human rights council remember that the u.n. human rights council is not a u.n. body that the trumpet ministration already look favorably on they pulled out of the un human rights council in 2018 and so i suspect if there is going to be a response from the trumpet ministration it will be an angry response the u.s. position they say they've made very clear in a letter they submitted to the security council 5 days after the killing of general saddam on need the iranian strategic expert and commander. in which they said it was a case of self-defense because of the possibility of imminent strikes but in her report agnes keller maher says that there is no evidence that he was planning an imminent attack against u.s. interests so she says therefore on the basis of the information provided by the u.s. and of course she doesn't have access to any classified intelligence information she believes this was a breach of the u.n. charter a breach of international law let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly hawkins who is in washington d.c. kimberly is james as mentio

a strong supporter of multilateral approaches or human rights efforts for that matter i'm looking at him you know quitting the u.n. human rights council the united states also a history of the band doing multilateral commitments you mentioned pledges to defund the w.h.o. also the paris climate cord that i'm thinking about you know how damaging has it been on the international stage the lack of u.s. leadership right now. i mean look at trump is a disaster on every front when it comes to enforcing international standards or her commitment to international cooperation so he's a lost cause and you know at least through next november that's what we have. it really shows the importance of leadership from european governments and other governments i mean at the un human rights council for example where you know trump abandon it because you criticize just really too much in his view we've seen a whole range of governments step forward not only the you know the traditional western supporters of human rights but also a whole range of latin american governments when it comes to say on venezuela even in muslim majority states that have often kind

human rights council remember that the u.n. human rights council is not a u.n. body that the trumpet ministration already look favorably on they pulled out of the un human rights council in 2018 and so i suspect if there is going to be a response from the trumpet ministration it will be an angry response the u.s. position they say they've made very clear in a letter they submitted to the security council 5 days after the killing of general sort of mani the iranian strategic expert and commander. in which they said it was a case of self-defense because of the possibility of imminent strikes but in her report. says that there is no evidence that he was planning an imminent attack against u.s. interests so she says therefore on the basis of the information provided by the u.s. and of course she doesn't have access to any classified intelligence information she believes this was a breach of the u.n. charter a breach of international law ok let's go to our white house correspondent kimberly harkat who is in that washington d.c. forest kimberly as james was saying ther

a strong supporter of multilateral approaches or human rights efforts for that matter i'm looking at him you know quitting the u.n. human rights councile united states also a history of the bending multilateral commitments you mentioned pledges to defund the w.h.o. also the paris climate cord that i'm thinking about you know how damaging has it been on the international stage the lack of u.s. leadership right now. i mean look at trump is a disaster on every front when it comes to enforcing international standards or or commitment to international cooperation so he's a lost cause and you know at least through next november that's what we have. it really shows the importance of leadership from european governments and other governments i mean at the un human rights council for example where you know trump abandon it because you criticize just really too much in his view we've seen a whole range of government step forward not only the you know the traditional western supporters of human rights but also a whole range of latin american governments when it comes to say on venezuela even in muslim majority states that have often kind of issu

a strong supporter of multilateral approaches or human rights efforts for that matter i'm looking at him you know quitting the u.n. human rights council the united states also a history of the band doing multilateral commitments you mentioned pledges to defund the w.h.o. also the paris climate court that i'm thinking about you know how damaging has it been on the international stage the lack of u.s. leadership right now. i mean look at trump is a disaster on every front when it comes to enforcing international standards or her commitment to international cooperation so he's a lost cause and you know at least through next november that's what we have. it really shows the importance of leadership from european governments and other governments i mean at the un human rights council for example where you know trump abandon it because you criticize just too much in his view we've seen a whole range of government step forward not only the you know the traditional western supporters of human rights but also a whole range of latin american governments when it comes to say on venezuela even a muslim majority states that have often kind of issu

a strong supporter of multilateral approaches or human rights efforts for that matter i'm looking at him you know quitting the u.n. human rights councile united states also a history of the band doing multilateral commitments you mentioned pledges to defund the w.h.o. also the paris.

a strong supporter of multilateral approaches or human rights efforts for that matter i'm looking at him you know quitting the u.n. human rights council united states also a history of the banding multilateral commitments you mentioned pledges to defund the w.h.o. also the paris climate cord that i'm thinking about you know how damaging has it been on the international stage the lack of u.s. leader.

u.n. human rights council. the u.n. human rights council has been asked by a group of independent human rights experts to establish a special rapatory -- special repertoire on human rights in china, and it would be nice if the united states played a more active role on that campaign. the united states could also ratify more human rights treaties because that means we could elect independent experts to sit on those monitoring committees. thank you. rep. meeks: thank you. and also, i have a concern in regards to hong kong's status as a financial hub. and i'm concerned with the lack of strategic thinking by the administration that could limit hong kong's access to american dollars in markets. i'm wondering, mr. leung, do you anticipate any slippage in hong kong's financial system and trade standing, and what might that affect of that slippage be on the one country two, systems doctrine? mr. leung: thank you for the question. china has always taken advantage of hong kong's economic status. that is globally recognized. that i

u.n. human rights council from which washington with drew back in 2018 however that didn't stop the u.s. state department from hitting back at the accusation this to dentures and tedious report undermines human rights by giving past to terrorists and proves once again why america was right to leave the council it for them international crime of grave nature of threatening international peace and security to the u.s. and this they posted the u.s. drones operations the responsibility and must be held to account for this lawless behavior and criminal act we did ask a professor of political science at the university of toronto about whether the report will actually have any influence on the u.s. . it's not going to have any actual influence on their behavior nevertheless we have to remember that under the trumpet ministration a us soft power in the world has been declining and by soft power we mean how popular the american way of life the american political and economic system is and the reason for that is because during the trumpet ministration the americans have conducted a very controvers

u.n. human rights council and she's raised concerns about the growing use of armed drones for targeted killings i just cannot have previously declared the u.s. drone strike in january that killed top iranian general carson so their money as a legal she says now's the time though to regulate drones fearing some countries are using them without any accountability drawn so i'll be coming. here pedia smaller more lethal and can be or parried to by teams located thousands of kilometers away and in my opinion and the opinion of all the experts so you have confronted over the last 6 months these is bringing the world to a critical point in regulating the use of armed drones and the use of force who armed drone. sedans prime ministers asked the government to resign the been large protests in recent weeks demanding faster reform the country is transitioning towards democracy after omar al bashir was ousted last year they were more concerned with this update. we've seen people lining up for bread and fuel people have been complaining about the shortage of fuel especially gasoline saying that they have to

u.n. human rights council in london there is intelligence showing china wanted dr. ted ross in as the director of the w.h.o. and they pay to get in there. iain duncan smith, who was in that meeting, confirmed pompeo said china intervened in the w.h.o. director general election back in may 2017 to ensure ted ross won. >> if there's one thing that really matters to us which should matter to the entire international community, it's saving lives. and w.h.o. will not be distracted by discouragements. >> the coronavirus broke out in wuhan, china, and subsequently spread to nearly every country on earth. infecting tens of millions of people and killing over 630,000. >> they should have stopped it, they should have stopped it, they didn't. the entire world has gotten infected. >> the same british lawmakers claim pompeo got very specific and said british citizens had died as a direct result of china's deal to get tedros the job. but pompeo says he's trying to build a new path forward with china, one based on a strategic understanding of the communist party's true intentions.

u.n. security council of york and human rights council in geneva whether it's in other international bodies the chinese government is absolutely taking a much more aggressive anti writes this and it's really up to other governments to push back forcefully against that so he richardson with human rights watch joining us tonight from new york mr richardson we appreciate your time and your insights thank you. thank you so here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in myanmar at least 123 people have been killed in a landslide at a jade mine it happened after heavy rain and is the worst in a series of accidents at such sites take a look at these pictures here critics blame a lack of government action on safety the u.s. economy regained 4800000 jobs in june as businesses began to reopen across the country that pushed the unemployment rate down more than 2 points to just over 11 percent the rebound however may be short lived with a new round of closings and layoffs triggered by a resurgence in the by. the ex-girlfriend of the late jeffrey upstream just lay m

u.n. human rights council for some legitimate reasons, history of antiisrael bias and also a more broad history of hypocrisy, the member nations, you know, were talking about human rights and doing bad things, but what's happened as a result of us pulling out has it gotten better for israel? no. and things that the u.s. advocated on the council that did become global priorities. for example, fighting against discrimination of lgbtq people. that wouldn't have been part of the global human rights agenda if it weren't for the united states. those have gone unaddressed or sort of dormant with the u.s. not there. :: we have, i'm so confident the u.s. always had such a value to an organization that when we back away from it, they lose the expertise we have and worse actors elevate their profile in ways that not good for us or anyone else. is what i want to ask, the new york times piece last week, on the ground agencies feeling frustrated, the delivery of the march care's act and this 1.6 billion into the field. given us, a lot of it has been committed, a big chunk of it obligated and i want to unders

u.n. security council in the york and human rights council in geneva whether it's in other international bodies the chinese government is absolutely taking a much more aggressive an anti rights position and it's really up to other governments to push back forcefully against that. so he richardson with human rights watch joining us tonight from new york mr richardson we appreciate your time your insights thank you thank you. well here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world an explosion at a building above one of iran's underground nuclear enrichment facilities is being downplayed by the country's atomic energy agency a spokesperson who rushed to the scene told state television that the incident effected only and industrial sched the facility has been targeted for sabotage in the past the world's mountain of discarded t.v.'s mobile phones and other electronic goods grew to a record high last year a year when banks reports estimating the amount of easy ways piled up globally was more than 53000000 tons now that is the equivalent of 350 giant cruise ship. the u.s

human rights council recently. there was a panel of experts that came out with a strong report criticizing widespread human rights vioiolation, u.nhuman rights chiefs vividly there's alwaysd the possibility to prosecute the president before the international criminal court. do you believe there's a buildup of international pressssure? or does s not affect him at all? phililippines is playing an outsized role in geopolitical powerer. we see this in what's happeninig in the south china sea. aboutilipippines does c care whatat the international communy thinks even of the president's rhetoric is that he would go it alone. he knows he can't. one of the first things hehe did when he e became president was o go to beijing and say the philippines would p pivot from s longtime ally, the united states , and pivot to china and russia. that c changed a lotot of thing. business hasas changed, china hs comeme in. doterms of what the u.n. can and whetheher the philippines is payiying attentition, it is. , when thehe icc threatens to looook at what's happening he pulledd out of thee icc. part of our only defense is journalists is that the global

u.n. security council stress on human rights again of course but no specifics in this speech that's how i think the u.n. are hoping to deliver this and not get a ton of criticism from the countries that have the most power in the international system he's talking about the broader system and how the fact that coded 19 has acted as an x. ray exposing the fractures in the system and this is the time. to change things of course he's he's he's detecting the problem he's not giving any idea of how to solve it in terms of getting countries together most of the countries are too preoccupied with their own responses to covert 19 so far to look at these sort of structural big issues the exist in the world and certainly we've had no talk of this from the european union who've been. meeting in the last 24 hours or for that matter the g 20 finance ministers who are you virtual meetings this weekend to discuss the aftermath of covert 19 ok james many thanks james b. is a diplomatic go to live for us at the u.n. in new york the president of the european council has offered a compromise to break a deadl

u.n. special reparatory on extrajudicial killings has risen to the annual report of the human rights council and it's raising concerns about the growing use of drones for targeted killings hygienists column all had earlier declared the u.s. drone strike on top or a new general calls on sort of money illegal she said the international community faces the prospect of some countries in limon nation military targets outside of what she calls no one was amiss calamos says the time has come to properly limit and regulate drone use drawn from becoming.

u.n. special repertory on extra judicial killings has presented her annual report to the human rights council and is raising concerns about the growing use of armed drones photogs and killings i guess kalamata had earlier declared the u.s. drone strike in january that killed top iranian general cost them so you money illegal she said the international community faces the prospect of some countries eliminating military targets outside of what she calls no wooden walls. drawn so becoming stealthier speedier smaller more lethal and can be operated by teams look it is thousands of kilometers away and in my opinion and the opinion of all the experts i have consulted over the last 6 months these is bringing the world to a critical point in regulating the use of armed drones and the use of force to armed drones let's get a reaction in iran with a base ravi in the capital tehran zain so i miss kalama there are calling the killing of customs really money illegal violating international law and arbitrary killing have we had any reaction from iran. well this is exactly the kind of thing that iran's lead

u.n. charter meaning it was breaking international new don't try to pull the u.s. out of the human rights council in 2018 report to be presented to it on thursday the u.s. may were largely nurit but it's calmer points out in her report it may lead to international pressure for greater regulation of targeted killings but owned. a car bomb in northeast syria scale at least 7 people 3 children were among those who died the explosion happened near the texas border dozens of people have been killed by car bombs in the region since turkey drove up the kurdish wife. in october. the u.k. government says britain can begin selling weapons to saudi arabia once again after new export licenses were suspended last year it follows a legal challenge by campaign is concerned that you can export violating international humanitarian law and this comes just one day after the british government announced economic sanctions against $49.00 individuals accused of human rights abuses 20 were saudis involved in the murder of chen is jamal. andrew smith is the director of the campaign against autumn strayed he says the u.k

u.n. security council in the hours before the vote a u.n. commission of inquiry has released its latest report on human rights abuses in syria giving a damning assessment of what it describes as acts amounting to war crimes the chairman of the commission added this the very least the security council can do now is to renew industry infant the cross border and cross the line into operations pandemics no no borders nor should we need those pleas went unanswered the result of the voting is as follows 13 go out in favor or 2 votes against no abstentions the draft resolution has not been adopted or into the negative thoughts of 2 permanent member of members of the council both russia and china use their veto power was seeing a repeat of what happened 6 months ago until that point the un had for border crossings authorized for a delivery after using its veto in december russia managed to get that reduced to 2 crossings with the clock now ticking until the existing authorizations run out on friday having used its veto once again russia is now likely to push for just one approved checkpoint greatly reducing the amount of aid that can be delivered to

u.n. special reportorial on extrajudicial killings has raised concerns about the growing use of armed drones for targeted killings agnes come on told the human rights council the time is come to promptly limit the break in a drum use. the buttes un recognized government says it's found a prison used by will not wholly for half the torture upon its government leaders in tripoli and calling on the un to investigate mass graves discovered near the prison in tottenham. serbia has moved back plans to impose a weekend coronavirus lockdown after 2 days of protests thousands of people tried to storm the parliament on wednesday noyce the long term plans were initially announced. following up now on that breaking news the u.s. supreme court has ruled that manhattan's district attorney can obtain president donald trump's tax returns she is outside the supreme court in washington d.c. so she how this is part one of 2 cases we're expecting to have a ruling on how significant is this. right which are going to ruling on the other case which is a congressional request for drugs for them for documents in about 4 minutes time this was a case that related to the new york dis

council in the hours before the vote a u.n. commission of inquiry has released its latest report on human rights abuses in syria giving a damning assessment of what it describes as acts amounting to war crimes the chairman of the commission added this. the very least the security council can do now is to renew and istream from the cross border and cross line operations pandemics know no borders nor should we need those please when turn answered the result of the voting is as follows 13 votes in favor or 2 votes against no abstentions the draft resolution has not been adopted or into the negative thoughts of 2 permanent member of members of the council both russia and china use their veto power was seeing a repeat of what happened 6 months ago until that point the un had for border crossings authorized for a delivery after using its veto in december russia managed to get that reduced to 2 crossings with the clock now ticking until the existing authorizations run out on friday having used its veto once again russia is now likely to push for just one approved checkpoint greatly reducing the amount of aid that can be delivered to o

u.n. security council the united states has threatened to stop aid to work enough i saw over reported on the killings this comes after a human rights watch report that bodies of at least 180 men have been found in mass graves they were discovered near the northern town of both the government is investigating claims its forces carried out the killings government troops have been battling a surge in attacks by armed groups in the region the violence has forced more than 700000 people from their homes since last year those are the headlines on al-jazeera coming up next year it's the bottom line stay with us. hi i'm steve clements and i have a question is covering 1000 sparking a revolution in college education let's get to the bottom line. the novel coronavirus is struck america's education system like lightning bolts at tsunami at a massive earthquake combined more and more schools and universities have decided to avoid face to face teaching for the next school year and replaced with online education the shift that started last a message has been huge and it has exposed a lot of weaknesses across the system just this week harvard uni

council in the hours before the vote a u.n. commission of inquiry has released its latest report on human rights abuses in syria giving a damning assessment of what it describes as acts amounting to war crimes the chairman of the commission added this the very least the security council can do now is to renew the stream from the cross border and cross line operations pandemics no no borders nor should we need those please when tunnel. the result of the voting is as follows 13 go out in favor 2 votes against no abstentions. the draft resolution has not been adopted or into the negative thoughts of 2 permanent member of members of the council both russia and china use their veto power was seeing a repeat of what happened 6 months ago until that point the un had for border crossings authorized for a delivery after using its veto in december russia managed to get that reduced to 2 crossings with the clock ticking until the existing authorizations run out on friday having used its veto once again russia is now likely to push for just one approved check point greatly reducing the amount of aid that can be delivered to opposition area

u.n. for 30 years the germany on the. key role in recognizing this point about justice and equality because the basis of every single internal conflict around the world which the security council of dealing with human rights is at the core is this some form of exclusion injustice marginalization that lies at the root of every single conflict and this is what we are very much hoping that germany will use its presidency of the council to to push that agenda is not likely to happen well i am not so sure i mean european union the european union countries are totally disagreeing about how this rescue package should go forward i mean as the fool go forward to speak of denmark the netherlands sweden and you know they don't want the pact and austria of course they don't want the package to go for go on as it is they want more loans for countries like italy and spain which will be benefiting more from that rescue package and so all these leave there is no agreement on the european union about how they should go forward i can only imagine what they're going to do when it comes to talking about other countries outside the e.u. and this is exactly where i think the e.u. is going to lose out because countries like chi