US calls for truce in Ethiopia

The United States has appealed for a truce in the war in Ethiopia. The United Nations Human Rights Council has voted to establish an independent investigation into abuses in the conflict. The Ethiopian government said the decision was "politically motivated" and said it will not cooperate.

Also in the programme: a man is sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the storming of the Capitol; and where does a by-election defeat leave Boris Johnson?

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss these and other issues are Anna Machin, British evolutionary anthropologist, writer and broadcaster and Marc David Baer, professor of international history at the London School of Economics.

(Photo: A TV screen shows Zenebe Kebede, ambassador of the Permanent Representative Mission of the Ethiopia to Geneva, delivering his statement during the Human Rights Council special session on "the grave human rights situation in Ethiopia," at the European headquarters of the United Nations. CREDIT: EPA/SALVATORE DI NOLFI)