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UN humanitarian chief: Security Council ignoring carnage in Syria

The UN's humanitarian chief accuses the Security Council of ignoring carnage in northwestern Syria, saying that Russian and Syrian forces are carrying out a scorched earth policy.

The UN's humanitarian chief has accused the Security Council of ignoring carnage in northwestern Syria, saying that Russian and Syrian forces are carrying out a scorched earth policy. We get reaction from the UK's UN Ambassador.

Also in the programme: divisions on display as President Trump marks 400 years of American democracy, and as the leader of a South Korean doomsday cult is sentenced to six years in prison we hear from someone who escaped from the community.

(Picture: A general view of the U.N. Security Council. Credit: Atilgan Ozdil/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)

53 minutes

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Tue 30 Jul 201920:06GMT

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  • Tue 30 Jul 201920:06GMT

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