always act in our national interests i spoke before this body last year and warned that the un human rights council had become a grave embarrassment to this institution. shielding egregious human rights abuses while bashing america. and its many friends. our ambassador. to the united nations nikki haley. laid out a clear agenda for reform. but despite reported and repeated warnings. no action at all. it was taken. so the united states took the only responsible course we withdrew from the human rights council. and we will not return until real reform is an act. for similar reasons the united states will provide no support and recognition to the international criminal court. as far as america is concerned the i.c.c. has no jurisdiction no legitimacy and no authority. the i.c.c. plains near universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country. violating all principles of justice fairness and due process. we will never surrender america's sovereignty to an unelected unaccountable global bureaucracy. america is governed by america. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of

the un human rights council to this institution shielding egregious human rights abusers while bashing america. our ambassador to the united nations one - - nations nikki haley laid out reform despite repeated warnings, no action at all was taken. so the united states took the only responsible course and withdrew from the human rights council and we will not return until real reform is enacted. for similar reasons the united states will provide no support or recognition to the international criminal court. as far as america is concerned the icc has no jurisdiction no legitimacy, and no authority. the icc claims universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country. violating all principles of justice and fairness and due process. we will never surrender america's sovereignty to unelected or unaccountable global bureaucracies. america is governed by americans. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism around the world and responsible nations must defend against sovereignty. not just from global governance from new forms of coercion and in america

un human rights council. has become a grave embarrassment no supported recognition to the international criminal court the i.c.c. has no jurisdiction no legitimacy and no authority. god bless the nations of the world thank you very much of the us need to give plenty of attention to the north korea issue taking the opportunity to praise washington's progress with pyongyang however the north korean foreign minister didn't quite match. we are doing great that was a big big problem and you know the interesting when i did it and i was really being tough and so was i we love back and forth and then we fell in love ok no really he wrote me beautiful letters and they're great letters so i mean. do you. the continuing sanctions deepen our mistrust of the us the us heavily relies on coercive measures that are lethal to trust building without any trust in the us we have no confidence in our national security and under such circumstances there is no way we will unilaterally disarm ourselves not so long ago washington and

un security council resolutions pertaining to north korea. enforcement of un security council sanctions must continue vigorously, and without fail, until we realise the folly, final, verified denuclearisation. also making news today: the un human rights a special panel to prepare evidence of abuse carried out against myanmar‘s muslim rohingyas. the aim is to facilitate any future court case. a un report published last month said there was evidence that myanmar‘s army chief and five other military commanders were guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. myanmar rejected the report. the israeli leader, benjamin netanyahu, has revealed what he says is a secret location where iran has been storing nuclear equipment and material in order to build a nucear weapon. addressing the un general assembly, mr netanyahu demanded that international inspectors investigate the site. the iranians say their nuclear programme is peaceful. 0nline retailing giant amazon is opening a store in new york that will only sell products that receive a high rating on its website. the store will sell toys, household goods and other items that have a rating of four stars or more online. physical shops are becoming a key expansion area for amazon as it seeks t

i spoke before this body last year and warned that the un's human rights council had become a grave embarrassment to this institution. shielding egregious human rights abusers while bashing america nd its many friends. our ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, laid out a clear agenda for reform, but despite reported and repeated warnings, no action at all was taken. so the united states took the only responsible course, we withdrew from the human rights council and we will not return until real reform is enacted. for similar reasons, the united states will provide no support and recognition to the international criminal court. as far as we are concerned the i.c.c. has no jurisdiction, no legitimatecy, and no authority. the icc claims near universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country, violating all principles of justice, fairness and due process. we will never surrender america's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable bureaucracy. america is governed by americans. e reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. around the world nations must d

the credible amount of bad blood because between both parties both have been accused by the un human rights council of significant human rights violations possible war crimes including enforce disappearances torture their crew and of child soldiers. present iran is in germany on his first state visit in four years he was given a red carpet welcome with military honors a short while ago by his german counterpart frank both a sign on relations between turkey and his knowledge and its largest trading partner been strained over complaints that anchors human rights records failed truth in two thousand and sixteen plans and some german leaders of vowing to bring up human rights abuses in turkey over on this that's cause life don't know how he's and then for us so turn that around received a grand welcome that from the german president is this a relationship they can reset. it seems they're going to try remember just a year ago mr erdogan and his political allies labeled chancellor merkel and her coalition here the enemies of turkey because they had prevented him from campaigning openly here in germany wh

un security council resolutions pertaining to north korea. enforcement of un security council resolutions must continue vigorously and without fail until we realised the fully, final, verified denuclearisation. also making news today: the un human rightsup a special panel to prepare evidence of abuse carried out against myanmar‘s muslim rohingyas. the aim is to facilitate any future court case. a un report published last month said there was evidence that myanmar‘s army chief and five other military commanders were guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. myanmar rejected the report. pakisitani prime minister imran khan's government has continued its efforts to refill government coffers by selling off eight highly prized buffaloes. the animals reportedly provided milk for nawaz sharif, mr khan's predecessor, and his family. however, mr khan decided they should be sold off as part of the government's so—called austerity auctions. he has since made much of his so—called austerity drive, although critics say it has been more style than substance so far. you're watching newsday on the bbc. live from singapore and london. still to come on the programme: more on the senatejudiciary hearing on brett kavanaugh. we'll be hearing from so

by the un human rights council there to investigate and potentially prosecute all right to have a chance either at the u.n. in new york she had thank you now president trump supreme court nominee has given the angry and defiant testimony to a u.s. senate committee saying he's completely innocent of these sexual assault accusations against him brett kavanaugh described the allegations as a calculated and orchestrated political it he was speaking just hours after his accuser christine blassie forward gave an emotional recollection of her attacker dr forward with what degree of certainty do you believe brett kavanaugh assaulted one hundred percent one hundred percent i believe he was going to rape me i tried to yell for help when i did it brett put his hand over my mouth stop me from yelling this is what terrified me the most and it had the most lasting impact on my life it was hard for me to breathe and i thought that brett was accidentally going to kill me well for his part kavanah denied ever committing sexual misconduct and said he wouldn't be threatened into withdrawing i'm not questio

worth of such arms to the saudis they were implicitly implicitly mentioned in the recent un human rights council report about the crimes being committed in yemen no names but a mention of the supporters and these countries have signed on to the global arms trade treaty what can and should be done in you have you to ensure that these countries western countries abide by the norms of the treaty. yeah well i mean parliamentary scrutiny is obviously hugely important and we've seen how in spain and in other countries like the u.k. there's been huge parliamentary efforts to try and hold the government accountable for its arms exports to saudi arabia and as you mentioned there are other countries like norway germany greece who have already put in place suspensions and the u.k. in the u.s. by far the biggest exporters to saudi arabia and since two thousand and fifteen have exported nine billion dollars worth of arms including combat aircraft precision guided munitions such as the ones that we've seen that been used to commit serious violations of i shall including possible war crimes so we need the pres

removed from power and prosecuted for genocide had been briefing them as ambassador to the un human rights council on the final version of a report into violence against the ranger u.n. fact finding mission found unsung sue cheney's government is silencing critics whilst allowing hate speech against the ranger or than seven hundred thousand we're going to have five million lawsuits the military launched a violent crackdown an organist last year i was a key to respond as chairman of the fact independent fact finding mission on that meanwhile he joins us now live from geneva good to have you with us this is an incredibly strong report of these allegations of genocide and at the very top of minerals military hierarchy how did the men mombasa take it. from. the mission of the border. that he was given of was priority in interventions and came out with a rebuttal of the report. which of course reflects a complete disconnect with what the realities and world and i now are at the moment. it's so far removed from what took place and therefore it has had a sense of surrealism in terms of what. they . came

miramar generals to be prosecuted for genocide they've been briefing mammals ambassador at the un human rights council on the final version of a report into violence against the ranger the u.n. fact finding mission to me and now found something chinese government is silencing critics while allowing hate speech against the ranger almost seven hundred thousand ranger have fled a violent military crackdown in miramar since all this last year nehemias ambassador rejected the findings calling the report one sided rescue teams in northern philippines are digging through mounds of month they're looking for survivors of a landslide it hit the mining town it's a gun in bengal province many locals have been sheltering from typhoon mangal when the landslide happened and goats ripped through the philippines on saturday killing dozens of people jimmy lindo them reports. to see this up close is to understand the enormity of this operation the stench of human flesh is very present and we do feel that we are standing on precarious ground since we've been here this morning we've seen two bodies been pulled out of the

i spoke before this body and warned the un's human rights council and become a grave embarrassment tos institution. shielding egregious human rights abusers while bashing america and its many friends. our ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, laid out a clear agenda for reform but repeatedeported in warnings, no action at all mistaken. so the united states took the only responsible course, we withdrew from the human rights council and we will not return until real reform is enacted. for similar reasons, the united states will provide no support and recognition to the international criminal court. america is concerned, the icc has no jurisdiction. no legitimacy, and no authority. the icc claims they are universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country. violating all principles of justice, fairness, and due process. we will never surrender american sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy. america is governed by americans. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. , responsiblerld nations must defend against thr

our un human rights council report is highlighting concerns of a cambodia's recent election in which the ruling cambodian people's party won all one hundred twenty five seats before the vote the main opposition party was dissolved and its candidates jailed the un special rapporteur run a smith says this calls into question the genuineness in his words of the words of the vote she says she is particularly concerned by reports that voters were threatened and intimidated after they called for a boycott smith says it was encouraging to see opposition figures like kim saw her released from jail but noted that they remain under judicial supervision special rapporteur is calling on cambodia's government to make concerted efforts to improve human rights around a smith is a united nations special rapporteur on the human rights situation in cambodia and she joins us now from geneva thanks very much for being with us so first of all what impact are you hoping that the release of this report will have on cambodia as the u.n. special opportunity my hope is that the report will help the government

a un human rights council report is highlighting concerns over cambodia's recent election in which the ruling cambodian people's party won all one hundred twenty five seats before the vote the main opposition party was dissolved and its candidates jailed the year. and special report turned around a smith says this calls into question the genuineness of the vote she says she's particularly concerned by reports that voters were threatened and intimidated after they called for a boycott smith says it was encouraging to see opposition figures like her released from jail but noted that they remain under judicial supervision special rapporteur is calling on cambodia's government to make concerted efforts to improve human rights and the author of the report spoke to us earlier. my concern leads to the fact that the. constitution and the national law should be a moti party a liberal democracy and the movement is to fight to a one party state i also am concerned a new meaning concerned at the arrests and detentions of a number of political life tears during the lead up to the election notwithst

always act in our national interests i spoke before this body last year and warned that the un human rights council had become a grave embarrassment. to this institution shielding egregious human rights abuses while bashing america and its many friends. our ambassador. to the united nations nikki haley laid out a clear agenda for reform. but despite reported and repeated warnings. no action at all was taken so the united states took the only responsible course we withdrew from the human rights council. and we will not return until real reform is an act. for similar reasons the united states will provide no support and recognition to the international criminal court. as far as america is concerned the i.c.c. has no jurisdiction no legitimacy and no authority. the i.c.c. planes near universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country violating all principles of justice fairness and due process we will never surrender america's sovereignty to an unelected unaccountable global bureaucracy. america is governed by americans we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patrioti

he can bring the parties together remember these are parties that have been accused by the un human rights council both sides of committing potential war crimes both of been accused of and horse disappearances of torture of recruitment of child soldiers and a lot of criticism particularly has been focused by the human rights council on the saudi us led coalition and of course as you as we've just said the yemenis are now refusing to cooperate further with the human rights council because of his last report so enormous. gulf to bridge in the hope of getting any talks started laurie reporting there on yemen from debates thanks very much ben is now has been a tumultuous day of allegations and denial on capitol hill for nearly nine hours u.s. and it has had testimonies from donald trump supreme court nominee and the woman who's accused him of sexual assault when they were teenagers about dickens' say the committee will now those on the fate of brett kavanaugh from washington d.c. roseland jordan has more. a historic hearing in washington a woman recounting a traumatic event from her teenage years and

injune, the us pulled out of the un human rights council.agengies. since that decision, bbc reality check has looked at whether the us is pulling its weight at the un. particularly with funding. well, each country contributes according to its economic size. america's share of global economic output is 23.6% and it pays 22%. not far off. as a proportion of economic output — the uk is joint first with canada as countries paying the most — and the us is fifth. laura trevelyan is in new york. i was struck by that phrase he used when he said "we will be guided by patriotism, not globalism" as he put it. what in practical terms does this mean for the institutionjust behind you? this is the heart of multilateralism. it's the biggest multilateralism. it's the biggest multilateral organisation in the world. its founding principles are to try to prevent war through working together. this is a defiant sta nce working together. this is a defiant stance by president trump and his america first 2.0, he laid out his vision last year and now he is underlini

. -- the un's human rights council had become a grave embarrassment to this institution. egregious human rights abusers while bashing america and its many friends. ambassador to the united nations, nikki haley, laid out a clear agenda for reform, but despite reported and repeated all was, no action at taken. so the united states took the only responsible course, we withdrew from the human rights council and we will not return .ntil real reform is enacted for similar nason's, -- for similar reasons, the united states will provide no support and recognition for the international criminal -- criminal court. as far as we are concerned the icc has no legitimacy or authority. the icc claims near universal jury -- jurisdiction over the citizens of every country, violating all principles of justice, fairness and due process. we will never surrender america's sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable bureaucracy. america is governed i americans. -- by americans. we reject the ideological g -- the ideology of globalism and except the ideology of patriotism. around the world nations

removed from power and prosecuted for genocides they've been briefing me and that are at the un human rights council on the final version of the report into violence against the road the u.n. fact finding mission found government to silencing critics while allowing hate speech against the. mean mars ambassador has rejected the findings calling the report one site it's. egypt's security forces continue to carry out systematic forced disappearances against rights activists and other citizens that's according to united nations working group the committee says it was dismayed by one particular incident last year when the egyptian lawyer ibrahim a twenty was arrested while he was on his way to meet the u.n. commission in switzerland it's calling on egypt to halt any pending executions handed out on the basis of evidence obtained during torture or ill treatment during a period of enforced disappearance more than one thousand eight hundred people have been taken by egyptian security services over the last year that is from another geneva based human rights organization which says activists doctors lawyers

think i also was very happy with his comments on the international criminal court and the un human rights counsel councils an absolute disgrace for anybody that cares about human rights. paul: let's talk about iran, the president taking iran on, meanwhile the europeans are basically trying to undercut u.s. sanctions which are going to come in on november in particular on financial sanctions against iran, they are trying to find alternative mechanism that they can do trade and economic transactions with iran, is that going to be successful? >> it's not at all successful if the payment mechanism is going to work, doesn't exist yet, it's not clear how it's going to work. the administration argues that many european countries are not sidings with the governments, they are willing to go with sanctions and alienate the united states. i think the trump administration is loading up a lot of expectation on its sanctions regime against the iranians. they expect -- they do think iranian government is under a lot of pressure and they are under both economic and political pressure from their own people, there's decen

always act in our national interests i spoke before this body last year and warned that the un human rights councilhad become a grave embarrassment to this institution. shielding egregious human rights abuses while bashing america. and its many friends. our ambassador. to the united nations nikki haley. laid out a clear agenda for reform but despite reported and repeated warnings. no action at all. it was taken. so the united states took the only responsible course we withdrew from the human rights council. and we will not return until real reform is an act. for similar reasons the united states will provide no support and recognition to the international criminal court. as far as america is concerned the i.c.c. has no jurisdiction no legitimacy and no if. the i.c.c. claims near universal jurisdiction over the citizens of every country. violating all principles of justice fairness and due process. we will never surrender america's sovereignty to an unelected unaccountable global bureaucracy. america is governed by america we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism

the un programs, he promised to make the un more effective and then he also said that the un human rights councilave embarrassment. last but not least given the news with brett kavanaugh, judge brett kavanaugh, he weighed in on whether his support especially considering there was a second accuser that came forward for sexual misconduct, listen in to his response. >> the second accuser has nothing, the second accuser doesn't even know -- it could have been him, maybe not. she admits that she was drunk. she admits time lapses, there were time lapses. >> so you've got him talking about iran, the economy, brett kavanaugh, judge kavanaugh and then there was no mention surprisingly in the entire speech about russia, however, in the past hour you have press secretary sarah sanders did mention tomorrow at 5:00 p.m. eastern time the president will be holding a press conference. i'm going to throw it back to you before it starts to really come down here, it already is, i don't know if you can see that. neil: i can see it all right, everyone else is inside, we had this gag, let kristina go outside. >> yeah.

i spoke before this body last year and warned that the un human rights council had become a grave embarrassmentlegitimacy. no authority. the icc claims near universaljurisdiction over the citizens of every country. violating all principles ofjustice, fairness and due process. we will never surrender america‘s sovereignty to an unelected, unaccountable global bureaucracy. america is governed by americans. we reject the ideology of globalism and we embrace the doctrine of patriotism. around the world, responsible nations must defend against threats to sovereignty, not just from defend against threats to sovereignty, notjust from global governance, but also from other new forms of coercion and domination. in america we believe strongly in energy, security, for ourselves and for our allies. we have become the largest energy producer anywhere on the face of the earth. the united states stands ready to export our abundant affordable supply of oil, clea n abundant affordable supply of oil, clean call and natural gas. opec and opec nations are as usual ripping off the rest of the world, and i don‘t lik

the united states was among the un security council member states that did so so criticism human rights defenders and former prosecutors that the united states feels that it is above the law and the reaction from the i.c.r.c. i.c.c. really diplomatic language but at the same time stretched the dismissing and not attaching really a lot of importance to what bolton said. they want all the news is for brazil's jailed former presidential reason arceo looted a silver says he'll keep fighting to run in next month's presidential election is banned from standing due to a corruption conviction and the supreme court has rejected his latest appeal he spent monday meeting with philander dad who could be announced the workers' party candidate on tuesday a latin america editor lucien human is and could achieve is in jail. it's a race against time for former president lula da silva and his workers party this is the federal police facility where the former president is serving out a twelve year prison sentence and it's here that the would be presidential candidate spent the day meeting with his running

alarm bells ringing from the international community particularly from the un security council the high commissioner for human rights warning about a huge spike in violence and what's more high levels of resistance to the peace deal among those people who are needed to implement it that we're talking about political and economic actors legislative and judicial bodies civil servants you can't do without these people have a certain you are that this peace process is on track you can't do without them and they make it work what you want in congress. they just approved the last law that was necessary to put in place transitional justice the commanders of the fork in the last elections they voted for the first time in their lives. now political leaders and not commanders of a group. the areas where they operated are now areas where investment is arriving and the peace process to be implemented according to the situation that was chosen to oversee the implementation at a very very satisfactory rate so things are moving of course the expectations of many people are way beyond the capacity of any government to deliver in su

the united states was among the un security council member states that did so so criticism human rights defenders and former prosecutors that the united states feels that it is above the law and the reaction from the i.c.r.c. i.c.c. really diplomatic language but at the same time strether dismissing and not attaching really a lot of importance to what bolton said. let's move on to other news now lawyers for brazil's jailed former president reason are fairly new to silver say he's still fighting to vote in the next month's presidential election is topping opinion polls but is banned from standing corruption conviction the supreme court has rejected his latest appeal it is spent monday mazing with hers would be vice president fernando her dad he's expected to be announced as the workers' party candidate if it will a balance out a latin america editor lucien human is and could achieve or where he lives jailed. it's a race against time for former president lula da silva and his workers party this is the federal police facility where the former president is serving out a twelve year prison s

sco the international criminal court the human rights council and the part of the un that deals with the palestinians. interesting those are all bits that the u.s. doesn't like and has pulled out of and he named them all in this speech also worth telling you he was at one point he said who's to blame for all of this for the problems of the crisis in the system and he says they are present today they've already taken the floor and then he added they are us i think including himself but that was a pretty clear reference to president romney that's point isn't it james just more broadly i'm just looking at the notes i've scrolled here one of the first things i saw was saying it's time to take a fresh look at today's world and then towards the end he says we need to build a new world order with a human face can you sort of sum up what he's saying there because it's it's it's very big picture. it's a very big picture and he is aware that there are these trends of populism and nationalism and there's a change in the media it's not about traditional gate keepers of the media telling people t

to united states was among the un security council member states that did so so criticism human rights defenders and former prosecutors that the united states feels that it is above the law and the reaction from the i.c.r.c. i.c.c. really diplomatic language but at the same time dismissing and not attaching really a lot of importance to what bolton cert. now white house press secretary sara sands has been surveying reporters' questions about bolton stance on the i.c.c. she said the i.c.c. is announcement that they would consider all thinning and investigation into among other parties u.s. soldiers in afghanistan as a threat to american sovereignty and of they proceed with that that the united states would consider those options that ambassador bolton laid out today she went on to say that the reason why the u.s. is concerned about the i.c.c. is because they are on the verge of making a decision about the allegations of u.s. war crimes in of on the stand well let's get more on this now we're joined by jamie in the choir in new york he's the director of the human rights program at the am

the united states was among the un security council member states that did so so criticism human rights defenders and former prosecutors that the united states feels that it is above the law and the reaction from the i.c.r.c. i.c.c. really diplomatic language but at the same time stretch the dismissing and not attaching really a lot of importance to what bolton said. turkey's president has warned about of a humanitarian crisis if the syrian government goes ahead with its offensive in the rebel held province writing in the wall street journal richard typer the one warns the syrian government against sacrificing innocent people on counter-terrorism grounds syria cannot be left in the hands of bashar al assad he says and russia and iran must take responsibility for preventing a humanitarian disaster in libya if the international community fails to take action but only innocent syrians but the entire world stands to pay the price he says a political solution is needed as the expected offensive will create a massive security risk for turkey europe and beyond all other ones pleas for a politi

the united states was among the un security council member states that did so so criticism human rights defenders and former prosecutors that the united states feels that it is above the law and the reaction from the i.c.r.c. i.c.c. really diplomatic language but at the same time stress the dismissing and not attaching really a lot of importance to what bolton set. the u.n. says more than thirty thousand people have been displaced by fighting in syria's last major rebel held province of idlib government and allied russian forces have increased their bombardment in the past week with aid groups worried for the safety of the three million people trapped there stephanie deca has the latest now from an taqiyya which is close to the border with syria. there's a huge numbers given by the united nations over thirty thousand people fleeing the areas where the bombardment is taking place and going to different areas inside it of most of the people according to the united nations going into camps these are camps that are along the turkish border turkey's borders of course remain closed some peopl

the first time world leaders have gathered since the un called the violence against the muslim minority genocide the united nations human rights council recently detailed systematic forms of violence used by myanmar security forces against the range of including torture imprisonment mass rape arson and indiscriminate killing the third is the war in yemen fighting has devastated what was already the poorest country in the arab world at least ten thousand people have been killed since the saudi amarok alliance intervened to support yemen's government three years ago the un says eight and a half million yemenis face starvation. child soldiers are number four on the list rights groups say children were recruited by more than one hundred on forces in groups last year and used in conflict by at least fifty six of them former british prime minister gordon brown is hosting an event on global education unicef says two hundred sixty four million children aren't in school finally representatives from un member states the holding a meeting on global peace it's an honor of the centenary of the birth of nelson mandela the form of south african lead

about this that's a very good question and we think the un has to step up its efforts there and have to make this a topic in the human rights council and beyond so the germany very berlin who's taking over a seat in the security council in two thousand and eighteen nineteen should step up its efforts to bring this on the agenda and all the communities that excite community must get support from governments with a living good story thanks for joining us will can from a human rights watch the thank you for. but take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a top u.n. official says a syrian government offensive in the region of italy could lead to the worst humanitarian disaster of this century syrian forces backed by russian aircraft are seeking to retake it live the last major breton stronghold in syria the area is home to the three million people think. hundreds of naval and coast guard personnel have been deployed to clean up an oil spill in sri lanka and around twenty five tons of fern's oil leaked from a pipeline north of the capital colombo on sunday authorities say the leak is stopped but it will ta

other areas with problematic the you when human rights commission we invited the un monitors to accompany the government and the dialogue especially the council of bishops in organizing what we called the verification commission that was supposed to go on the streets and try to verify what was happening that is what we invited them to do that reason was not any longer. needed because merely because you're telling the world there was a coup you're saying that all the a protest of the ones doing the killing the u.n. are saying hold on we've got evidence otherwise and you say so by addition to the u.n. hundred and ninety eight two hundred deaths that are the result. that i read the united nations most of it is result of the coup or everything but also your every network point when it's somebody else's i mean i'm thinking you know today should see a pretty credible group of people if not the cia coming to check on the ground about them say you know where they're saying that we've seen human rights abuses we want to go into prisons we're not let into prisons we're getting reports of killing of civilians just release the number of prisoners and the

other areas with problematic the you when human rights commission we invited the un monitors to accompany the government and the dialogue especially the council of bishops in organizing what we called the verification commission that was supposed to go on the streets and try to verify what was happening that is what we invited them to do that reason was not in the longer. needed because merely because you are telling the world there was a coup you're saying that all the a protest of the ones doing the killing the u.n. are saying hold on we've got evidence otherwise and you say so by addition to the u.n. hundred and ninety eight two hundred deaths that are the result. that's already a lot of nations want to say that it is result of the coup or everything but also you are living in a low point when it's somebody else's i mean i'm thinking you know they should see a pretty credible group of people if not the cia coming to check on the ground with them say you know where they're saying that we've seen human rights abuses we want to go into prisons we're not let into prisons we're getting reports of killing of civilians just relieves the number of

the first time world leaders have gathered since the un called the violence against the muslim minority genocide the united nations human rights council recently detailed systematic forms of violence used by myanmar security forces against the range of including torture imprisonment mass rape arson and indiscriminate killing third is the war in yemen fighting has devastated what was already the poorest country in the arab world at least ten thousand people have been killed since the saudi amarok alliance intervened to support yemen's government three years ago the un says eight and a half million yemenis face starvation. child soldiers are number four on the list rights groups say children were recruited by more than one hundred on forces in groups last year and used in conflict by at least fifty six of them former british prime minister gordon brown is hosting an event on global education unicef says two hundred sixty four million children aren't in school finally representatives from un member states a holding a meeting on global peace it's in on a dissenting array of the birth of nelson mandela the form of south african leader and

un team said as too much that the military's scorched earth tactics have led to terms than thousand deaths conservative and most damningly in a recent report published by the united nations human rights council. the report states that the burmese commander in chief klein and his deputies bear quote greatest responsibility for the ethnic cleansing of range of people. the government declined our request for a statement on one case in a press conference however a spokesperson said the sentencing of the journalists was the clearest indication of an independent and a functioning judiciary. there had been hopes that aung san suu kyi would use one of the few powers she does hold to grant a pardon to that of porters. that didn't happen i mean a media landscape already intimidated and controlled by the state there's now a chill more intense than it has been in the past few years whatever happens now nothing can make up for eight months while on trial have been separated from their families deprived of their freedom and honorable to work as journalists but it is important now. that the injustice of this conviction but the prison sentence be overturned it does send a very chilling message to the media

security council is a promise that they can have their free kashmir independent from india a independent from oppression independent from killing and rape on daily basis which exactly what the un human rights report says ok well of delhi as a said would know that but moscow and delhi say they have very good relations indeed or least through the brics summit you said that if pakistan alone fighting the corner of international law de facto but china. is pakistan's back always has traditionally in the old sense of russia used to back india what's china saying about kashmir i think chinese have been sympathetic with the kashmir cause and you can see from the last two or three years i in fact many years ago when i when i was appointed in the house of lords i went to see the chinese ambassador to talk about the five thousand square miles of yours which were gifted to china in one thousand nine hundred sixty six when they had a war with india the chinese actually issued a statement in back about eighteen nineteen years ago and said if kashmir can get right of self-determination from india and they can be a free country we are prepared to give them their land back now i know you are going to be me

un report accused me of mars military of committing genocide and war crimes against muslims forcing hundreds of thousands to flee across the border to bangladesh last year the united nations human rights council has voted to extend an inquiry into crimes in yemen the approval overrides objections from saudi arabia and yemen's government as bernard smith reports from neighboring djibouti it comes as the u.n. envoy c.m.n. pushes for a new talks between the warring parties. five times over the past few years these families have been forced to travel hundreds of kilometers across.

un report accused me and mars the military of committing genocide and war crimes against muslims forcing hundreds of thousands to flee across the border to bangladesh last year the united nations human rights council has voted to extend an inquiry into crimes in yemen the approval overrides objections from saudi arabia and yemen's government as bernard smith reports from neighboring djibouti it comes as the u.n. envoy to yemen pushes for a new talks between the warring parties. five times over the past few years these families have been forced to travel hundreds of kilometers across the deserts of northern yemen to escape the fighting like another twenty two million people in this country they need humanitarian assistance. we are stuck between the rain in the sun and we eat what others here for us we have nothing and until now no organization has given us anything. with almost the entire population on its knees the un is pushing again to get the warring parties to talks it's going to be within weeks i don't think we can allow it to be delayed until kind of over the horizon because the problem with that is and i've been reassured this week between people here in new york that people lose the narrat

un, i do it when they are using different language, when they speak about israel. different criterias when they deal with israel. we can criticise israel, absolutely, but criticise only israel. when you look at the human rights councilns in israel and spend only a few minutes talking about human rights violations around the world, it doesn't make any sense. this obsession, it comes from somewhere, and when i see anti—semitism, i will call it. we have to end it there. but danny danon in new york city, i think it much forjoining me joining me on hardtalk. thank you very much stephen. we end this week on something more uncertain than we started it. at the moment we are still in between systems. there is a developing area of pressure in the sea. a couple of weather fronts around as well. they will bring outbreaks of rain to the northern isles. this weatherfront drilling down into england. just eight lion of cloud. further showers returning to further scotland first thing this morning. cloud and temperatures generally starting in double figures. 0therwise single figure values. it will be feeling cooler right across the board, especially across the north. we are starting the morning off with a great deal of sunshine. show

un, i do it when they are using different language, when they speak about israel. different criterias when they deal with israel. we can criticise israel, absolutely, but criticise only israel. when you look at the human rights councilolations in israel and spend only a few minutes talking about human rights violations around the world, it doesn't make any sense. this obsession, it comes from somewhere, and when i see anti—semitism, i will call it. we have to end it there. but danny danon in new york city, i think it much forjoining me joining me on hardtalk. thank you very much stephen. hello there. we're ending this week on something a lot more unsettled than how we started it, that's because we're replacing high pressure with an area of low pressure. at the moment we're still in between systems. there is a developing area of low pressure out across the north sea. but we've got high pressure dominating, i think, for much of thursday morning, a couple of weather fronts around too. they are going to bring outbreaks of rain to the northern isles, this weather front trailing down into northern england, north—west england, parts of north wales. barely anything on it, a line of cloud, the odd spot of rain. we could see

un, i do it when they are using different language, when they speak about israel. different criterias when they deal with israel. we can criticise israel, absolutely, but criticise only israel. when you look at the human rights councilations in israel and spend only a few minutes talking about human rights violations around the world, it doesn't make any sense. this obsession, it comes from somewhere, and when i see anti—semitism, i will call it. we have to end it there. but danny danon in new york city, i think it much forjoining me joining me on hardtalk. thank you very much stephen. hello, good morning. the details for this weekend still look a little uncertain. things are more straightforward, though, for friday. a lot of the rain and earlier thunderstorms have been fading away. skies have been clearing, which is why it's been turning quite chilly out there, and it'll feel a little cooler for many places, with a north—westerly breeze, but for the most part it'll be dry. there's going to be some areas of rain still around, very close to this area of low pressure that's in the north sea. this is where we'll see most of the rain, so perhaps northern parts of scotland, eastern scotland for a while, and the north—eas

un team said as too much that the military's scorched earth tactics have led to ten thousand deaths a conservative and most damningly in a recent report published by the united nations human rights council. the report states that the burmese commander in chief climbed and his deputies bear quote the greatest responsibility for the ethnic cleansing of range of people. the government declined our request for a statement on one woman and child whose case in a press conference however a spokesperson said the sentencing of the journalists was the clearest indication of an independent and a functioning judiciary. they had been hopes that aung san suu kyi would use one of the few powers she does hold to grant a pardon to the reporters that didn't happen i mean a media landscape already intimidated and controlled by the state there's now a chill more intense than it has been in the past few years whatever happens now nothing can make up for. eight months while on trial so i have been. separated from their families deprived of their freedom and on the able to work as journalists. but it is important now. that the injustice of this conviction that the prison sentence be overturned. does send a ve

un, i do it when they are using different language, when they speak about israel. different criteria is when they deal with israel. can criticise israel, absolutely, but criticise only israel. when you look at the human rights council in israel and spend minutes —— only a few minutes talking about human rights around the world, it doesn't make. this obsession, and when i see anti—semitism, i will call it. this obsession, and when i see anti-semitism, i will call it. we have to end at there. danny danon in new york city, i think it much for joining me on talk. thank you very much stephen. —— joining joining me on talk. thank you very much stephen. ——joining me joining me on talk. thank you very much stephen. —— joining me on hardtalk. hello again. well, if you're heading outside over the next few hours in england and wales, chances are it's going to be pretty cloudy, and that cloud will be thick enough for some rain from this weak weather front that we've got sat across the far east. otherwise, a few showers coming into western scotland from time to time over the next few hours, that rain mostly focused towards the eastern coast of norfolk and suffolk. that's where it's going to be at its heaviest. a lot of cloud fo

un report accusing him and his government of ignoring human rights violations during anti-government protests but those were the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after talked a lot to say a special council what about enough. al-jazeera since its swear every. day i was going to do with you in the world it was good to be able to immediately see. i'm outcome web in kampala the capital of uganda which is one of the countries where thousands of chimpanzees can still be found off in the highland forested slopes because other countries they've already completely disappeared and wherever they live there on the tremendous pressure chimps like humans who live in communities the feelings they use tools these are qualities that would discovered only in the one nine hundred sixty s. by a young british woman she lived with chimps many yes' and grew closer to them than anyone before jane goodall widely seen as the world's leading climatologist and conservationist told to al-jazeera. you one of the.