gee, that will shape the future of humanity, the small, it's new world, the a i race starts march 16th on dw october 7th of 2023. it was a day that marked before and after, for them at least the last her attack, called israel off guard. the brutality of the onslaught shocked the world. among the alleged crimes committed by the attackers rate of women, it has been difficult to document these crimes of many suspected victims killed, others traumatized. now un mission has established that there are, in fact, reasonable grounds to believe the mazda attacks included rape and gang raped and called for an investigation. the hostages still held in gaza. they suspect the ordeal might still be going on. i'm gonna call for lincoln berlin and this is the

day i the still reasonable browse to be the that's come think we need to, the sexual violence including rape and gang rape. all could during the 7th of october attacks, horrible denials, actually rate and mutilated. we found clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rate sexualized, georgia. cro in human and degrading treatment, husbands coming to the gate, stop the the 1st that the big wide world. this is a fact also on the day no country in the world has ever explicitly enshrined abortion as

a constitutional right. women in france now have that guarantee to, sorry, goal. we are all as you see very happy and for us and so from them on so right. and he has to be in the constitution because you can always change the law. welcome to the day. a new reports by the united nations has established that there are, quote, reasonable grounds to believe that reef and gang rape occurred during the october 7th terror attack led by a moss against israel, the un mission, interview survivors and witnesses of the attack and examined 50 hours of video footage and thousands of photographs to arrive at this conclusion, the special representative on sexual violence in conflict said she and a team of expert experts had found clear and convincing information about rape and sexual ice torture report also said that some claims of rape could not be verified,

but there was convincing information that hostages taken from israel were, and might still be subjected to sexual violence during their captivity. you know, the, you annoy, let out her findings in more detail here some more of what she said are. we also found that they are reasonable browse to believe that's conflict related, sexual violence including rape and gang raped all could during the 7th of october attacks in at least 3 locations, namely the new music festivals, side and its surroundings. road 232, and keep whats the rate at the most of these incidents victim were 1st subjected to rate and then killed. and at least 2 incidents relate to the rate of women's courses we regard to the hostages taken to gaza. we found clear and convincing information that sexual violence, including rape, sexualized, georgia. cro, in human and degrading treatment, has been committed to gain,

scuffed to use. and we also have reasonable grounds to believe that such a violence may still be ongoing against those still have it in captivity. i paused and must add that i am of the strong opinion that this finding does not in any way legit demise further violence. but actually reinforces the need for emergencies. what's bringing christina laboratories, which a foreign correspondent for the sunday times and has spent much of her career covering the use of rape as a weapon. she's the author of the book, our bodies there, battlefield, what war does to women. welcome back to the w. christina, you yourself went to the israel in the aftermath of october 7th, what do you make of the you ins, findings, or? yeah, well i mean the findings are really similar to well, i found which is the, there is an auto as they say, convincing information. but it was sick to finance carried out on october the 7th

spots. i think they all say sounds that it was very hard to find any action, so 5 is to speak to. so that was witness, is there were people who had sounds been collecting the 40. so people that were killed. i'm finding them in positions that suggested that that he had been rates and findings, etc, but not in the for the things like that. but that was, it was hard to find anybody who had actually a big grades and survived. i would speak about yeah. yeah. did you find that to be the biggest challenge when you went to cover the aftermath of october 7? yeah, i mean as having rebooted an awful lot. 6. right. and so it's few people in many different countries about it. i know that it's extremely difficult for people

to speak about that. um, you know, i mean cases where it's taken 50 years for people to come for it and speak. so the fact that people have no, it's comfortable with inspect. it doesn't mean that they're on the right it's of course there is a relevant, grim possibility that everybody that it happened to was either killed afterwards or was taken hostage. you write your book, that rape is the most neglected for crime. how big a factor do you think is the fact that it's so hard to document? i yeah, is fobs documented it's hard for people to come for it, but the reason that it's makes the connected will crime it is that unfortunately, accountability is 6 section rule. it's really hard for people to get justice. so they've been many cases in recent years where thousands of women have come forward

such as the easy ease they were taken by is comic state and kept to 6 legs print uh, 10 years ago. uh, goes like the uh to book goes in nigeria that were taken by boca hart. but again, that was just the tip of the iceberg with tens of thousands taken in northeast and nigeria, the bringing you people and found out all of that were taken from that village is rates by the east military or participant niches. in one of these cases, you know, we have huge numbers of testament is, but not a single person has been brought to justice in any of those cases. it said recently in germany for some of the cities, but it's a very small number, but it is, it stops. why do you think that is, if so many women have come forward or? well, i think there's a number of reasons. i mean, of course, rate for anyway is

a crime where it is difficult. it's getting justice in my country, united kingdom, and a less than 2 percent of women had reported rate last year actually. so anybody charged, so imagine in a country where you've got was getting all know that type of traits is the people running the country or running area or other people that it's happened to refugees or displaced people and they have resources. so of course it's going to be much, much harder, but i think there's another reason which is the i every case side sounds that had been successfully prosecuted. that always being a female judge or a theme, how a prosecute says to that doesn't seem like your incident. so i think we need to have from or within touches. and i also believe that unfortunately, when conflicts come to an end, then they're

a piece to step. this is often regarded as site issues. so people will be brought to justice for killing and torture, but not full ready. and i believe that's partly because there's so few women in these piece talks um that you know, is how it's being if you go back to near a bag, for example, which people often hold up as you have a great example of international justice. nothing was done and it was about only the millions of women that were rates in the 2nd world war in jam am eastern europe at the end, it was no mention of it. so it is something that tradition of the has just been sideline. the end of complex and that needs to change. you know, the report also pointed to allegations of conflict related, sexual violence against post damian's after october 7th. does that surprise you at

all? well, i mean previously the reports and he is ready to was kind of stitching women the saying that they've been sexually assaulted so that i, this is i get the same kind of report. so unfortunately, you know, i mean it's straight depressing, but every complaint, sir, i just sat in my book or have reported on um, that seems to be sexual violence. i mean, obviously we could all say, sorry, again in ukraine. it just one of simulations the i interviewed since i'm a, you know, it is the cheapest weapon. it costs less than a kalashnikov for the sides of the if you want to humiliate your enemy or terrorized demo tapes are treat raping women and girls. this is an effective way of doing that. as christina lamb to foreign correspondent for britain sunday times

. thank you so much for your time, your insights, vision. thank you. women's rights are human rights and yet women around the world are being denied reproductive justice. it's against this backdrop that france has now made history. the european country has become the 1st and the world to explicitly and trying the rights to an abortion in its constitution. as after law makers voted over wyoming, we in favor of an amendment public support for the change follow the us supreme court ruling in 2022, overturning the rights to an abortion there. the eiffel dollar was lit up in celebration with the message, my buddy, my twice as friends, made a box and a constitutional right. it is very moving disease such

a fundamental liberty written into the constitution. it will make us feel more recognized and protected. it's historical and we are all as you see, very happy and for us, it's a fundamental rights and it has to be in the constitution because you can always change the law to adults. you said so i'll get to the demo also do with that and see the french parliament when the board was announced by a mountain of 78272. no make goods from across the political spectrum made from the only country in the world to explicitly and try and access to abortion index plus the fusion to deal with our vote today, we recognize the fundamental human right of abortion. because the threat of regression is waiting heavy on women, because the right to abortion always reappears on the list of things. the extreme

right wants to attack. from what abortion has been legal in front since 1975 some critics say the revision was there for unnecessary. the accused president demanded in macro of using it to boost his popularity level. i'm with these uh, it took us all a visa of boston is already legal and friends, and i don't understand why we need to put it into the constitution because it's already allowed. and i don't want this to encourage even more women to take the lives of the unborn baby side. they'll feel like they do put to vivian this woman's rights activists. it started the push to get into the right to abortion. last year off to it was rooted back in the united states. finally did have achieved their goal and whole other countries will follow from lead. the doctor

is the senior regional director for europe at the center for reproductive rights and joins we now, lia. firstly, your reaction to this development of france. i mean, this is a really historic development it's, it's a cause for celebration from since become the 1st country in the world to try and explicit guarantee for the freedom to have an abortion in its constitution. so it's an extremely significant milestone, not just for your own, but also for me. what do you think l concurrently mean for women there? i mean, is demonstrates the significance, but no makers and decision makers and process right to the right to auction. we know, at the same time the women across france do still face barriers and access. we know the regulations and policies are not perfect. there is room for improvement. so we are really hopeful that this will galvanized decision makers across the country to

bring the policies in france into line with best practices to re live up to the guarantee that will now be a constitutional rights in the french context. that there has been this development in france poll is no government says it will propose easing the near total abortion band there. how encouraged are you by this? i mean the moment here really seeing a way of potential for incredibly progressive reform across the european region. the best in france this we but also as you mentioned, the commitment spine before this, governments to look at the law and reform to know there without access to a motion. we also know the chloroform classes. these are underway in germany, in our ends in norway, in denmark, in belgium. so the actions by lawmakers across the region really are various offices and welcome in terms of acknowledging the need for continued progress. the

fact that there is no country and you were that has yes, you know, for all have snow into line, we back public health guidance and the need for continued progress in this area. yeah, let's take a little deeper there. um, how do you consider the situation of women's right to choose in europe to be at this point in time? as your divorce is broadly legal in most of all countries, we have a few countries in your life, photos like malta, they're still highly restrictive abortion laws and but do not send our washington requests. and those countries really need to move swiftly to reform those know and remove those near to bass brush. more generally, in other countries in the region, a portion is bigger, but there are still a range of barriers in place and they really need governments in low matters across the regions to look at these, we need them to remove criminals provisions that still apply to abortion. the trace

of washington for leach law, other forms of health care, and we need them to different forms of limitations on access things like mountain street waiting periods, mountains, counseling, requirements, other other forms of barriers the but really do inhibits hospice. in practice. also, when you were working is free and affordable and in many countries, but in other parts of the region, cost barriers are still a real issue for women and for particularly marginalized groups. so that's another area where we really need action by government sonoma or it's across the continent . what does it mean for women to not have access to abortion free and an accessible abortion? i mean when there are bombs in the place when, unfortunately it's heavily restricted. it's really does har, women's health, and well be so many different ways. it means that women have to travel outside their home country, away from doctors and caregivers that they know and trust. and they sometimes not

costly. charlie's too far on countries access care. it means that women are maybe forced to import your portion medicines through the post from tele medicine providers in other countries. no, no, we use those medicines when the right time prices in low potentially when they are taking that which serious about taking post, divorce, she care if they should be bass. it also means as they seem to impose them, for example, that sometimes women actually die in hospitals when they are in a pregnancy crisis and facing, you know, risks to their health and life, but restrictions and access to a washing, but they can be provided with, like say the healthcare during a miscarriage, for example. so the impacts are restricted access to a portion of kind of being credited the grades as we have seen in many parts of this region. and as we see across the world, what are your main concerns when it comes to women's reproductive health right now

globally, i think we know that there's been a lot of progress in terms of women's, reproductive health, not just of or should access, but also contraceptive care maternal health care has improved across the world, but we also know that there are real jazz, it's the reality is the return of mortality, race, or know where we need them to be. we know that women in charge of workspace forms of disrespect and abuse across all riches of the world that are simply acceptable in the 21st century. we know that women's access to quality of where she care call deception, care, and even assisted reproduction is just not up to scratch in many parts of the world . so while there has been a lot of progress made and events this week in france are costs for celebration and there are many other causes for celebration. we know that we need governments to take reproductive rob seriously and to do the hard work to ensure that everyone

everywhere can access health care that they may need. that was lia hocked her, of a senior regional director for europe at the center for reproductive rights. thank you so much for your take on all of this. it's super jersey in the united states. the biggest thing so far and the 2024 electoral calendar when states across the country choose who they think they are part is nominated for president, should be 15 states from alabama to alaska, and one territory american samoa are going to the polls. the race is already dominated by 2 candidates president joe biden, for the democrats and his freed assessor donald trump for the republicans. a former governor of south carolina, nikki haley is donald trump last remaining republican challenger, spring and brandon born. he is a political analyst with a bertelsmann and foundations in europe, a program. welcome to the show,

brandon. all eyes on the us today. how is this super tuesday being viewed in europe? you know, for your, i'm sitting and brussels at the moment, the earliest pause, the clothes are going to be in virginia and in vermont at about 1 am this morning. so in reality, europeans will be waking up to the news that a republican candidate donald trump, is on his way to this parties nomination. this news is not necessarily surprising, but it's jarring. none the less. for a couple of reasons, we now see that a bite in trump rematch is basically set in stone. and the potential of a trump 2 point oh is, is, is very serious with, especially when you look at the head to head pulls that have been released this week that she'll biden behind. this would have severe implications for the united states for us to invest a policy for the federal government as we know it. but for europeans that would have severe knock on effect as well. and we think about trade policy security

policy. you looked at the comments that were made recently by trump on nato, and questioning us commitment that organization when you think about the ongoing war and ukraine and us a, that has been so vital to ukrainians and into, into europeans over the last 2 years. so this will literally be another week of call for europeans come tomorrow, that difficulties could be a head. brandon, some analyst suggests that americans have kind of forgotten what it was like under presidents. donald trump, that their views of him have improved since he left the office. how much of a disadvantage do you think it could turn out for joe biden to read the incumbent as well? that's, that's really the main issue. the democrats are facing at the moment. joe biden is experiencing historic levels of unpopularity among presidents. joe biden is not the preferred candidate among democrats who would prefer someone who brings more

vitality, more liveliness. and if you look at the polls, and if you look at the primaries in michigan last week, we saw 13 percent. you voted uncommitted in that election. these are warning signs headed the election later this year. this is a very different election years in 2020 and we saw the record 65.7 percent voter participation of pulling suggest the 85 percent of those who voted for joe biden. a last time around are not planning to do so. this time, these are very concerning figures for democrats leading into the election. yeah, and there is another important event in this week's calendar. joe biden will address americans on thursday in the state of the union. what do you expect? how will he use this address to make his case, to voters as the state of the union address? it is civil this year. this is an especially important platform considering now the

race is pretty much set when we it's likely that we'll see a re match against the trunk. now, the interesting thing about the state of the union is his words, his plans, his policies will not be a scrutinized as much as his general disposition. how does he carry himself? his older age at the moment is a, is a major issue among voters and people will be watching if you uh, so the, so the focus will especially be on his disposition. the focus, especially within his campaign at the moment, is going to be on preparing joe biden to project clearly to project confident lease . because otherwise this could have uh, this could be a set dock for him on such a, such a large national stage. and you know, especially now that the election season is going to heat up soon. he needs to project that he'll be able to to take it on. yeah, we don't have too much time, but i do want to touch on nikki haley for a 2nd. she still is in the race for the nomination is not looking good for her,

frankly. what is there a strategy here you think i as well, there are a couple of things that play for one. she could technically stay in the race through the july republican national convention, with an eye on the 91 felonies to spread across 4 criminal cases. the donald trump is facing uh, maybe something sticks. who knows, but that that is a calculus. of course there is a risk there. she is slowly becoming persona non grata within her party. this get out implications for her political career in down the line. consider you considering she's only 52 years old. but in all intents and purposes, even though she will continue the res, potentially after tomorrow, it's it's, it's likely that she drops out at some point in time before may, it's unclear, did cruise, for example, in 2016 date in the race. there may. but in all likelihood, she will still endorse trump, but you'll likely wait until it's officially confirmed at the latest,

at the republican national convention in july. and we'll have to wait and see though it's brandon lauren, thank you so much. i, i thank you. and that is our time. thank you so much for your company today. the

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