This week is Alexander Downer form Australian Foreign minister and now the countrys high commissioner here in london how does he justify a policy so widely condemned around the world. Alexander downer welcome to convince us thank you two months ago australia got what it lobbied so long and hard for a seat on the Un Human Rights Council in after years of sustained pressure over your own human rights record but you continue to brush off all criticism that you. Well were quite happy to answer any allegations that are made just that were very happy to stand up for ourselves but the record is i mean we had the last Prime Minister tony abbott saying we sure are strains were sick of being lectured by the us where the current immigration minister peter dutton is on record is calling the whole periodic review process of fast you dont take kindly to criticism well i think if people dish it out to you theyve got to expect to generate a debate they cant expect us just compliantly to agree with eve
In iraq and its continuing push for independence there. Now were getting reports at least three turkish soldiers have been killed and several others injured in a bombing in the southeast of the country local media reporting the blast took place in the us a covert district in the how khary province near the border with iran Turkish Security officials are blaming the Kurdish Workers Party or p. K. K. For the attack. Now a draft u. N. Report has added saudi arabia to the blacklist for the killing and maiming of children in yemen a confidential draft attributed six hundred eighty three child casualties to the saudi Led Military Coalition in two thousand and sixteen along with dozens of attacks on schools and hospitals in notes the coalition has put measures in place to improve Child Protection saudi un ambassador declined to comment on the report until it is officially released the Un Human Rights Committee says the abuse of range of women and children in myanmar could be crimes against hu
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Because their neighbor is rich and for those civilians who have been killed for no reason just you know sitting at home i fight a lot of airstrikes attacked your home so you have over Twelve Thousand civilians who have lost their lives and thats millions of families was suffering because they lost a loved one and they would even want to see justice if not by the regional countries by the expressions of unity i came im sorry thank you very much the human post. Plenty ahead on the news hour hand clothing today after a massive protest procession in peace and catalonia meet to discuss whats next and the move to break away from spain. I think its clear to me that the i. S. I. Has connections with with terrorist groups top u. S. General accuses pakistans main spy agency of links with armed groups. And a tennis turn around for the world number one is rafael nadal survives a scare as first back to the west hoping details coming up the sport will. Go back to our top story now they were head to
Sixty minutes. Here in experts say attacks against women and children and me and more may amount to crimes against humanity. The gunmen purchase rifles shotguns and pistols new details emerge about the gunman who killed fifty eight people in Las Vegas Police say he set up surveillance cameras in the hotel. Project the kurdish referendum and al to Work Together to ease tensions in the region. And the ports that the u. N. Proposes to add saudi arabia to a blacklist for killing and maiming children and young men. It is being called the worlds Fastest Growing refugee crisis and now a Un Human Rights Committee says crimes against humanity may have occurred since late september over half a million refugees fled violence and mars for kind state the un has been calling for proper investigations of stories of abuse of women and children continue to emerge Human Rights Watch report now says myanmars military executed several dozen muslims on august twenty seventh witnesses say soldiers beat sexu