the, the, you're watching it over your name is coming to live from berlin. the us and britain launch military strikes on who the targets and young men, the actions and retaliation for attacks by the iranian backed group on ships in the red sea. also coming up on the show today is round wrap, soft fits defense against accusations of genocide and gaza, calling on the world porch and the hate to throw out in south africa's case the clare richardson, welcome united states and britain have carried out military strikes against targets

in yemen, in retaliation for hosting rebel attacks on shipping in the red sea, the who phase and the groups back or iran haven't condemned the strikes. the u. s. of the case a. the action is aimed at protecting international trade routes. one by one american military cross and take off parts of a coordinated strike back, i can see him ins who's the rebels if it's how the ation for the tax on shipping. in the red sea lead by the us and britain, 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 munitions, depos used by the whose degree with thursday, television broadcasting video claimed to show explosions on the account. aftermath

of the strikes. you must look like a battle in the american and british enemies bear full responsibility for the criminal aggression of the gates. so you, how many 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 given that sovereignty and independence. people are the thing who wants to get on it. to see rebels who have backed by around have been targeting ships in the red sea for weeks with the great releasing facebook page in november of its spices, appearing to seize the vessel. it claims the attack. so in response to israel's warning causative 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 the who these adults who support them.

i spoke earlier with, you know, stand by with the german institute for international and security affairs. and i asked him whether these latest air strikes were likely to stop the who fees from attacking shipping in the reds the given that it is not the 1st time the us has intervened. when the yes that's true, but a couple of years ago of the united states did exactly the same and it did work this time though, i think the situation is different. the united states and other countries, a 4th of lucy's. they have presented that and out of the money to them last week. and the policies went on attacking the attacking civilian ships. i think that they would try the most uh to keep up the track tags on uh, on the tennessee to it goes to the bottom under uh, straight and in 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 as well as the highest think that the united states and britain and also some other countries . we keep up the 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 and you haven't, it's 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 the tech on installations. they have all also the tech. do you want you to our roots 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 and d, u, i. e. and i don't think that this is 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 these and also just reduce tensions with its original arrival iran lately. oh, yes. well, the saudi arabia center is in a difficult situation. it has tried to accident the war and you haven't given ever since 2019 and it has stopped virtually all of it's a 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 you regular ones is a renewal of fighting and the renewal of the fighting with the forty's. 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 is in saudi arabia's interest to secure the sea lines to the, to the swift cannot. absolutely at very fascinating. that's how the wrong side you really does not seem to want to get involved here. i also have 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 the wrong does not want to wider 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 busy the reason why the right hand side is light level has attacked these release in the last 3 months time and again. and that's the reason why the who sees a keep attacking the sea lanes in the red sea. so iraq is the main responsible, but it tries everything to the, 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 good assigned berg with the german institute for international and security affairs. israel has wrapped up its defense against accusations of genocide

on a 2nd day of hearings at the international court of justice in the hague. the defense team strongly rejected the case prompt by south africa. it told the court that his role was not seeking to destroy the palestinians, but to protect its own people. and it's more against a mass which many countries classify 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 a deliberately curated d. contextualized 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 full setting the applicants telling both how much does responsibility for the situation in gasser. and the very humanity of it is really 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. let's go live to horse bonnet. lucy, ash alton, joining me from hague. let's see it without the 2nd day of hearings and now wrapped up, can you tell us what the main arguments from is israel were against these allegations of genocide that are from brought forth by south africa? yeah, we just heard 3 hours of hearings for each royal got the chance to make its case, and there's been a couple of arguments that stood out to me. so maybe 1st of all,

israel said that south africa really distorts the facts because it overseas fed these events, which has been saying, alleging that the genocide, x and character i in fact events that are taking place and then um conflict. you, sir, there's also been saying that it needs to defend itself, and that therefore, it does have to take so a mattress, but it is always acting according to international law. it's been making a point that it is or has been stressing that it is not being in a wall was suppose to me and people, but with the rush from us, which is classified as a terrorist organization by many countries, and a stress that it does everything to, to how to put his tenure in people which it can. i'm sure once it has been saying that the case that has been brought by south africa should be rejected for what it is. and it said that this would be liable and has been asking the court to not put provision emetrius over it, and also altogether strike out the court the case from the register. so i'd really

wants to see the whole case dismissed. so we heard south africa presents case yesterday. now we've heard israel offer it's a defense. is it already possible to say which side appeared more convincing here and also to give us the idea of where we expect things to go from here or yeah. so there's got a chance to make the argument and now the 17 judges that has been listening to this case, regard to deliberations and find their ruling on who to who to give their res, so to say, and who was more convincing. in the end, if you one. so what is important to note is that at this point we are talking about so called provision and mattress. these measures has been requested by south africa and, and we said they want and that's maybe the most prominent one they want and an end to all military operations in the gaza strip, which is where it has been from the rejecting. and these provision and measures the decision for that that would be relatively quickly,

some say this is already expected for the end of this month's january. it is clear that this would only take a couple of weeks, but the main question that lies behind the case, which is the question whether the genocide convention has been breached or not. that is a question that will keep this court behind me busy for longer time. this might take years if it goes to the marriage phase. so um, this is something that is not a trick decision. this is also, um, as some people say, as the case of genocide or the intention that is needed for a genocide, for an ega qualification of genocide is very hard to prove and a very difficult. well, thank you so much for your a party today. that is, it was the actual 10 at the hague. let's turn to some other stories, make a news around the world. and mars military government and, and alliance of ethnic minority aren't groups have announced a ceasefire brokered by china. the deal should end a months of fighting in the northern shan states, including in areas near the chinese border. the 10s of thousands demonstrated in

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