nations as well as a recommendation from the security council, but we know that the security council has 15 members, five permanent members and 10 members of the unurity council as they are elected for a period of two years and therefore they are re-elected in order to receive such a recommendation from the security council we need approval from russia but russia will never agree to this because it has the right of veto, that is, in fact, there is no way out, that is, such a certain impasse is true but 49 countries condemned russia for organizing a meeting of the un security council dedicated to providing a legal basis for the abduction of ukrainian children from the temporarily occupied territories, what do we still need in order to exclude russia from of all such possible world platforms because in my opinion, russia has crossed all possible red lines. yes, i agree with you and the presentation that was shown and before our interview, in fact, everything is so clear and puts everything in its place, but since we cannot exclude russia, we have fight it back on these platforms, because ukraine is a country where the rule of law is present, we mus

- they wield within the un security council? yeah i mean basically what _ security council?basically what i think - security council? yeah i mean basically what i think what - security council? yeah i mean basically what i think what the russians are going to do is they going to bring up the united states's invasion of iraq and say "we didn't condemn that. that was illegal" they didn't have a un support when they did it. they invaded under false pretenses, and i think they will spend a month doing that. larry korb. a court in romania has agreed to allow the controversial social media influencer andrew tate to leave prison and move into house arrest. the british—american former kickboxer is being investigated for a number of crimes, all of which he denies. lucy williamson reports. the police have been here to the tate compound a couple of times already today. it's day one of house arrest for the tape brothers and the police have come to jack bauer on the premises as they are supposed to be —— tate brothers. the judge says they have to stay in the building for 30 days until th

there's been some angry reaction after russia assumed the rotating presidency of the un security councilhe top security body of the united nations. dmytro kuleba, the ukrainian foreign minister, said, "this was a slap in the face to the international community" and the president's chief of staff said, "this was another blow to the rules—based system of international relations" and since the beginning of the war, the ukrainians have criticised the fact that russia has continued to be a permanent member of the security council with veto power, and russia has been using this power to block resolutions related to the conflict. but the united states, which has been a key ally of the ukrainians in this war, has said there is no legal pathway to expel a permanent member of the security council. and in the last few days, the ukrainians have tried to block russia from taking over the presidency of the security council but the us, again, said there was no means to block moscow from the post. earlier we spoke to larry korb, a senior fellow at the center for american progress and former united state

that's according to russia's foreign minister speaking at the un security council just on us. and the reason they still with the un central system is currently going through a deep crisis. the root cause of this was the desire of individual members of this organization to replace international law and the un charter with the sort of rules based order. but no one has actually seen these rules. they have not been the subject of transparent international negotiations. the result is the fragmentation of global trade, the collapse of market mechanisms, the paralysis of the w t. o and the final undisguised transformation of the i m f into an instrument for achieving the goals of the us and its allies, including military objectives with russia, leading the un security council for the month of april. we were able to hear the long awaited address to the 15 member body that leads the united nations from russia's foreign minister, sergei lab ra. now, he emphasized how the united states is just the united states in the pacific region, and how they are aimed to stir up to ensuring the unila

the adaptation of the un 2 objective trends of formation of a multi polar architecture of international relations. it is necessary to accelerate the reform of the security council by increasing the representation of asian, african and latin american countries in it. the current, excessive over representation of the west in this main un body undermines the very principle of multilateralism. when the russian foreign minister spoke before the un security council, he reiterated what he said when he 1st arrived in new york city, which was the essential move by the united states. unable to approve the visas for the journalist who generally travel with the russian foreign minister that this move was an effort to suppress what he had to say before the council. essentially, the united states was trying to prevent the world from hearing the message he put forward before the un security council today explaining that russia would like to see a peaceful resolution of the conflict in ukraine. and also emphasizing that provocations from the united states, such as the expansion of nato and the toppling of ukraine's government in 2014, have only served to escalate global tensio

well, now vasyl, to the main vote of russia in the un security council. well, someone says that it's just a lack of understanding, someone says that it's generally something incredible, well, the fact of the russian presidency indicates that something is going on, something is going wrong in the world security architecture that's how the head commented the chairmanship of russia in the security council of the united nations organization, the minister of foreign affairs of ukraine, dmytro kuleba , during an online discussion in the chat temhouse. well, he again, like the chief european diplomat, jose borel, said that this is such a stupid april fool's joke because precisely this chairmanship began on april 1, that is, in fact, no matter what vasyl said, it seems to me that something so arche-e catastrophic did not happen because russia is one of the 15 members of the security council of the united nations, which do not rotate on a monthly basis to chair this structure, that is, russia will not be able to influence the creation of the agenda, russia will no

security council. the it for the next month, russia will chair the un security council. the counsels presidency rotates every month. and that gives the holder some influence in shaping. that's agenda through. but some members are objecting to russia, sharing a body dedicated to security as it wages war and ukraine shorter, he's gotten bullshit. yesterday the russian army killed another ukrainian child a 5 month old boy. the parents are wounded, one of the hundreds of artillery attacks to the terrorist states carries out every day. and at the same time, in russia presides over the un security council. so it is difficult to imagine anything the crimes, the complete bankruptcy of such institutions and of course the ukrainians are pushing for russia to be removed from the council earlier. but even if allies admit that's effectively impossible. unfortunately, russia is a permanent member of the security council and no feasible international legal pathway exists to change that reality. that is what we are living with currently as unpalatable as it may be to see russia presiding

ukraine has condemned russia's assumption of the rotating presidency of the un security council as a ssian attempts to abuse the position.

uproar as russia takes over the presidency of the un security council.kraine calls it a slap in the face. translation: there is no form of terror that russia has not. already committed and there would be no reason why that would not stop the reform of global institutions, particularly the un security council. and, fancy footwear — we'll tell you about the huge convention in asia dedicated to the humble trainer. hello and welcome to bbc news. authorities in the united states have been assessing the damage caused by severe storms and tornadoes. at least 21 people are now known to have died as the storms ripped through the south and the midwest, leaving a trail devastation. hardest hit were tennessee, arkansas and indiana. in illinois, one person was killed when a theatre roof collapsed. these pictures are of the storm passing a car in arkansas and, as you can see, the images speak for themselves. the bbc�*s sancha berg reports. dozens of storms and tornadoes left a trail of destruction, two of the fiercest touched down in the southern state of arkansas. te

. 0ther to reform the un security council. other situations. to reform the un security councilsecurity council. other situations. i don't think we should simply because one country has turned rogue. 50 should simply because one country has turned rogue.— should simply because one country has turned rogue. so you believe the un are still — has turned rogue. so you believe the un are still fit _ has turned rogue. so you believe the un are still fit for _ has turned rogue. so you believe the un are still fit for purpose? - has turned rogue. so you believe the un are still fit for purpose? i - un are still fit for purpose? i think the un has to reform but it is so difficult. i think un really isn't that with the power of its members. it is up to countries, members, uk, ukraine, france, india, indonesia, what they want from the un? and i think if we get enough majority and consensus in the world, we need to either invent new institutions as part of the un or just in force, think about how the un can enforce its resolutions and maintain peace. aha, un can enforce its resolutions and

and at the same time, in russia presides over the un security council. it is difficult to imagine anything that crimes the complete bankruptcy of such institutions and of course, the ukrainians are pushing for russia to be removed from the council earlier. but even if allies admit that's effectively impossible. unfortunately, russia is a permanent member of the security council and no feasible international legal pathway exists to change that reality. that is what we are living with currently as unpalatable as it may be to see russia presiding over the council. the reality is, this is a largely ceremonial position, rushes presidency, hasn't bolden some critics of the un. this veto wielding members like russia in the united states often prevent the counsel from acting time. but there are also been breakthroughs, the un successfully broker to deal in july allowing ukrainian grain to pass through the black sea, un officials, and also been active a europe largest nuclear power plant, which has been caught in the crossfire between russian and ukrainian forces.

there are other top story today. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the un security council for a month, spite as president, being wanted for war crimes by the international criminal court. ukraine's foreign minister was tweeted saying that russian un security council presidency is a slap in the face to the international community. i urge a current us the members to thwart any russian attempts to abuse its presidency. you will so called it a bad russian joke, referring to the news coming on april fools day, where ukraine wants russia removed from the council altogether. as diplomatic editor, james bass has more in this now from the un every month, the presidency of the un security council rotates among its 50 members. today, russia is assuming the presidency for the month of april. that's deeply controversial because when russia had the presidency last year was february, the month that they invaded ukraine, there are people calling for russia to be kicked off the security council or kicked out of the united nations. but if you look at the rules and you look at the un charter

that is mental about, for those reasons that you mentioned, the power they wield within the un security councilil. i mean, basically what _ security council. i mean, basically what i - security council. i mean, basically what i think - security council. i mean, basically what i think the | basically what i think the russians are going to do as they are going to bring up the united states invasion of iraq and say we didn't condemn that, that was illegal, it didn't have un support when they did it, they invaded underfalse pretence as and i think they will spend the month doing that quite thank you very much for joining us, seniorfellow, centre for american progress. thank you for having me. this is bbc news, a reminder of our top stories: a series of devastating tornadoes have torn through america's south and midwest, at least 21 people are killed. for the thirteenth week in a row, thousands of israelis have demonstrated against a radical overhaul of thejudiciary. finns are heading to the polls on sunday, with three party leaders all vying to become the country's next prime minister. opinion poll

a social with with we will work closely together of the un within the framework of the security council, where brazil is currently a non permanent member. and india should become a permanent member. the big un security council pass the message from russian foreign minister again, love roth, as he's dogs, a 5 day trip across latin america. as a wrong announces a new era for the middle east. the push for p. m. and the new phase with the latest christmas world for the right call, there's a crisis in the war torn country has been largely ignored by the international community. and he's not making the headlines anymore and to we shouldn't forget about him because even if the conflicts and today they need to fill in that class more than 180 dead, and 10 times more wounded in sudan as classes between the national all me on the rapid support forces power military, rachel, and for a 3rd day with a very welcome. this is not the international with the very latest world news updates. great to have you with us. russia has endorsed brazil's bid for permanent membership at the un security council. the

the un vasily nebenzya in connection with the transition to russia of the chairmanship of the un security councilld like to welcome you to the press conference dedicated to the beginning of russia's chairmanship of the un security council, mr. benzia, the floor to you. where autogen once again ladies and gentlemen to see you on the first working day of the russian presidency in the un security council i want to briefly tell you about what we plan to do this month we adopted a program that preceded the usual traditional pr breakfast, however, the fifth of april at 10:00 am. we want an informal meeting called discussed, in many forms, including the un, and we would like to dispel a few. uh, misleading and propaganda allegations around this point also we are planning to uh make three non-working you kends due to religious holidays on april 7th. this is good friday for catholics, 15 april orthodox friday and 21 april. and then we will resume our work next week on monday, april 10, starting from our first official event, discussing the threats to peace and security associated with the violation of the

will be no such reason that will stop the reform of global institutions , in particular the un security council, at the same time the head of eu diplomacy , jose borel, called russia's presidency of the un security council appropriate for april fool's day, adding that the european union will oppose any abuse of russia during its presidency despite the fact that russia is a permanent member of the security council, it violates the very court of the legal framework of the un. the eu will oppose any abuses on the part of the russian presidency . guardians who refuse to leave sloviansk in donetsk region will be deprived of their duties and children will be forcibly evacuated. this decision was made in as olena sokolova, the head of the children's service, explained to the city council, this is related to the danger and the approach of the front, here we can see on video the consequences of the latest rocket fire in slovyansk. a week ago, the majority guardian families of family-type children's homes have left the city. currently, there are 23 families in the slavic community in which 34 orphans and

here you have the un security council, the buses. thank you. now go back to where my had sense as well. if the president of the session of the council of non special this is the responding, i guess the stipulated that to the now i would like to give it more to just slowly will be with his excellency. but you know, just a human 2nd out of my route and he needs through the school or that was a un un security council meeting dedicated to the situation in the middle east and palestine with the vs for minister gala rod item is the chairman of that meeting for the key, take ways to head over to our web sites. art see dot com the talking of meetings moscow's host it at the head of the iranian syrian and turkish militaries. to discuss steps toward strength in serious security and the normalization of the country's relations with secchia. following the talks to parties reaffirm the desire to preserve the territorial integrity of syria, as well as the need to intensify efforts for the speedy return of syrian refugees to their homeland watches at times to

well, the can on the crisis, as, according to russia's foreign minister speaking at the un security council just on us. and the reason they still in the us centric system is currently going through a deep crisis. the root cause of this was the desire of individual members of this organization to replace international law. and the un charter with a sort of rules based order. but no one has actually seen these rules. they have not been the subject of transparent international negotiation, which is the result is the fragmentation of global trade, the collapse of market mechanisms, the paralysis of the w t. o and the final undisguised transformation of the i m f into an instrument for achieving the goals of the us and its allies, including military objectives. well, with russia leading the security council for the month of april, we got to hear the long anticipated remarks by russian foreign minister, j lab rock. when he was speaking, he touched on the fact that multinational institutions are being corrupted by the united states. and they're essentially not serving the international purpose of

the un security council _ today in the council. the un security council is _ today in the council. one we are seeing now. it is a failure of the body that russia has already invaded a country before, like crimea, and can invade another and also preside over this body? it invade another and also preside over this body?— over this body? it has shaken the confidence _ over this body? it has shaken the confidence of _ over this body? it has shaken the confidence of the - over this body? it has shaken | the confidence of the member states— the confidence of the member states in— the confidence of the member states in the council, but the council — states in the council, but the council continues to function. we are — council continues to function. we are continuing to deal with peace — we are continuing to deal with peace and security issues across _ peace and security issues across the globe. we will be meeting _ across the globe. we will be meeting tomorrow on the situation in sudan. we have addressed the situation in libya _ addressed the situation in libya. we met last week on the s

is impossible to get rid of simplicity and absurdity in the news about russia's vote in the un security council president volodymyr sees according to zelensky, the institution responsible for security in the world cannot be headed by russia because it is an aggressor who kills peaceful ukrainians every day. i'm sorry that the terrorist state and any other state that wants to be terrorists cannot destroy the peace . terrorists must lose. they must be responsible for terror and not preside . members of the un security council must boycott. during april, any meetings under the auspices of the russian federation, the adviser to the head of the president's office, mykhailo podolyak, said that, according to him, russia violates the organization's charter , and for that, at the very least, it should be deprived of its presence in the un. it's not just a joke, i don't understand why it's called a joke. well, that's it. certain legal actions. well, there is a country. look, this is not a joke. this is a breakdown of the global system as such. now there is a state that, in the capacity of the head of the

health for years to cobb, russia can be a un security council meeting to discuss tensions in the middle east. highlighting that as global attention shifts to other conflicts. longstanding this because the region remain far from being resolved the longest occupational funding, toyota, 33 and more good history. why is it still ongoing? palestinians refuse to accept the very existence of israel. shame, shame, shame. you pay censors information about the killers of pro somalia activists and the unrecognized state of so molly land leading to questions about the possible involvement of the police forces funded pesticides, which posed how threads are being used on farms, complying. major companies like nestle, despite being banned in the you. ah, are coming to you from moscow. this is our international with the latest world news updates. i'm here allies about. it's great to have you with us. the united kingdom has confirmed the sending of depleted uranium ammunition to ukraine, a substance known for being highly toxic to human beings. london has wave decide the control of the uranium you sayin

now it's russia's turn to take on the rotating presidency of the un security council. ukraine says it's a slap in the face to the international community. it once russia removed from the council altogether. our diplomatic editor james base is more from the un every month the presidency of the un security council rotates among its 50 members. today, russia is assuming the presidency for the month of april. that's deeply controversial because when russia had the presidency last year was february, the month that they invaded ukraine, there are people calling for russia to be kicked off the security council or kicked out of the united nations. but if you look at the rules and you look at the un charter, those things are not possible. what we do know is that later this month, the russian formula lab rockers will be here in new york. you'll be sharing a number of meetings including one in defense of this document, the u. n's, founding charter, other diplomat say that is very cynical when it's russia that is currently breeching. this charter, with its ongoing war james base al jazeera of the u

uproar as russia takes over the presidency of the un security council.s no form of terror that _ translation: there is no form of terror that russia _ translation: there is no form of terror that russia has - translation: there is no form of terror that russia has not - of terror that russia has not already committed and there would be no reason why that would be no reason why that would not stop the reform of global institutions, particularly the un security council. and, fancy footwear, we'll tell you about the huge convention in asia dedicated to the humble trainer.

there have been angry reactions after russia assumed the rotating presidency of the un security councile ukrainian foreign minister said, this was a slap in the face to the international community. and the president chief of staff said this was another blow to the rules—based system of international relations. since the beginning of the war, ukrainians have criticised the fact that russia has continued to be a permanent member of the security council, with veto power. russia has been using this power to block resolutions related to the conflict. the united states, which has been a key ally of the ukrainians in this war, said there is no legal pathway to expel a permanent member of the security council. in the last few days, the ukrainians have tried to block russia from taking over the presidency of the security council, but the us again said there was no means to block moscow from the post. the abbot of ukraine's most important monastery, the kyiv— pechersk lavra, has been placed under house arrest for two months after being detained on suspicion of backing russia's invasion of ukraine

something that sort of a lab roth during his speech while sharing the un security council today said let's call a spade a spade. no one elected the us to speak for the world. they speak for the wet, not the actual international community. and there's nothing that has made that more clear than the rest of the world refusal to follow. busy the u. f. lead west, existential war of sanctions on russia with the like, as i said last the last time the us, the using the u. n. as a tool for promoting the rules based on western dominance. but someone argue that the us sounds somewhat tied by the fact that it's based in new york and of course, largely funded by the u. s. government itself. so what's your take on that criticism and the response to that? yeah, i think it actually is very much shows how the u. s. has abused its privilege, and it is a privilege that the, you know, the main center of, of the un where the general assembly and the un security council are held is held in new york. that is a privilege and a responsibility. something that the u. s. has repeatedly weaponized, not just agai

with february, the 1st 2000 or 3 at a un security council meeting u. s. secretary of state colin powell showed a vile, allegedly containing anthrax spores from iraq. it actually contained laundry detergent, march 20th, 2003. the u. s. army and its allies invaded iraq. april 9th, 2003. the u. s. army and coalition forces entered baghdad and tore down the statue of saddam hussein in fear door square. lay the 1st 2003 u. s. president george bush declared victory in the iraq war, december, the 30th 2006. saddam hussein was executed december the 15th 2011. a ceremony was held in baghdad to mark the end of the u. s. military mission .

now after speaking the israeli representative laughed the un security council chamber. now, later when the russian foreign minister sergei lab rob was speaking to the press in the press briefing room, he clarified that he took issue with the way the israeli representative characterized today's proceedings as somehow being anti israeli. he after size that the point is to make sure that the humanitarian situation is dealt with, then pay the pathway toward palestinian statehood. now the russian foreign minister took west gems from the press, answering on a number of different topics. i touched on the black sea grain deal. i touched on us efforts to demonize russia and isolate rush on the global markets. he raised a particular concern about the european union and the direction that the e u. countries are moving in lou visit. we see how the e u is miller, to rising at a record base, turning into an aggressive structure we with the stated goal of containing russia. now that you is not much different from natal, there is no doubt about it. they even signed a declaration where

why not a rule of the un security council side for the latest meeting on ukraine. and is france is off for another day of strike. so the pension reform, the police are accused of using excessive force. ah, ah ha, we're still got some rather unsettled weather, making his way out at care. you can see the thick cloud here rolling across the country, easing over towards the caspian sea, south of that. not too bad, still some pretty brisk winds just around northern parts of saudi arabia. little bit of lifted, dustin, sad to watch out will notice the temperature though. generally we are getting up into the 30. so be a few showers across the western side of saudi as we go on through fried a little more wise by pushing into central pass by that state. even doha should be fine and dry, misty start to the day, but temperatures getting up to around 30 degrees celsius mother know still what that to when she makes up across the higher ground of to clear the levant is generally try and settle temperatures. now getting up into the mid high twenty's, try and settle took was a good

uproar as russia takes over the presidency of the un security council.e is no form of terror that russia has not. already committed and there would be no reason why that would not stop the reform of global institutions, particularly the un security council. and, fancy footwear — we'll tell you about the huge convention in asia dedicated to the humble trainer.

zelensky has said it's absurd that russia has been allowed to assume the presidency of the un security councilthe role is largely ceremonial, but does allow the holder to control the agenda. moscow says it planning a discussion about what it's called a new world order. each of the council's 15 members takes up the presidency for a month, on a rotating pattern. earlier, i spoke to 0rysia lutsevych. she started by explaining if anything could have been done to block this. it's very difficult to do anything to prevent russia from actually taking over the rotating presidency. i think ukraine tries actually to make the case on both sides, on one hand that russia so gravely violated the un charter and on the other that actually it was illegal in the first place to take this seat, because when the soviet union collapsed it violated the procedure of adopting the new permanent security council member and there was no vote at the un general assembly, so it's kind of making a point of it being illegitimate and also in violation of the un charter. what does it say about the un as an institution? well, obv

there are no mechanisms in terms of guaranteeing security, what is actually written in the statute if the country is a member of the un and security councillates the sovereignty of another country. so i don't know how the un will turn out after the russian-ukrainian war, but for sure the un will no longer be able to count on any protection of sovereignty, territorial integrity , you can forget about it, you need to look for other mechanisms, and if this organization does not collapse like this others will be exposed by valery well, somewhere maybe more than six months ago, maybe even longer, we heard such theses that the un needs to be reformed, not just the radbes, the un needs to be reformed in general . please tell me your professional opinion and now somehow i don't hear about it personally, i don't hear about it because it has already been forgotten or there are some processes going on. well, it needs to be reformed - it's an eternal topic, first of all, the creation of the un in general is a rather complex history, a universal organization that was created on the initiative of the winners of ukraine to the second world war eh well,

good evening studio good evening ukraine well, today we had the opportunity to speak at the un security councilis the aryan format, uh, it's like an informal meeting of the un security council, uh, my task today is not only to once again call on the international community not to ignore what the russian federation is doing, but first of all, to show that the russian federation is committing genocide of the ukrainian nation in the form of the murder of ukrainian children, the forced deportation of ukrainian children , the killing of the civilian population, the holding of thousands of our civilians in captivity, the indecent treatment of prisoners of war, and to show that russia started this and has been doing it since 2014, unfortunately we often face the fact that the international community raises and discusses only those issues that began on board february 22 , when in fact russia began a new stage the seizure of our territory, the answer was, in principle, predicted, those countries that support us in their speeches emphasized that it is really time to call things by their names, unfortunat

and these are only the 1st few days of russia's presidency of the un security council. but there was some hope for ukrainian families when the russian official who the international criminal court consider a war crime suspect spoke. she said that if ukrainian families requested that children will be transferred back. james bays al jazeera of the united nations or russia president has blamed the u. s. for what he called, and the crisis in ukraine. vladimir put in the speaking at a ceremony at the kremlin shore, new foreign ambassador, his including washington slater's new envoy, dosage a barry has more from moscow. assuming the very relaxed russian president vladimir putin received 17 new ambassadors of the kremlin on wednesday, where they will receive their credentials to live and work in this country. among them, the newly appointed u. s. ambassador a lin, tracy, and the russian president took the opportunity to express his views about the relationship between the united states and russia, where things stand, letting me put and said that america's use of tools such as

russia has taken over the presidency of the un security council, in what ukraine says is a "slap in theal community," — because of the on—going war. the presidency is rotated among the council's 15 members every month, and the last time russia had the role — in february 2022 — vladimir putin launched his a full—scale invasion of ukraine. our ukraine correspondent, hugo bachega is in the capital, kyiv and sent this update. there have been angry reactions after russia assumed the rotating presidency of the un security council, which is the top security body of the united nations. the ukrainian foreign minister said, this was a slap in the face to the international community. and the president chief of staff said this was another blow to the rules—based system of international relations. since the beginning of the war, ukrainians have criticised the fact that russia has continued to be a permanent member of the security council, with veto power. russia has been using this power to block resolutions related to the conflict. the united states, which has been a key ally of the ukrainians in t

good evening studio good evening ukraine well, today we had the opportunity to speak at the un security council is the aryan format, and it is like an informal meeting of the un security council. my task today was not only to once again call on the international community not to ignore what the russian federation is doing, but first of all to show that the russian federation is committing genocide of the ukrainian nation in the form of killing ukrainian children a-a forced deportation of ukrainian children killing of the civilian population holding thousands of our civilians in captivity dishonorable treatment of prisoners of war and show what russia has started and has been doing since 2014. unfortunately, we are often faced with the fact that the international community raises and discusses only those issues that began on february 24, 2022. when russia actually started a new stage of seizing our territory, the answer was in principle predicted, those countries that support us in their speeches emphasized that the time has really come to call a spade a spade, unfortunately, the position of chi