they are painted by martin griffith's hell no one. well, either fully expected this or certainly a wanted anything like it, but there were some preparedness and that now in some ways, even though civilians that the needs of civilians are not being met in some parts of ukraine, there is a system in place that is helping certainly the many, many hundreds of thousands of refugees now prison salumi is live for us at the united nations, very strong words there for martin griffiths. what did you make of it, kristen? yes, the un humanitarian relief chief saying that the world is failing to meet the needs of civilians in ukraine painting a very dire picture. with 1700000 people having fled the country already. and now the, the meeting is continuing with a spokesperson for the director for unicef. the child agency saying that half of those refugees now are children. this very grim picture is happening as being painted in an open session. while behind the scenes security council members are working on a resolution to dress the humanitarian situ

we have martin griffiths here, the un humanitarian trees, saying they have had their first technicalng with members of the russian ministry of defence, and they are trying to work out a way to allow for the safe passage of humanitarian aid, the safe passage for civilians, and this comes after the secretary general had a conversation on friday with the defence minister of russia, again trying to see how they can make it so that un organisations on the ground can work to help those most in need. we also heard from the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, saying as well maybe there should be a framework, away on the ground to communicate when there is going to be civilians coming through, humanitarian convoys coming through. everyone on the council really urging russia to abide by its international obligations, and to find a way to ensure that civilians won't get harm trying to flee. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: our special correspondent fergal keane speaks to ukrainians he met before russia's invasion, whose lives are changed forever.

martin griffiths told an emergency meeting of the security council in new york that corridors were alsoid. 0ur un correspondent nada tawfik gave more details on the exchanges at the security council meeting. it's what we've seen time and time again at security council meetings as the ukrainian ambassador relays what's happening on the ground, the russian ambassador presents his own version of events that really, i have to say quite frankly nobody else on the council really buys into. i mean, we have martin griffiths here, the un humanitarian chief, saying that they have had their first technical meeting with members of the russian ministry of defence, and they are trying to work out a way to allow for the safe passage of humanitarian aid, the safe passage for civilians. and this comes after the secretary—general had a conversation on friday with the defence minister of russia, again, trying to see how they can make it so that un organisations on the ground can work to help those most in need. we also heard from the us ambassador to the un, linda thomas greenfield, saying as well, maybe

martin griffiths told an emergency meeting of the security council in new york that corridors were alsod to deliver aid. meanwhile, speaking at the meeting, the ukrainian representative to the un said russia is cynically disregarding international humanitarian law by blocking human corridors. he also accused russia of deliberately attacking civilians. it is even more appalling that the russian troops open firing on evacuees and evacuation vehicles, shell the roads allocated for humanitarian corridors. for instance, they shelled depots with evacuation buses near mariupol, blew up a railway near irpin in the kyiv region to prevent evacuation by train, destroyed the bridge on the way to another city. all dimensions where the main routes to evacuate civilians. in return, russia accused ukraine of using civilians as human shields. translation: we are accused of breaking off the operation i to evacuate people through the humanitarian corridors, but everything is actually quite the contrary. it's the ukrainians who won't agree to our proposals to honour ceasefire, and won't allow people to exi

martin griffiths says all civilians should be allowed to leave in the direction they choose. in 0desa. the port city is an important strategic target for moscow. a third round of talks between ukrainian and russian delegations has ended in belarus. turkey says the foreign ministers from the two sides are to meet in turkey on thursday. the head of the international atomic energy agency has called for urgent talks on the safety of ukraine's nuclear plants. he said it was unacceptable that normal operations were not in place at the plant seized by russian troops. much by russian troops. more on these stories on the bbc much more on these stories on the bbc news website. you watching bbc news.

we are | listening to martin griffiths, friday's phone call.rian affairs and also energy release coordinator. he actually was a special envoy previously to yemen so everybody expects that the war between ukraine and russia will have far—reaching implications, including even food supplies to yemen, for example. interesting to listen to him there. in the main line to take away as he says the parties must allow safe passage for civilians to leave areas of active hostilities on a voluntary basis in the direction they choose. that, of course, was they choose. that, of course, was the point of contention today, some of the passage was back to russia. or, indeed, to belarus. when it comes to diplomacy there was a third round of talks between ukrainian and russian delegations in belarus. here you can both sides meeting at the table. a ukrainian negotiator said the talks did not lead to any result that significantly improves the situation. elsewhere, the turkish foreign minister said russia and ukraine's foreign ministers sergei lavrov and dmytro kuleba

martin griffith, the un humanitarian chief, called an old parties to allow safe passage for civilians to leave conflict areas. where failing to meet the needs of civilians today, this time, we need safe passage for humanitarian supplies into areas of activity active hostilities civilians in places like manner fall, concave, military, paul, and elsewhere, desperately need de, especially life saving medical supplies, the kinds that have been brought in, in these past days by w h o. ukraine is home to many foreign students who are now stuck in the country. around 20000 young people from india came to ukraine to study. and when a medical student was killed in car cave by russian artillery, fire, indian government set everything in motion to try to bring its people home. he met some indian students at the slovak ukrainian border now they are here envisioning him yet. sca in slovakia safe in a womb tent. the escape from ukraine was especially difficult for the young indians because they dont have ukrainian passports. we went through air 3 polish borders and we were drawn from there. and the

n, we did hear from representatives, for example, alva eunice, offend martin griffiths as well, just explaining how dreadful the situation had become in a ukraine and how, especially in the case of units of the bit that they highlighted how the situation had become dreadful. for the huge number of children that were part of the i refugees at leaving a ukraine. well that is it from me in london, my colleagues in though i will of moral developments from ukraine and the rest of the world news coming up next year and out 0. it's witness. thanks for watching of i, i care about how the u. s. engaging with the rough of the world. i cover foreign policy, national purity. this is a political im house here the conflicts are we telling a good story? we're really interested in taking you into a place that you might not visit otherwise. and to actually feel as if you were there ah, a business associate, or teens mobility, those would in general. how yours is a good job with our new new tool? what don't you have? i show you go, going to little get what they say polio if they're not as high or what

we heard from martin griffith and then from unicef, but then we also heard from the russian ambassador, didn't we? absolutely. the united nations security council is getting an update on the situation on the ground, even as it deliberates over the wording of a resolution to guarantee humanitarian axis for the united nations to those in need on the ground in ukraine. certainly the situation has gotten worse day by day, and we heard from martin griffiths as well as the director of unicef, the child agency of the united nations. and they point to 1700000 people who've left ukraine. now the number rising by the day they estimate that about half of those refugees are children and of course millions more are displaced with in ukraine and suffering from ariel bombardments that have struck schools, hospitals, and, and stopped essential services like water and medical care. and so on. so we're hearing the united nations demand safe passage, not only for aid, but for people. and that is some of what's being debated in this resolution that the french and the mexicans are working on with the backi

martin griffiths. the security council will know begin its consideration of the agenda. >> i now give the floor to mr. martin griffiths. >> thank you very much, madame president. and congratulations on presiding over this council. in these extraordinary times. we are here to speak about the humanitarian situation in ukraine. none of us want to be here today. we already had enough on our hands. we had no need for another war. which would have such a swift impact for the fastest growing refugee crisis in europe since the second world war. today indeed is not a date we had in mind. in the weeks before the offensive began in ukraine, organizations went about their business. they had been working in the donbass region providing people there with humanitarian aid. a business they have been doing chronically and without fanfare these past eight years. and they are still doing it today. however and whenever they can. but of course, they are also prepared for the worst to come. two weeks ago, few thought the sc

ros: this is martin griffith, from the office of the coordination of humanitarian affairs at the when he has some details but none of them are very good. he says the picture is grim and could get worse, leaves civilians already in some cases without the basics. highlighting that many roads and bridges are being damaged, which prevents services to being provided to civilians in the way they would expect. he talked about the high risk of indiscriminate weaponry being used in civilian or urban areas, particularly highlighting the attacks in kyiv, kharkiv, other cities. he also warned that if this continues, the ukrainian economy could clapse with a range of consequences both in ukraine and possibly neighboring countries. he also emphasized -- and this perhaps has not come through as much from people commenting in the situaon -- but he emphasized there was a pre-existing humanitarian crisis because of those two separatist regions in the east of ukraine, the fact that since 2014 there has been a conflict that revolved around the. we talked earlier about how the midst agreements were design

today i'm announcing that in the exercise of mike with offices, i've asked the martin griffiths, the coordinator of all what you meant italian work wolfe wides immediately to explore with the parties involved the possible agreements and arrangements for humanitarian ceasefire in ukraine. since the beginning of the russian evasion when months ago, the war as lads to the senseless loss of thousands of lives, the displacements of 10000000 people, mainly women and children, the systematic destruction of essential infrastructures, and skyrocketing food and energy prices, wild wife. these must stop. united nation is doing everything in its power to support people's lives have been overturned by the world. in the past months beyond their support, the refugee austin countries already meditated agencies and that partners have reached nearly 900000 people, mainly in east that ukraine with food shelter, blankets, madison, bottled water and i. genes supplies that are now more than 1000. the united nations personnel in the country working via 8 you many teddy and hops in the ne portal ve needs ca

martin griffith as a coordinator. if you will, to reach out to all the sides in the party and attempt to initiate a humanitarian ceasefire comes after the general assembly voted late last week on a resolution that didn't back call for a cessation of hostilities based on the increasingly dire humanitarian situation. on the ground they are so un, currently has about a 1000 staff members working in the ukraine on humanitarian supplies, getting those to the people in need. just today they announced that they had gotten another shipment in that will be helpful to the region. they helped nearly 900000 people so far, but they're saying they're being hindered in those efforts by the fighting by the violence. so this is an attempt to work off of that resolution to push the process forward to find space for humanitarian deliveries. but also acknowledging that ultimately that space could be helpful in getting both sides to the table out the russian president. after that press conference there go through what he said. well, he wa

martin griffiths told members at least a 102 civilians have died box. the figure could be much higher. the lives of millions of civilians, of simply at the stake. we know from other recent conflicts are brutal, deadly and protracted. urban warfare can be we have something called me can be devastated infrastructure investment and development gains back in time generation. and we know enough to know that we should never happen in any country. anyway, every effort, of course, must be made to deescalate the conflict. the us is expelling 12 russian diplomats from moscow's mission to the united nations and new york. washington is accused of espionage, but russia says the move violates un rules $200.00 times. he has more from the united nations in new york. the u. s. as it's been working on expelling the 12 russian diplomats for months, accusing them of exploiting their diplomatic privileges to engage in espionage. russia says the u. s. is in violation of both the un charter and the vienna convention. the news was confirmed by the us at a special un security c

martin griffith told members that at least 102 civilians have died butts. that figure could be much higher. the lives of millions of civilians are simply at stake. we know from other recent conflicts are brutal, deadly and protracted. urban warfare can be we know how companies, economies can be devastated, infrastructure investment and development gains back in time generation. and we know enough to know that we do not know what it will be. the consequences of the events that we observe today. there are fears rushes, military tactics could become more aggressive with evidence that cluster bombs are being used. these are things which disperse, hundreds of smaller explosives over a large area. more than $100.00 countries have signed a treaty, which bands them. it is believed explosions in khaki on monday were caused by a cluster bombs but the weapon has already been linked to other recent attacks. ukraine, us, ambassador says russia has used a so called back human bomb as well. these are high pressure explosives. they absorb oxygen from the surrounding air an

martin griffith told members, at least a $102.00 civilians have died, but the figure could be much higher. the lives of millions of civilians are simply at stake. we know from other recent conference our brutal deadly and protracted urban warfare can be. we don't falsities economies can be devastated infrastructure, investment and development gain certain back to the entire generation. and we know enough to know that we do not know what it will be. the consequences of the events that we observe today, whether off is that russians military tactics could become more aggressive with evidence that cluster bombs are being used. these dispersed hundreds of smaller bomblets over a large area. more than a 100 countries have signed a treaty banning them, it's believed explosions in hockey eve on monday were caused by cluster bombs, but the weapon has already been linked to other recent attacks. ukraine's us ambassador says russia has used a so called vacuum bomb. now they are filled with high pressure explosives which absorb oxygen from the surrounding air, creating a powerful blast. and rushes de

only $1300000000.00 in pledges that's about $3000000000.00. short of what you monetary and chief martin griffith said was needed. the un estimates up to 19000000 people will need food aid this year. and yemen, which is entering its 7th year of civil war. griffith hasn't ruled out a 2nd funding drive later in the year. but let us be under no illusions. we hope from all we hope from all. and it is a disappointment that we weren't able as yet to get pledges. from some we thought we might hear from 8 people have been rescued, but at least 15 a dead after landslide in northern peru, buried at least 60 homes, many who live in the top town of poor cory works in mines, peruse minute periods. president pedro castillo has called on the mining company, alameda to explain what caused the collapse shoreline, because president has promised to work with the international monetary fund in other countries to end its worst economic crisis in memory. it comes a day after protest is angry and got to buy a raja paxis handling of the crisis tried to storm his office in colombo for life because government is suffering

martin griffiths told members at least 102 civilians have died . but the figure could be much higher. the lives of millions of civilians of simply state. we know from other recent conflicts are brutally protracted warfare can be we know how companies economies can be devastated infrastructure investment and development gain certain back to the entire generation. and we know enough to know that we do not know what it will be. the consequences of the events that we observe today. the u. s. is expanding 12 russian diplomats from moscow's mission to the united nations in new york, washington as accuse them of espionage. but russia says the move violates un rules . she attempts he has more. the u. s. as it's been working all expelling the 12 russian diplomats for months, accusing them of exploiting their diplomatic privileges to engage in espionage. russia says the u. s. is in violation of both the un charter and the vienna convention. the news was confirmed by the u. s. at a special un security council meeting convene to discuss the humanitarian situat

gutierrez, talking about efforts that he has implemented, including naming humanitarian chief martin griffith, to take on the job of attempting to work on a cessation of hostilities for humanitarian purposes. which could then lead the way to more substantive piece talks, because as we just heard there, he acknowledged that any lasting piece will have to be based on a political solution, not just the humanitarian solution, but using that humanitarian urgency as a common ground. as a way to move things forward, we'll see if the sides listen in any way. but he mentioned that he already has a un staff on the ground in moscow and engaging with all sides in the conflict to try to make that happen. i. kristen think us through the remarks mr. peters made after that press conference about russian. president 3 of the sorry. well, you know, interesting remarks the united nations secretary general is always very diplomatic . it's part of his job not to take sides in a conflict. he has been critical of president pu and in calling on him to end the war and end the aggression because of the impact of having

martin griffith told members at least a $102.00 civilians have died, but the figure could be much higher. the lives of millions of civilians are simply at stay. we know from other recent conflicts are brutal, deadly and protracted. urban warfare can be we know, humphreys, economies can be devastated infrastructure investment and development gains certain back an entire generation. and we know enough to know that we do not know what it will be. the consequences of the events that we observe today. she harbor time, she has more from the united nations in new york. the u. s. as it's been working on expelling the 12 russian diplomats for months, accusing them of exploiting their diplomatic privileges to engage in espionage. russia says the u. s. is in violation of both the un charter and the vienna convention. the news was confirmed by the u. s. at a special un security council meeting convene to discuss the humanitarian situation in ukraine. out that meeting you and representative said that they feared the worst . i regret to say that unless there is no need to call to conflict, ukrainians

martin griffiths says all civilians should be allowed to leave in the direction they choose. russia has continued its attacks across ukraine. most recently, loud explosions have been heard in odesa. the port city is an important strategic target for moscow. a third round of talks between ukrainian and russian delegations has ended in belarus. turkey says the foreign ministers from the two sides are to meet in turkey on thursday. the head of the international atomic energy agency has called for urgent talks on the safety of ukraine's nuclear plants. he said it was unacceptable that normal operations were not in place at the plant seized by russian troops. much by russian troops. more on these stories on the bbc much more on these stories on the bbc news website. you watching bbc news. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejohn stapleton, who is a broadcaster, hello, john, can't tell you how glad i am to see you. kate proctor, who is the editor of politicshome and the house magazine hasn't quitejoined us hasn't quite jo

martin griffith told members at least a 102 civilians have died. but the figure could be much higher. the lives of millions of civilians are simply the state. we know from other recent conflicts are brutal, deadly and protracted. urban warfare can be we know how companies economies can be devastated. infrastructure investment and development gains back in time generation, and we know enough to know that we do not know what it will be. the consequences of the events that we have of today. the us is expelling 12 russian diplomats from moscow's mission to the united nations in new york, washington as accuse them of espionage. but the russia says the move violates un rules. she humbly country has more. the u. s. as it's been working on expelling the 12 russian diplomats for months, accusing them of exploiting that diplomatic privileges to engage in espionage. russia says the u. s. is in violation of both the un charter and the vienna convention. the news was confirmed by the us as a special un security council meeting convene to discuss the humanitaria

martin griffiths is the united nations humanitarian affairs chief joins us live from the u. n. thank you very much. indeed, for joining us on al jazeera, i wanted to ask you, 1st of all about that sir attack on the, the maternity hospital in mario, poland, and your thoughts on that one. it's deeply, deeply shocking. and i know my colleague, kathy russell for unicef, has also said, as much publicly it's, it's shocking in all kinds of different ways. it's shocking because it's a medical facility which under international humanitarian lores is protected. it's shocking because it kills children, babies, newborns, women, and labor. and it's shocking, because perhaps it'll perhaps less shocking because this is the kind of thing that happens appallingly in a war like the one we're seeing in ukraine. and i hope we will find out in due course, who did this and hold them to account on the matter of very humanitarian assistance . how difficult is it at the member to, to, to get the aid this required into ukraine? well we've been bringing in supplies from the west, from poland and romania,

received only $1300000000.00 and pledges that's about $3000000000.00 show to what humanitarian chief martin griffith said was needed. the un estimates up to 19000000 people. we need food a this year in yemen, which is entering its 7th year of civil war. griffith hasn't ruled out a 2nd funding drive and later in the year. but let us be under no illusions we hoped from all we hope for more. and it is a disappointment that we weren't able as yet to get purges from some we thought we might hear from a magnitude 7.3 earthquake has struck of japan's eastern fukushima coast. the tremor knocks out, power to, to 1000000 people in the tokyo area. a sing on the advisory was issued, but has since been lifted. the company working to decommission the fukushima nuclear plants says it's check the site and found no abnormalities. china is showing no sign of abandoning it 0 coven strategy, and it struggles with the west career of ours outbreak. in nearly 2 years, isolation facilities across the country, a being expanded with must testing and lockdown ordered in several large provinces . just on the 2000 locally trans

both security council will be briefed by the high commissioner for the humanitarian chief martin griffith. so also here from unicef, and the names of people in the ukraine are growing exponentially by the day. now over $1700000.00 refugees have left the country millions more within the country are expected to be displaced as a result of the fighting. and so we're hearing the united nations calling for secure and unimpeded access to the people in need. you would think that the security council would be able to agree on something, at least guaranteeing humanitarian access to, especially for the women and children who are fleeing the country. now it's an estimate that hundreds of millions of these refugees are in fact children will hear more about that from unicef. odd the security council will have to agree on the wording for that and. and while getting aid to people is one thing allowing them free access to come and is another. and not only does the security council want to ensure aid gets to people it wants to ensure that the resolution actually gets passed. so they have to make sure russ

griffith. sally martin is the director of building and housing for the city of cleveland. she joined mayor bibb, the new mayor's cabinet just this week. until earlier this month, she served as housing manager for the city of south euclid. we'll now hear from the witnesses. mr. waller, start with you. welcome. >> thank you, chairman brown, ranking member and other members of the committee. my name is michael waller. i serve as the executive director of the georgia apple seed center for law and justice. georgia apple seed is a nonpartisan law center. we're dedicated to advancing justice for all of georgia's children through law and policy reform and representation of children. we focus our efforts on removing barriers to injustices that are faced by black and brown children, children experiencing poverty, lgbtq children, children with disabilities and children in foster care. georgia apple seed believes every child has access to strong, schools and a strong, healthy home. i will provide information on the impact of institutional landlords on the lives of low-income georgians

$3000000000.00. less than what humanitarian chief martin griffin said was needed you and estimates up to 19000000 people will need food a this year. in yemen. griffith has ruled out a 2nd funding drive later in the magnitude 7.3. earthquake has struck off japan's eastern fukushima coast. the german knocked out power to 2000000 people. a c nami advisory was issued, but has since been lifted. company working to decommission the fukushima nuclear plant, says it's checked the site and found no abnormalities. covered 19 restrictions are on their way out. in japan, all measures in the capitol, tokyo and 17 other prefixes to be lifted in a week's time for i missed the food you can shoot us as the country will slowly star returning to normal as infection rates for the annual south by southwest festival in texas. is back this year, go after going virtual because of the pandemic concern over global issues has turned the festival focus increasingly towards social justice. rob reynolds reports from austin came in from the jungles and our names. he taught us to change him. and i may as is say, when must tame him force assimilation in the nation. i find that lame