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U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki Moon warns Burundi is teetering on the brink of civil war. Paul Chapman reports.
The United States says that Sudan's rival forces have both committed war crimes in their brutal conflict, accusing the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces of ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. The two sides "must end this brutal conflict... must comply with their obligations under international humanitarian law, international human rights law," says State Department spokesman Matthew Miller. SOUNDBITE
UN chief Antonio Guterres warns that he fears the likelihood of further escalation in the Russia-Ukraine conflict means the world is heading towards a "wider war." "The prospects for peace keep diminishing. The chances of further escalation and bloodshed keep growing," he added as explained his 2023 priorities plan to the UN General Assembly. SOUNDBITE
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov meet in Geneva in an urgent bid for a solution over Ukraine, with the United States increasingly worried that Russia will invade despite warnings of severe reprisals. IMAGES
Sheba (Golan Heights), Aug 17 (EFE) .- (Camera: Sara Gómez Armas) The serious political and economic crisis in Lebanon has fueled instability in the border with Israel, which fears that the situation will lead to another war with the Shiite Hezbollah militia controlling the area, where armed Palestinian factions are also gaining strength.FOOTAGE OF THE LEBANON-ISRAEL BORDER, OF FARMS IN SHEBA, ISRAELI SOLDIERS ACCESSING A MILITARY BASE.SOUNDBITES OF AMNON SHEFLER, SPOKESMAN OF THE ISRAELI ARMY
U.S. President Barack Obama attends an outdoor arrival ceremony in heavy rain, as the first sitting U.S. president to visit Laos. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).