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, are you in mission has established that there are, in fact, reasonable grounds to believe the mazda attacks included rape and gang rate, and called for an investigation. for the hostages still held in gaza. they suspect the ordeal might still be going on. i'm tickled fairly in 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. great. and

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 experts. 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. or we also found the reasonable grounds to believe that's conflict related sexual violence including rape and gang rape. 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. i mean, most of these incidents victim were 1st subjected to rate and then killed. and at least 2 incidents relate to the rate of women sconces 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 evidence may still be ongoing against those still have it in captivity. i pause 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? 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 6 you find and scurried out on october, the 7th spots, i think they all say sounds that it was very hard to find any actually so find 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 great and findings that i've seen 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, you know, low sections, 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 it. um, you know, and in cases where it's taken 60 years for people to come for it and speak, say the fact that people have notes that i'm comfortable with. inspection doesn't mean that they're on survive. it's that of course there is the grim possibility that everybody that it happens to was either killed afterwards or was taken hostage . you're right in 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, it's thoughts document. it's hard for people to come for it, but the and the reason that it's supposed to be connected will crime it is that unfortunately, accountability is 6 section, not the 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 to use the website can buy is comic state and kept to 6 legs print outs and years ago. uh, goes like the uh to book goes in nigeria that were taken by boca harm, but again, that was just the tip of the iceberg. there were tens of thousands taken in northeast and nigeria, the bringing your 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 they use it ease, but it's a very small number, but it is, it stops. why do you think that is of so many women have come forward as well? i think there's a number of reasons. i mean, of course, rate anyway is a crime where it is difficult to get 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 that a country where you've got was getting all know that type of traits is the people running the country or running area, or all the 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 i found that had be successfully prosecuted. that always being a feedback with judge or a theme how prosecute says so that doesn't seem like your incident. and so i think we need to have from all women touches. and i also believe that unfortunately, when conflicts come to an end, then they're a piece tools step. this is often regarded as site issues and so people will be brought to justice for killing and torture, but not full ready. and i believe that's partly because it's so few women in these piece talks, items um that you know, is how it's being if you go back to near a bag, for example, which people often hold off as you, as a great example of international justice. nothing was done and it was about only

the millions of women that were right to the in the 2nd load or in germany, eastern europe at the end. it was no mention of it. so it is something that tradition of the has just been signed like the, the end of conflicts and that needs to change. you know, the report also points it 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 read each. it was kind of sticking 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 very depressing. but every complaint, sir, i look, sat in my book or have reported on that seems to be sexual violence. i mean,

obviously, or say, sorry, again in ukraine. it just one of simulations the i interviewed, sits in a, you know, it, it's the cheapest square foot and it costs less than a kalashnikov for their sides of the if you want to humiliate your enemy or terrorized demo tapes her it treat raping women and girls this is an effective way of doing that. was 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 in trying the rights to an abortion in its constitution. as after lawmakers 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 life of the 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 just be very happy and for us, it's a fundamental rights. and he 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 a boston. and it's plus the fusion to be with our vote today, we recognize the fundamental human right of abortion. because the threat of regression is weighing 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. a level of them with these all it's a test. so a visual emotion 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. so i thought the like to do to put to vivian this woman's rights activists. it started the push to get into the right to abortion last year, after it was rooted back in the united states. finally, they have to you giggle and whole other countries will follow from slade. the actor 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 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 but also for me. what do you think it'll concurrently mean for

women there? i mean, it's, i mean the charity demonstrates the significance, but know makers and decision makers in process right. she's the right to help them or should we know at the same time that women across friends do still face barriers and access? we know that regulations and policies are not perfect. there is room for improvement . so we are really hopeful of discipline, galvanized decision makers across the country to bring the policies and friends into line with best practices to re label to the guarantees that will now be a constitutional arrives in, 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 is buying the bonus government to go get the law and reform the little there without access to a portion. 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 in you were that has yes, you know, for all head snow into line we back public health guidance and the need for continued progress in this area. yeah, it looks like 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 restricted 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 talks about a portion more generally in other countries in the region, abortion is bigger, but there are still a range of barriers in place and they really need government to know matters across the regions to look at these, we need them to remove criminals provisions that stand applying to a portion of the tree support different regional or other forms of health care. and we need them to different forms of limitations on access things like mount street waiting periods, mountains, counseling, requirements, other other forms of barriers that 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 governments and the mattress 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 of where she does have a restrictive is really does har, women's health and web b? 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 importance of portion medicines through the post from tele medicine providers in other countries. no, no, we use those medicines when right and time low potentially when they are taking that we serious about taking post, divorce. she care it's, they should be that 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 health care during a miscarriage, for example. so the impacts are restricted access to a portion of kind of be incredibly great. 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 deficits. the reality is that maternal mortality race or mal square, we need them to be. we know that women in charge of workspace forms of disrespect and abuse across all regions of the world that are simply on acceptable in the 21st

century. we know that women's access to quality of or she care call deception care . and even assisted reproduction is just not up to scratch in many parts of the world. so why there hasn't been a lot of progress made and events this week in france or cause for celebration. and there are many other causes for celebration. we know that we need governments to take reproductive products 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're 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's last remaining republican challenger, spring, and brandon bourne. he is a political analyst with the bertelsmann foundations in europe program. welcome to the show, brandon. all eyes on the us today. how is the super tuesday being viewed in europe? you know, where 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 for 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 show biden behind. this would have severe implications for the united states for us to invest the policy for the federal government as we know it. but for europeans that would have severe knock on effect as well. 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, we're in 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 the other 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, i'm, if you look at the primaries in michigan last week, we saw 13 percent. you voted uncommitted in that election. these are warning signs added 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 yeah, 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 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 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 competent 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 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 to 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 thank you. and that is our time. thank you so much for your company today. the

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