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An Argentine ex-police officer linked to the murder of hundreds of people during the country's "dirty war" arrives at the Buenos Aires airport, after France extradited him to face trial over the disappearance of a student. +COMPLETE DOPESHEET TO FOLLOW+ IMAGES
U.S. President Barack Obama says the United States was too slow to condemn human rights violations during Argentina's past dictatorship, as he honors victims of the country's so-called 'Dirty War.' Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
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
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa accuses Israel of war crimes and "genocide" in Gaza, as he chaired an extraordinary summit of the BRICS group of nations on Tuesday. Pretoria is hosting a virtual meeting of BRICS, a group of major emerging economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, aimed at drawing up a common response to the Israel-Hamas conflict. IMAGES
"We are concerned that war crimes are being committed. We are concerned about the collective punishment of Gazans in response to the atrocious attacks by Hamas, which also amounted to war crimes," UN human rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani says during a press conference in Geneva. SOUNDBITE
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).
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