he s around the headlines. human rights watch is released in 2023 report looking at the conditions of human rights and more than a 100 countries. it says unchecked power across the world is leading to abuses and violations. a lot of the focus of this press, sir, that is still ongoing right now, has been on the human rights situation in asia. given that this presser is, are happening still ongoing in this region. and in fact, during the opening statement of asia director, elaine pearson, the 1st name that she mentioned was marcus. of course, the current president of the philippines is fred, in and bonbon marcus junior. and she was, of course, alluding to the election of the current president and alluding to the return to power off the market says the father of the president is ferdinand mark a senior. he was president of the philippines for more than 20 years. the u. s. in japan of announced plans to expand military cooperation, calling china the greatest security challenge in
this is al jazeera, these, the top stories, rushes appointed, its highest ranking general to oversee its military campaign in ukraine. for larry grass, im off is chief of staff of the armed forces. the defense ministry says the changes will increase the effectiveness of how its operation is managed. ukraine says the fighting over the eastern towns of black mountain solid are the bloodiest battles of the war. so far. russian forces led by mercenaries from the wagner group have been trying to seize control of the area for months. flights are resuming in the us after a technical glitch saw thousands of planes grounded for hours problem is being blamed on a computer outage. at the federal aviation administration, heidi joe castro has more from arlington virginia. this was in a system that is critical for safety breathings the most up to date information on flight paths and runway conditions, et cetera that pilots look at right before they take off. and for some reason that is sti
so since really may the ukrainians have had momentum on their side. they ve been sessing the pace of the war they re afraid, and the right to be afraid. as a result of a stripe by 4 missiles, with a high explosive war head on a temporary deployment point, 63 russian service men were killed. and as we ve seen that been 3 major russians allows various, as they previously held, then not take a single year from ukraine, they ll not take our independence will give them nothing. now it s very clear that was going to go on well in 2023 also coming up tens of thousands head to the vatican to paid their last respects to former po benedict. in 2013, he became the 1st pontiff to resign in hundreds of years. i or too old fashion with the right direction for the catholic church. but it said he was the leader. so, but i would say that it was, this is, he was not afraid to face the questions of today. he was, he was very open and in that regard, welcome to the show. russia has admitted suff
ah so since really may the ukrainians have had momentum on their side. they ve been sessing the pace of the war. they re afraid, their right to be afraid. as a result of a stripe by 4 missiles, with a high explosive war head on a temporary deployment point, 163 russian service men were killed. and as we ve seen that been 3 major russians allows various, as they previously health, and then not take a single year from ukraine, will not take our independence will give them nothing. now it s very clear that was going to go on well in 2023. also coming up tens of thousands head to the vatican to paid their last respects to former pope benedict and 2013. he became the 1st pontiff to resign in hundreds of years. i or too old fashioned in the right direction for the catholic church. but it said he was the leader. so, but i would say that it was, this is he was not afraid to face the questions of today. he was very open and in that regard, ah, welcome to the show. russia has admitted
so since really may the ukrainians have had momentum on their side. they ve been sessing the pace of the war they re afraid, and their right to be afraid. as a result of a strike by 4 missiles with a high explosive war head on a temporary deployment point, 163 russian service men were killed. and as we ve seen that been 3 major russians allow, varies as they previously health. and then not take a single year from ukraine, they ll not take our independence will give them nothing. now it s very clear that was going to go on well in 2023. also coming up tens of thousands head to the vatican to paid their last respects to former pope benedict and 2013. he became the 1st pontiff to resign in hundreds of years. i or too old fashion with the right direction for the catholic church. but it said he was the leader. so, but i would say that it was, this is he was not afraid to face the questions of today. he was very open in that regard. welcome to the show. russia has admitted sufferin