,for the un ,fer the un to improve its to call for the un to improve its ability to halt aggression. the bbc removes some content featuring russell brand from iplayer and bbc sounds. and announces a review into complaints against him. azerbaijan launches a military operation in the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh, describing it as an anti—terrorism action. hello, i'm rajini vaidyanathan, welcome to verified live, 3 hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. us leaderjoe biden has addressed world leaders at the united nations general assembly in new york. in a wide—ranging speech, he warned "all of humanity" was at risk from climate change. and urged the un to stop russia's "naked aggression" against ukraine. here's some of what he had to say.

this is the second year in a row this gathering, dedicated to peaceful resolution of conflict, is darkened by the shadow of war. an illegal war of conquest, brought without provocation by russia against its neighbour, ukraine. like every nation in the world, the united states wants this war to end. no nation wants this war to end more than ukraine. and we strongly support ukraine in its efforts to bring about a diplomatic resolution that deliversjust and lasting peace. but russia alone, russia alone bears responsibility for this war. russia alone has the power to end this war immediately. and it is russia alone that stands in the way of peace because the russians�* price for peace is ukraine's capitulation, ukraine's territory, and ukraine's children. russia believes that the world will

grow weary and allow it to brutalise ukraine without consequence. but i ask you this, if we abandon the core principles of the united states to appease an oppressor, can any member state in this body feel confident that they are protected? if we allow ukraine to be carved up, is the independence of any nation secure? i would respectfully suggest the answer is no. we have to stand up to this naked aggression today and deter other would—be aggressors tomorrow. after the president's speech, my colleague caitriona perry spoke we can now cross life to new york enjoy my colleague. the president of cuba is currently _ enjoy my colleague. the president of cuba is currently addressing - enjoy my colleague. the president of cuba is currently addressing the - cuba is currently addressing the general assembly as we seek in a few more leader still to go before it

will be the turn of ukrainian president zelensky. we are expecting him within the next hour or thereabouts. it's always hard to judge exactly how long these things take because each leader has their own speech to deliver. a little earlier i did speak with the secretary—general of nato, jens stoltenberg to get his view on what president biden had said here. it was an important message because it's about protecting the territorial and sovereignty of ukraine but it's not only about ukraine, it's about all nations because if we don't stand up for ukraine no nation in the world is safe. that was the main message from the president and i totally agree with him. he was very strong as well that this is the second year the gathering is meeting under the shadow of war. yet, the international community has appeared relatively powerless to stop that. many countries, more than 50 countries, are part of the us—led effort to provide an unprecedented level of military support ukraine.

the uk, many other nato allies. this strong support to ukraine has enabled them to push back the russian invaders, to liberate the territory and conduct an offensive which is gaining ground. nobody knows how long the war will last but we have seen that ukraine has been able to make progress. not least because of the support from the international community. they may have made progress but russia pushes on and the international community has not been able to stop russia even though it is a member of the security council here, why is that, what else needs to happen? what we have seen is that russia is a permanent member of the un security council and is violating the core and fundamental principles of this organisations. it has not respected the sovereignty and the borders of all the members. therefore, it's important they are criticised openly at the un

but even more important is that we stand by ukraine and continue to provide support to them. the bravery, the courage of ukrainian people has impressed the whole world but i also think president putin underestimated the strength of nato allies and partners in our resolve to provide support to ukraine. ukraine is also looking for nato membership. where is that at at the moment? we had a summit in natojuly. where all the heads of state and government participated. there we made important decisions to award ukraine closer to nato. ukraine has never been closer to nato membership partly by the fact we agreed a one step in a two—step process towards membership for ukraine.

we also agreed a big programme to ensure ukrainian forces becomes involved with nato forces so we are moving towards nato membership for ukraine and allies have stated clearly that ukraine will become a member of the alliance. all eyes here are on the assembly chamber for the next hour or so until president zelensky speaks. the president of cuba speaking now then we hearfrom president of cuba speaking now then we hear from turkey portugal qatar and turkmenistan and then we will hearfrom president and turkmenistan and then we will hear from president zelensky. and turkmenistan and then we will hearfrom president zelensky. here in person for the first time since the war in his country began, to address the gathered nations here to appeal for more support and also to ask for more sanctions against russia and for the un to reorganise itself to give itself greater powers to hold —— halt aggression such as that he is seeing in his own country.

let's bring you an update on a story that we have been following throughout the day here on bbc news. that is the rising tensions between india and canada. that follows the prime ministerjustin trudeau accusing india of potentially being behind the killing of a sikh leader in canada. accusations that india rejected as absurd. we have now had some copy of a statement coming from the uk foreign secretaryjames cleverly in relation to this. you said that britain will listen very, very carefully to the serious concerns that have been raised by canada over this about the killing of the separatist leader in british columbia. he has told the bbc has spoken to canada for me to stare and spoken to canada for me to stare and spoke to the foreign minister about the allegations in saying that the

uk takes these allocations —— allegations very seriously. he said that refuses if they would suspend trade talks with india but say the uk would wait until the canadian investigation was complete before deciding what further action to take. he goes on to say that both canada and india are close friends of the uk, with partners and we take very seriously the things canada is saying and it is important that we not speculate. we will not comment until we have more details. so more on the ongoing row between canada and india. overthis on the ongoing row between canada and india. over this allegations made by prime ministerjustin trudeau over the death of a sikh separatist. a sikh leader who was killed injune, just to reiterate, that india has rejected the allegations which come from canada describing them as absurd and

politically motivated. we will try and play you that interview with james cleverly when we get it in. let's move on. azerbaijan says it's taking military action after six people were killed by land—mines in the disputed territory of nagorno—karabakh. four of the dead were staff of the azerbaijan interior ministry, with some reports describing them as police officers. nagorno—karabakh is legally recognised as part of azerbaijan, but the local population are mostly ethnic armenians. live now to konul khalilova from the bbc azeri service. first of all, what is your reaction to today's ms. ?_ to today's ms. ? this is the news that everyone — to today's ms. ? this is the news that everyone watching _ to today's ms. ? this is the news that everyone watching the - to today's ms. ? this is the news | that everyone watching the reason was expecting to happen. azerbaijan had been calling armenia to withdraw forces from the area called nagorno—karabakh but armenia denies, it says it does not have any armed

forces in azerbaijan territory. nagorno—karabakh is legally part of azerbaijan in today's military operation is seen as retaliatory, as six people have been killed in mind explosions. azerbaijan says more than 300 people have been killed by mines since the end of the second war which was in 2020. the government accuses armenia of deliberately planting them mines, but armenia denies it. the two countries have fought two wars over nagorno—karabakh. lathe; countries have fought two wars over nagorno-karabakh._ nagorno-karabakh. why has this conflict escalated _ nagorno-karabakh. why has this conflict escalated right _ nagorno-karabakh. why has this conflict escalated right now? - nagorno-karabakh. why has this i conflict escalated right now? since the and of the _ conflict escalated right now? since the and of the second _ conflict escalated right now? since the and of the second war - conflict escalated right now? since the and of the second war in - conflict escalated right now? s “ice: the and of the second war in 2020, there had been international efforts including by russia, united states, european union to bring armenia and azerbaijan together to sign a peace agreement. there were meetings between the leaders over their

countries and very recently azerbaijan publicly announced that they are closed —— close to signing a peace agreement but later armenia is knighted and said they are not ready to sign the agreement yet. —— denied it. there is a remaining issue, azerbaijan does not have full control of its territory. this territory is azerbaijan's belongs to them legally but defective does have control. —— de facto. in this area there are mainly armenians living in there are mainly armenians living in the area because after the first war no azerbaijan people were left in karabakh. so the issue is that karabakh. so the issue is that karabakh armenians don't want to be part of azerbaijan and blaming azerbaijan of ethnic cleansing —— ethnic cleansing but azerbaijan does not accept these claims in saying

they are being cleansed by armenians 30 years after the first karabakh war. ~ . , 30 years after the first karabakh war. ~ ., , , , ., 30 years after the first karabakh war. ~ ., , ., war. what is the russian role in all of this? two _ war. what is the russian role in all of this? two very _ war. what is the russian role in all of this? two very different - war. what is the russian role in all of this? two very different sites i of this? two very different sites here, he of the viewpoint from azerbaijan and armenia but russia also has an input in all of this. russia has peacekeepers in the area in the nagorno—karabakh area after the second karabakh war according to the second karabakh war according to the agreement signed armenia and azerbaijan and russia. but regarding today's operation, russian foreign ministry said that it has warned of the azerbaijani in operation only minutes in advance and they urged both countries to reduce respect cease—fires after the warrants in 2020. as the russian position is that nagorno—karabakh is part of azerbaijan and armenia also recognises this and prime minister said armenia will not be involved in

fighting with azerbaijan.— fighting with azerbai'an. briefly. an more fighting with azerbai'an. briefly. any more on h fighting with azerbai'an. briefly. any more on the — fighting with azerbaijan. briefly. any more on the casualties, - fighting with azerbaijan. briefly. any more on the casualties, any updates you have been getting it on today's news? we updates you have been getting it on today's news?— today's news? we do not have correspondence _ today's news? we do not have correspondence in _ today's news? we do not have - correspondence in nagorno-karabakh correspondence in nagorno—karabakh itself, but what we are getting from there via social media is that five people were killed and 80 people hospitalised and 15 of those injured are civilians and the rest are armed people i guess. are civilians and the rest are armed peeple i gum— are civilians and the rest are armed people i guess. thank you very much, from the bbc — people i guess. thank you very much, from the bbc service. _ people i guess. thank you very much, from the bbc service. we _ people i guess. thank you very much, from the bbc service. we will - people i guess. thank you very much, from the bbc service. we will stay - from the bbc service. we will stay with the story. live now to baku. i'm joined by hikmet hajiyev, the diplomatic adviser of the president of the republic of azerbaijan. thank you very much forjoining us here on the bbc. 11 azerbaijan police and civilians have been reported killed in a mine blast and another incident. what is the take on targeting civilians from baku? this

on targeting civilians from baku? is abrasion needs are in no way targeting civilians and have you have mentioned azerbaijani have asked become the victim of a mine blast and mines have been planted by blast and mines have been planted by the sabotage groups of the military formations in the sovereign territories of azerbaijan. azerbaijan has always said that the republic of azerbaijan continues to remain a major challenge to peace and security. regardless of this the armenian site have refused to withdraw troops from the sovereign territories of azerbaijan. stipulated by the statement in 2020. but armenia continues to bring military people. we are talking about ten thousands of armed forces in the sovereign territories of azerbaijan. tanks in our personal carrier —— carriers, and missile launching systems. therefore as a merchant was called for that but

unfortunately they did not pays attention to azerbaijan's and therefore it was not by choice and we have been obliged to take with counterterrorist actions and measures on the ground. and limited by nature not only about the wide military operations of this case but there was a counterterrorism operations of the ground with precision guided emissions. to neutralise military structures on the ground into ensure the safety and security on the ground and also full integration of karabakh... let full integration of karabakh. .. let me full integration of karabakh... let me interrupt you there because defence officials in the breakaway region are accusing you of violating a cease—fire which was agreed along the entire line of contact. unfortunately they are actually the persons in a legal by nature. the armed forces in the republic of

armenia on the sovereign territories of azerbaijan and the continuations of... which also understand that in 30 years armenia continued and pursuits of military operations against azerbaijan and the people. currently they have also established and continue to have physical existence of legal puppet is separatist regime on the torch was of azerbaijan. with military elements and they also are building a of confrontation and contact within the military articles and lot of landmines also in those areas. i have to interrupt you. sorry to interrupt but people will say that your actions are actually aggravating the situation. you are accusing armenians of doing that, but actually your actions are also escalating. but actually your actions are also escalating-— but actually your actions are also escalatin.�* ., �*, ., escalating. azerbai'an's actions are level and escalating. azerbaijan's actions are level and azerbaijan _ escalating. azerbaijan's actions are level and azerbaijan is _ escalating. azerbaijan's actions are level and azerbaijan is operating i escalating. azerbaijan's actions are | level and azerbaijan is operating on sovereign territory to dismantle an

alliance with military infrastructure at the meantime the separatist entity challenging the sovereignty of azerbaijan and azerbaijan security and wider regional peace and security. at the message from etheridge on another and inviting armenians of karabakh to discussions but we are talking about in this case a militaryjunta that also takes a hostage local armenian residents who also would like to release local armenians from this simply criminal oligarchs but taking the local populations hostage. to release them and ensure normal reintegration process for the local structures of azerbaijan including and also providing the social welfare. azerbaijan solicit that they are willing to provide security of karabakh armenians public institution and also international obligations of azerbaijan especially the context of conventions on the production of the rights of ethnic minorities. so conventions on the production of the rights of ethnic minorities.— rights of ethnic minorities. so you

are willin: rights of ethnic minorities. so you are willing to _ rights of ethnic minorities. so you are willing to give _ rights of ethnic minorities. so you are willing to give them _ rights of ethnic minorities. so you are willing to give them the - rights of ethnic minorities. so you are willing to give them the rights that they want? yes are willing to give them the rights that they want?— are willing to give them the rights that they want? yes and actually in azerbai'an that they want? yes and actually in azerbaijan it _ that they want? yes and actually in azerbaijan it is _ that they want? yes and actually in azerbaijan it is in _ that they want? yes and actually in azerbaijan it is in from _ that they want? yes and actually in azerbaijan it is in from all- that they want? yes and actually in azerbaijan it is in from all in - azerbaijan it is in from all in itself in terms of providing the rights and security of ethnic minorities. or different ethnicities and religious people are living side by side. in there is also established practice of havin: there is also established practice of having inclusive _ there is also established practice of having inclusive process - there is also established practice of having inclusive process and i there is also established practice i of having inclusive process and also ready to provide religious and cultural humanitarian and some other rights of global armenian population but of course as abrasion on sovereignty. but it is in the legal puppet regime and also holding so—called fake sham elections, selecting a direct challenge to baku one security. also having claimed the lives of other azerbaijani and civilians.

the lives of other azerbai'ani and civilians. . ~ the lives of other azerbai'ani and civilians. ., ,, , ., the lives of other azerbai'ani and civilians. . ~' , ., , . the lives of other azerbai'ani and civilians. ., ,, , . ., civilians. thank you very much for shafinu civilians. thank you very much for sharing your _ civilians. thank you very much for sharing your viewpoint. _ civilians. thank you very much for sharing your viewpoint. i - civilians. thank you very much for sharing your viewpoint. i should l sharing your viewpoint. i should stress that there are two sides in this conflict and dispute and we will have those other voices on throughout the day here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk this is bbc news. let's look at some other stories making news. commissioners have been appointed to run birmingham city council — after the local authority this month declared itself effectively bankrupt. the labour—led council is facing a bill of 760 million pounds to settle equal pay claims. the levelling up secretary, michael gove, said a local inquiry was to be launched. the labour leader — sir keir starmer — has met the french president emmanuel macron and french business leaders in paris. it's the latest in a number of international trips by the labour leader — in which he's discussed trade, migration and co—operation with the eu. unesco — the united nations'

cultural body — has urged the government to amend a controversial plan to build a road tunnel near stonehenge. highways england says it wants to build the tunnel to reduce traffic on the a303 — but there is concern among activists and unesco that stonehenge could lose its world heritage status if the plan goes ahead. you're live with bbc news. the director general of the bbc has announced a review to look at any complaints against russell brand. it will examine what was known and what was done. it will also scrutinise any issues about cars used by the bbc at that time, after one alleged victim says mr brand sent a bbc car to take her from school to his house when she was 16, and he was 30. mr brand denies all allegations against him. our correspondent, louisa pilbeam, has more on this story.

this news just into us that the director—general of the bbc, tim davie, has announced the bbc will carry out a review led by peterjohnston, who is the director of complaints and editorial reviews. and this review will look at any complaints against russell brand, any contact that the bbc had with him at the time, what was known and what was done about it. this review will also examine any issues about cars used by the bbc and i willjust remind you about this point. one of the accusers of russell brand claims that he organised a bbc car to collect her from school because she said she was only 16 at the time and this bbc organised car then took her to russell brand's house. so the review will go into that. tim davie released this information and also spoke to an all staff briefing and he announced that

peterjohnson will head this up and he also made clear that he expects this review to be carried out swiftly. he says he is hoping for an initial report within the next weeks rather than months. he really wants this dealt with quickly. just to remind you, russell brand is facing accusations of rape, sexual assault and emotional abuse over a seven—year period. allegations which he denies. and also an update from youtube, a platform in which russell brand has a huge number of subscribers. they are now suspending his videos from producing revenue and making money from adverts. tell us more about that development. he has around six million subscribers to his channel on youtube and nowadays youtube channels are where a lot of people are actually tuning in rather than television for example. so the numbers are huge and what happens is he can

make money from that. those numbers mean he can make money from advertisements where various companies want to sponsor his content, and he can also make money from sponsored content within the show, for example product placement, because the rules in terms of the internet and those kind of channels are different from broadcast. but as you say, that has now come to an end. it now means he will not be able to make any money from his youtube channel. we do have a live page on the bbc news website with all of the latest updates on that story. let's bring you some dramatic body camp if you dig from the united states. where police in atlanta rescued a man trapped in his car during rising floodwaters. officers had been

dealing with a string of emergencies caused by the heavy rain there when they came across a partially submerged car with the driver still inside. the water was so deep that the vehicle was being lifted off of the vehicle was being lifted off of the ground and they could not open the ground and they could not open the car doors. police officer used his baton to break the car window and they were able to drag the driver to safety. nice to be able to bring you some more positive news and that is certainly a positive story there. before we go let's bring you some live pictures from the united nations general assembly in new york. that is turkey�*s president addressing the room there. earlier we heard from us president zhou biden and later today we will be hearing from ukraine's president zelensky. of course an annual event but high on the tint at this time is the ongoing invasion of ukraine,

world leaders gathering their and us president biden spoke saying that they must stand together against what he described as russian naked aggression. we have a live page running plenty more on that story. do you stay with us here on bbc news. hello there. well, it has been a very wet and windy day for a number of you today. we had some large, impressive waves running in off cardigan bay, pummeling the coastline of west wales, and it was wales that had some of the strongest wind gusts, 68 mile an hour gusts there in aberdaron. and some of these strong winds have been causing a few issues. earlier on today, the m48 seven crossing was shut during the morning and the m4 crossing has been running with some speed restrictions as well. now, this area of low pressure

contains the remnants of hurricane lee, and it's this that will continue to bring wet and windy weather overnight and into wednesday as well. now, it's not been that windy in scotland today, but things will change overnight as heavy rain moves in here and the winds really strengthen. it's going to be a gusty night for the vast majority and very mild 15 or 16 degrees. but these strong winds have the potential to cause some problems where the irish sea coasts in wales, gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour tomorrow morning. again likely to lead to some disruption. inland gusts more like 40, 50, maybe a bit stronger than that in terms of miles an hour — strong enough to cause one or two issues. and we've got similar wind speeds for northern ireland and for scotland, the strongest winds working into western scotland where again, we could see gusts of around 60 to 70 miles an hour. now, once this band of really heavy, squally rain has moved through, the winds actually will drop pretty quickly behind it across the midlands, wales and western areas of england. so you will know when that weather front has pushed its way through. now by thursday, the area of low pressure becomes slow moving

to the north of scotland. it will be bringing a band of heavy rain across scotland and northern ireland with gale force gusts of wind here. england, wales, the winds calming down a bit, but it is an unsettled day, a day of sunny spells and heavy showers, probably some thunderstorms mixed in with those. and there's a tendency for temperatures just to edge down a degree or two. that continues to be the case into friday. again, an unsettled day, the same low pressure still there, still with those strong north—westerly winds showers most frequent across northern and western areas, but a few getting blown into central and eastern portions of the uk as well. so nowhere is immune from seeing an odd downpour and those temperatures just edging back a little bit closer to average for the time of year. now, this weekend, saturday's the better of the two days, dry and sunny for most of the day. bit of rain returning later on in the west, but we're back to wet and windy

conditions by sunday.

this is bbc news, the headlines president biden appeals to the united nations general assembly, urging world leaders to stop russia's "naked aggression" against ukraine. the bbc removes some content featuring russell brand from iplayer and bbc sounds and initiates a review into complaints against him.

an inquiry into mistreatment at an immigration removal centre — prompted by a bbc panorama investigation — calls for a 28—day limit for detainees. officials in eastern libya have told journalists to leave the devastated city of derna. a minister said the media were hampering the work of rescue teams after last week's deadly floods. and there have been angry protests in the city of derna, with hundreds of people venting their fury at officials, including the head of the eastern—based parliament. libya has two rival administrations — an internationally—recognised government in the west, and a self—proclaimed government in the east. there are also reports that the mayor's house was burned down. the extensive recovery process continues in the region. the united nations has revised down its estimate of the number of deaths, to 4,000, with at least 5,000 missing. let's cross over to our correspondent anna foster who is in eastern libya