Will Russia be kicked off the UN Human Rights Council?

US and Britain pushing for Moscow to be expelled after slaughter of Ukrainian civilians

Volunteers put bodies into body bags in the city of Bucha
Volunteers put bodies into bags in the Ukrainian town of Bucha
(Image credit: Genya Savilov/AFP via Getty Images)

Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has joined the ​​US ambassador to the United Nations in calling for Russia to be expelled from the organisation’s Human Rights Council.

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