u.n. human rights office is calling on the u.s. to meet at the halt its policy of separating migrant children from their parents says detention should be the last resort for those escaping countries where violence would give them the rights to international protection. qatar's insisting it won't back down into a blockade imposed by side arabia the u.a.e. back grain and egypt foreign minister says his country won't be intimidated by reports of saudi threats of military action if cattle buys a defense system from russia. iran is notifying the u.n. of its plans to accelerate the early stages of uranium enrichment tech runs an atomic energy organization says it's begun working on infrastructure for building advanced centrifuges at its in the tons facility. jordan's king abdullah has named the education minister as the new prime minister. will now have to form a new government after his predecessor resigned on monday every day as a volunteer stares you protests in amman over plans for tax hikes and austerity measures king abdullah has p

u.n. human rights office says it will send its report to the international criminal court the prosecutor there opened their preliminary inquiry into alleged violations in february. well the u.n. high commissioner for human rights says the government forces are cracking down on protesters with almost total impunity with five hundred five killings apparently going uninvestigated and unpunished in one case seven rebel soldiers were shot dead in january as they tried to surrender in violation of their human rights at the report also found that health workers are being threatened or imprisoned for exposing the dire state of venezuela's health system witness accounts suggest that there was a pattern that took place during these operations there were raids conducted in poor neighborhoods to arrest so-called criminals without a judicial warrant then there was a killing of young men who fit the profile. in some cases in their homes and finally the security forces would tamper with the scene so that the killings would appear to have occurred in an exchange of fire u.s. officials have called on the saudi

u.n. human rights office called for an immediate halt to the policy. immigrations causing a major split in germany between anger merkel's christian democrats and their bavarian sister party the christian socialist union the c.s.u. wants to refuse entry to people who've already claimed asylum elsewhere in europe which chancellor merkel projects the u.s. secretary of state says sanctions against north korea will not be an. if it until it has completely denuclearized like i'm pale is on a diplomatic tour briefing asian allies on the singapore summit between donald trump and kim jong. il u.s. department of justice investigation has found x. f.b.i. director james kohli dramatically broken norms in his handling of the hillary clinton e-mail probe but that he was not biased the highly anticipated report examines the actions taken by top f.b.i. and justice department officials before the twenty sixteen presidential election and found cohen's decisions negatively impacted the perception of the f.b.i. as fair administrators of justice white house correspondent k

u.n. human rights office is calling on the u.s. to stop separating migrant children from their parents the trumpet ministration announced last month that it would begin separating all families to tamed at the border trying to cross into the u.s. without documentation the president trump has responded in a tweet saying separating families at the border is the fault of bad legislation passed by the democrats border security laws should be changed but the dems can't get their act together started the wall again hicks is the senior director with the un human rights office in geneva she joins us now via skype good to have you with us peggy was interested to read today that the u.s. apparently is the the only country in the world not to have ratified the un convention on the rights of the child is that right that's true it's the most widely subscribed of all the human rights treaties and and up into a little while ago it was just the u.s. and somalia now it's just the u.s. right not to do this practice of separating families but it does

human rights. >> the u.s. withdrawal comes one day after u.n. human rights office criticized the separation of children from their parents, calling the policy unconscionable. >>> president trump's 2020 campaign manager says it's time to fire attorney general jeff sessions and terminate the special counsel's russia investigation. brad parscal claims the report from the inspector general at the justice department gives the president the truth to do both. even though the report focused on the fbi's handling of the hillary clinton e-mail probe while containing nothing about robert mueller's investigation. a source tells cnn parscal and other operatives want more attention paid to the i.g.'s findings and are frustrated about the headlines of undocumented migrant children being separated from their parents. >>> fbi agent peter strzok jesk courted out after an ongoing investigation of his conduct. he is still an police chief, though. he played -- is still in the fbi, though. he played a role in the hillary clinton e-mail investigation. he's under scrutiny following a repo

u.n. human rights office says the rule of law in venezuela is virtually absent the report has detailed more than five hundred killings carried out by government forces which have gone uninvestigated and unpunished and two days of closed door talks between south sudan's president salva kiir an opposition leader react machar have broken up without any agreement. now u.s. officials have called on the saudi led coalition to pull back in its campaign to take control of yemen strategically important data port. to agree to a u.n. managing the port according to the reuters news agency yemen's who see rebels say they may be willing to consider handing over the port international rights groups say yemen's warring parties are obstructing crucial aid that enters the country through the port its fear the saudi led coalition's military offensive is having a devastating effect on civilians. meanwhile the u.n. says more people are fleeing the city because of fighting this month around thirty thousand people have left in the city center and surrounding areas many heading to the capital sana does been follow

u.n. human rights office says the rule of law in venezuela is virtually absent the report is detailed more than five hundred killings carried out by government forces which have gone uninvestigated and unpunished. donald trump is threatening to impose a twenty percent tariff on all the e.u. call imports it's a retaliation to the european union's decision to impose a three point two billion dollars worth of judaism hundreds of u.s. goods. peace talks between south sudan's government and the opposition have broken down after two days of closed door meetings in ethiopia new dates have been set for more talks but the differences between the two sides suggest that a deal will be difficult to achieve even morgan as this report. it was their first meeting in nearly two years when president salva kiir and opposition leader rick machar last met in found sudan's capital juba the talks ended in failure and renewed fighting between the sides this meeting a neutral ground offered hope of a breakthrough in the conflict but it broke up without any agreement after two days there is no. i or how. this trag

u.n. human rights office called on the administration to immediately end the policy think of the stress of these children they take a baby away from a nursing mother they tell someone you're going to we're going to give the baby a shower bath and then they take the baby. permanent car seat and drive them away this is not normal and fat it's barbaric.

u.n. human rights office is calling on the u.s.to stop separating migrant children from their parents the trumpet ministration announced on may the seventh that it would begin separating all families detained at the border trying to cross into the united states without documentation the united nations says detaining migrant families and separating children at the southern border goes against international law the u.s. should immediately halt this practice of separating families and stop criminalizing what should it most be an administrative offense the u.n. emphasized quote detention should be the last resort for those escaping countries where rampant violence would give them the right to international protection. cateye insists it won't back down a year into an unprecedented the blockade imposed by saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt they accuse the gulf nation of supporting terrorism charged has strongly denied he spoke to catalyze foreign minister says these government won't make compromises and in particular on the latest

u.n. human rights office calling on the u.s. to stop separating migrant children from their parents the united nations says that detaining migrant families and separating children at the southern border is against international law the u.s. should immediately halt the practice of separating families and stop criminalizing what should most be administrative offenses the un it emphasized that detention should be the last resort for those escaping countries where rampant violence would give them the right to international protection. iran is increasing the pressure of the twenty fifteen nuclear deal it's notifying the un of plans to accelerate the early stages of uranium enrichment iran's atomic energy organization says that it's begun working on facilities for building advanced centrifuges and it's in the turns sights it says that the plans would remain within the framework of the existing agreement the country's supreme leader ayatollah ali harmony ordered preparations to go ahead if the deal falls apart following the u.s. withdr

u.n. human rights office says the rule of law in venezuela is virtually absent or forces detailed more than five hundred killings carried out by government forces which have gone uninvestigated and unpunished and u.s. officials have called on the saudi led coalition to pull back its campaign to take control of yemen strategically important data port thousands of civilians have been fleeing the area to escape the fighting. all in all the stories we're following peace talks between south sudan's government and the opposition have broken down after two days of closed door meetings in ethiopia new dates have been set for more talks but the differences between the two sides jess a deal will be difficult to cut morgan reports it was their first meeting in nearly two years when president salva kiir and opposition leader rick much our last met in foul sudan's capital juba the talks ended in failure and renewed fighting between the sides this meeting a neutral ground offered hope of a breakthrough in the conflict but it broke up without any agreement after two days the norm. on how the strategic. gr

u.n. human rights office says the rule of law in venezuela is virtually absent forces detailed more than five hundred killings carried out by government forces which have gone uninvestigated and unpunished and u.s. officials have called on the saudi led coalition to pull back its campaign to take control of yemen strategically important data thousands of civilians have been fleeing the area to escape the fighting. on all the stories we're following donald trump is threatening to impose a twenty percent tariff on all e.u. car imports unless it lifts its trade barriers and the european union imposed billions of dollars worth of juices on hundreds of u.s. goods in retaliation to u.s. steel an aluminum tariffs imposed in june the foka has more. tit for tat tariffs from friday the e.u. will slap hefty levies on three point two billion dollars worth of u.s. goods including well below the merican brams davidson motorcycle space judi's of twenty five percent bourbon orange juice crab reason peanut butter have also been hit so too has american. u.s. companies have enjoyed major growth in europe in rec

u.n. human rights office called on the administration to immediately end the policy think of the stress of these children they take a baby away from a nursing mother they tell someone you're going to we're going to give the baby a shower bath and then they take the baby. permanent car seat and drive them away this is not normal and fagged it's barbaric and have to stop now what they're saying is well we'll find a way not to separate them one of their ways not to separate the children is not to let them even seek asylum which is a right that people have in the world to seek asylum so that's not a solution a solution is not to tear children from their parents don't get peace up here no don't stick a stick in your ear what is it that they don't get about how stupid and wrong. but this is because of a court ruling and so this i do think ought to be addressed we believe it should be addressed in immigration legislation so what's happening at the border in the separation of parents in their children is because of a court ruling that's why i think what is necessary was speaking to reporters at a

human rights. > the u.s. withdrawal comes one day after the u.n. human rights office criticized the separation of children from their parents, calling the policy unconscionab unconscionable. >>> fbi agent peter strzok escorted out of the bureau friday as part of an ongoing internal investigation of his conduct. he is still, though, an fbi employee. strzok played a lead role in the hillary clinton e-mail probe. he later worked on the russia investigation until his disparaging text messages about president trump and his supporters were discovered. strzok is under increased scrutiny following a critical report by the justice department's inspector general. his attorney says strzok, quote, played by the rules and respected the process, and yet he continues to be the target of unfounded personal attacks. he claims the disciplinary process is tainted by political influence. >>> who holds the cards in the battle for influence with north korea? kim jong-un's latest trip to china could give some answers. live in beijing. this scientist doesn't believe in luck. she believes in

u.n. human rights office is calling on the u.s. to immediately halt its policy of separating migrant children from their parents it says the detention should be the last resort for those escaping countries where violence would give them the right to international protection last month trump of ministration announced that it would separate all families drive across into the u.s. without documentation. qatar's insisting that it won't back down a year into a blockade imposed by saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt the foreign minister says this country won't be intimidated by reports of saudi threats of military action if qatar buys a defense system from russia. there is no legitimately believe that's behind this letter threatening it's violating the international law it's by writing all the international norms and. the most importantly it's violating the. g.c.c. charter which is the countries of the g.c.c. should not launch and any attack against each other so we believe that this letter has no any legal basis to justify. any ac

u.n. human rights office called on the administration to immediately halt the policy. think of the stress of these children they take a baby away from a nursing mother they tell someone you're going to we're going to give the baby a shower a bath and then they take the baby. permanent car seat and drive them away this is not normal and fact it's barbaric it has to stop now what they're saying is well we'll find a way not to separate them one of their ways not to separate the children is not to let them even seek asylum which is a right that people have in the world to seek asylum so that's not a solution the solution is not to tear children from their parents don't get peas up your nose don't stick a stick in your ear or what is it that they don't get about how stupid and wrong. this is because of a court ruling and so this i do think ought to be addressed we believe it should be addressed in an immigration legislation so what's happening at the border in the separation of parents in their children is because of a court ruling that's why i think what it's like is neces

u.n. human rights office is calling on the u.s. to immediately halt the policy of separating migrant children from their parents the trump. ministration announced on may seventh that it would begin separating all families apprehended at the border trying to cross into the united states without documentation we'll bring you more on that breaking story a little later here in the news hour. cats are insists that it won't back down a year into an unprecedented blockade imposed by saudi arabia the u.a.e. bahrain and egypt they accuse the gulf nation of supporting terrorism a charge that doha strongly denies in a special day of programming al-jazeera looks at what happened as a result of the standoff we spoke to catch our foreign minister who says that his government won't make compromises but in particular on the latest reports of threats of military action by saudi arabia. first of all just let us make it very clear that the purchase of. any military equipment is a sovereign decision which no country has. anything to do with so there i

office of the u.n. high commissioner for human rights says venezuelan officers accuse new some 500 questionable killingsr to be evading other charges. just some of the beyond our borders tonight. we'll be right back. ♪ one second. barely enough time for this man to take a bite of turkey. but for cyber criminals it's plenty of time to launch thousands of attacks. luckily security analysts and watson are on his side. spotting threats faster and protecting his data with the most securely encrypted main frame in the world. it's a smart way to eat lunch in peace. sweet, oblivious peace. >> we are gathered today to hear directly from the american victims of illegal immigration. they are not separated for a day or two days. these are permanently separated. these are the families, the media ignores. as a result of sanctuary city policies and fiscal 2017, more than 8,000 criminal aliens who were released back into our civilian population. we don't want people in our country that that don't go through a process. we want people in our country based on merit. >> president trump talking about immigration. immigratio

u.n. office r human rights condemned the situation. >> there is nothing normal about detaining children. the u.s. should immediately halt this practice of separating families and stop criminalizing what should at most be an administrative offence-- that of >> brangham: these separations are occurring in large p t because, in april, attorney general jeff sessions ced a "zero tolerance policy" at the border.ec sessions dd authorities to criminally prosecute all instances of illegal border crossings. under past adminisweations, thes usually treated as civil cases. the department of justice correctly points out that its new policy makes no mention of separating families, but under criminal proceedings, children cannot stay with their parents, anso they are separated. during an appearance today on the hugh hewitt radio show, sessions again defende policy. em >> brangham: docrats and immigration rights groups argue these separations are the clear intention of adminstration policy, but president trump today blamed democrats, tweeting: "separating families at the border is the fault of bad legis

u.n. office for human rights is warning that civilians and syria's southwestern province may be trapped has had on reports. this is the. evidence that sparked syria's uprising seventy years ago now rebel control areas of daraa are unrecognizable days of airstrikes have left their mark now over warning of civilians trapped in unable to escape the u.n. says there are reports fighters are not allowing civilians to leave the real concern is that we're going to see a repetition of what we saw in eastern guta the bloodshed the suffering of the civilians being held being under a siege the u.n. estimates more than forty five thousand people have managed to flee most heading to the israeli occupied golan heights and to neighboring jordan but they can only go so far jordan has closed its border that they keep border open for people fleeing south there is no there is no other place to go but jordan says it can't afford to take in more syrian refugees. coming. in or jordan already has one point three million syrians a country has reached its maximum capacity jordan has been sheltering this responsibili

office of the u.n. high commissioner for human rights slammed the trump administration for the "unconscionable" separation of children from their parents. the trumump administration has been threatening for months to withdraw from the human rights body, which has repeatedly condemned israel for its treatment of palestinians, including its bloody crackdown againsnst nonviolent protesters in gaza. this is phillip alston, u.n. spspecial rapporteur for extreme poverty, speaking on democracy nonow! >> i if you have eight countris in the entire world who don't think that israel should have been condemned for these actions, you need to ask why are these eight going against all of the others? and those eight consist of the united states, australia, and six other very small countries, very small players. essentially, all of the countries of western europe, all of the united states allies joined in the united nations action in relation to israel. amy: that was phillip alston, u.n. special rapporteur for extreme poverty. he will be testifying before the u.n. human rights council on thursday. in canada, the senate ha

smith is co-founder and chief executive officer of fortify rights a human rights organization specializing in southeast asia he says china is preventing the u.n. security council from taking action against mia. fortify rights believes these crimes constitute the crime of genocide and certainly crimes against humanity as well right now u.n. member states need to think very hard and seriously about the implications of an action and are one of our main concerns right now is not only for the writing of population but also for other communities around the world impunity travel's impunity doesn't know borders so if the un security council fails in this situation it would be disastrous not only for the range of population or for the people of myanmar but potentially for other communities elsewhere the un member states that are that make up the security council all have bilateral relationships with china and so there are there are a large number of different ways and means that states can negotiate with china centrally what's what's been asked of china from our perspective at least is actually just in action just get out of the way so that justice ca

the un's human rights office says it will send its report to the international criminal court the prosecutor there opened a preliminary inquiry into alleged violations in february well the u.n. high commissioner for human rights says government forces are cracking down on protesters with almost almost total impunity with five hundred and five killings apparently going uninvestigated and unpunished in one case seven rebel soldiers were shot dead in january as they tried to surrender in violation of a human rights report also found that health workers have been threatened or imprisoned for exposing the dire state of venezuela's health system witness accounts suggest that there was a pattern that took place during these operations there were raids conducted in coeur neighborhoods to rest so-called criminals without a judicial warrant then there was a killing of young men who fit the profile in some cases in their homes and finally the security forces would tamper.

office was informed that the accused may have an unfair influence over evidence possibly over other accused witnesses or other evidence. just a quick look at the top stories this hour the u.n. human rights chief is warning the saudi and amorality back to fence of on the yemeni city of data could have disastrous humanitarian consequences the u.a.e. is demanding the who thing rebels withdraw unconditionally from the strategic course and aid lifeline losing a date that would deal a serious blow to the rebels but it could also mean imports of food to cut off a seventy percent of the population. the us president has waded into germany's migration around the chancellor merkel's government is losing popular support due to its liberal immigration policy this strong faces pressure on home of his own administration's policy of separating immigrant children from their parents states will not be a migrant camp and it will not be a refugee holding facility won't be you look at what's happening in europe you look at what's happening in other places we can't allow that to happen to the united states not on my watch. meanwhile merkel has been facing a political crisis for the past week as her interior

u.n. office for high commissioner for human rights have documented a systematic campaign of mass rape, extra judicial killings of babies and young children, brutal beatings, and burning of entire villages and other serious human rights violations. mr. hultgren: 7,000 rohingya were killed in the first month of the violence, while an estimated 700,000 have fled to bangladesh. as the tom lantos human rights commission, we have worked to bring attention to the sickening discrimination and mistreatment of the rohingya. the on-coming monsoon season will cause more difficulties for the refugees. congress must hold the burmese military accountable for their angsts and provide the necessary aid needed to meet this crisis. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from illinois seek recognition. >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. revise and extend my remarks. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentleman is recognized for one minute. mr. schneider: the trump administration's abhorrent administration policy that is tearing families