s. ambassador, the united nations linda thomas greenfield. she said they're talking about the un charter, but there's an elephant in the room. and that's the fact that russia violated the basic tenet of that charter by invading its neighbors. interestingly, the u. s. ambassador, united nations is accompanied by elizabeth wheeler and she is the sister of paul whelan. in fact, she speaking to reporters right now, the sister of paul wieland who's been held up by the russians now for more than 4 years. he has been sentenced to a 16 year term. she's speaking to reporters at the security council, stakeout, the 2nd general of the united nations, antonio terrace, is now speaking to the security council. what are you expecting from the russian foreign minister, sir gay lover off today? well, this is a pattern that we've seen many times before since the start of the war in ukraine over the last year that russia very much attacks on the issues where some would normally think perhaps it's vulnerable. so they have chosen this sir james, a suggestion defense a

that he looked her right in the eye, she was surprised, and that she was there and in the opening sentences really of linda thomas greenfield's here representing the family and you won't release this man and we want him home, to say nothing, of course, of evan gershkovich, the wall street journal reporter and the others but it was the whelan case that was front and center at the u.n. yesterday. the other thing that the ambassador said is that all of the other 13 members who were there, none of them rallied to his defense. they were all critical of russia >> andrea mitchell, thank you so much always great to have you on the program, my friend appreciate it. >>> also overseas, today we learned that prince william was allegedly paid, quote, a very large sum of money by rupert murdoch's uk newspaper arm to settle claims about phone hacking. these new court documents say that murdoch's media business, news group, made the payment secretly back in 2020 after william brought a legal claim against two uk newspapers. the sun and the now defunct news of the world the documents came in a legal filing by william's brother, prince harry h

just before him we heard from linda thomas greenfield, the u. s. ambassador to the u. n. she said, the fighting must stop immediately. she called on both sides to adhere to this 72 as cease fire. she called on regional engine and international parties to form a committee to make sure there's a permanent cessation of hostilities in saddam and get the country back on the road to democracy. ah, mothers nowadays 57 people have died out. the 2 boats carrying migrants sank in the mediterranean. their bodies were found on the libyan coast aid worker say, expect more bodies to wash up. in the coming days, the international organization for migration says more than 400 migrants in refugees of drown this year, trying to cross the mediterranean from north africa to europe. malik, trina has more from his rata. libya has long been a transit hub, were african migrants trying to reach a pinch worth? what we saw from authorities in western libya was 11 bodies were discovered including a child that washes for in the, in the city of get a bully, which is just a bit west of here. and in the las

the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas—greenfield, was in the chamber as russia's foreign minister was speaking. afterwards shec. they did notjust provoke the west, they provoked the entire un system. they provoked every single member state. and i still think it is important for us to point out that 1m countries condemn their actions and they heard all m members of the security council in different ways, stand—up for the values of the un charter and condemn their actions as being actions that bring into question their own commitment to multilateralism. their own commitment to the un system. their unprovoked aggression against ukraine cannot be justified. it cannot be put in front of us as a defence of multilateralism. what russia needs to do is pull their troops out of ukraine and end this war. a new report has warned that climate change is driving up malaria numbers, after recent extreme weather led to a spike in cases of the mosquito—borne disease. the study by the global fund cited last year's devastating flooding in pakistan and cyclone freddy, which hit malawi and mozambique earlier this year, as events w

she can do it in gas. the representative of the united states also spoke with a protest at the un linda thomas greenfield as russia takes over the presidency of the security council we are taking every opportunity to oppose the use of their seat on the security council to spread disinformation and use their presidency to support their efforts so it is for this reason that today we opposed the appeal of their officials who were accused of war crimes and who participated in the deportation and removal of children from their homes to russia and decided against it and so we joined the uk in blocking the broadcast meeting of the un security council to prevent the use of this international tribune to spread disinformation and try to justify its terrible actions that are taking place in ukraine. ukraine has so far been able to officially record 16,200 cases of forced deportation of ukrainian children to the territory of russia, but according to independent researchers from the united states, it may be about hundreds of thousands illegally displaced minors , russia itself declares that since february 24, 2022 , 744

|and linda thomas—greenfield also brought the sister of paul whelan, who is an ex—marine who has been detained in russia for— more than four years. and elizabeth, paul whelan's sister, i said shemmunity that one - of the principles of multilateralism was for countries to confront anyone who uses taking hostages as part. of its international relations. so, really, what we heard _ from western countries was just this complete shock that russia i would call this type of debate, but on the other hand, maryam, you had the likes of russia - and china saying that it's - the united states that's trying to run a unipolar world and flex its hegemony| and its special interests - on the rest of the members of the united nations. and so, they blame the united states for trying to do things like, _ they said, deter china and isolate russia, and use nato _ to expand its borders. so we have this very competing view that we've always had at the un - right and front and centre, as sergei lavrov _ was here in new york. and some people there might be questioning why russia holds this position for this month given the situation with ukraine. but of course this is something that is within the un ch

linda thomas greenfield mrs. thomas greenfield brought an american woman to the un or killed willand. whose brother paul weeland is imprisoned in russia, shelease of a wall street reporter from another imprisoned american. evan gershwich's journal, attention, what expression did she use in relation to russian actions. it is illegal, not provoked by anything, and there is no need for war. directly contrary to our most sacred principle, aggressive warfare and territorial gains are unacceptable. i'm never wrong, it's a mixture of political correctness. uh, and well, some hypocrisy. well, you know, colleagues just talked about it. uh, war is declared, a hybrid war that involves fighting on all front lines and diplomacy is becoming. e. same front line, it's a hybrid war. and of course. uh, no here, uh, observance of the ethics of observance of some kind. well, it is hoped that e enemy is the americans in this situation. this is to take into account, well , there is no option one e, to harm russia in all directions from terrorist attacks and explosions of gas pipelines. attacks on ministers on in our president president what do they say? yes. th

linda thomas greenfield mrs. thomas greenfield brought an american woman to the un or killed. whose brother is paul whilang is imprisoned in russia, shended the release of the reporter for the wolster journal, evan gershwich, from another imprisoned american. and, of course, we could not do without statements on the same subject by the head of the european commission, mr. barali, let's listen. the start of russia's presidency of the un security council is fitting for april fool's day. even though russia is a permanent member of the security council, it constantly violates the very essence of the un's legal framework. one thing that here we are we do it, and not only on our program e , not only on our channel, but in general , on virtually all channels of russian television. we are not afraid to bring accusations against western figures, and uh, we never do it out of context. i always look when we are preparing these collections so that it does not turn out that we are quoting something, and the author meant something else. i have to tell you that on american television in print, at least the mainstream one. in general, but to cite the

now we also know that linda thomas greenfield, the ambassador to the united nations, met this week with her counterpart who is the russian ambassador to the united nations . sheo called for the immediate release of herskovitz . and, of course, there's another american who is wrongfully detained in russia. that's paul willen. he's been detained there for more than four years now american officials also calling for his release, but when we consider what it'll take to get these two americans home, of course, we think about prisoner swaps because that's what it took to get home. brittney griner, who was recently released trevor reid, who was released last year. but the concern is who does russia want as part of a prisoner swap? and then the other thing to consider is would this incentivize other adversaries russia maybe other adversaries to take americans? the secretary of state was asked about that today, he said. there's a balance that needs to be considered. they consider how to get home americans and what it will take to do that. alex worrying prospect kylie outward in brussels. thank you very much for that report. and this note to our viewers coming up on er

lena in the un security council linda thomas greenfield made a whole performance during the post before the united states, sheiant elephant in the room we say in a china shop we react to these statements. we respond to them in word and deed. american performances are traditionally held at meetings of various kinds, where officials of this country are present. remember how this is practiced, when the president of the united states makes an address on the state of the country in congress, he also invites all sorts of extras and close people he needs to the stands and then shows the audience on them, and he’s chartered , of course, you can bring it with you, and every diplomat in the security council has it on the table. so there is nothing here but a cheap demonstration of the thesis about the supposedly complete commitment of the united states to this document, in fact, not one country has encroached on the charter to such an extent and has not violated it for decades, like the united states of america , a lot was said convincingly about this yesterday's speech of our minister and the fury of which western pro

conference before the start of the meeting, sister fished for and just during the speech in that linda thomas greenfield sheld like lavrova to look at her in eyes and saw her suffering, besides, of course, she also talked about ukraine, about the fact that while ukraine, while russia distorts the world in its assessment, and making its statements on this highest platform of international diplomacy, the russian troops still continue their aggression and while we are sitting here this aggression continues while we sit here russian troops continue to kill and injure civilians while we sit here russian forces are destroying critical infrastructure of ukraine sitting here we are preparing for the next bucha the next mariupol the next kherson the next war crime the next atrocity 141 un member states have absolutely clearly stated the goal the full-scale invasion of russia was not self-defense, russia simply wants to redraw international borders by force