thank you so much for joining us. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council, sparking furious reaction in ukraine. keeps foreign minister dmitri claybrooke holds it a quote, slap in the face for the international community. ukraine had urged members to block the vote, but the u. s. says there is no mechanism for doing so. the largely ceremonial role puts moscow in charge of setting the security council's agenda more on this. let's speak with mike martin, a former british army officer. now with kings college london. mike. so ukraine, obviously, deeply unhappy about this. can you tell us what this is going to mean for ukraine with russia in charge of setting the agenda? i think the best way of looking at this is that over the last year they have been to, to was a one is war rhetoric and the other is a war that's actually being fought on the ground over territory. and as we've seen a little here that has been a lot of rhetoric, there's been lots of talk with nuclear weapons. there's been lots of talk of all sorts of things and most of them haven't come to pass.

welcome to the show. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council, sparking furious reaction in ukraine. keeps foreign minister to metro cool labor called it a quote slap in the face for the international community. ukraine had urged members to block the move, but the u. s. says there's no mechanism for doing so. the largely ceremonial role does put moscow in charge of setting the security council's agenda. while you cranes, a president voting there's a lensky, also condemned russia as a presidency, as absurd in his daily address. he said, it shows the council is a bankrupt institution name. why? there is no form of charity. russia has not committed and there's no reason to stop the reform of global institutions. in particular, the un security council reform is clearly overdue, so that the terrorist states, or any other state that wants to be a terrorist state, cannot disrupt peace. terrorists must lose, must be held accountable for terror and not to prevail anyway. and mike martin is a former british army officer now with kings college london. he t

trail of devastation also on the program. fury as russia takes over the presidency of the united nations security council, ukraine's president vladimir zalinski says it's absurd and shows the institution is bankrupt and therefore born use a gold keeping. howard helps. and byron munich beat title rivals for us here. dormant to go back to the top of the bonus vega with 8 games left this season. ah, i'm pablo foliage. welcome to the program. we begin in the united states where at least 21 people have been killed and many more injured. a storms battered the south and made west authorities in arkansas, have declared an emergency after multiple tornadoes tore through the state. arkansas. our residence woke up to see the full scale of the storms, destruction i, government workers, and regular citizens pitched in to make a start cleaning up right now for me, is this the cleanup. what i can get this cleared and then try to see who else i can help. a tall order after the massive storm peeled off, roofs tossed vehicles and ripped trees out of the ground. but more help is on the way. i've had the opportunity for the

the united nations security council is unanimously condemned the taliban administration in afghanistan for banning women from working for the un security council. the school for swift reversal, the decision former us vice president mike pence has appeared before a grand jury investigating the january 6th insurrection. the judicial inquiry was looking into for president donald trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. 3 top newspapers in the u. s. a seeking support from the bite, but ministration for the release of an american journalist from a russian prison. the new york times the washington post to the wall street journal of jointly run an ad calling for evan gush greevich his release. he was arrested in the city of catherine a bug last month and charged with spying gush to which denies the charges. meanwhile, moldova is president of the accused, russia of meddling and her country's internal affairs. maya sandow says that many of those wanting in original election a kremlin agents, moscow denies allegations of interference ties with russia have been strained in re

the united nations security council has unanimously condemned the taliban administration in afghanistan for banning women from working for the united nations. the security council has called for a swift reversal of the decision. a diplomatic as a james base has more. this sends a clear message to the taliban unanimous vote by all 50 members of the security council condemning the taliban policies towards women. and in particular, the taliban ban on female un workers. this resolution was negotiated over some weeks by japan and the united arab emirates. afterwards their ambassador addressed reporters. they said that this vote would help the secretary general who be convening a meeting of special envoys from key regional and international countries that starts on monday in cash. but they were concerned that not everyone in the taliban would be listening. some, you know, players and if again, if not very decent to us, whatever we may say. but it is not because of that we should give up, you know, or reaching out to them. i think we need to keep on reaching out to them so that some part of en

well, of course, refreshing the permanent number of security council or united nations which is much more important than international criminal court. let's say it's not recognized by many other countries, including us and china, to security council. as much more important, let's say general assembly of it's mostly make just rhetorical declaration for nothing more. so definitely it is important for ensuring alicia to miss your freshman power inside russia, which is important for external legitimacy. russia is recognized by china by india . i many aerobic countries white global false i would say i said is using with power or the world and the way ukraine doesn't change it is necessary to understand and to and to meet that it's really necessary to have a deal with russia anyway. even after this military conflict is somehow result studies love, i just wanted to ask you as well what you made, what dmitri polanski said, who's the rushes deputy pendant representative at the u. n. and denying that this is this concept that russia was becoming a pariah at the united nations. and he said that,

you can, united nations security council cannot make your move against united states against russia, against france, against great britain, and against china. so it's a, so by design let's, let's admit it better to have it then to have nothing is it is a way to, at least to resume, i mean, to deal with some differences to some different political positions. this is the way to prevent the 3rd world war, and from this perspective, security council was more or less successful. and from the point you feel being a global policeman. well, of course, it doesn't talk this way just because the different countries was different agendas, probably find people in 90th, in the beginning of the 21st century, they saw the security council will be global policeman. but, you know, russia has its own position. china has its own position and you can not imagine that kind of a was a global government or global policeman. in a way security council exists without support of russia and china will be not working. and what about the engine? what about brazil? by the way, it was russian idea. so probably inclu

discuss the issue and in addition to these news , today we have the press conference of the united nations security councilting, in the name of the request of jordan and the palestinian authority that the meeting of the supreme national security council be held in the united nations council today, this meeting is behind closed doors and it will be about the recent crimes of the zionist regime and the attack on al-qasa mosque that they will investigate. in addition to this news , today we have a call for strikes and demonstrations in more than two hundred cities in france. this is the meeting of mrs. elnaz elizabeth bar declared that this meeting was fruitful, but the trade union declared that it was not fruitful and i could not reach their demands , so there is a call and today in more than two hundred cities of france, demonstrations against the economic policies of macron's government are scheduled. thank you very much for the report. in the international news section, they were with us. let's go to the glass hall of the sed and cima news agency and the answer is the prophet. thank you. hello again. 14 m

therefore, you can see the guys that are not watching united nation council of any sanctions against russia because they can see it ostrich. i can see it beyond occurred to interesting when the grain deal was signed between 2 to the and of course russian ukraine. you think the un fulfills is obligations under this black sea green deal in your opinion? what it was, you know, again, she's sorry, but the fact of the met that is that united nation needs been dictated by the united states for the very long. i don't see any kid for the coming from africa. no, no, no, no interest for the off the train lapse. south africa such but i'm sitting, is that not importing too much of the read from ukraine or for the met that i show from russia? maybe 30 percent of the entire needs from ukraine, only 2 percent. that you have another central african countries which bailey dependent on the wheat from africa. literally that is not very much up and gender united nations for the time be. it's going to be quite interesting to follow up what's happening now in eastern europe. you know, even poland, which i

yesterday in skabchenko , the former chief director for european relations at the national security council of the unitedtes of america. to international news, russia began to preside over the security council of the united nations, i agree, it sounds absurd, but the representative of a terrorist country that is waging an aggressive , unmotivated war in ukraine will sit in the main chair of the organization that is supposed to take care of peace around the world during april, how do others react to it members of the un and what the leadership of ukraine plans to do about this and other things , see in our story an evil and inappropriate joke on april 1, this is how most representatives of the world community reacted to the beginning during the russian presidency of the security council of the united nations during april, the main seat in the structure that should take care of peace in the world will be occupied by the representative of the country who is eager for this peace, and despite the fact that his functions will be regulated, members of other delegations expect that moscow will use this opportuni

russia assuming the presidency of the united nations security council. is there any mechanism to block russia from doing so? no there's really no mechanism to block russia from doing so, as you've already mentioned the presidency of the u. n. security council rotates among the 15 council members in english alphabetical order russia's turn now they'll have it for a month, and then it will pass on the switzerland but yet let me note that russia did have the council the last time in february of last year, the month when it launched this unprovoked invasion of ukraine that did not prevent the united nations members of the security council from roundly denouncing russia for its actions. so what powers or you know what? what role does the presidency of the of the u. n. security council play then. basically what the president does is chair that this session of the council. he will be the face at the council for the month of product for the month of april, will read statements that are agreed by the council. uh, and the presidency also has the right to the whole

my guest charles kapchon, the former chief director for european relations at the national security council of the unitedtes of america. i congratulate you on your continued protection of your citizens, because most of the victims are among national minorities, and this is because the mobilization is taking place from the regions furthest from moscow, why the kremlin carries out such ethnic cleansing. i think there are several reasons, first of all, everything depends on putin's preferences, namely to minimize the influence of those who support ethnic russian population and as a result somehow try to pretend again that this is a special military operation and he wants to collect more visas so that they go to the east of ukraine to the front and he calls on his own indigenous population as well as former prisoners and residents of bagneri to do so again he believes that this will reduce the impact of the war, the impact of the prize-giving , in fact, if only ethnic russians will be mobilized, and in particular, we understand that more men are mobilized in rural populations compared to urban ones. we under

the united nations security council held two separate meetings on syria and afghanistan, emphasizingsending of humanitarian aid to syria, especially after the earthquake, and asking the taliban to change their decision. self about banning women's work in afghanistan was the decision of this meeting. the report that the united nations undersecretary for humanitarian affairs gave to the security council indicates that 12 years of armed conflict has left the syrian people extremely vulnerable, destroying the infrastructure and economic pressures, and their conditions with the earthquake nearly three months ago has gotten worse. even before the earthquake, more than 500 million syrians were in need of humanitarian aid . unfortunately, humanitarian aid to syria is currently facing a severe lack of funding . what is the term of the russian representative in the security council? also because the united nations is reacting to the repeated attacks of the zionist regime on syrian territory, he criticized and said that russia is very worried about this, and despite the growing needs of the syr

united nations security council unanimously condemns the taliban for banning women from working for u. n. q one and ready for lift off african countries looked to space exploration to improve knives by corner. ah, to don's army and power military rapid support forces have agreed to extend a ceasefire, which was to expire at midnight local time for the truce will be extended by further 72 hours. you end the african union and the u. s. have all welcomed the move saying they hope it will lead to talks on a permanent end to hostilities. well, this is a scene right now in the capital a car team, whether unease continues thousands of tried to flee. since the conflict started nearly 2 weeks ago. al jazeera is here, morgan begins our coverage from cotton. while the focus right now by the international community and regional body seems to be on getting those 2 sides to stop fighting before turning to any site, any chances of talks. now the initiative or read the proposal by the regional into governmental authority for development was for both 5 percent envoys to the south to denise capital, ju

, for ah, ontario johnston, this is al jazeera alive from dough hollow, so coming up, united nations security council unanimously condemns the taliban for banning women from working for the un. former us vice president mike pence appears before a grand jury investigating donald trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 election results. thus, this line is over 300 vehicles in it and it's over kilometer. will tell you why cubans are being forced to q for days to fill up their cars. ah. to dawn's army and power military rapid support forces have agreed to extend the seas fought, which was to expire at midnight local time. the truce will be extended by further 72 hours. the you and the african union and the u. s. have all welcomed the move, saying they hope it will lead to talks and a permanent end to hostilities. i'll just hear him. morgan begins are coverage from cartoon. while the focus right now by the international community and regional body seems to be on getting those 2 sides to stop pointing before turning to any site, any chances of talks. now the initiative or read the proposal by the regional in

guest: well, of course, if russia is a permanent member of the security council of the united nationss much more important than the international criminal courts that, let's say, is not recognized by many other countries, including u.s. and china. security council is much more important than, let's say, general assembly that mostly makes just rhetorical declarations and nothing more. so definitely, it is important for the internal legitimacy of russian power inside russia. it is important for external legitimacy. russia is recognized by china, by india, by many arabic countries, by the global south, i would say, as a legitimate power of the world. and the war in the ukraine does not change it. it is necessary to understand and to and to admit that it will be necessary to have a deal with russia anyway, even after this military conflict is somehow resolved. nick: stanislav, i just wanted to ask you as well of what you made of what dimitri polansky said, the russian deputy permanent representative of the u.n., denying that this concept that russia was becoming a pariah at the united nat

and security of the region, violate lebanon's sovereignty and resolution 1701 of the united nations security council and the government of lebanon also sent a letter of complaint to the united nations security council after the zionist military launched a missile attack on the south of the country. the zionist settlement in the north of the occupied territories of rab and the panic of the zionists is covered by the report and let's see the al-alam network. look at this situation in the occupied palestinian territories after dozens of rockets were fired from the lebanese lands towards the angelin area in this land . most of these rockets hit zionist settlements in the north of the occupied territories, and as a result, several civilians were injured and many financial losses were caused to the cities. the zionist asked jalil to stay in safe areas. palestine is occupied by kurds while some security sources in iran announced that the palestinian groups are responsible for the rocket attacks from lebanon and the hezbollah movement was not responsible for the rockets. lebanon is dangerous and all parties

and security of the region and violating lebanon's sovereignty resolution 1701 of the united nations security council, the government of lebanon also sent a letter of complaint to the united nations security council after the zionist military launched a missile attack on the south of the country. stay in the north of the occupied territories, the fear and terror of the zionists, let's see the report from al-alam amralhi network . this is the situation in the occupied palestinian territories after dozens of rockets were fired from the lebanese lands towards the angelin area. in this series, the zionist army announced the iron dome system some rockets have been used, but most of these rockets hit the zionist settlements in the north of the occupied territories, and as a result, several cities were injured and many financial losses were caused to the settlements . to the reopening of the shelters in the northern settlements of occupied palestine, while some security sources in iran announced that palestinian groups are responsible for the rocket attacks from lebanon and that the hezbollah movement was n

united nations. keeps foreign minister polls at a slap in the face. but the united states says there is no way to stop russia taking over the presidency of the security council. also coming up on the show, death and destruction as storms tariff for several us states. arkansas declares an emergency after tornado strikes, leave a trail of destruction. and in sports are b, like say, get a rude awakening against mites. and we have lots more on a big day for the german blender sleeva. ah, hello, i'm glad richards and a very warm welcome to the show. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council, sparking furious reaction in ukraine. keeps a foreign minister to metro cool labor calls it a quote slap in the face for the international community. ukraine had urged members to block the move, but the u. s. says there is no mechanism for doing so. largely ceremonial role puts moscow in charge of setting the security council's agenda. well, mike martin is a former british army officer now with kings college london. he told me earlier, what the russian presidency of the security council is likely to mean for ukraine. i think the best

i think we're going to see a lot of walk outs in the, in the room where the united nations security council sits in new york is going to be, i think, quite a lot of shop confrontations for the time that russia chairs, the security council. constantine against d. w. russia. analysts joining us until near constantine. thank you so much. thank you. may well, there is no let up in the fighting and ukraine, but it appears russia is failing to make any significant progress. military analyst frank lead wage in oxford, england gave us his take on the situation. the ukrainians have been signaling a counter offensive as i get all your viewers will know for the last 6 months or so . certainly since september, the objective of which is to situate them so that they can begin to retake or situate them so they can re take their land including crimea. now they the declarations out of key ever been a bit less bullish over the last few weeks. because of course, the battle of battles and other battles out, the car and other places in the south have been raging and ukrainian, i think aren't necessarily confide

terry. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council, sparking a furious reaction in ukraine in his daily address, ukraine's president vladimir lansky deemed it absurd, and he called the council a bankrupt institution. he says it ought to be reformed, so as not to allow a terrorist state to disrupt peace. so landscape also called for russia to be held accountable for its actions in ukraine. meanwhile, on the front line, ukraine is managing to hold off russian troops. but civilians are still being urged to evacuate and look now at what people are going through in the city of d. f car, which has been left in ruins, driving through the budget streets in the eastern city of deep co. the police are looking for those who want to leave. would you put it behind several mahogany number for the last 4 months. this basement has been home to 73 year old. helena. but she's decided. it's time to go. no, i know the answer. oh she is my heart of wish i couldn't take it any more. our house is destroyed and i spent most of the time in the basement of building ever

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top story we're following for you. russia has taken over the rotating presidency of the united nations security council, sparking furious reaction in ukraine. president, vomiting resolutions. he has condemned the change as absurd as your news update. our coming up next world stories reports from ukraine, france and italy for that or check out our website, d, w dot com for more analysis. thanks for watching. a thought they were great able to imagine how many portions of love are now in the world. climate change off the story. this is my plan, the way from just one week. how much was going to really get we still have time to go. i'm doing all with this week on world stories. italy, the efforts to curb illegal coral poaching. friends, the michelin chef helping refugees get a new start. we begin in ukraine where the russian invasion has left behind wreckage, but also weapons and personal items are russian soldiers. now becoming popular collectors, items yearly know what the ankle has been receiving some unusual parcels with her with her vis, belong to a russian soldier. wellness. it smells terrible. it sep

i think we're going to see a lot of walk outs in the, in the room where the united nations security council sits in new york is going to be, i think, quite a lot of shop confrontations for, for the time that russia chairs, the security council, konstantin, against dw russia analysts joining us from finance concert in thank you so much. thank you. this conscription comes as russia fails to make any significant advances in ukraine. military analyst a frank lead, which and oxford gave us his take on the situation on the ground, the ukrainian just to situate them so they can begin to retake or situate them so they can re take their land including crimea. now they, the declarations are clear for been a bit less bullish over the last few weeks because of course, the battle apartments and other battles of the current other places in the south have been raging and ukrainian. so i think aren't necessarily confident. am i going to get all the equipment i need to carried out? the bottom line is, the takeaway is that both sides have taken huge losses over the winter. neither has made any significant ga

i think we're going to see a local walk outs in the are in the room where the united nations security council sits in new york is going to be, i think, quite a lot of shop confrontations for the time that russia chairs, the security, the goals are constantine egrets, dw russia. analysts joining us when finance concept in. thank you so much. thank you. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. he was present. joe biden has called on russia to release a wall street journal reporter being held on spying charges. but mine has rejected calls from the papers editors to expel russian diplomats. journalists ever gush cabbage denies espionage. pub francis says he will lead easter celebrations at the vatican. the 86 year old pontiff has left hospital after a 3 day stay. he was treated for bronchitis. while there he visited a children's cancer ward and baptized a baby. british travellers heading to france for the easter holidays are facing long queues at the port of dover. authorities are blaming the back lock on lengthy french border checks. french officials say t

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foreign ministry informed that the head of the foreign ministry will chair meetings of the united nations security councilwo days and will also meet with its secretary general antonio guteris lavrov will take part in open debate on the protection of principles, the un charter tomorrow the discussion will be devoted to the middle east issues. the minister flew to the united states without the journalistic pool . america did not issue visas to representatives of our media, the head of the russian foreign ministry called such behavior by the states stupid and promised that moscow would not forget or forgive this quote. the topic of revising state borders in the context of the ukrainian crisis is becoming more and more acute for the leadership of poland, this was stated by the head of the russian foreign intelligence service , according to sergei naryshkin, the poles have long are striving for a geopolitical redistribution and the seizure of the western territories of ukraine, along with this, anti-german sentiments are intensifying in warsaw, including fears that berlin will make claims over its former terri

coming from the us state department, which will be suppressed and hacked finally and the united nations security council strengthen on the planet multipolar world order, the united nations organization with its glorious role, how did it come about in unreality? from our point of view, he must certainly remain the pinnacle of the world political hierarchy of the multipolar political hierarchy, and this speech of the russian foreign minister on the site was clearly decomposed. you have already mentioned the activities of the liberal democratic party in new regions, in particular, a regional branch has been opened in the kherson region, in general, as far as i understand, there is a representation of the party. now in all new, and the party in the new regions will pay attention. natalia created a regional branch of the party in donetsk , lugansk, zaporizhia, now in kherson, we have 89 branches focused on people. uh, there are very uh, many. unfortunately, they still experience serious social problems. let's, uh , remember that uh in particular, if we talk about uh kherson, then try to work. uh , on the lef

. >> russia's war in ukraine, brazil abstained from a united nations security council vote condemning actions in ukraine and they have refused to send arms. he has positioned himself as a pragmatist. a tough balance to strike. he needs washington support for his plans to combat climate change. he is prioritizing china imported goods from brazil. when he visited beijing, they are set to sign at least 20 agreements in areas including health, education, finance and technology. >> it is believed president's visit will open up any future and promote the comprehensive strategic partnership between china and brazil to a new level. >> russia's foreign minister is scheduled to present -- visit brazil later this month. getting back on the world stage, a juggling act. >> what has he achieved? >> with the attacks on january 8, this was a way in which you have a united front, pro-democracy with people from all of the states in brazil supporting him. one of the things we can list his multiple accomplishments as a priority politically and economically with a focus on climate, a few trips for main tr

russia's presidency of this council, the dangers of weapons exports in west asia, the security council the united nations consists of 15 member countries, and russia, along with china, the united states and france, is one of the five permanent members of the security council. the concern of the chinese government's access to users' data has banned the use of this social network in the united states, the united kingdom, norway, and the european parliament. the chinese government has not asked them to access user data . as a result of overcrowding in pakistan, 11 people, including several women and children , died, and 10 people were injured. karachi in southern pakistan and the pakistani media reports that the electric shock and the accumulation of water in the place of distribution of public aid are the cause of the accident and there is a possibility of an increase in the number of victims. most of the victims of corona in the world last night were germany with 125 feet, followed by france and the united states. it is in order and 951 are to be found. russia also had the highest number of people infecte

united nations security council has unanimously condemned the taliban administration in afghanistan, for banning women from working for the un. security council is called for swift reverse law. the decision is mainly been as well in migrants, has broken through police lines to force their way into peru there demanding to be allowed to travel north from chile and with the venezuelan economy, showing some signs of improvement. many not want to return 33 soldiers have been killed and dozens more injured in an attack in burkina faso. the government says it happened in the eastern province of the night. now the incident comes just days are for at least 50 civilians were shot dead in a north of the country by men wearing military uniforms. former us vice president mike pence has appeared before a grand jury investigating a general 6 insurrection. fragile investigators are looking into former president donald trump's efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. on wednesday, a federal appeals court rejected an emergency attempt by trump to stop, hence testify. adam fisher has more

that it's become really bold in acting unilaterally on its own and circumventing the united nations security council when it comes to bombing other countries. that don't adhere to the western agenda, like for example, serbia and libya just to name a couple. one member of the hungarian national assembly expressed concerns today about what sin wins, inclusion could mean for peace and stability. if finland joins nature, this will increase the possibility of an escalation, as well as the risk of a direct armed conflict between the nato members state and russia. nato is participating in a game that the u. s. is playing beyond the borders of the alliance. the u. s. is using ukraine as a puppet. in reality, it's not in the interest of the e. u to support the ukranian conflict and the sanction regime against russia. however, there is a bloodthirsty atmosphere of war among e, you politicians, finland, being a member of the european union, has also recently joined the chorus of western voices rationing up the pro war rhetoric against russia. and that's a new position for europe actually, which over the past f

council. he said the world's system was evaporating before our eyes. >> now, the united nations centered systemfound crisis whose root cause was the desire of some members of our organization to replace international law and the united nations charger with a certain rules-based order. nobody has seen these rules. there were not the subject of transparent international negotiations. reporter: but western diplomats said the decision to call this meeting about the defense of the founding charter was cynical. the u.s. ambassador said it was pressure that had violated the charter by invading ukraine. she had come to the meeting accompanied by the sister of paul whelan who has been imprisoned in russia for over four years. >> russia, the convene are of today's meeting, invaded its neighbors in ukraine and struck at the heart of the un charter. an russia time and time again has violated universal human rights and fundamental freedoms of outside and inside its own borders. >> paul was a corporate security director. he had a job he loved, a home, a life of hope and opportunity. all that has been taken a