u.n. human rights council thursday. e move comes despite its well-documented record of human rights abuses. nicolas maduro's government has been accused of withholding from the government -- public humanitarian aid from other nations. >> despite the controversy around of applause -- despite the controversy, a band of applause for the countries elected toto the human r rights councicil. among them, venezuela, which won a seat spite fierce opposition. members of nicolas maduro's government praised the results, accusing the united states of attempting to sabotage the vote. dictatorship, the united states, could not impose anything on us. we received messages from some foreign ministries from asia and africa talking about e emails te state department desperately sent to them from senior officials at the state department to the foreign ministers of those countries, to extort them and asked him not to vote for venezuela today. the leaders of some 50 countries no longer recognize nicolas maduro as venezuela legitimate president

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u.n. human rights council it's a campaign that's a broad term at loggerheads with his own vice president leonie robredo. she was elected separately from deter and this from another party in an exclusive interview with correspondent. roberto offered her views on the popular president and his words. today w. is talking with philippine vice president lennier bread are about politics extrajudicial killings and manila's war on drugs vice president or brother thank you very much for joining me for having other have been continued reports of violence and the state of ramallah snus in the philippines there is news of environmental activists human rights defenders and of course drug related killings to what extent has mr deterrent as violent rhetoric contributed to this culture of violence the message is that number one. that the sat is not well that number 2. there is small you know that ability the ability of a fish. are not important so what when this is the message that you gives bestially to implementors of the law is very dangerous and i think that asked to be there so much in the manner that acti

u.n. human rights council despite widespread criticism of the country's own rights record advocacy groups and nations opposed to president nicolas maduro his government had lobbied against them in human rights watch said a vote for venezuela is a vote for torture and murder the u.n. human rights council agreed last month to look into abuses in venezuela well opposition leader won by those says the u.n. itself needs investigating over the decision also announced the death of a politician he says was killed to send a message to anyone who opposes president maduro. the same day that a u.n. system allows for a dictatorship like materials to sit in a chair to be thin blood a product of the violation of human rights on the same day the edmundo rada is killed today he was found with his body burned to the head a bag over his face. now thousands of protesters are expected to march through the streets of barcelona as demonstrators rally for better working conditions and the independence of catalonia a general strike has been called by the region's trade unions who are demanding an increase to the

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u.n. human rights council denouncing the protest it seems has distanced itself from her statement saying she holds no official position in the business but to know. the logic of conflict has reached on kong's businesses between the idea of the protestors and repercussions on the chinese market many of them are facing a tough choice. for this starbucks branch the only thing to do now is to renovate and hope that they will be targeted a 3rd time. tears rolling of their reporting from hong kong now one of germany's greatest ever football players has retired from the game but. he has quit the sport after finishing the season with his club chicago fire tiger made his name and by in munich becoming a genuine star in the bonus league and for the national team. but. it's finally time to say good bye this was how bastian schweinsteiger ended his journey career in 2016 tears flowed as the fan favorite took to the pitch for demand shaft one last time now he's hanging up his boots for good. with this tweet he brought an end to one of the my successful careers in football history trying to juggle one doe

u.n. human rights council denouncing the protests it seems has distanced itself from her statement saying she holds no official position in the business but to no avail the logic of conflict has reached tongues business is between the idea of the protestors and repercussions on the chinese market many of them are facing a tough choice. for this starbucks crunch the only thing to do no is to renovate and hope that they will be targeted at the top. you're watching news still to come well of germany's greatest ever football players announces his retirement from the game boston is hanging up his boots after a long career that included winning a world cup title. today germany is marking the 30th anniversary of peaceful protests widely seen as pivotal in toppling the former east german dictatorship the marches on october 9th $989.00 are considered to have paved the way for the end of communism in east germany and the fall of the berlin wall. brady meant to opposition activists from the former east germany. on october 9th 1989 kathleen hutton hala was in a prison in light sake in east germany sh

u.n. human rights council despite widespread criticism of the country's own rights record advocacy groups and nations opposed to president nicolas maduro his government had lobbied against the move human rights watch said a vote for venezuela is a vote for torture and murder the un human rights council agreed last month to look into abuses in venezuela while opposition leader one white house says the u.n. itself needs investigating over the decision also announced the death of a politician he says was killed to send a message to anyone who opposes president nicolas maduro and the more you know. the same day that a u.n. system allows for a dictatorship like materials to sit in a cheered be than blood a product of the violation of human rights or the same day the edmundo rada is killed today he was found with his body burned too short to the head with a bag over his face u.s. president donald trump has announced the resignation of his energy secretary rick perry has been a central figure and questions about whether trump pressured ukraine to investigate joe biden his resignation has been an

u.n. human rights council denouncing the protest it seems has distanced itself from a statement saying she holds no official position in the business but to no avail the logic of conflict has reached on space and this is between the idea of the protest and repercussions on the chinese market many of them are facing a tough choice. for this starbucks brunch the only thing to do now is to renovate and hope that they will be targeted at the time. and here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world at u.s. democrats say that they will issue a legal summons to the country's ambassador to the european union borden's only forcing him to appear in court over the impeachment investigation into president donald trump that comes after the trump administration blocked him from testifying about the president's dealings with ukraine today before a congressional committee turkey says it's ready for an offensive against syria's kurds following u.s. president decision to pull troops out of northern syria trump now faces accusations that he has abandoned kurdish forces who we

u.n. human rights council denouncing the protests it seems has distanced itself from her statement saying she holds no official position in the business but to no avail the logic of conflict has reached tongues business is between the eye of the protesters and repercussions on the chinese market many of them are facing a tough choice. for this starbucks crunch the only thing to do now is to renovate and hope that they will be targeted at the time. and he is pulling a reporting there well european union interior ministers are meeting in luxembourg today to discuss how to deal with migrants arriving across the mediterranean sea countries including germany france italy and malta have already agreed to accept a share of migrants rescued at sea now they want other e.u. states to join in a new voluntary resettlement scheme according to law asylum seekers must register and stay in the country where they 1st landed that has put enormous pressure on mediterranean states so far this year spain has received more than $20000.00 migrants italy almost $8000.00 and greece over $40000.00 migrant arrivals

u.n. human rights council despite widespread criticism off the country's own rights record advocacy groups and nations opposed to president nicolas models government had lobbied against the move human rights watch said a vote for venezuela is a vote for torture and murder the un human rights council agreed last month to look into abuses in venezuela now the head of his regional government says another independence vote is needed within the next 2 years thousands of people have been protesting for false light in the regional capital barcelona demonstrators are angry about jail sentences given to 9 separatist leaders for their role in the failed and dependents bid 2 years ago nearly 100 people have been arrested since protests began on monday. now us congressman elijah cummings has died aged 68 he was the chairman of one of the house committees leading and peach went inquiry into president trump roslyn jordan looks back at his life a larger cummings was the son of sharecroppers who moved to baltimore maryland for a better life raised to do the right thing cummings took that belief 1st to law

u.n. human rights council despite widespread criticism of the country's oil rights record advocacy groups and nations opposed to president nicolas muddles government had lobbied against the move human rights watch said a vote for venezuela is a vote for torture and murder the un human rights council agreed last month to look into abuses in venezuela now the head of catalonia is regional government says another independence which is needed within the next 2 years but thousands of people have been protesting for a fortnight demonstrators are angry about jail sentences given to 9 separatist leaders for their role in the failed independence bid 2 years ago nearly 100 people have been arrested since protests began on monday. now takes us in chicago have gone on strike outside many of the settings $500.00 public schools as union leaders and officials negotiate new contracts the demonstrations have forced officials to cancel classes for more than 300000 students will take his have framed their demands of the cold for social justice john hendren reports from chicago. in the united states 3rd large

u.n. human rights council despite widespread criticism of the country's oil and rights record advocacy groupsand nations opposed to president nicolas maduro his government had lobbied against the move human rights watch said a vote for venezuela is quote a vote for torture and murder the un human rights council agreed last month to look into abuses in venezuela the united states has imposed 7 and a half 1000000000 dollars in tariffs on european goods french wine and scottish whiskeys are among the high profile targets the announcement comes after the world trade organization ruled on making a bus was receiving illegal subsidies that hit its american rival boeing al-jazeera as rosalynn jordan reports. at the state dinner for president emanuel mccraw last year the white house served american wine made from french grapes a year later the white house has imposed a 25 percent tariff on french wine made from french great i've always liked american wines better than french wines even though i don't drink wine. the tariff has nothing to do with any agricultural tensions between france and the u.s. th

u.n. human rights council, this comes despite a campaign by organizations and countries opposed to disputedresident of nicolas maduro's government and its abysmal human rights record. angry commuters coupled with climate activists who climbed onto the roof of trains, snarling services during the busy morning rush hour in lond london. interesting video, the group "extinction rebellion" has been blocking roads, bridges, and airports for more than a week to demand faster action on climate change. just a couple of the stories beyond our borders tonight, we'll be right back. maybe you could free zoltar? thanks, lady. taxi! only pay for what you need. ♪ liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. ♪ plants capture co2. what if other kinds of plants captured it too? if these industrial plants had technology that captured carbon like trees we could help lower emissions. carbon capture is important technology - and experts agree. that's why we're working on ways to improve it. so plants... can be a little more... like plants. ♪ so you'd have a safe place to come home to, and eventually, a home to call your o

u.n. human rights council. 96 protesters were arrested tuesday on rioting charges and comes as routers reportwice as many when protests began. we go to washington, d.c. joined by kevin lin, from the international labor rights forum and born and raised in beijing and spent years researching the labor movement and civil society in china. his most recipes is headlined four points on the hong kong protest and author of "how should the u.s. left think about china." welcome to democracy now!. kevin, start off by responding to what's happening now in hong kong, the shooting of the protester and what all this means now on the 70th nniversary of china. kelly f.: kevin: thanks, amy. i think the shooting as you mentioned is the first time the hong kong police used live ammunition against a deadly shooting at a protester foror t first time since the start of these protests back in june and they really would present a huge escalatatn of violence. however, we have seen the lastt several weekeks, the escalation are p pointing ce towards a huhuge increreasin th ususe of force of police. and there has been a

human rights and the right way. when you see venezuela get on the human rights council at the u.n., it cries out for a re-examination of these fundamental first principles and it's not about policy. it's about understanding these first principles in a way that are consistent with the american tradition. we brought scholars from across the political spectrum together, they'll think, work, talk, write and we'll see what comes forward. >> mr. secretary, thank you very much for your time this morning. i understand you get to go home to kansas in -- >> too long. >> have a safe trip back. thank you very much for coming this morning. let's welcome and thank you the secretary of state pompeo. [ applause ] >> thank you. [ applause ] >> thank you all. [ applause ] >>> this saturday on "american history tv," on lectures in history at 8:00 p.m. eastern, the 1981 trial of jean harris the woman accused of a doctor. >> she was smart. she did well in high school. she went off to smith college. she graduated phi beta kappa, she did everything a wealthy woman of that era is supposed to do. she says there's a struggle over the gun. sh

scrutiny from the human rights council but but from the inside it will be now able to undermine that work and it's one of the very compelling reasons why you did not make sense for u.n. member states to elect venezuela the human rights council is so that the uni human rights council that the u.s. quit the panel last year and might compare called it a quote and an exercise in shame is hypocrisy with quite some of the world's most serious offenders sitting in it is the un human rights council effectively a kind of a. something that is a point is body. no i think that's way too severe of a statement in fact the human rights council has done some very good important work on the range of issues and if someone is critical it's probably or he book critical it's probably the u.s. when they denounce countries like venezuela when they join the council but say nothing when a country like saudi arabia for example got elected also a couple of years ago in the human rights council sort of the it's far from being a perfect body it's really disappointing that that member states such as venezuela are able to weasel their way through getting a seat on the council at the end of the da

brindisi says the government is refusing to cooperate or acknowledge human rights abuses i can has more from the u.n. in new york the councilwas addressed by the special envoy to burundi michel confound oh who said he remained concerned about the number of human rights violations within that country he said that the majority of victims appeared to be those aligned with opposition parties and said there'd be little cooperation with the burundi government in terms of dealing with these violations on the humanitarian front he said there'd been a massive improvement only hard as many people within that country are in need of humanitarian assistance as were the previous year the council's reaction summed up by the u.s. ambassador we welcome the recent remarks from president in currencies affirming his commitment to peaceful elections encourage the government to take tangible steps towards this goal one of those steps is to allow international and domestic election observers unfettered access to the election process and open and permissive political environment is also critical to credible elections. political candidates from all

saying the government is refusing to cooperate or acknowledge human rights abuses mike hanna has more from the u.n. in new york. the council was addressed by the special envoy to burundi michel co-founder who said he remained concerned about the number of human rights violations within that country he said that the majority of victims appeared to be those aligned with opposition parties and said there'd be little cooperation with the burundi government in terms of dealing with these violations on the humanitarian front he said that being a massive improvement only hard as many people within that country are in need of humanitarian assistance as were the previous year the council's reaction summed up by the us ambassador we welcome the recent remarks from president in currencies or affirming his commitment to peaceful elections and encourage the government to take tangible steps towards this goal one of those steps is to allow international and domestic election observers unfettered access to the election process and open and permissive political environment is also critical to credible elections political candidates from a

as well is a vote for torture and matter the un human rights council agreed last month to to knock into abuses in venezuela opposition leader says the u.n. itself needs investigation over the decision quite a also announced the death of a politician he says was killed to send a message to anyone who opposes maturer and the more you. the same day that a u.n. system allows for a dictatorship like materials to sit in a chair debate and blood a product of the violation of human rights on the same day the edmundo rada is killed today he was found with his body burned too short to the head a bag over his face britain's prime minister is facing a brick said showdown in parliament after clinching a last minute agreement with the european union the new deal potentially puts an end to the 3 year divorce battle the agreement avoids the need for a hard border in ireland and allows all of the u.k. to leave the e.u. as customs union but there are doubts about whether boris johnson will get it approved by parliament on saturday johnson says the new agreement is in everyone's interests this is a great deal for our country for the u.k. i believe it's a

u.n. and saudi arabia have failed to act on the killing of journalists. found saudi arabia was responsible for the orchestrated killing of his show when she presented their report to the human rights council in june but she says since then not enough has been done. this was finally acknowledged last month by the crown prince of saudi arabia and bite him directly i regret that to date the o. biggish and of non repetition has not been recalled nice and implemented and needs are as credible b.d.t. been initiated i also regretted that news of the kingdom of saudi arabia nor the united nations decision making bodies i've taken the necessary steps to criminally investigate the chain of command behind the large scale parish and that led to the executor of mr casualty or saudi arabia's deputy ambassador to the u.n. has defended riyadh's actions he says callum hours accusation isn't based on evidence and that she has an unfair bias against saudi arabia but there was if there were more lima well you can buy a whole new one it is an unfortunate and a painful crime that should not be overlooked and whose perpetrators should not be dealt with lightly the kingdom is taking the necessary measures to bri

u.n. security council resolution 2165 ensures cross-border dimension access into syria from turkey and iraq must be renewed big u.s. leadership is keyed to ensure the violation of fundamental human rights and international laws designed to protect civilians this not become the new normal. finally, we can't forget the millions at syrian refugees. refugee response funding needs have doubled over the past five years. the u.s. must continue to allocate robust funding with refugee response and press othersam to do the same. efforts by some host governments to repatriate refugees back to unsafe areas in syria is particularly concerning 50 u.s. has been clear about its opposition to force returns and must continue to stress returns of refugees or asylum seekers should be voluntary, safe, and dignified. 100 years ago to save the children's foundress of every war is a war against children. syria is no exception. yet before recent events the world barely seem to notice. the dangers that once had lied about turkey's they pick the conflict was again fall off the radar screen even at its impact on syrian children continue to sustain political engagement by american leaders and support for theen ame