u.n. human rights office spokeswoman. sonnie from geneva i asked her who's to blame for the humanitarian crisis in syria the syrian government first and foremost is to blame but the international community shares this thing it's been seven years now since the conflict in syria up again and there has been not one step taken by the security council to show that it is resolute and concerted in bringing this conflict to an end and in bringing the perpetrators of these created by and actions of human rights and humanitarian law to account we're looking at pictures of destruction there hey you know syrians they have endured violence on a huge scale for years now how would you assess the threats to the population how have they changed over the last year. you know when it when it really struck me about your coverage and here was that you said that images of children syria were too graphic to be shown on television let's think about that for a second when images of children are too graphic to be shown on television that tells you

u.n. human rights office we appreciate it thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world a former russian spy and his daughter are fighting for their lives in a british hospital after a suspect of poisoning which observers say bears the hallmarks of a russian assassination attempt britain has warned of grave consequences for russia serb investigations finds the kremlin involvement in the incident which moscow denies. in germany eight members of the far right group face verdicts today they have been on trial over a series of attacks on refugees and left wing activists federal prosecutors are calling for up to eleven years of prison for the perpetrators and could classify the so-called group as a terrorist organization. this winter has been the art takes warmest ever with sea ice levels of record lows scientists say that the unusually warm temperatures there are part of a global warming driven cycle and that has likely played a role in i seen winter storms that have recently hit eu

u.n. human rights office spokeswoman network of a national assignee from geneva and asked her who still blame for the humanitarian crisis in syria. the syrian government first and foremost is to blame but the international community shares this thing it's been seven years now since the conflict in syria up again and there has been not one step taken by the security council to show that it is resolute and concerted ingredion this conflict to an end and in bringing the greatest of these grave by innovations of human rights and humanitarian law to account they need to talk about a cease fire that can actually hold the need to put concrete measures into disease either for it to hold and they need to build all the parties to the conflict to account to ensure that it is an urgent need for humanitarian aid to be able to go in and as we saw that the convoy that did finally manage to go in up to such an all time only partially succeeded at a turnaround there needs to be very competent action and one of the things that we've been calling for over twenty years now is for the security council to take act

u.n. human rights office we appreciate it thank you. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world the united states has announced more sanctions on north korea this after washington formally concluded that the country used chemical weapons to assassinate the half brother of leader kim jong un at following them for airport last year kim jong nam died after a nerve agent was sprayed in the space. lanka has declared a state of emergency after anti muslim violence bombs made up of the majority who just population attacks muslim owned shops and homes and at least people two people have been killed the government has deployed soldiers to riot areas and imposed a curfew. this winter has been the arctic's warmest ever with sea ice levels at a record low scientists say that the unusually warm temperatures there are part of a global warming driven cycle that has likely played a role in the icy winter storms that have recently hit europe and the united states . british authorities say that they will soon reveal wh

u.n. human rights office asking here for a from the investigation but the truth is that there hasn't been in previous so cajuns and few people in venezuela believe this case will be different to some of positions lawmakers are also calling on the government to to to speak out but so far we haven't heard anything this is not the only prison tragedy we've seen in venezuela in recent years and it's on joy as we said what is making the situation worse inside the spacing. well this has been happening since the list of me in the ninety's actually the biggest tragedy happened in a prison in the western states of zulia back in one nine hundred ninety four there was a fire in that case again another overcrowded prison in that case one hundred people died the most of them prisoners there's the study by nonprofit organizations windows for freedom that works inside prisons in venezuela they say that almost seventy thousand prisoners have died since the mid ninety's until two thousand and fifteen in venezuela everybody no knows what the causes are overcrowding of course corruption the fact that the ec

u.n. human rights office we appreciate it thank you let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world the united states has announced more sanctions on north korea this after washington formally concluded that the country used chemical weapons to assassinate the half brother of leader kim jong il and at qual him for airport last year kim jong nam died after a nerve agent was sprayed in his face. sri lanka has declared a state of emergency after anti muslim violence mobs made up of the majority buddhist population attacked muslim owned shops and homes and at least two people have been killed the government has deployed soldiers to riot areas and impose a curfew. and in germany eight members of a far right group face verdicts today they've been on trial over a series of attacks on refugees and left wing activists federal prosecutors are calling for up to eleven years in prison for the perpetrators and could classify the so-called group as a terrorist organization or britain has warned russia of grave consequences if the kremlin was behind this expe

u.n. human rights office is accusing mexican police of torturing dozens of people while investigating the disappearance is a forty three students four years ago and says there is strong evidence some of those arrested were subjected to average attention and human rights violations john holeman from mexico city. it was a case that horrified mexico forty three students pulled off of buses by corrupt mexican police working with a criminal gang they would never seen alive again for months after the capital's main avenue reverberated to describe. alive you took them alive we want them back now authorities are accused not just of failing the students but the suspects in the case. a new u.n. report says there were strong indications that officials thirty four of those the attorney general's office detained and. the detainees denounced in the detail and consistent why the torture that they were exposed to beatings as fixation with plastic bags electric shocks waterboarding torture threats to rattle their wives and daughters. it all puts more doubt on investigators findings mostly based on suspect

u.n. human rights office says the mexican authorities tortured dozens of people in commission human rights abuses while investigating the disappearance of forty three students four years ago a new report says there's strong evidence some of those arrested over the missing students are subjected to arbitrate attention and rights violations john heilemann has more from mexico city. this is a case which still strongly residents and horrifies many mexicans you can see on this side behind me a sort of memorial in a protest to these forty three students who were taken by police in league with a low cool gang in september of two thousand pulte you can see on the other side the attorney general's office this is been put here very purposefully in front of that because many people feel the attorney general's office didn't do near enough to try and resolve this now what the united nations report says is a least thirty four suspects in this case that were taken in by the attorney general's office with then they said they've got strong convictions those people were tortured we're talking about sexual a

u.n. human rights office has accused mexican authorities of torturing dozens of people while investigating the disappearance of forty three students four years ago it says there's strong evidence some of those arrested were subjected to arbitrary tension and rights violations john holmes has more from mexico city. it was a case that horrified mexico forty three students pulled off of buses by corrupt mexican police working with a criminal gang they were never seen alive again for months after the capital's main avenue reverberated to describe. alive you took them alive we want them back now authorities are accused not just of failing the students but the suspects in the case. a new u.n. report says there were strong indications that officials thirty pool of those the attorney general's office detained and. the detainees denounced in the detailed and consistent why the torture that they were exposed to beatings as fixation with plastic bags electric shocks waterboarding torture threats to rattle their wives and daughters. it puts more doubt on investigators findings mostly based on suspect

u.n. human rights office we appreciate it. let's get a quick check now of some other stories that have been making news around the world voters in sierra leone are electing a new president sixteen candidates are running with four seen as having a realistic chance the winner will face the difficult task of turning around an economy that has been rocked by recent crises including the devastating of coal outbreak twenty fourteen. the united states has announced more sanctions on north korea this after washington formally concluded that the country used chemical weapons to assassinate the half brother of leader kim jong il and at follow him for airport last year kim jong nam died after a nerve agent was sprayed in his face. britain's interior minister says that authorities now know more about the mystery substance that left a former russian spy and his daughter critically ill over the weekend police will reveal toxicology findings later today as they seek to determine whether there was any foul play involved in the incident this s

u.n. human rights office says that mexican authorities have tortured dozens of people and committed human rights abuses in connection with an investigation into the twenty fourteen disappearance of forty three students and it's now calling for a full inquiry well let's go across to john homan who is live for us in mexico city on this john give us a little bit more background if you could this is to do with students and disappeared some years ago the inquiry that went on into that and the behavior of those that did the inquiry. exactly that and even though it happened in two thousand and fourteen this is a case which still strongly residents in horrifies many mexicans you can see on this side behind me a sort of a memorial and a protest to these forty three students who were taken by police in league with a low cool guy and in september two thousand faulty you can see on the other side the attorney general's office this is been put here very purposefully in front of that because many people feel the attorney general's office didn't do near enough to try and resolve this that what the united

u.n. humanitarian human rights office sorry demanding. from the venezuelan government and asking for a speedy end for investigation and about what happened inside this jail on a wednesday the only official information is still from a twitter thread that were sent out by the office of the attorney general of venice with the late on wednesday in that tweeter trades he essentially put gave the death toll at sixty eight he said he was appointing for prosecutors to investigate what happened but he was also fast in blaming the mates in. starting the fire that caused all these that we saw some of the anger from some of the families of the sleeve involved in your report what are they calling for now what do they want to happen now. well dozens of them are still in frame in front of the police station where the incident happened and what they're hoping to to do is to recover the bodies of those who died and discover who of them are still alive or not we understand that a police officer walked out of the police station reading a list of the survivo

officer's bullet killed the suspect. sheriff cameron added, there's an indication a prior relationship indicated between the shooter and the girl who was wounded. a new u.n. report accuses turkey of human rightsstatenkara to end of emergency in place since a failed coup in 2016. in response, turkey says the high commissioner for human rights lacks impartiality and collaborates with terrorists. the turkish foreign ministry called the claims baseless, and commissioner had not accepted invitations to see the country for itself. global news 24 hours a day, powered by 2700 journalists and analysts in over 120 countries. this is bloomberg. scarlet: let's get a recap of today's action. shocks -- stocks shaking tech woes to close higher. fairly quiet here before the fed decision tomorrow at 2:00 p.m., which we will cover for you right here on bloomberg television. we have breaking news on salesforce, it is buying mulesoft for $6.5 billion. $36 in cash and a fraction of priceare, so the share will be about $44.89, a 36 premium -- 36% premium over the last close. julia: that would be the biggest deal they have ever done. interesting deal for them. right now, the price down .2% in after-hours trade. sca