the, linda thomas-greenfield. thank you very much for joining us again tonight. the security council, i assumed the number one issue before he is still the russian attack and war on ukraine. >> it is one of the number one issues before us. but during our presidency, we get to set the agenda. and what we will be focusing on is food insecurity. food insecurity that has been exacerbated by russia's war on ukraine, food insecurity that is impacting people around the world. and i would be adjusting, addressing that issue with secretary blinken and presiding in a seat on thursday to call out russia, but also to raise the consensus about famine and how we can bring an end to famine. we will also be focusing our attention on human rights. president biden said on day one that our foreign policy will be defined by human rights. and so, with the 75th anniversary of the u.n. declaration of human rights, we will look for opportunities to engage in human rights issues throughout the month. >> i want to go to one of those opportunities that rachel maddow raised in the last hour

linda thomas greenfield there.rt of his four—day tour of western states. the site at the historic red butte airfield in the state of arizona will include nearly one million acres and thousands of cultural sites. it would also protect the area from potential uranium mining. the event was attended by several local tribal groups. biden spoke about what the protection of the lands means for both the state and the nation. there is no national treasure — none — grander than the grand canyon. the grand canyon is one of the earth's nine wonders of the world. preserving these lands is not only good for arizona, but for the planet. it is good for the economy, for the soul of the nation, and i believe with my core that it is the right thing to do, but there is more work ahead to combat the existential threat of climate change. president biden�*s action comes despite criticism from republican lawmakers. utah senator mitt romney descibed such designation as "a political football tossed back and forth "as presidential administra

we also spoke to ambassador thomas—greenfield about the war in ukraine. were killed after two russian missile attacks in the eastern town of pok—rovsk.the second missile attack happened as rescuers were searching for victims of the first. dozens of others were injured, including two children. here's part two of my colleague caitriona perry's inteview with ambassador linda thomas—greenfield, in which they discuss the war in ukraine. we've seen russia striking civilians there while holding up civilians there while holding up a blockade of food exports from the black sea, much—needed food relief for countries like afghanistan, yemen and others. in fact the situation the former us ambassador to nato called a warzone is relevant to nato as western ukraine. is there any hope for relief in there any hope for relief in the black sea as you see it to restore the grain deal? i continue to be hopeful. the secretary general of united nations and turkiye have been working diligently over the last few weeks to push the russians and urge the russians to get back into th

. >> a little earlier, i spoke with linda thomas-greenfield, u.s.assador to the united nations, about the latest in ukraine. >> if we can turn to the situation in ukraine, we have seen russia striking civilians while holding a blockade of food exports in the black sea. much-needed food relief for countries like afghanistan, yemen, and others. the situation the former u.s. ambassador called a war zone relevant to nato as western ukraine. is there any hope for relief in the black sea to restore the grain deal? >> i continue to be hopeful. the secretary-general's -- has been working to push the russians to get back into the grain deal. it is in the interests of global south community, it is in our interest, it is in russia's interest to get back in. we remain hopeful. but it really is in the hands of the russians to make the right decision to resume allowing for ukrainian grain to go through the black sea. >> why does the un security council seem to be unable to get a handle on the russian threat in a clear breacof ukraine's sovereignty? >> it is clear

today many comments came from the united nations, in particular linda thomas greenfield , the uniteds ambassador to the united nations. in fact, she first condemned the fact that russia is again violating the resolutions that were approved by the un security council , in which she is actually one of the plans for the organization of the un security council, she also said that she is disappointed that the un does not consider and investigate how russia actually violates again of the resolutions of the united nations, linda thomas greenfield herself said that the united states will continue to learn such information, expose russia's attempts to continue waging its war and enlist the support of other countries, and will also expose those countries, those regimes that continue to help russia wage its war. let 's listen to the comment we we cannot and will not remain silent as we receive more information that russia continues to turn to criminal regimes in an attempt to obtain weapons and equipment to support its brutal aggressive war, we will continue to work with allies and partners to

the meeting, the permanent representative of the united states to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, she also said that the united states will continue to support ukraine and will not remain aloof from this problem , will help the country to return its children, literally torn from their homes in in 2023, a country will be created that sits in this very hall and is a permanent member of this council. it looks like a romantic utopia, but it is not fiction , colleagues, this is not fiction, this is real life despite the fact that the numbers sound different, we know that since february 2022, russia has forcibly handed over or deported thousands of ukrainian children, including babies aged 4 months and older, in camps they are subjected to propaganda , bombings and even learn military affairs, some are forced to accept russian citizenship, and others have been established by russian families, you will hear as russian officials say that the transfer of children is a part of the overall humanitarian evacuation, but this is a gross distortion of reality and it is useless to justify what i

ambassador linda thomas greenfield chairs the council this month. >> the council must address the horrors, the abuses, and crimes being perpetrated daily by the kim regime against his own citizens and people from other member states including japan and republic of korea. >> the diplomats said the u.n. high commissioner for human rights is expected to report on the current situation in north korea. china and russia have opposed calls for an open meeting and are expected to do so again. both are permanent members of the security council. >>> well, russia has launched its first lunar probe in nearly half a century aiming to land on the moon's unvisited south pole. the last russian probe was launched in 1976 during the soviet era. russia's space agency said that the unmanned luna 25 lifted off on friday in the far east and entered its scheduled flight path. the luna 25 is expected to attempt a soft landing near the moon's south pole on august 21st. it will then spend about a year exploring deposits of water and other resources. the probe was due to carry a navigation camera in cooperation wit

ambassador linda thomas-greenfield, the current chair of the council, spoke out against the treatmentnorth korea's own citizens. >> the dprk government commits act of cruelty and repression in its own territory. while also perpetrating similar acts in other countries targeting both citizens of the dprk and others. use include executions, assassinations, objections, including from japan and the republic of korea. intimidation's, and forced repatriation. carl: the pakistan province of punjab, at least 100 have been arrested after crowds burned churches and vandalized homes. the violence was sparked by claims that christian men had torn pages from the koran. public gatherings have been restricted for seven days in the area.the the media that both christians accused have been arrested. so far police have documented 17 . the violence occurred in eastern pakistan. the bbc urdu correspondent is at the site of one of the purchase -- torched churches. >> this is said to be one of the historic buildings, the oldest in the city. some people say it is more than 100 years old. this was a historic

needed to open to italy, odesa as said united states ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield we have seen signs that they may be interested in returning to the discussion so we will wait and see if that actually happens we have also the reaction of putin's press secretary, dmitry peskov, what he said about the grain agreement about russia's possible return to power geography and president putin has repeated this a hundred times already it should be implemented at the time that concerns the russian federation . until now, this has not been done. today, putin spoke with erdogan on the phone, and putin is going to go to turkey and in in principle, this is also a question of what they will agree on there, but in the conditions when they are completely destroying our port infrastructure , what could still be a grain agreement according to yours and whether the world community will be able to put them in place in the black sea, you know, it seems to me that the world community is still there are several countries, it seems to me that this is the baltic country , this is poland, thi

zeroes, christian flu, a spoke to the united states, and bassett, or to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield. and she began by asking her how far the united states from united nations are willing to go to restore democracy in this year. as we have been communicating with the president. but soon since he was put under house arrest, he is the democratically elected government. we have called for his return, we recognize him as the democratically elected government. we've condemn this attempt to over throw him and we support echo was in their efforts to find the path forward without the military support in any way we're supporting. echo was, were supporting their demands on the military and were supporting president for so how would you support time? we are engaging diplomatically with countries in the region. we are engaging diplomatically here at the united nations to condemn what this military has done. and we will continue to keep pressure on them until they make the decision, which is the right decision to allow this democratically elected government to resume its place. what do you make o

poland will mean an attack from russia, this was stated by the us representative at the un, and thomas greenfield according to her, mercenaries are not an independent unit . we have seen their malicious efforts on the african continent therefore, we are definitely concerned that this group at the behest of the russian government, because they do not work independently of the russian government, poses a threat to all of us and we must ensure the clarity of the message that any attacks by wagner's group will be considered as attacks by the russian government in the temporarily occupied crimea, explosions in the karakobal mountain area became more frequent in sevastopol, the russians allegedly shot down a drone at the place where the debris fell , grass and bushes caught fire , the occupation governor mykhailo razvazhaev said , however, according to information according to the ukrainian media, the explosions probably occurred near the russian navy, the chp plant and enemy warehouses with ammunition in khalyanta are chasing the volunteers. this statement was made by members of the faction of europea

meetings, such consultations , in particular, and informal ones, as confirmed to me by linda thomas greenfield, have already begun, are already taking place behind closed doors, and the united states want to do the most important thing, first of all, in some way, it is not yet clear what, but they are going to discuss ways to stop it the bombing of ukrainian fighters , the bombing of ukrainian grain infrastructure facilities, and then when this stops , make sure that russia does return to the grain agreement and that ukrainian grain export was without obstacles lyosh, his colleagues, thank you very much for the detailed report, as usual , this is our special correspondent in the united states, dmytro nopchenko, from the un meeting, and then actually about african countries, and more and more of these countries are turning away from russia, so the white house thinks so the leaders of african countries are convinced that the russian africa summit held last week is gradually realizing that cooperation with an aggressor country is not in their interests. my colleague vladyslav polit i was trying t

earlier, my colleague caitriona perry spoke to ambassador linda thomas—greenfield for the current standingsolding up a blockade of food exports in the black sea, much—needed food relief for countries like afghanistan, yemen and others. in fact, the situation the former us ambassador to nato called a warzone is relevant to nato as western ukraine. is there any hope for relief in the black sea as you see it to restore the grain deal? i continue to be hopeful. the secretary general of united nations and turkiye have been working diligently over the last few weeks to push the russians and urge the russians to get back into the grain deal. it is in the interests of the global south community and its in our interest and it's in the interests of russia to get back into this deal, so we remain hopeful but it really is in the hands of the russians to make the right decision to resume allowing for ukrainian grain to flow through the black sea. why do you think it is the un security council has been unable to get a handle on the ongoing russian aggression, in clear breach of ukraine's sovereignty? it

okay, that was the us invested to the un linda thomas greenfield, speaking the at the un headquarters in new york. let's demo from our correspondent christian salumi. she's also the apps, the u. n. in new york and christian. what has been the united nations reactions sofa to the death of if any progression as well, neither the united nations secretary general nor the diplomats that i've spoke to here have had an official reaction to the death of per goes. and, and we've been speaking to many of the un officials and to the diplomats as well. and when you speak to the diplomats, they don't want to get ahead of their capitals on this evolving situation. and, but it's clear that everyone is paying close attention and watching for the repercussions, particularly for the united nations in west africa. the un is in the process actually of withdrawing it's peace keeping force known as the news. not from molly . at the request of the transitional government, they are the government expressing its frustration with the un calling for it to leave and putting the wagner group in place to fill the

states of america has not yet seen any evidence of this, us permanent representative vaughn linda thomas greenfieldeported to reuters, slona stressed that if russia wants to supply its fertilizers to world markets, agricultural operations it will have to return to the grain agreement let 's listen we have seen signs that russia may be interested in returning to the discussion so we will wait for to see if this will actually happen in the meantime, turkey will continue to make efforts to restore the black sea initiative, this was stated by the president of turkey, recep tayyip erdogan, and his party, during a conversation with the russian dictator putin, who emphasized that the termination of the grain agreement will not benefit anyone , the countries that need grain have low incomes, edgan noted that grain prices have increased by 15% in the last two weeks, gentlemen. let's really talk about the conditions under which russia can return to the grain agreement in the black sea initiative ukraine is now developing ways to export its own grain, but sir, let's go to both questions, mr. oleg and mr. dmyt

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. >> tomorrow the united states of america and linda thomas-greenfield will become president of the unitedssador. thank you so much for joining us. as you take over the residency of security council, i assume the number one issue before you is still the russian attack and war on ukraine. >> it is one of the number one issues before us but during our presidency we get to set the agenda and what we will be focusing on is food insecurity and food insecurity that has been exacerbated by russia's war in ukraine. food insecurity that is impacting around the world and i will be addressing that issue with secretary blinken and residing in the seat on thursday to call out russia but also to raise the concerns about famine and how we can bring an end to famine. we'll also be focusing attention on human rights president biden said on day one that our foreign policy will be defined by human rights so with the 75th anniversary of the u.n. declaration of human rights we will look for opportunities to engage in human rights issues throughout the month. >> i want to go to one of those opportunities that r

>> the united states ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas-greenfield, gets tonight's last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight -- the first court appearance for the mar-a-lago property manager and donald trump's codefendant and the classified documents case. georgia d.a. fani willis says we are ready to go on trump charging decisions. then, trump's pac has spent millions of dollars in legal fees so far this year. and there is a new defense fund for his associates. we are following the money. and republican candidates are getting ready to the debate stage, where the front-runner might not even show up. as if he 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening once again. i am stephanie ruhle. donald j trump is already facing serious legal trouble on multiple fronts, but he may soon be fighting a whole new battle, as other criminal investigations move closer to the possible indictment phase. there are signs that special counsel jack smith and georgia prosecutor fani willis could be closing in on charges relating to efforts to ov

ambassador in the rotating presidency of linda thomas greenfield.e, there were protests back in favor of her nurse and her child. protests against this kidnapping but the gangs have been rampant and since the president's assassination and all that took place two years ago, there's just, it's just been lawless. not only the poorest country in the hemisphere but really the most dangerous. country that i spent many years in on and off in the '90s when there was another u.n.-led police force there after the ouster of the former president and then he was brought back. it was civil strives and military coup. there have been so many problems but they did have free and fair election which was overseen by the u.n. that's of course what they're imagining might take place but they've got a long way back. >> thank you so much for that. and speaking of people who know haiti very well, jacqueline, you did an embed with the secretary of state in charge of law enforcement for haiti in the biden administration. what are you hearing and what is likely going on on the

i corresponded to questions salumi sat down to discuss the issues at play with linda, thomas greenfield. she began by asking what support the us and the security council, a willing to give me just democratically elected president mohammed bustled as we have been communicating with the president. but soon since he was put under house arrest, he is the democratically elected government. we have called for his return. we recognize him as the democratically elected government. we've condemn this attempt to over throw him and we support echo was in their efforts to find a path forward without the military support in any way we're supporting. echo was, were supporting their demands on the military and were supporting president for so how would you support time? we are engaging diplomatically with countries in the region. we are engaging diplomatically here at the united nations to condemn what this military has done. and we will continue to keep pressure on them until they make the decision, which is the right decision to allow this democratically elected government to resume its place. what

highlight the 75th anniversary of the universal declaration of human rights and in bassett, or linda thomas greenfield of the united states, described the situation in north korea as uh, the violations there as widespread in systemic and not only propping up the north korean regime, but also propping up its quest for a nuclear weapon which the security council has opposed an infection in the country for. so for the 1st time since 2014, another council members were concerned about the situation there to support this meeting. it requires a majority of council members to be on board, and there was enough support because of the deteriorating situation there for that to happen. un high commissioner for human rights, folk or turk, agreed that the situation there is bad. many of the violations i prefer to stand directly from or support the increasing meetings are as ation of the dpr k. for example, the widespread use of course data, including the political prison camps for the use of it's called children to collect thomas requirements from time. and it's time to take me but, and provide a quote of goods to t

needed to open to italy, odesa, as the united states ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas, said greenfield seen signs that they may be interested in returning to the discussion so we will wait to see if this actually happens we also have the reaction of putin's press secretary dmitry peskov what he said about the grain agreement about the possible return of russia to the pemo geography and president putin has already repeated this a hundred times russia is ready without delay to return to itself, the deal is not only a negotiation well , the girls themselves are not without delay ready to simply do the deal must be implemented at the time that concerns the russian federation until now this was not done today, putin talked to erdogan on the phone and putin is going to go to turkey, and in principle it is also a question of what they will agree on there, but in the conditions when they are completely destroying our port infrastructure , which could still be a grain agreement according to yours and will the world community be able to put them in place in the black sea, you know, it seems to m

ambassador thomas-greenfield, thank you for joining us. >> great to be here. >> what does it mean for presidency, the head seat at the table on the security council? >> it's a rotating seat. as the president of the security council, you get to set the agenda for the month. you preside over the council's actions during that month, and you are really in the hot seat. >> the elephant in the room, as we were just discussing, is that russia also sits at that table. >> they do. >> permanent member of the security council. for the last, let's call it year and a half, how has that -- and you do, you sit, discuss issues and go at it. what is it like sitting across the table? >> we're adversaries. it can sometimes be very tense. russia vetoed a resolution that provided for food assistance across the border into syria against the will of 13 other council members. so the tensions can be seen when we're sitting across the table from each other, but there are times when we can come together in consensus. we voted on a haiti resolution recently in which we all supported. >> so, madame ambassador, as

i was deeply proud when the united states ambassador to the united nations, ambassador thomas greenfield, her colleagues along with the delegations of the united kingdom, albania, and malta walked out of the security council briefing being given by the russian federation presidential commissioner lavona bevlova. but there are other actions that can be taken that stand in the face of the constant excuses that are provided for what is clearly the lack of compliance. i do not understand the content of the japan report, the request to understand what what voluntary resolution means in these cases or the question that you asked about the seeming inconsistency between references of appropriate judicial action and no case listened carefully. she said there were there were return cases, but she did not answer your question indicating that a return had been accomplished by judicial action this year. and to my knowledge, there has not been one to the united states that was pursuant to judicial determination under the treaty alone. there was a danger to be found in distinguishing different forms of

away from the original role of the militias , a statement by us diplomat linda thomas greenfield sheens the tone of the issue, while mediating between wagner and russia she expresses concern about what the fighters are. located in belarus very close to the polish border, and therefore close to the nato border, for her wagner is no less official than russia itself. she equates him to the representative of russia here is what she says, we fear that this is a group at the request of russia because it does not work independently of the russian government is a threat to all of us and we want to make it clear that any attack by the wagner group will be considered an attack by the russian government. clear the border of the polish borders of lithuania, some of the wagner fighters are close to our border, having taken up positions in the grodno region. and this means that such an arrangement is very convenient for provocation, as in the polish belarusian, and on the lithuanian belarusian border on the border of the ahlitovsky back. why am i even the presence of wagner mercenaries in belarus

does not forget to scare europe with a war with russia, the us representative to the un , linda thomas greenfieldack by the dude wagner on poland would be regarded as an attack by moscow, and yet quite recently they rejoiced at the situation with pmcs in russia, they were waiting for the overthrow of putin, and now, something went wrong again. at what time it seems that everyone has already lost count. now let's military nigers in long -suffering africa opened the country's borders with babkin's algerian beans and chad, which were closed after the anti-colonial coup d'état of power. has algeria already been condemned? a message about a potential invasion of niger by western countries, and the interim head of guinea, colonel mamadé, dumbua, said that if someone dares to invade niger for a military coup, the charge will declare war on the invader and send their military to defend the country, the consequences of the coup in nigeria for paris analyzes bomber is considered there that loss from traditional partners could have serious consequences for france's international position in the region. well