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Zelenskyy addresses U.N. Security Council; Biden administration to extend student loan freeze

• Apr 5, 2022
• 52:03

U.S., allies impose new Russia sanctions

Russian President Vladimir Putin's daughters, who are rarely seen in public, were sanctioned by the U.S. over the war in Ukraine. The U.S. also charged a Russian oligarch who is accused of evading sanctions. Weijia Jiang reports.

• Apr 6, 2022
• 3:29

Zelenskyy accuses Russia of war crimes in plea

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made an impassioned plea to the United Nations to do more to stop Russian atrocities, likening Russian soldiers accused of war crimes to ISIS terrorists. The Biden administration is expected to roll out more sanctions against Russia on Wednesday. Weijia Jiang reports.

• Apr 5, 2022
• 3:45

Zelenskyy tells U.N. Russia is "deliberately destroying Ukrainian cities"

Ukraine's president warned the world had yet to see the full scale of Russia's atrocities, and he said if the U.N. fails to stop the onslaught, it will become obsolete.

• Apr 5, 2022

Zelenskyy calls for Russia to be held accountable for "genocide" in Bucha

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the U.N. Security Council on Tuesday to bring attention to what he is calling the "genocide" in his country, calling for the international community to hold Russia accountable. CBS News correspondent Pamela Falk is at the United Nations in New York with more.

• Apr 5, 2022
• 6:21

Zelenskyy tells U.N. leaders of atrocities

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke to the U.N. Security Council via video about "the most terrible war crimes" against civilians in his country and how the international justice system needs to be respond. Watch his full remarks.

• Apr 5, 2022
• 14:50

Evidence of atrocities emerges in Kyiv suburb

As Russian troops retreat from areas around Kyiv, the Ukrainian government said civilians in the town of Bucha were executed. Debora Patta reports.

• Apr 4, 2022
• 3:54

New U.N. climate report: "It's now or never"

A new U.N. climate report says temperatures on Earth are on track to shoot past a key danger point unless global emissions drop drastically. Dr. M. Sanjayan, CEO of Conservation International, joins CBS News' Tanya Rivero and Tony Dokoupil to discuss the report and what can be done about climate change.

• Apr 4, 2022
• 7:23

99% of the world is breathing poor-quality air, WHO says

That air is often rife with particles that can penetrate deep into the lungs, enter the veins and arteries, and cause disease.

• Apr 4, 2022

U.N.: World hurtling to climate danger zone, leaders "lying" about efforts

"It is a file of shame, cataloguing the empty pledges that put us firmly on track towards an unlivable world," U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said.

• Apr 4, 2022

U.N.: 4 million refugees have fled Ukraine

The United Nations says more than 4 million refugees have fled Ukraine since Russia launched its war. Debora Patta has the latest news.

• Mar 30, 2022
• 3:13

Ukraine war could push 13 million more people into food insecurity

U.S. and U.N. officials say the war will "have global context impact beyond anything we've seen since World War II."

• Mar 30, 2022

Ukraine refugee crisis worsening, UN says

Chris Melzer, senior spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, speaks with CBS News anchors Tanya Rivero and Mola Lenghi about the growing refugee crisis as more than 4 million people flee Ukraine in the wake of Russia's invasion.

• Mar 30, 2022
• 3:21

World facing more conflict than any time since WWII, U.N. chief says

"A perilous sense of impunity is taking hold. Nuclear arsenals are growing. Human rights and international law are under assault. Criminal and terrorist networks are fueling — and profiting from — divisions and conflicts," he said.

• Mar 30, 2022

Ukrainian refugees add to millions displaced around the world

Russia's invasion has spawned the biggest movement of people in Europe in decades. They're just the latest of millions of others who have been displaced by conflict, violence or insecurity.

• Mar 30, 2022
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Madeleine Albright, a "Hammer of Democracy"

Historian Douglas Brinkley remembers the trailblazing Secretary of State and U.N. Ambassador, who promoted NATO enlargement while antagonizing despots around the world.

• Mar 27, 2022
• 2:34

U.N. votes for humanitarian access to Ukraine, demands Russian hostilities end

The General Assembly voted to demand an immediate end to attacks by Russia and create humanitarian access in Ukraine.

• Mar 24, 2022

How a UN agency is helping Ukrainian refugees

More than 3 million refugees have fled Ukraine since the start of Russian invasion last month. CBS News' Tanya Rivero and Meg Oliver sit down with Sophie Magennis, the head of policy and legal support for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Brussels, to discuss how the agency is helping refugees, the challenges they're facing in providing aid to them and how countries in the European Union are approaching the crisis.

• Mar 24, 2022
• 4:32

Millions of refugees escape war-torn Ukraine

The United Nations says nearly 3 million Ukrainians have fled their country since the start of the Russian invasion. The majority of those refugees have crossed into Poland at the checkpoint near Medyka. "CBS Evening News" anchor and managing editor Norah O'Donnell reports from the Polish-Ukrainian border.

• Mar 15, 2022
• 4:42

Russia declines to hold U.N. vote on its Ukraine resolution after pushback

At a Security Council meeting, the U.S. said, "President Putin: Stop the killings. Withdraw your forces. Leave Ukraine once and for all."

• Mar 17, 2022

U.N. court tells Russia to halt invasion

The United Nations' top court ordered Russia to halt military operations in Ukraine on Wednesday, nearly three weeks after the country's invasion.

• Mar 16, 2022
• 0:21

3 million people have fled Ukraine due to "senseless war," U.N. says

Both the U.N.'s refugee agency and the International Organization for Migration estimate that the number of civilians fleeing could eventually reach four or five million.

• Mar 15, 2022

Samantha Power on Ukrainian refugee crisis

USAID Administrator and former UN Ambassador Samantha Power joins "CBS Mornings" to discuss the growing humanitarian crisis as the Russian invasion of Ukraine intensifies.

• Mar 15, 2022
• 6:37

Biden's makes first U.N. speech as president

Tuesday, President Biden will make his presidential debut at the United Nations General Assembly. The speech comes as his administration is facing tough questions from world leaders and diplomatic challenges of his own making. Nancy Cordes has the latest.

• Sep 21, 2021
• 2:37

U.N. releases new report on climate crisis

The United Nations released a grim climate report on Monday, showing an accelerating crisis that requires unprecedented action to protect natural habitats and reinforce infrastructure. CBS News' senior national and environmental correspondent Ben Tracy reports.

• Feb 28, 2022
• 1:24

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