The Loop: UN human rights council suspends Russia, Big Day Out founder dies, and a historic milestone for the US Supreme Court

Good morning, it's Friday, April 8. Here's what you need to get going today.

One thing to know right now: Russia has been suspended from the UN Human Rights Council

The General Assembly has adopted three resolutions since Russia invaded Ukraine.  (Reuters: Andrew Kelly)

Here's the lowdown:

• The United Nations General Assembly has suspended Russia from the UN Human Rights Council over reports of "gross and systematic violations and abuses of human rights" by invading Russian troops in Ukraine
• A two-thirds majority of voting members in the 193-member General Assembly in New York — abstentions do not count — was needed to suspend Russia from the 47-member Geneva-based Human Rights Council

• Suspensions are rare. Libya was suspended in 2011 because of violence against protesters by forces loyal to then-leader Muammar Gaddafi

Read more on this here.

One thing you'll be hearing about today: The first black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice

Judge Jackson will become the sixth female justice ever. (AP: Jacquelyn Martin)

• Ketanji Brown Jackson will be the first black woman to serve as a US Supreme Court Justice, after being confirmed by the US Senate
• The final tally was 53 votes in favour and 47 against
• The vote split almost perfectly down party lines, with only three Republican senators voting in favour of Judge Jackson
• Judge Brown is due to take up her position at the end of June

News while you snoozed

Let's get you up to speed.

• The Australian Human Rights Commission risks being stripped of its accreditation as an 'A-status' institution, with the global standards body raising concerns about its independence
• Pakistan's Supreme Court has ruled that Prime Minister Imran Khan's move to dissolve parliament was unconstitutional and has called for politicians to return in two days, a decision that could spell the end of his leadership
• Foreign Minister Marise Payne announced further sanctions on Russian oligarchs while attending a meeting of NATO leaders in Brussels

The news Australia is searching for

• #qanda — Prime Minister Scott Morrison faces ongoing questions about his character and whether he is fit to lead the nation, and on Q+A those questions have continued, with Liberal senator Anne Ruston launching a withering defence of him
• Big Day Out — Ken West, the founder of iconic, ground-breaking music festival the Big Day Out, has died. He was 64.

One more thing: Check out this elusive white kangaroo

The uncommon kangaroo appeared for just enough time to be photographed, before bounding into the scrub. (Supplied: Sarah Kinnon)

This white kangaroo was spotted outside of Longreach this week.  

"I was just out with my husband, we were dropping some rams back to the paddock, and there was a white kangaroo," said Sarah Kinnon, who lives on Nogo Station where the sighting occurred.

"It blew me away really."

It's the second time in six months that a white kangaroo has been seen on Nogo Station. (Supplied: Sarah Kinnon)

That's it for now

We'll be back later on with more.

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