the the, this is dw news, life member land, the us and britain launch military strikes on who the targets in government. the action is in retaliation for attacks by the ron backed group on ships in the red sea. also coming up is realistic, defend itself against accusations of genocide and gaza. south africa has sent out claims of the top united nations court in the hague is real dismissed as the allegations, as atrocious, and absurd. the

i'm sarah kelly, welcome to the program. the united states and britain have carried out military strikes against targets and young men in retaliation for who the level of tax on shipping in the red sea, the who fees and the groups back or are ron, have condemned the strikes, the u. s. and the u. k, say that the action is in debt, protecting international trade routes. the one by one american military aircraft take off parts of a coordinated strength back against the admins whose the rebels. and that's how the ation fluid taxed on shipping. in the red sea, led by the us and britain and a statement, a total of 10 countries describe the mission as an active collective self defense. the us officials say more than a dozen sites were attacked, including combined the senses, amunition, debt proceedings by the whose degree with these and verified images,

broadcast on the television claiming to show explosions. and the apparent aftermath and locations will open the head of the strikes. the whose the supreme lead to have this morning, the thing. so we will not hesitate to do everything we can well, someone, any american aggression i many will never go on on, said i, you know, to the response to any american attacks and will not be at the level of the operation. let me that was recently carried out so many with 24 drugs. we'll see that in several me. so i was up and i met a key and i think rather much great to abolish city and but you know, i'm gonna say your, the full out if what at the bottom in the attic, what felt them in the attic to see forces have been targeting ships in the red sea for weeks, with degree releasing the sportage in november. a bit, spite is appearing to seize the vessel. it claims the attacks are in response to israel's moving casa against thomas in the us. e. u and other countries have

labeled a terrorist organization. the big question now is how the, who's the lead to ship on that back is they never own. well now respond to this international show of force. and what this now means for the warning garza awarded the us and others have been desperately trying to contain a spring and elizabeth kendall to joins me as a middle east expert expert and college part of the university of cambridge. do you fear or regional conflicts following the strikes? yes, i do say that the strikes could spock a cycle of conflict that could find out into the region. i think we'd be, we'd be foolish if we didn't think that was a real possibility. and the reason for that is that the who sees, has seen us civil war now in the i'm and for 9 years. so they are not the kind of

group that is the tut by strikes the saudi less coalition launched over $25000.00 strikes against the he's these over the last 9 years and the still normally at least at war. so i think i think that it's very well. meanwhile, i own records in the middle east has not look. so grades on the who sees are aware of that. see us withdrew roth it immediately from afghanistan, and we will not, not successful in iraq. so that's sort of confidence and it's not a whole clear that some targeted strikes by the us and the k partners could hold them back. but, you know, put it, put it into the context for us because how big a threat are they really, can they really stand up to a us led coalition? it's easy to on to estimate the who's the is now if the us what's on least old, if it's military might against the who it is. no, they would not be able to stand up to that. but that would result in

a full hold out regional loan, who touts don't forget what the, who's the so think doing in the red sea is extremely irritating and expensive for us in the west and beyond. that's inside the, i'm on mobility in the r as well. it's actually quite popular because of who these are frames themselves as the defender of palestine. and no one else seems to be defending the palestinians, so unleashing our military might against the whose these would not be popular around the arab world. the who sees in yemen, similar to has bla and 11 on, are backed by a ron. through that lens, how do you see to ron reacting to these strikes? it's quite possible that to her on will unleash more of it, so called access of resistance on the sofa. it's been fairly restrained in how it's dealt with those partners. but it's worth remembering that is ro is it's

highly and circled by iran access of resistance. we've got a k, the who stays here in the south in him, and then him directly to the south of his ro. we've got his pull out in the north, in lebanon. we've got a run back. she is in the east ends in the northeast. so that's of course, have off in the west. so it really could look quite box as well. if things do spiral into all out conflict and take us to you, i'm and specifically, i mean, this is a country already devastated by years of civil war. how could an escalation with the united states and its partners and allies impact this country and its civilians? as it's is a country that's been ravaged by civil already. and as i said, strikes by the south dakota nation over $25000.00 of them have already pummeled the areas controlled by the who sees. but the problem now is that the who sees have

entered into agreements with its war. and with that war in partners inside. yeah, and that's something that was announced by the united nation special envoy just before christmas. that provides a roadmap to potentially how many, how many political process which might lead to peace if we now at western strikes and the outlawing of the who sees into the mix of them that could jeopardize thought process. and that will have knock on effects around gm. and so i think just to sum up, i think it would be unwise to underestimate who sees they've been worn out on off for nearly 20 years. 9 of them in a civil war. they haven't given up and they operate by a very different logic from ours. they believe that they've got good on the side that highly confidence and they all highly tolerance as a great number of casualties on this side in a way that we wouldn't be. so if this is a dangerous moment, elizabeth kendall from the university of cambridge, thank you. you're welcome. well,

israel will defend itself at the international court of justice and the hague. today against accusations it is committing genocide and gaza, south africa, which brought the case set out its arguments yesterday. israel dismisses the allegations as baseless on the 1st day of a genocide case against the state of each row in the hague. demonstrations on both sides, much to the u. n's talk court in search of 2 different visions of justice inside the quote, some of the legal team for south africa. she brought the case against israel, made the opening arguments, says these publicly available evidence of the scale of the destruction resulting from the bombardment of garza and the deliberate restriction of food volta. let's, let's do lecture century available to the population of casa,

demonstrates that the government of israel, no jewish people, is really citizens, the government of israel. and its military is intent on destroying the palestinians because as a group of lights under the proceedings could take use in the meantime, south africa is asking the court to order israel to stop. it's no, it treat operations in gaza. hi, civilian casualties and humanitarian catastrophe have led to international condemnation of these rarely offensive. the most run health ministry says more than $23000.00 palestinians have been killed. the un says one and 4 people in gaza, a staffing but israel vehemently denies allegations of

genocide. it insists its campaign is about targeting him us and not the palestinian people. israel says it is acting in self defense after that. how must her attacks on october 7th, 2023. is good to a terrorist organization that committed the most terrible crime against the jewish people since the holocaust instruments. and now there are those who come to defend it in the name of the holocaust. the what audacity an upside down world. israel will address the quote on friday. a decision on emergency measures is expected later this month. the ordering a ceasefire is one possible option, but as a court has no way to enforce its rulings, there was hoping for a quick end to the war may be bitterly disappointed and corresponded. lucio shelton is at the hague. lucio. what can we expect from the hearing today as israel defense itself, against these accusations of genocide?

you have you been here defense and presumably if yes, defense we have had from that from you? sure. i have before that they reject the allegations that they say it's baseless. what is remarkable is that each right is here, so i've heard from a legal expert that in the past, each road sometimes has not been that proceedings which are comparable to this one . so he says that there's a good sign for international justice that they came. and um, i think what we will hear and the hearing is already undergoing as a fears, defense of their case, saying that the allegations made by south africa. i'm not sure given that the court was founded in response to the holocaust, which is also a big factor in the birth of the state of israel. how will this affect how the court approaches the case, or, you know, the perception of, of how it might roll. so maybe it's really not so much affects the court itself. it will most likely affect the perception of the public opinion of the case. but for

the cardboard met us is that there is a legal definition of genocide. this leader definition is written down in the genocide convention, which is at stake. your legal experts say that there is a really high threshold to prove genocide because your need to prove is so called specific intent which, which aims at. i'm just trying it people to agree with and people. so that means that you have to really prove that specific thing which is considered to be relatively complicated. but what i also would like to say is that right now here is that under going, it is not so much about this question itself, but we had a pre stage of the trial. it's about provision and mattress at this point. and for that it might be a lowest threshold. so at this point, we have not yet in the nitty gritty details of trying to prove proof that that will be for later stage and a decision on that will take as presumably taking or suppose to take

a couple of years. let's hear shelton in the hague. thank you. thank you. and here are other stories making news. security forces in ecuador have been conducting nationwide raids in a fight back against criminal gangs. police have arrested more than 350 suspects in response to a wave of gang violence and the detention of prison staff by inmates. the us federal aviation administration is launching a formal investigation into the boeing 737 max 9 aircraft. a cabin panel blew out during the flight last week, leaving a hole in the fuselage. the aircraft made an emergency landing us airlines have grounded their boeing $737.00 next 9 plains of the test was pausing, production out of plans in germany because the tax on ships and the red sea have disrupted its supply chain. the electric car maker is to halt manufacturing outside

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