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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
Palestinian foreign minister Riyad al-Maliki accuses Israel of "war crimes" at a UN Security Council session after its nearly week-long offensive. "Some may not want to use these words -- war crimes and crimes against humanity -- but they know they are true," Maliki tells the virtual session on the crisis. SOUNDBITE
Palestinian representatives deliver to U.N. documents to join the International Criminal Court. Rough Cut (no reporter narration).
People hold banners and chant slogans as they take to Islamabad's streets to mark International Women's Day in Pakistan. Many of the demonstrators were also marching in support of Palestinians. IMAGES
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
"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