Anger and frustration in the u. S. Over the decision not to charge any policeman over the killing of brianna taylor. And protests in Southern France over coronavirus restrictions but the governments warning of tough times ahead as the flu season combines with a spike in infections. And im peter standing with the sports including a big win for the l. A. Lakers in the n. B. A. Playoffs bron james and his teammates beat the Denver Nuggets to move just one game away from the finals. Top story he served as mollys defense minister and is a retired colonel now. Is the interim president he was sworn in just within the last couple of hours or so his inauguration comes 5 weeks after the military ousted the former president and. Will serve as president for a maximum term of 18 months until nationwide elections are held in the regional bloc of West African States has been mediating the crisis they are expected to decide later on friday whether to lift sanctions imposed after that coup. Sue me. But
Its 1300 hours james a little after 9 am in new york where the United Nations Security Council is about to hold its open session on the Israeli Palestinian conflict the issue though is the land specifically israels plans to an excess palestinian territory in the occupied west Bank Something the United Nations is urging israel to a band so we got special coverage on this news and analysis of course of the Security Council meeting with correspondents in west jerusalem and the Jordan Valley as well as of course the United Nations in new york a diplomatic editor james bays is there for us james take us through whats expected today. Well it will start we think in the next few minutes what we know is that this meeting is the regular monthly meeting of the u. N. Security council on the israeli and palestinian issue however its been upgraded this month because of the issue of an exception so ministers can take part and we know that ministers from a number of the Security Council countries will
A plant. Pulling out thousands caught in the flood waters of chinas 100 provinces back on high alert after battling the corona virus outbreak. The u. N. Secretary general has warned that the conflict in libya has entered a new phase with foreign interference reaching unprecedented levels until hugo chavez was addressing a virtual session of the Security Council on the violence the head of the session russias foreign minister said hes in talks with his counterparts in turkey about a possible ceasefire this isnt the 1st time that a cease fire has been proposed while Khalifa Haftar said he would consider one after his forces began losing their major strongholds the libyan conflict has been fueled by a number of International Backers the u. N. Recognize government in tripoli has been backed by turkey all huffed are has had support from russia egypt and the u. A. E. Hes not on our side in libya. The conflict theres a new phase foreign interference reaching and dissident levels very concerne
Central base. Ok, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We said we would start on time at 11 15. It is 11 14. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to those of you in the room and those following online following the initial launch of the International Centre for the prosecution of crimes of aggression here at eurojust. There will be short introductions held by the european commissioner for justice, the president of eurojust, the prosecutor general of ukraine, the prosecutor of the International Criminal court , and the assistant attorney general of the United States. We have already sent out the press release and you have it here. A recording of this press conference will be available afterwards on our Youtube Channel as well as a recording of the formal logic event. If you want to ask questions afterwards, for those of you following online, you can do so by using the chat option. I would like to give the floor first of all to the commissioner. Thank you very much. Very proud to be here today
Officials talk about the newly established International Center for the prosecution of crimes of aggression. They discussed the importance of holding perpetrators in the russian invasion of ukraine accountable and in other conflicts and hope to act as a central base. Ok, good morning, ladies and gentlemen. We said we would start on time at 11 15. It is 11 14. Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to those of you in the room and those following online following the initial launch of the International Centre for the prosecution of crimes of aggression here at eurojust. There will be short introductions held by the european commissioner for justice, the president of eurojust, the prosecutor general of ukraine, the prosecutor of the International Criminal court , and the assistant attorney general of the United States. We have already sent out the press release and you have it here. A recording of this press conference will be available afterwards on our Youtube Channel as well as a recording of