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A decision by the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court to authorize an investigation into alleged war crimes in Afghanistan is "reckless," says US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. "This is a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable, political institution masquerading as a legal body," Pompeo says during a news conference at the State Department in Washington. SOUNDBITE
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
Smoke billows over Gaza City at the end of the 23rd day of the war as fighting continues in the enclave after Hamas militants launched a surprise attack on Israel, killing at least 1,400 people, mostly civilians, according to Israeli officials. Since the 7 October attack, more than 8,000 Palestinians have been killed in Israel's relentless retaliatory bombardment, half of them children, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-run Gaza Strip. 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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