the, the, you're watching, you know, the news coming to live from birds in the us and britain launch military strikes on ok, targets and yeah. and then the actions in retaliation for a tax 5 year running and back root on ships in the red sea. also coming up on the show, israel starting its defense against accusations of genocide and gauze on south africa, brought the case at the international court of justice and the have the i'm clear, richardson welcome the united states and britain have carried on military strikes against targets and young men in retaliation for who is the rubble of tax on

shipping in the red sea and the who are phase and the groups back are around, have condemned the strikes, the u. s. and the new case a. the action is aimed at protecting international trade routes. one by one american military croft take off parts of a coordinated strike. fact i can see him in to see rebels the retaliation for a tax on shipping. in the red sea, led by the us in britain, in emission described as an act of self defense, to restore stability along the important trade routes. the u. k. military is released, these images of it says, strikes us officials say more than a dozen sites were attacked, including commodities census, a munitions depos used by the whose degree with thursday, television broadcasting video claimed to show explosions on the account, the aftermath of the strikes. you must look like

a battle in the american and british enemies pad full responsibility for the criminal aggression that it gave. so you have any people will not go unpunished. on onset to him. and the armed forces will not hesitate to target. the threatening suicide is an old, hostile targets on land and sea in order to defend you have on its sovereignty and independence. if uh the many with this he wants to get on it. to see rebels who have backed by around have been targeting ships in the red sea for weeks with a great releasing facebook page in november of 8 spices appearing to seize the vessel. it claims the attack. so in response to israel's warning costs it against how much the u. s. b, u, in other countries have labeled the terrorist organization. the big question now is what this could mean for the war in gaza and the why the region with the world racing for response from that who these adults who support them?

i'd like to bring in quito stein back from the german institute for international and security affairs. for more on the story. do you think that these strikes will deter the who these, from attacking, read, see shipping. after all, this is not the 1st time that the u. s has hit targets in young men to, to try to stop them from doing exactly that. the way a yes, that's true, but a couple of years ago, uh, the united states did exactly the same and it did work this time though. i think the situation is different than how did states in other countries, a 4th of lucy's staff presented to my to him last week and the whole cheese went on attacking the attacking civilian ships. i think that they would try the most to keep up the tax tax on the, on the try see to it goes to the bottom under strict and then response. how far do

you then think the us and the u. k. and possibly even more countries joining the coalition. how far would they be willing to go to try to prevent further strikes from the who sees to what is the highest think that the united states and britain and also some other countries. we keep up the that strikes against the whole piece if the, the stones stop the attacks on, on, on traffic in the, in the red sea. but they do not have any more alternatives. the situation in yemen is dangerous of the civil war has come down in the last 2 years. but the forty's always able to hit solid the targets, and that has proved to be extremely dangerous. in recent years, the who these have attacked the captain,

we ought to have to tack on installations that have all and also to attack these much of the routes. and there is the danger that any american and purchase strikes come given might provoke a renewed outbreak of the civil war in human end of the attacks on saudi arabia, n, d, u, i. e. and i don't think that this is, uh, the, the, the outcome of the washington lots indeed tell us more about that when, where saudi arabia stands and all of this because it's, it's, of course, been trying to end both the counselors with the who sees and also just reduce tensions with its original arrival iran, lately. a yes, but i saw the radius in the is in a difficult situation. it has uh tried to accident the war and you haven't given ever since 2019 and it has stopped virtually all of its military activities in yemen. some one and

a half. 2 years ago it has entered into negotiations directly with the, with the movement and the last thing. so do you regular ones? is a renewal of try to do the renewal of the fighting with the 40s. and that's part of the reason why i saw you right yet. did not join this coalition in this most states in, in the red sea trying to secure the, the red sea. that's quite, quite interesting simply because it isn't saudi arabia's interest to secure the c lines to the, to the source cannot absolutely at very fascinating. that's how it arrived. i started really does not seem to want to get involved here. all of this was of course, an attack against one of it runs proxies. and i'm curious about their reaction because the 1st thing we've heard from tyrone is also

a call for restraint. rather than revenge does that also signal to you that iran is planning to keep out of this? a yes, so you're wrong, does not want to write a conflict, but at the same time it wants to show these rallies and the allies that they are able to exert influence in the region. and that's. busy the reason why the wrong side is light level has attacked these very leaves in the last 3 months time and again. and that's the reason why the who sees keep attacking the sea lanes in the red sea. so iraq is the main responsible, but it tries everything to the team to the night. it's a responsibility for what is happening, the signal, the message, it is arriving in the west, but especially in saudi right. well, thank you so much for providing that regional perspective for us. that's a get assigned part with the german institute for international and security

affairs as well as but on setting out its defense against accusations of genocide on a 2nd day of hearings at the international court of justice in the hague. of the defense team strongly rejected. the case brought by south africa, it told the court that israel was not seeking to destroy the palestinian people but to protect them. and it's more against from us which many countries classified as a terrorist organization in front of children. tal backers, a legal advisor for israel's foreign ministry, and in court. he attacked south africa's handling of the case. the entirety of its case hinges on it deliberately. q rates at the can text realized and manipulative. description of the reality of current hostilities. south africa ports to come to this court in the last, the position of a guardian of the interest of humanity. but in de legitimizing israel, 75 year existence in its opening presentation yesterday. that broad commitment to

humanity, ren hollow. it is on surprising that for setting the applicants telling both how much does responsibility for the situation in gasser. and the very humanity of it is rightly victims removed from view. the attempt to weaponized the term genocide against israel in the present context does mold and tell the court a grossly distorted story. and it does move and empty the word of its unique force and special meaning. we have data vision porter, lucy, ash holton in the hague. with more on the days proceedings. yes. are you, sir? it is in the middle of making a statement defending itself against the allegations that says i for can make yesterday, we have already heard that. and as far as opinion, as far as africa, grossly distorted the facts,

and they've been asking the court to dismiss the case altogether as to what it is a liable. so we expect to you to you now they're working through the legal arguments point by point that are important for the qualification or falls. what is going on here. so stay tuned, i can give you a bit more details on what has been said later. what is important to understand that what is going on right now is also the question whether provision emetrius should be ordered over each, right or not. each man is making a case, but this would not be the case if the case should be rejected altogether. and this is what, what the, what the question is about you right now, it is not yet about the nitty gritty details of whether the genocide convention was breached or not. and also not yet on the merits. this might be a question that could keep the quote busy for the next couple of years. the question of the provision emetrius there a decision is already expected within the next few weeks. i'm curious to hear a little bit more about the arguments that as well, isn't bringing on

a day 2 of these hearings. how much do you think we will see, for example, the specter of the holocaust? and there are arguments given that this very court was, was found in response. the yes, so you mentioned that the quote was found not the quote respond to me or response, but more the genocide convention itself was found in response to this. and these are, it has already been referring to that to that and that and saying, well, you know, there was a promise coming this, this genocide prevent prevention. and this promise was never again so, and then that has been calling on the court as the guardian of the genocide conventions that it keeps up his promise of the never again. so that he's trying to use this argument apart from that. they're really working their way through the leave of the arguments, for example, the specific content that is needed to prove genocide, one by one. and then therefore, to been saying that restoring again to harder costs that if there has been a honda cause perpetrated against anyone, it was east trail is

a tech of how much on the 7th of october, how much as, as we know a terror organization defined by the european union, the united states, united states and so on. and so, and this was another point very so i wrote vers, referring to that a phrase or to that a, to the whole know course. but apart from that, it's really um, making it statements and talking about the specific content, but also saying, well, see what it says. africa's not saying that each right is in and conflict against how much and not against the parents to new people. and it's also saying that what is that for cause also not saying is that the homeless a using the people in the gaza strip as human shields. so these are just a couple of the arguments that are being brought forward to your office royal against says every time delegation such as africa. so thank you so much for your reporting there that was here shows and in the hate turn into some other news now.

and flooding is causing havoc in the democratic republic of congo in the capital. can she also residents, a foul smelling water poured into their homes. when the congo river rose to its highest level in decades, at least 300 people have been killed in the past few months. the phones submerged in murky flood water. here and can shop many say it's the worst flooding they've ever seen at the front of i know we've lived in this neighborhood since we were children. if and ever since the 1st time it's been like this, we have to use can use to get around what we have no choice because we have nowhere else to go out pulling up or not because i've been surround port urban planning and week infrastructure have made the city vulnerable to flash floods when it rains heavily. that's happening more frequently because of climate change.

residency authorities haven't done enough to prevent flooding or provide assistance. instead, they say it's the community that has stepped up helping each other store. no, but we have to wait to move without boats to find something to eat, especially those are still stuck in houses and help them get to the main road. while the flooding is already much heavier than usual, this year, locals are worried. there may be worse to come just before we go, we can bring you up to speed with a reminder of our top story. the us and britain have launched military strikes against jose targets and yemen. explosions have been reported in the capital, so not and elsewhere. who have been attacking shipping and naval units in the red sea for weeks and that as it was update at this hour coming up next, a t

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