UN human rights chief: War in Gaza will create further violence

Speaking to Weekend, the UN High Commissioner on Human Rights, Volker Türk, says Israel’s attacks on Gaza will perpetuate a cycle of violence and calls for an immediate end to the conflict.

Also on the programme: Anger in Spain as Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s agrees a deal to grant an amnesty to Catalan separatists; and we speak to American climate scientist Michael Mann, whose famous ‘hockey stick’ chart opened the world’s eyes to global warming.

Joining Julian Worricker to discuss all this and more are Catherine Nicholson, European Affairs Editor for the France 24 TV network, and Nicholas Westcott, professor of practice in diplomacy at the SOAS University of London.

(Photo: UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk, during the 54th session of the Human Rights Council, Geneva. Credit: Martial Trezzini/EPA)