the head of the united nations antonio good ted has has called for an independent investigation into saudi led coalition airstrikes on thursday that hit a school bus in a market in northern yemen dozens were killed many of them children the western backed alliance fighting against the rebels accused of using children as human shields. palestinian officials say israel and hamas have agreed on a truce to end fighting in gaza earlier israel had launched air strikes against gaza killing three palestina.

the head of the united nations antonio good ted has has called for an independent investigation into saudi led coalition airstrikes on thursday that hit a school bus in a market in northern yemeni officials say israel and hamas have agreed on a truce to end fighting in gaza earlier israel had launched air strikes against gaza killing three palestinians.

the head of the united nations antonio good ted has has called for an independent investigation into saudi led coalition airstrikes on thursday that hit a school bus in a market in northern yemen dozens were killed many of them children the western backed alliance fighting against the rebels accuse the cooties of using children as human shields. palestinian officials say israel and hamas have agreed on a truce to end fighting in gaza earlier israel had launched air strikes against gaza killing three palace to.

the head of the united nations antonio has has called for an independent investigation into saudi led coalition airstrikes on thursday that hit a school bus in a market in northern yemen dozens were killed many of them children the western backed alliance fighting against the rebels accused of using children as human shields. palestinian officials say israel and hamas have agreed on a truce to end fighting in gaza earlier israel had launched air strikes against gaza killing three palestinian.

the head of the united nations antonio good ted has has called for an independent investigation into saudi led coalition airstrikes on thursday that hit a school bus in a market in northern yemen dozens were killed many of them children the western backed alliance fighting against the rebels accused of using children as human shields. palestinian officials say israel and hamas have agreed on a truce to end fighting in gaza earlier israel had launched air strikes against gaza killing three palace.

the head of the united nations antonio good ted has has called for an independent investigation into a saudi led coalition airstrikes on thursday that hit a school bus in a market in northern yemen dozens were killed many of them children the western backed alliance fighting against the rebels accuse the cooties of using children as human shields. palestinian officials say israel and hamas have agreed on a truce to end fighting in gaza earlier israel had launched air strikes against gaza killing three palestinian.

the united nations secretary general, antonio guterres, has urged the people of zimbabwe to exercise three people were killed during violence in the capital, harare. the ruling party, zanu—pf, won the parliamentary vote in monday's general election. however, the opposition party the mdc alliance is claiming that vote was rigged. the result of the presidential poll has yet to be announced. 0ur africa correspondent nomsa maseko is in harare. just bring us right up to date. we saw those images of considerable violence. what is the situation now? there was indeed violence yesterday afternoon here on the streets of harare, as youths supporting the opposition party movement for democratic change took to the streets saying that they were demonstrating because they think that the election has been rigged. at this moment here in harare it is quiet, it is calm. a police are still out there on the streets. the military has still not returned to the barracks. also there was a press briefing, a late—night press briefing, a late—night press briefing, either minister in charge of police yesterday,

security council met to discuss this report, which is the strongest yet out of the united nations, and the secretary general antoniot the security council should seriously consider the conclusions in these reports. he said that accountability was necessary for any kind of reconciliation, and for stability in the region. and so, he really outlined what still needs to be done to get this crisis to be resolved. it is clear that conditions are not yet met for the safe, voluntary, dignified, and sustainable return of rohingya refugees to their places of origin or choice. and i ask members of the security council tojoin me in urging the myanmar authorities to co—operate with the united nations and to ensure immediate, unimpeded, and effective access for its agencies and partners. we must also continue to press for the release ofjournalists who have been arrested for reporting on this tragedy. well, myanmar‘s representative was also speaking to council members. myanmar has denied ethnic cleansing, they say that their operation was in response to an attack from rohingya rebels. he, in the council, again said that there wer

which is the strongest yet pa rt report, which is the strongest yet part of the united nations and the secretary general antonios said that the security council should seriously consider the conclusions in these reports. he said that accountability was necessary for any kind of reconciliation, and for stability in the region. and so he really outlined what still needs to be done to get this crisis to be resolved. it is clear that conditions are not yet met for the safe, voluntary, dignified and sustainable return of rohingya refugees to their places of origin or choice. and i asked members of the security council to join me in urging the myanmar authorities to co—operate with united nations and to ensure an immediate and unimpeded access for the united nations and its partners. we must also continue to press for the rights of —— visas of journalists who have been at deported for reporting on this tragedy. cate blanchett was also in the un's security council. the actor is an ambassador for the un's refugee agency and she was making impassioned plea on behalf of the refugees she met. she travelled to bangladesh a

united nations, u.n. secretary-general antonio guterres is urging serious consideration of a new u.n. report that called for burma's military commander-in-chief and other generals be tried for genocide for their targeting of rohingya muslims. >> accountability is essential between all ethnic groups and is a prerequisite for security. regrettatably, myanmar has refud to cooperate, despite repeated calls to do so, including by members of this council. amy: meanwhile, displaced rohingyas have welcomed the u.n. report saying that burmese officials must be held acaccountable. >> the military commititted most of the torturere and are also border guards and police -- actually, alll of the government forces committtted all sorts of totorture on us. they raped to our women, killed even killedbullets, small children, burned our houses, and now there is no place to stay. we have nothing, so we d demando the u.n. that they give us justice. we need our citizenship back. amy: the indian government has conducted raids across india this week targeting prominent humaman rights activists, wywyes and cr

antonio guterres. i expect we will hear from united nations official steering this morning.s has only broken in the last few minutes that the secretary general of the united nations, during a period which included the run—up to the iraq invasion by the us—led coalition, has died, aged 80. mr annan suggested that the iraq invasion had been a legal under international law, a position that has always been disputed by the british government. kofi annan was a former head of un peacekeeping operations, a role which brought to public prominence although it provoked criticism that he had perhaps not done enough to deal with problems including the abuse of people buy some peacekeepers who were accused of sexual indiscretions while they were on peacekeeping duties. he always maintained that he had investigated allegations of that kind, although accepting that there were failings by the united nations organisation over the years. there was also controversy over the years. there was also c0 ntrove i’sy over over the years. there was also controversy over the oil for food programme, doin

the first black african ecretary-general current secretary-general antonio guterres said in a statement that "annan was the united nations" and "was a guiding force for good." annan led global development t he also clashed with the to u.s. over the invasion of iraq in 2003, which was launched without authorization from the u. security council. after leaving the u.n. in 2007, annan remained involved in diplomatic efforts, including serving as an envoy in syria in 2012. the newshour's jeffrey brown talked with him about the united nation's role in 2012 after the publication of the former secretary-general's memoir. >> we have a spegoat... a scapegoat role, if you wish, and an alibi role. when things are really desperate and hopeless and you can't do anything about this, and there's a sense that something must be done, that is something that usually leads to the u.n. you dump it on the u.n., and you, as a member state, you have done something. it's those incompetent people at the u.n.iv who are not ding. no. and my predecessor, boutros, used to say the letters "s.g." doesn't stand for "secretary- b genera "scapegoat." >> sr

paying tribute, the organisation's current head, antonio guterres, said that in many ways, kofi annan was the united nations teams in the indian state of kerala are still trying to reach thousands of people marooned by the severe monsoon flooding. it's the area's worst flooding for a century. italy's president has led thousands of mourners at a state funeral in genoa for many of the victims of the motorway bridge collapse. ministers are considering introducing a new plastics tax for items such as takeaway boxes and coffee cups after a government consultation on how to reduce plastic waste received a record response from the public. thank you for your company this morning. we will have the afternoon's means. —— afternoon's news. now on bbc news — more from the money and power season, which looks at how money, and its power, shapes and reshape our lives. this week's programme profiles the lives of three entrepreneurs on their way — back from the brink. they say that to be a successful entrepreneur, you have to experience failure. thomas edison, considered the greatest inventor of his time, went through 10,000

it is the independent investigation that the united nations has called for a stand right now any movement on the. so far we haven't but the us a general antonio guterres was cut to go to court not only did he ask for the investigation he said it's hard to be independent of course the sodium about equalisation themselves often. to the as they say they investigate every aspect they carry out but from past experience a very investigation of this exonerated them or any. issues to relating to or any mistakes relating to the right the international aid agency save the children calls yemen the last place to be a child in the world and you can is it a understand how that is when you look at pictures of the immediate aftermath of the bike on the market in which those children were killed children some of them missing limbs lying everything under the wreckage of the bus they were all on the rescue workers taking children with blood on their faces and reeling from shock to nearby trucks taking them to hospital then that awful picture we saw about father going through the mungo wreckage of the bus looking for his child and when not when he did not find i

now the united nations secretary general has suggested deploying un mandated peace troops saw. service to protect palestinian civilians antonio guterres has been told to find ways to shield people from what's being described as excessive and indiscriminate force by the israeli military doesn't jordan has more from the u.n. in new york. the u.n. general assembly ordered the secretary general and tonio good tenors to come up with the report of recommendations so that there could be new ways or perhaps a reinforcement of old ways of protecting palestinian civilians in the ongoing dispute with the israeli government the recommendations for coming from the secretary general are for the first would be increasing the number of you would personnel in the occupied palestinian territories in order to help palestinian civilians improve their quality of life the second recommendation is essentially more money for u.n. and other governmental organization programs to improve health care education and the economy in the occupied territories the last two recommendations from a terrorist would need a security council resolution and indorsemen

the nobel peace prize jointly with the united nations in two thousand and one for their work towards a more peaceful world by the current u.n. secretary general antonio he's voices sorry at the news he said in the statement kofi annan was a guiding force for good it is with profound sadness that i learned of his passing in many ways kofi annan was. the united nations now we can speak to stefan de jour it choose spokesman for the u.n. secretary general and stefan you you actually worked with kofi annan as well what with other united nations secretary generals how do you think kofi annan will be remembered yes sir i had the honor of work. and it. gave me your first thought that. i think cokie will be remembered as the burning of . the church united nations in the new century. the united states you point. you can bet. you with american educated until the very end you know the moment passed away to yield for the next day should bear in war and the stefan of coal he said on multiple occasions that during all of his years at the u.n. not as a sect in general it must be said that his greatest regret perhaps was nine hundred ninety four and rwanda. yes i thi

nobel peace prize jointly with the united nations in two thousand and one for their work towards a more peaceful world now the current u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists has voiced his sorrow at the news that is passed away in a statement he said. it was a guiding force for good it is with profound sadness that i learned of his passing in many ways was the united nations. deputy secretary general of the united nations i mean the mohammed joins me now on the line from nigeria good to have you with us live on al-jazeera this mohammed your reaction to the news of kofi death. stakes credibility cups a little speeches karen strange. but quite surreal to to even talk about kofi annan and. credibly. tragic it was a very sudden illness and certainly there were no indications that he was ill but you worked with this man or you worked alongside him. generally as a politician as a diplomat he had a way of maneuvering very difficult subjects a very difficult scenario as it is tenure as secretary general what did you learn from him as of the first secretary. all i have to say is my first meeting with the cochairman was when i or in nigeria was tryi

antonio guterres is doing the same. but we need the united states to get on board with that and they don't all agree, there are national,nd, thank you. one of the best images doing the rounds —— imaging folks —— imogen foulkes, thank you. one of the best images which also illustrates the sense of humour of kofi annan is when he appeared on sesame street and was attempting to reconcile differences between two of the characters there! a massive relief operation is under way in southern india to help hundreds of thousands left homeless by the worst floods in the area in 100 years. the south western state of kerala has been most severely hit. at least 171 people have died there in the last ten days. katy austin reports. rain comes to kerala every year. not like this. people are walking miles to safety through what officials say are the worst floods for a century. translation: after 36 years, it is the first time that such flooding is happening here. it is a disaster for the whole population. a third more rainfall than usual has fallen this season, with devastating effects. boats and helicopters are being used to rescue peop

the head of the united nations antonio good ted has has called for an independent investigation into a saudi led coalition airstrikes on thursday that hit a school bus in a market in northern yemen dozens were killed many of them children the western backed alliance fighting against the rebels accuse the cooties of using children as human shields. palestinian officials say israel and hamas have agreed on a truce to end fighting in gaza earlier israel had launched air strikes against gaza killing three palestinians including a pregnant woman and a child the strikes were in retaliation against dozens of rockets fired by hamas into israeli territory over one hundred fifty people have been killed along the gaza border since march. moscow says it's considering how to retaliate against fresh sanctions from washington the u.s. state department announced the punitive measures in connection with the poisoning of former double agent set against st paul and his daughter yulia in britain the u.s. and the u.k. say russia was responsible which the kremlin denies. testers in argentina have clashed