[000:00:00;00] the, this is the lead is going to lie from berlin and is really commander says, the military is close to completing its goals in northern gaza. is really forces are now expanding their offensive into all parts of the territory listing and health officials say they're struggling to keep up with the flow of the dead and wounded. also coming up attacks in the red sea, the united states as one of its warships and multiple commercial vessels,

came under fire there on sunday. demons who if the rebels claim partial responsibility plus the environmental impact of russia's war on ukraine. after nearly 2 years of war, ukraine wants to make moscow pay for an environmental catastrophe, as filing charges against russia for eco sign. and despite low turnout, venezuelans vote in favor of the country territorial claim. to s a keybo, an oil rich disputed region that they, you wens. tom ford says belongs to a neighboring duty on the, on the call for leech welcome to the program. israel's military has expanded its ground defensive into every part of the gaza strip. its troops are now beginning to

move into the south of the territory, which is really forces are continuing operations in the north. but a senior commander says, israel is close to completing it's more aims there, and has renewed calls for evacuations. from the southern town of con eunice, where tens of thousands of displaced palestinians have sought refuge. the army has told civilians to evacuate to the town of rough law or to a safe zone along the southern coast. israel says it's new ground operation is needed to destroy some loss which is classified by several countries as a terrorist organization. meanwhile, health officials say they are struggling to cope with a number of dead and wounded victims of overnighted talks. i brought to this hospital in central garza, there are almost no medical supplies to treat them. relatives who survived the attacks are in shop. what can i say? it's

a catastrophe. strikes are coming down on us. have my 4 year old daughter is under the rubble. i don't know if she's dead or alive. as more civilians are being killed in the gaza strip. israel says it has heat more. how must targets across the territory. this is the latest video published by these really army. it claims these buildings were being used by hum us. agencies is trying to avoid civilian casualties. we are giving, besides instructions to govern residents near from us centers of gravity, urging them to temporarily move away from the denture that from us puts them in. we're dropping leaflets with q r codes. that opens a met, guiding cousins to say for areas in rough uh, a southern gaza people trying to pull survivors from under the rubble. the claim is rarely a star,

it is told them it would be safe in the sea to look on the we were asleep and say, they told us we're off. i was a safe area, but a 20 past 10. they struck it, destroying all the block. there were children and women in martyrs. there is no safe area of neither rafa nor fine eunice, nor gaza, nor day or month ago. no, no, for a whole new one is without drugs, the israel expands it so probations and gaza, the barely function hospitals. there are expecting more arrivals in the coming hours and days. nobody is rebecca rivers is in jerusalem and gave us this update as well as he's been reporting the call. we did get confirmation yesterday on reports that we were already hearing. troops had made their way is made their way south, and that was indeed confirmed by the as riley ministry yesterday evening. we know

that hon eunice, in particular that city in the south with many people has been told to evacuate too, and many hundreds of thousands. those people have been trying to take shelter. they, we know that is a focal point for the military. they have said that they will be doing a similar operation as was taken as was taken in the north. but they will not be changing, tackle, pulling back as have been, has, as has been called for by the us in particular saying that they didn't want to stay the same kind of for us to see that we saw in the knolls that has been ignored by the israeli military and they have vowed to continue in the same manner that they're going to be targeting what they deem to be come on st. as of come off. of course i'm us members and an infrastructure. so we can expect to see a lot more heavy fighting in the south stimulus of what we've seen in the north. of course, we have the problem. now we're seeing all of these people that are sheltering.

we've got 1800000 as the estimate of internally displaced people and they're all trying to take shelter in the southern areas including hon units. that's why many, many, many of them are and they've been given this kind of map that's broken off into to squares. and oh, each has a number and they've been told to work out to locate where they are in that map under that number. and then each day they'll be given a, they'll be a list of numbers of, of places that will be targeted and people are expected to move. the problem being, of course, that these people really don't have any way to go. they're running out of places to run and hide and we know that the bombardment has been taking place in the south. even as the operation was, was targeting the know so you know, the places are becoming fewer and further between so the die humanitarian, terry and situation for people in the south. certainly not getting any any better. and in fact, set to get a lot less of the israel. you mentioned that there is coming under increasing

pressure to avoid civilian casualties in this new phase of the war as well. of course, is it showing any sign of changing its tactics in gaza because of that? no, i mean the short answer really is no. we've heard from benjamin netanyahu. we've heard from the heads of these ready military that they are going to keep up the pace that they what we was seeing in the north prior to that limited cease fire that they are planning to carry on at this with the same for us city in the south the, we know that they were told that that sold on the we can completely came to a halt to renew a say sign. we know that israel pulled out on saturday finally from us saying also that they are not going to assume any talks until they're there that until there is a cease fire until there is some pause in the fighting. and then they'll resume told we know that both sides have made these kind of demands before and then have joined towards when the time has come,

right. we know that the us costs are in egypt, still pushing to reduce those piece talk. so those at least cease find limited sci fi tools, but at the moment they have been completely stalled. and so the situation looking to get to what was in the south, although as you say, uh they are operating owners, i think also straight forward or supporting from jerusalem. thank you. the u. s. military central command has said ron enabled attacks on in the american worship, and other commercial vessels in the red sea on sunday depends on so the us has carney shot down 3 drones and self defense. several commercial vessels were also targeted humans who the rebels have claimed responsibility for 2 attacks. they say they will keep up the attacks as long as israel continues it's war with how most. so that's not the 1st time the who is these have fired a targets in the red sea or on israel itself for that matter. but it seems like

these attacks are getting more and more dangerous. middle east expert, donnie again told me why, of course, the piece of showing all the military capacities. but i think it's also clear to your message from the wrong that the way wrong doesn't want to get involved directly in the dogs of war. uh once to show it simple attention of the terms and of course the other one to the area which is like positive control of the who is these is an important strategic place because it's a, it's a straight for international trade. and so is, of course, the persian gall and it is a reminder that the war can become regional also without start involving those here . and what is the base intention here supporting her last in a fight against israel, or sparking a wider conflict or? well of course the nbc is really easy to strategic because on the, for the movies it's part of the claim that israel is the main enemy though. actually there is of course, no, no, no, no frontier,

no direct territorial contact with israel. by for the who's the, who his business, a main strategic target. they want to show the entire muslim and the little bit there on the side of the palestinians at this time. and again that israel is the main enemy. and of course, they see the not united states as the main geo political patient of israel. but again, i think, uh they are doing this to support uranium because of the terms in the region and allow around not to get directly involved in the conflict. because iran wants to shift the conflict away from the persian gulf area where it's about to normalize with the saudi arabia and other a gulf states. and it wants to again shift the conflict. uh, so the width and therefore uh, the receipt in the area are on the, on the m and around the bottom under is a theater for that kind of consultation. we have seen in recent days, so i'm on the drones and missiles fired from them and hit other targets like addiction border towns because the whole thing is cause

a wider conflict by accident, by miscalculation as well. let us do you a basically possible uh we would quite impressed over the last few years by the precision strikes of the piece in saudi arabia and the for the golf area. but of course, the whole piece, we mean we, this is more political signal that a military threat to israel. but they of course be involved one of the who is, he's a major problem and for saudi arabia and other countries that though they are not on the side of israel on, and see the major regional escalation. and therefore the, the who, the attacks are product risky. mm hm. and you mentioned around there of course, close allies to the who would fees just like has blood and lab or not. are these to attacking israel because they choose to, to support iran or is tear on actively pulling the strings here. what i think is putting this things, but at the same time, of course, uh as well. uh, i said clearly that uh, the gods of war and the operation of a to

a 70 the soul on israel is it kind of seeing if there, that was interpreted is assigned to us on the secretary general. the principal does not want to get involved. and does not want to let come us uh, come on the time table for a consultation with these groups. but what i see, what, what's become clear and the last couple of days is that israel may, however, prevent preemptively attack and not wait for his while to get involved. because these are the military doctrine says it's his belie, includes us the military capabilities and have more than we saw that they can use to attack israel. they will, so we better do it preemptively. and i think it is definitely possible that we would see preemptive surprise. these are these strikes on, on, on his blogs as a realistic scenario. and i see another source of contention. another problem in the west that if this situation institution of the west, they escalate. and if they receive violence, interrupting router the saloon,

for example, between settling militias and posting new forces, then i think as we'll see, will they have no choice but to intervene. and therefore, this is another very uh no worrying scenario possum. what's happening? god. yeah, i'm returning to israel's fight against him. us. we've heard the head of israel's, or internal security service, say they would eliminate, come us, not only in israel and the palestinian territories, but an 11 on turkey and could tar as well. how achievable a goal? is this a while israel has the code to talk to assess the nations of brought against some of purchases and other palestinian figures that they consider leaders and staples of terrorist attacks. but um, if we take this right seriously, that would mean that israel would have to eliminate its own worth. several thousands is known up to 20 or 30000 miles of purchase because this is the

estimated straight on a month. and that is a, a grid, a scenario. and i think also a very unrealistic one, if you will take into account the fact that whatever we assess initially for every time to can we can say how much opportunity for a mazda member, several other civilians would certainly be targeted and certainly die. so this uh you can do the math yourself. this is a grim and in my view, not very realistic scenario that the international community would comply or as mill is to analyze data. thank you so much. take a look now at some other stories making news around the world. today. the palestinian authorities health ministry says to palestinians have been shot dead and is really raid in the northern occupied west bank. this video shows a shoot out in called que. yeah. on the territories border with israel, israel, the military says it was conducting counterterrorism activity in the city.

at least 11 climbers have been found dead and 3 rescued after. ok nor wrapped it in western indonesia fire in teams of ash, 3 kilometers into the air. officials say several hikers are still on, accounted for, for off the mountain is on the 2nd highest are ups and alert. a russian sources say a senior general has been killed in ukraine. original governor says major general flooding. there's about he was killed after stepping on a land line to police about ski was in the 1st one region at the time. full ribbon exceeded the damage done to the infrastructure. well, not really sure what to do, but kick is a good time for us to put in well host environment in many ways. funding or depos released carbon dioxide and toxic smoke. i'm finding of mine's damaged for us and wildlife. the biggest single environmental disaster of this, for the destruction of the cutoff, cut them in southern ukraine. it flooded hundreds of square culum. it is destroying

not only the livelihoods of thousands of people, but also launch for some natural costs. ukraine wants to prosecute damage to the environment as a war. crime in october, organize the conference to help build, to take the credit department as us sending legal and environmental expense to take stock of the damage the noise. these people must be sent to. they need to be funded and we need to measure what can be measured. we won't be able to record everything, but an estimate will certainly be possible. international and low does recognize environmental destruction as well crime. but no international court has ever ruled on such a case. crane is entering you with the good territory. length. when we start with, we have to present an invoice to the occupier. for every inch of destroyed ukrainian gland. aggressors around the world need to understand the words that costly and that the environment also has its price. booking that there's my,

as we're to ukraine, says 2900 cases of environmental war crimes have been registered so far. i'm counting every day that war does new damage to the environment. as you can now get more with matthew collette. he is a senior lecturer at the essex law school with a focus on peace and security and the environment. matthew, good to see you. does ukraine have a case here? nicole, it does appear that there has been significant damage cause to the government within ukraine. as a director sold off the convention, russian forces starting on 24th february, 2022 pedals a prior to that date out of must moderately, in the last 18 months or so. in terms of the legal case. as my friend, it is level 3rd, treat on or international come her low, 10 years that has not been an international proceeding on the coast side or an

equivalent type of crime that has been some domestic prosecutions. and there is one current loan going to in columbia to do with its long running civil war that ended back in 2015, 16 where environmental destruction has been true. but certainly the events in ukraine would stand as a notable precedent. and there was considerable evidence they've been fighting, but they could be a strong legal case. mm hm. now, environmental damage is considered a war crime. no court has ever ruled on it. why is that? it's somewhat because of the history of, um, conflict being very focused on truman suffering, understandably, and in recent decades, we've begun to realize that the effect on the environment is extremely devastating and can have very long term consequences. and so there's been

a growing interest in looking at prosecuting that types of profits. there are real crimes such as the destruction of so there's an objects which can come to the environment and destruction of family property, which could also cover environmental facets. but they haven't been used, and there was most recently amounted to criminalize e commerce site itself, which would focus directly on the home to the environment per se. and that actually in the ukrainian criminal context is an existing progression. so there was a legal basis for it as well. many cases are now in the comfort, as separating out the course station and the criminal acts wrong. thanks a roy that are unfortunate and can, has cut the consequences, but a no per se wilcox yet under international law. what kind of environmental

reparations would ukraine be entitled to a miss baker? cruise, the accountability on the card, for instance, of russian forces under equals side or under one of the international war crimes been done would be a potential basis to sink reparations. and for instance, the victims of those crimes could be individuals from, for instance, several things. um, downstream from the kafka down which was why know terminates and so then they could be broken by sections dedicated to protecting the environment, for instance, um, such as the environmental agencies. yeah. and in there is some pressure as it could be the stain to be creative. so yeah, if we looked at the mounts of damages, it could be in the billions of bureaus, but this amounts to will have to leave it that it was international lives for matthew. good, let. thank you so much. thank of the venezuelan government says 95

percent of voters have supported the country's claim over the keyboard territory and neighboring piano in a referendum is not clear how corrupt as will act on the results of the road, criticized by the united nations. but many grow your needs are worried. this could eventually lead to an attempt to annex the oil rich region celebrations, bro, accounts event, as well as capital correct us. when the results were announced, president nicholas madura is government has been aggressively promoting the votes for weeks. now he's claiming it's been an overwhelming success. today the people spoke loudly and clearly we are going to start a new powerful phase because now we carry them in dates of the people. we carried the voice of the people the non binding referendum on sunday, reported lee headed low turnouts. but it's what is what asked if i support that

countries claim on the dispute to tablet tree. and it's a better level that we expect to retrieve an area that for so long has been desolate and as if it didn't have an owner. but now when you say, well, it has said this is our so move ahead with the keyboard allows the to do in 18. 99, an international tribunal transferred ownership as a key boat to great britain. after it left the region state under the control of britain's former colony, guyana. for this, what is government saves the tablet tree, belongs to it. as it was within the board is during the earliest spanish will will correct a step to pitts campaign after oil was discovered. and that's the key bose of show walters in 2015 in guy on the government. validate support his president fund lead down plate the vote in venezuela saying that people in bits have a tree, have nothing to say,

but he couldn't hide his indignation. but ignoring the the jump into the principles of his own clay. what missouri is next move will be following the votes. but many inc, i on i, we're afraid this could be the 1st step in an attempt to annex for region. i asked corresponded else gosh lanka, in caracas. what people in both countries made of the referendum the stores will issue. so any this way or it will save us a cable belongs to, but i swear to the fact that turn up for the referendum yesterday was the lowest we have seen in decades. it has more to do with internal political reasons, might even as well installed, but just participating in the referendum with getting my daughter up for medical

advantage to justify the recently appointed electro council. it's also relevant that the selection serves the government to determine how support for my daughter stands and developing polls display the ground now for the presidential campaign. and what it shows is that there's a lot of work to do to win back support. my little has lost along the years for the news people, they see this dispute as a threat to what is already theirs and under their control. so i think people in both countries when seriously argue about this dispute despite the turn out in yesterday's referendum, this dispute and he mentioned that there has been going on for over a century wide event as well as president make this move now and how serious is he really about this well, the, there are many reasons to recombine vs a cable. historically it should belong to better as well, but riana controls it for many years. and then as one government didn't, fern or any actions to of amex protector choice until a company is started extracting oil and gas from this area. a few years ago,

most companies are from the united states and cannot do business with banners way. what due to the sanctions imposed against the administration? so there is an added interest in putting pressure to these companies and the to lift the sanctions against spun his waiver and the flood of amex secretary, joy with these companies operating in them increases bad pressure. mm hm. so but bottom line, how realistic is it for men as well as to take over the s a keep them so well at this point, after yesterday's low turn out in the referendum, it is something like we, this issue will escalate beyond the international courts. now the vendors won't government will take this resource, even though it's non binding to say that they have support in claiming this territory. but we'll just have to see how these international courts will respond to these allegations. as ask us think of from caracas,

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