, you can see further south on the screen, holden to northern areas of australia and thunder. downpours and thunderstorms expected

all remember for timmins, james bay, children at saint and residential school suffered nightmarish levels of abuse, torture and child rape. and yet the office of the attorney general suppressed thousands of pages of police evidence that identified the perpetrators. and in doing so, they had cases thrown out and undermine the hearing. and now that the justice department has been forced to turn over those documents, the claimant's inadmissible. unless the survivor finds a witness to verify these atrocities, to the prime minister enough, the survivors are sane. and is there a better will he instruct his garment to end this obstruction of justice against the survivors saying as once and far off, auto prime minister speaker deals done to indigenous people. over decades and centuries of colonialism in this country are shameful and are something that we need to learn from and move forward on. that includes respecting the rights of indigenous peoples now in all their different aspects. and that's why we're working with 5 years lurked working with communities to ensure that we can move forward in

i crystal clear, james bays at un headquarters in new york. thank you very much. okay. lot more coming up on this news hour, including classes between professors and police and francis hundreds of thousands rally against pension reform. al jazeera is investigative unit, reveals how goals, smuggling operations in africa extend to dubai. and in sport, the reigning champion bow. wow, is the crowd ahead of his title, defense? of course, major golf tournament of ah, friend, president the menu and that coin urging chinese leader shooting thing to reason with russia to help end the war in ukraine. they've been meeting in beijing to discuss the conflict. my call is on a 3 day state visit, along with the european commission for the notes are still on de leon. ra mcbride reports french president emanuel macro being given the owner of a state visit. welcome by his chinese counterpart. she's in pain. one of your most influential leaders coming to ask china to exert its influence on russia to bring an end to europe, worst conflict since world war 2. just to show who will keep

this charter, with its ongoing war, james bays al jazeera of the united nations. the international monetary fund has approved a $15600000000.00 loan for ukraine. the package will be used to stabilize the economy during the conflict installments will be released in the next 4 years with the 1st going towards changes in the energy sector. in return, ukraine will have to increase its tax revenue and to strengthen anti corruption efforts. donald trump asked you to appear in a new york court on tuesday, where he'll become the 1st for my u. s. president to face criminal charges. the details are on the seal, but the grand jury that voted for the indictment was investigating a payment made to adult film star stormy daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign. gabriel alexander reports now from new york. a handful of protesters came out friday at trump tower, new york, as news of the former president's indictment, filtered through about 6 kilometers to the south outside the manhattan district attorney's office. the anticipation among the world's media is also bu

james bay's al jazeera of the united nations, 2 at tennessee, lawmakers who were removed for protesting gun bartons have now been re appointed to their posts just in passing, dusty james, both people of color were voted down by republicans last week. they held peaceful protests against gun violence after school shooting in nashville, a 3rd law maker whose white participating the protest as well, which was not removed into accusations of racism. so to come on out to sara, running low on water, how several western us states and mexico are affected by the drawing up the colorado river also. ah, workers in cindy, are excited about a new build post in congress. we explain why a april on this era as the war and pray moves into the 2nd year. we bring you the latest reports from both sides of the comp to people experiences. one conversation with no hes studio be unscripted seeks to find the common solution. thousands of brazil's indigenous population will come out in the capital, brazilian drawing attention to land disputes had local concerns. in the lead up to day, i'll just explore the enviro

james bays al jazeera of the united nations. meanwhile, russia's president has blamed the u. s. for what he called the crisis in ukraine. vladimir put english speaking a samarnie at the kremlin for new foreign ambassadors, including washington's new envoy, dorsey jibari has moved from moscow as saving the very relax. russian president vladimir putting received 17 new investors of the kremlin on wednesday, where they will receive their credentials to live and work in this country. among them, the newly appointed us ambassador lin, tracy, and the russian president took the opportunity to express his views about the relationship between the united states and russia and where things stand. that said that americans use of tools such as support for color revolutions, as well as kuda. taos in kiev have led to the current ukrainian crisis, but still russia's in favor of having relationship with the united states. but that's based on the principles of equality. he also talked about where things stand between russia and the european union. let's listen to some of what he had to say. a bit

james bays al jazeera at the united nations. us south korean and japanese worships have wrapped up a 2 day exercise in the east china sea. it was aimed at increasing readiness. following the psalm launches by north korea from mcbride is in. so with more, this exercise was led by the us aircraft carrier limits and its escorts, which have been in the waters of the korean peninsula, conducting large scale exercises with the south korean counterparts. exercises that have also involved drills between air force jets and land forces and the largest scale drills to take place here in 6 years, much to the anger of north korea, which has responded characteristically with multiple missile launches. this trilateral exercise. now, with japanese war ships, we are told involved anti submarine drills and also search and rescue the intention being to increase the preparedness of the 3 navies in the face of increasing threats from north korea, but also sending a message further afield as a counter to china and its growing influence in the region, much to the displeasure of paging itself to ship and ar

james bay's al jazeera of the united nations saddam's ambassador to the un cold on members of the rapids support forces to lay down their weapons and integrates into the army. deleting my de, these, i do not need physical evidence to prove the scale of damages and suffering from this rebellion. but despite all of the above sudan remains the united states, assuming its functions with responsibility. we did not declare a state of emergency. the events have not had a regional spill over sudan will defeat these difficult circumstances and we hope to end the rebellion. and we call on the counsel to understand the exceptionally urgent situation and grant sudan the time it needs to come up with adequate opportunities to achieve positive progress that would bring sudan to a better position and revive the demands of the revolution. freedom, peace and justice. or people are fleeing the sudanese capital and other battles owns as foreign governments push forward with the evacuation of their citizens. even morgan has that story from car to under warning. a report contains graphic images, the resident

james bays al jazeera of the united nations are richard gowen is the you and director at the international crisis group . he says, russian knows it on the defensive, within the us system. i think the russians are a little nervous themselves. i think they realize that they are in the spotlight in new york now. and if they do you presidency to try and put some sort of pressure on the ukranian, they're going to get a huge amount of blow back. the russians have actually laid out a really been series of meeting or april a lot of days, which are currently now not going to involve any security council meeting. so i think that's because russia knows that later they are on the defensive, the blog in the un system. and if they try to use the presidency for malign purposes, it will actually one through the more of the world of moscow have you veto to ensure that the council have taken no meaningful action over ukraine. i think it is worth saying, though, that the russians have been quite restrained in the use of the veto on other issues the russians have not used that the so for example, over afghani

james bays al jazeera at the united nations, iraq and kurdistan have agreed to restart. oil exports through to key and a formal request has been sent to ankara. mahmud up to why he'd reports from baghdad, iraq's her prime minister mohammed, she. yes sir. danny has a now and said that his government has his truck had deal with the government of the semi tuna mas kurdish region to resume oil exporting. that follows a hold of operation. since the rule that was passed by the international court of arbitration late last month, according to iraqi officials, this move has come after the rule that was in favor of the federal government of a debt. we understand that the federal government that had to wait to hear over allowing the similar to name is could this region to export its oil for all turkish lands and turkish port of jihad on the mid flynn and without the consent of the federal government. about a debt, according to the prime minister of the federal government of iraq, and how much he sued any this deal is meant to diffuse the tension between the 2 regions and also to ev

james bays al jazeera of the united nations. britain has confirmed plans to hold hundreds of asylum seekers and migrants on a badge of its southern coast as part of efforts to reduce the use of costly hotels as temporary accommodation, while asylum claims being processed. the vessel will accommodate about $500.00 adult males. the government says it will provide basic and functional accommodation . the plan has been criticized by human rights groups or protests is demand and government action on poverty and inflation have blocked, busy streets and argentina's capital aah! more than $120.00 blockades were set up a bonus, eddies and provinces around the country. the protests come after new government figures showed that poverty increased to 40 percent and 2022, nearly $18600000.00 argentinians. unable to cover their basic food needs. will mexico's president has written to his chinese counterpart at prison, choosing ping, urging him to help control shipments of fentanyl. the us has criticized mexico saying it is not doing enough to stop trafficking of the synthetic opioid. john holman, has more

afghanistan is a woman. special representative rosa autumn by eva is the former president of kingston james bay's hours era at the united nations. iron giant shell is due in court in london next week to face charges it polluted water and soil in nigeria is nyja delta. more than 13000 villages are bringing the landmark case. there is a company subsidiaries have destroying their land, and their way of life. i made each is free for several galli. the oceans just buried the firmly metric. rosalyn was 87 years old when she died. but the claim, her death was hastened by high exposure to all pollution in mecca. before thick on you there got the clinic. you do these before soon they will be as many moly. oh, else because of the water mercy is covered in skin rushes. she says it's from ingesting and breathing in contaminated water. royal dutch shell has been producing all in going to land since 1958. the organic community is now suing it for environmental damages. i'm gonna go to, you know barbie is a man leading the charge against the all giant. he says his community feels betrayed by show. i am devastat

james bay's outages, era of the united nations. now record high temperatures have been recorded across southeast asia, china and other parts of the continent in india. schools in several states have been closed, and temperatures in thailand of chopped, 45 degrees. for the 1st time, health officials, they have one people to stay in doors to avoid heat stroke, turnage and reports from bangkok. o ripple as in bangkok celebrate the tiny new year with water fights, the tradition, the monks, the beginning of the rainy season. but this year brought record temperatures. 45.4 degrees celsius, a new high, even for a country customs to hot weather. outside the grand palace, a temporary rest buy from the heat for the birds and lots of umbrellas, but not a drop of rain in sight. i think it is a little bit hot there this year is very hot this time of the year. anyway. they're brand new season will come in a month or so, but this year it is hot, they're down to rainy season. the heat ways being filled all across south and southeast asia, banglade

james bay's al jazeera of the united nations. ukraine has rejected russia announcement that it has captured more than 80 percent of the 60 moods. the head of russia's wagner, mastery group made comments on wednesday. but ukraine military says it controlled considerably more than 20 percent of the city, which has seen some of the fierce battles in the war with thousands of soldiers killed, rushes parliament is approved. a controversial build to create a digital draft system that could band men from leaving the country up to now military service notices had to be delivered in person. many russians avoided the draft by moving away from their registered address, dosage a barrier post. now, for most care, my people would she say to you of you she 163 members of russia, the upper house agreed to pass the law, making it easier for men to be enlisted into the military. you know, the kremlin says they will and chaos your periods of recruitment. like some reported recently at the facilities like this, people have to report here after receiving the notice from the defense ministry. russian men between

james bays al jazeera of the united nations, about $5000.00 foreigners are fighting for ukraine against russian forces that includes many georgians who came to the front line, still angry about russia's attack on their own country in 2008. charles strikes that has more crouched low, keeping close and looking for cover volunteers with a georgian legion or training for expected frontline combat. in the coming weeks. the unit was established in 2014 of the rushes, illegal annexation of crimea, but dramatically expanded off the rushes full scale invasion of ukraine last year. many of these men are motivated by history, a personal vendetta health. since russia invaded georgia, 2008, and walk out, there was a pity. this is not only ukraine's fight, and it is, are still, i feel at home here. my uncle was killed by russian aggression in that as an 8. i joined the legion to take revenge on these men, a training on how to clear a building. they've been told by their intelligence team that there are both russian horses and possibly civilians inside, so they have to be extra vigilant. this kind of

james bay's al jazeera of the united nations. ah, meaning on the and the head of china's is not the party and main opponent of president k say it has been arrested during a raid on his home. police say that rashid community was brought in for questioning on the orders of the public prosecutor. here not the party said that he was then taken to an unknown location, presents a in suspended parliament in 2021. he also dismissed the prime minister announced that he would temporarily rule by decree. critics have accused them of a power grab. now rational possession activist and prominent criminal critic has been sentenced to 25 years in prison by court in moscow. flooding me a car. mercer was convicted on charges of treason and spreading false information about the military. he was arrested a year ago after he denounced the russian invasion of ukraine. dawson, barry reports now from moscow with glenelg. as the verdict was read out, that a mere car marizza listened without any visible reaction. convicted of treason spreading false infor

afghanistan is a woman. special representative rosa autumn by eva is the former president of kingston, james bay's out to 0 of the united nations and avalon snow. these cindy here has killed at least 7 tourists and entered 11 others. 22 survivors had been pulled from the snow and taken to hospital is 70 people are still feared missing. another law mountain past in the himalayas, just near the chinese border when democracy came to me on mass. so did the tourists more than 4000000 in 2019. then of course cave in 19 head, shortly followed by a military coup. last year, few than a $150000.00 foreigners visited. now the military governors trying to encourage taurus to return, but his tenny chang discovered in the ancient city of bergen, in central myanmar, the fighting isn't far away. the sleepy stupors have begun. ancient pagoda has some more than a 1000 years old. this was once the capital of what would become a unified myanmar even here, people protested against the military coup in 2021. and even here the military showed no mercy in the crackdown as one resident told us anonymously. or gar, unescor

james bay's al jazeera at the united nations. meanwhile, sedans ambassador to the un is calling on the rapids support forces to lay down their weapons and integrates into the army. deleting my de leon, i do not need physical evidence to prove the scale of damages and suffering from this rebellion. but despite all of the above sudan remains the united states, assuming its functions with responsibility. we did not declare a state of emergency. the events have not had a regional spill over sudan will defeat these difficult circumstances and we hope to end the rebellion. and we call on the counsel to understand the exceptionally urgent situation and grant sudan the time it needs to come up with adequate opportunities to achieve positive progress that would bring sudan to a better position and revive the demands of the revolution. freedom, peace and justice. ah, the death toll from a religious cult in kenya, the practice salvation has risen to at least 809 authorities say the victims of themselves to death after being told to stop eating by the past, the poor mackenzie police have been exud

james bays al jazeera of the united nations. tensions are also running hind garzo, where more rockets were fired toward solving israel. i'll just 0 zoom the said is there. so mosque has always been a very sensitive issue to palestinians in particular and lives in general. and it has always parked and flared up a lot of escalations in the past. especially previous from the domes this here because pass over, coincides with ramadan, detentions are very high. there is a very high sense of worry hearing because the strip of any tension escalating, especially that the people who got that will tell you that they associate from a dotted be connected with a lot of war memories where many wars have been an escalation, has always erupted in ramadan because of that escalation and violence that happen in most, in the storming of these really forces to an oxer mosque, which really provo cates, the feelings of the palestinians, and the palestinian factions. and there is always an escalation erupting because of the french present. to my new, my call is urging china's shooting ping to reason with russ

james bays al jazeera at the united nations. finland has for me join nato and a salmonella headquarters in brussels. it comes less than a year to helsinki, asked to join the military alliance, falling rushes invasion of ukraine. moscow has warned of countermeasures to address where it sees as security threats created by finance membership high for so this was one thing. vladimir putin said he was fighting to reverse when he ordered the invasion of ukraine last year, the expansion towards russia of nato. philip, her son today become the 31st a member of nato. the era of a military non alignment in our history has gone to an end, a new era. big is finland is safer, and nato is stronger with finland as an alloy. we stand together, we protect and defend each other, all 4 wong, and one for all. a year ago, finland and sweden joined nato exercises in norway, rushes invasion of ukraine fronting both to seek the guaranteed protection of nato membership. until now nato's eastern border with russia included poland. this is tanya latvia, estonia and norway. in total, a frontier running more than 1

people, one of our lives did not get at the james bay's, who's that un headquarters there in new york, james? the you in 2nd july 2010. we're listening to him there, but he was previously sit down on the edge of the abyss. a very significant warning from the un both boss talk us through. what more he's been telling the security council now. well, this is happening in an open session of the security council. and you may be surprised to learn that, even though we're now entering the 12th day of the conflict in sudan, this is the 1st time the security counselors met in open session. they had one meeting before this that was behind closed doors, the getting a pretty comprehensive briefing of the situation. not just from the secretary general, but from his special representative who remains on the ground but no longer in khartoum. also from the african union. and from the regional grouping of countries, eguard, the 2nd general again warning that this could spread beyond the borders of sudan, making it clear that there are 7 countries that border sudan, all of them in recent years of i'd ei

james bays al jazeera of the united nations rushes, the hands minister as promised to boost a military weapon, supplies to troops on the front line. so go shore, who is coming for bishop criticism, in recent moms with the head of the wagner last year, a group accusing him of failing to supply sufficient, munitions. there was an issue of supply and troops with lethal weapons. it is currently under constant control by the government and by the ministry of defense. the volume of supplies of the most needed, i mean nation has been determined, necessary measures are being taken to increase them like this. but you want to talk parrot from the ukranian orthodox church, has been put on the house. harassed after appearing in court, accused of condoning rushes invasion. ukraine is cracking down on the church, which it says is collaborating with moscow. security service says that metropolitan pavel is suspected of inciting national religious hatred, charges he describes is politically driven. he is the average of a 980 year old monastery in the ukrainian capital. they resisted government attempts

james bays, which is era at the united nations. a large fire has broken out one of the biggest clothing markets in the bangladesh, capital, no casualties have been reported in firefighters and doc are working to put out the flames. bangladesh has a poor fire safety record in 201-2100. 17 people died in a garment factory fire and he has opposition leader. we're whole guns. the his logs in appeal against a defamation conviction that led to his expulsion from parliament 2 weeks ago. so he was sentenced to 2 years in prison. 4 remarks he made in 2019 mocking the surname of the prime minister, never dro mowdy. his sentence had been suspended, pending that appeal. modi's government is accused of using defamation laws to silence. its critics believes, has reaffirmed diplomatic ties with taiwan president, sighing. one has welcome to move after honduras ended relations last week to align with china, and that left taiwan with only 13 diplomatic allies. china has warned if reprisals, if tri, meets the u. s. has speaker kevin mccarthy. later i

revealed un boats were used to transport a genta officials to bangladesh in march, automatic editor james bays, raise these issues with humans, special envoy on me and la. we had made it very clear that that of any attempt at return is not about closing camps, nor whooping people. it has to be based on the international standards and best practices. and we have always stressed that the conditions in the right kind has got to be conducive to voluntary save and dignified return. and a, we are not satisfied that those conditions are there at this particular time. but right now, you've heard of officials from the military regime who have gone to bangladesh and they are organizing a pilot project to return people to see you and support them. well, a currently a u. n. a sierra is in charge of that, ah, and so, so i think they, they are the best people to us. but they had made it very clear in that, in their statements that this is a bilateral arrangement. you and hcr has also used boats un boats to transport members of the military regime to bangladesh. they took off the un insignia, they apparently

james bay's that joined us life in the united nation. sir james, what did i must the men dare say that to warn you? crane? while he certainly spoke about the war in ukraine because he was r sloss questions about it, but it was pretty much the standard russian position. and he made it very clear that russia is going to be the president of the security council this month. and there's absolutely nothing wrong with russia being the president of the security council in terms of the way the system works. he's right, because there are 50 members on the security council rusher is a permanent member, one of the 5 panel members. and the way the presidency works is it rotates every single month in alphabetical order to a different member of the security council. and april simply is russia's turn, but that the security council is the main body in the international system to govern peace and security around the world. and russia is a country that has violated the u. n's. fact finding chuck founding charter according to the un secretary general. and of

james bay's al jazeera of the united nations has been a low turn out for local elections in northern costco of calls for a boycott from the largest serbian party it once cost of those ethnic albanian leadership to give the mainly ethnic sub bridges more autonomy. the election, so balance costs from just on the 3 percent of registered voters sell officials from the area resigned and a member of our government plan to replace con, license plates with those issued in cost of it also. woo, it is what it please. elections are being held out of spite. again, some decree from christina, which keeps trying to reach a political solution without an agreement with the casa by serbs. and other words, by decree, by force, in a way to make the serbs from the north of kosovo, submit to their will without any compromise law. it was with outrage, blackmailing them because syrup citizens here. they don't agree with their government, but they should not vote, but they are freight. multiple tornadoes have touched down in oman. the twist is struck mostly in the bonnie bl alley region, where we spinning s

james bays al jazeera of the united nations acquit doris constitutional court has given to go ahead for the impeachment proceedings against president guillermo law. so he's accused of embezzlement. the decision has caused a political crisis as alice under him. catchy reports and press, you didn't get a more last look increasingly isolated as he begins the latest fight for his political life. he surrounded himself with supporters, then his wife, as he rejected the 2nd impeachment trial against them in less than a year. this time for allegedly embezzling, make fun stuff. he insisted he is a victim of a conspiracy against them. main nice becky, i am outraged by this attack on my integrity, my reputation, and also that of our home. with my hand on my heart, ecuadorian, i reiterate to you, i am innocent. this week the country's constitutional court gave the go ahead for the impeachment proceedings against the conservative former banker. the court accuses him of allowing corruption in the country, state oil companies. and it comes as less of struggled to tackle a surgeon violent crime and wor

james bays al jazeera of the united nations. alright, let's go live now to john this eula, shop of alova. get more on that great deal. she's in moscow. so we, the latest we heard bulio was that the un secretary general had sent a proposal to russia. where on negotiations heading at this point that tried to, as we just had a russian foreign minister there gala grove refused on. so the question for one of the journalist whether the grain deal was dead, that happened in the, in the new york up to the end of the fast part of the security council session. on monday, with the russian foreign minister presided. and the correspondent club rope. if the great deal was dead and the ministers replying to her was just a nice dress full stop. so also the un headquarters in new york city general antonio good harish met with mister lovegrove and handed him a letter for president vladimir putin. regarding the great deal suggested further actions aimed at improving, extending an expanding degree initiative. according to good harish, he took into