Welcome to World News America in the uk, On Pbs and around the globe. The ethiopian government has called on the African Union to immediately stop an inquiry into Human Rights Abuses in tigray. Almost eight months of conflict have devastated the region. Despite repeated calls by the international community to end the hostilities, the fighting continues and Aid Agencies cannot reach all those in need. The United Nations warns that the area is in imminent danger of famine unless drastic measures are taken. The bbc s Kalkidan Yibeltal has travelled to tigray and sent us this report. This boy has had Heart Problems since he was a child. He needed constant medical attention. But as tigray s war raged, it became difficult to find care and food. Translation we had medical appointments but roads were closed due to The War so we had to walk for three days without food. This affected my son a lot. Before The War we had hospitals and health centres. Since it started we literally had nothing. A0 m
People in the country. Often, those people are former leader is facing charges they may have done before, during, or after they were in office. And across the world, and all kinds of places in legal systems they do successfully need out justice to those people. Example, right now in france former President Sarkozy is facing a year in jail for corruption. Hes been convicted of trying to bribe a judge. Former korean President Park Gun hey is currently in Prison Serving A 20 Year Sentence for Corruption And Abuse of power. In 2019, israeli prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was indicted on charges. His trial is still ongoing. In fact, his predecessor served 16 months in prison after being convicted of Bribery And Obstruction of justice. Of course former italian prime minister perhaps the closest contemporary analog to former President Donald Trump was convicted of Tax Fraud in 2012. He received a four Year Sentence which he did not actually end up having to serve. And yet, in the United St
i m sick and tired of ordinary people being fleeced. some companies say bring it on. others are upset. i ll talk to the deputy secretary of the treasury, wally adeyemo, about that, infrastructure and much more. then, can the u.s. and iran get back to the negotiating table to talk about the nuclear deal? well, the first steps in the process actually happened this week in vienna. we ll have a debate on whether the u.s. should even reengage. also, the incredibly awkward game of musical chairs in turkey this week that left one female official without a seat. what that scene says about turkey s continuing slide away from democracy. but first here is my take. a few months after covid-19 burst onto the world stage, it is clear why some countries were doing well and some poorly. places with strong effective governments china, taiwan, singapore, uae and germany and places with dysfunctional bureaucracies. america, britain, italy, brazil, did poorly. but now one year into the
the united states has issued a stern warning to myanmar s military leaders of more sanctions if killing of unarmed protesters and attacks on journalists and activists continue. earlier in myanmar, the deposed leader aung san suu kyi, appeared via videolink in court and was told she faces fresh charges. it s the first time her lawyers had seen her since the military seized power on the 1st of february, detaining many government leaders. since then there ve been widespread protests with security forces responding with increasing force this weekend at least 18 protestors were killed. here s what the state department had to say. we condemn burmese security forces s brutal killing of unarmed people, its attacks on journalists and activists, and ongoing unjust detentions. the united states, in close co ordination with our partners and allies, we have made clear to the burmese military that violence against the people of burma is abhorrent. the recent escalation and tactics by sec
hello to you. the united states has issued a stern warning to myanmar s military leaders of more sanctions if troops carry on killing unarmed protesters and attacking journalists and activists. the deposed civilian leader, aung san suu kyi, has appeared via videolink in court in myanmar. she now faces fresh charges. it s the first time her lawyers have seen her since the military seized power on february 1st detaining many government leaders. since then there ve been widespread protests, security forces responding with increasing force. this weekend they killed at least 18 protesters. here s what the us state department had to say. we condemn burmese security forces brutal killing of unarmed people, its attacks on journalists and activists, and ongoing unjust detentions. the united states, in close co ordination with our partners and allies, we have made clear to the burmese military that violence against the people of burma is abhorrent. the recent escalation and tactics