the, the, this is the, the news life from berlin, the international court of justice, orders, israel to seize it's assault on wrong is that it must immediately hold me to open and any other action instead of a governor to you as top court describes the situation in gaza as disastrous also on the program. a massive line slides kills scores of people and pop while you're getting dozens of homes are flattened in the middle of the night. hurrying entire families and indigenous groups celebrate

a new treaty between a 119 nations to fight against the hijacking of traditional knowledge. and genetic resources will tell you what that breakthrough really mean. the amount of remote welcome to the program, the international court of justice, and the hey, has ordered israel to stop it's military offensive and assist you for alpha in southern gossip. the us top court describe the humanitarian situation there as disastrous, an ordered israel to a low on hindered access of age. but is really politicians have rejected the ruling saying that operations against him off a group considered a terrorist organization by multiple countries, will continue. a file from the front lines of the war in gaza is rails military

campaign suffered a major legal blow. it must immediately hold. it's committed to offense and any other action instead of a governor, which may inflict on the but assuming a group and gaza conditions of life that would bring about its physical destruction in hold or info that the latest icy j, rolling unequivocal about the need is round to protect the palestinians and do more to provide vital aid. the decision welcomed by south africa, which broke the case and his accused israel of committing genocide. this order is groundbreaking, as it is the 1st time that explicit mention is made for is to help. if liberty action in any area gather this type of specifically aimed or elsewhere, israel rejects accusations of genocide and the latest i. c. j ruling will cabinet minister beany guns seed the fight to return its hostages would continue including

in rafa the i. c. j also ordered the i'm conditional release of hostages being held by hum us. well, the court has no way of enforcing the ruling. it poses a major challenge is rams allies, as they have to choose between now, i suppose to the international institution of the one. 0, how much some for 3 and both seems to be quite difficult to make. the ruling is the speaking judicial blow to israel this week. the international criminal court has applied for a wrist warrants the israel's prime minister in defense minister over alleged war crimes. both decisions adding to global criticism of israel's war. michael link is a former un special rock to our own human rights in the palestinian territories.

earlier i asked him how big of a blow this ruling really is for israel as well it's another blow in. another remarkable week with respect to international law, as your commentator mentioned, the arrest warrants application that was announced on monday by the prosecutor was certainly devaluing it. israel's reputation in the international community, the remarks by 3 european countries on wednesday to recognize palestine as a state was a further diplomatic blow. and today was the international court of justice ruling on the further application by salt africa. concluded that israel must immediately hold us military offensive them in rafa. and i must maintain the wrath of crossing which israel controls from the palestinian side that must have maintained the whole thing in order to allow the unhindered flow of humanitarian aid, which is probably at the very worst stage that has been in the southern half months

of this uh, this offer more so, you know, it's hard to imagine how much lower is rolls international reputation. i can go. and if it's, if the proceeds as it appears it will with it's a full blown raffo offensive. i suspect we'll see more condemnation of israel in the days and weeks to come. yeah. and talking about other countries. let's go a bit deeper there because the court doesn't really have the ability to force israel to comply. but does this ruling oppose any duties or obligations on other countries to do or not do anything countries like the u. s. and germany for example, which are supplying as well, with weapons? so, i mean, i, i not, it doesn't affect them directly, but certainly they could be domestic feel, litigation in both countries because they are, by far the largest arm suppliers, the israel's, you mention to try to go to the courts in each country. not to say that there is

complicity in, in germany's actions. uh, you know, offensive that the, both the, both the world court has what one of condemning and has been condemned to the general assembly of united nations as well. so this may well open up domestic challenges that will build upon what the court has said. yeah, definitely be interesting to see how that pans out. but this ruling is just one part of a broader complaint that side offical filed late last year, accusing israel's committing genocide and gaza will impact as today's decision house on that. well, it probably continues to hurt in the court with respect to israel's conduct. could you had a visual view of what the, what the audience in the court booked like today. there were 3 lawyers representing israel, and the rest of the seats were ordinarily a very large is rarely delegation, would be seated, were entirely empty. about i'm not sure that was meant as contempt point israel for,

for the court, or that was meant as a resignation, knowing what the court's ruling was, was likely going to going to be so this is so fairly objective so far, but professor, i'd like to ask you what your opinion is, what do you think this ruling will actually accomplish as well in the short run it, it won't accomplish anything. israel has shown the same for the 3 prior rulings that the international court has a, as an issue with respect to the south african application. and remember this of african application for the charges of genocide against israel won't be heard in full by the court for probably several years down the road we're measuring come by the senior. it stick with the proceedings against me. i'm are brought by that can be at the international court of justice, but it will continue, i think the decrease thing, israel's diplomatic and political standing in the world. i think we've already seen

obviously on the campuses, in europe and particularly in north america and kind of uprising that are calling upon their universities to stop the academic relationships and investments in israel. all of this, i think will continue. there's no sign of a cease fire being reached. and as i suspect even of israel was the, when all of its workings and, and the candidate a mass politically. and militarily, that will take a large number of months yet. so i suspect this kind of protest, these kinds of legal actions, this kind of political censor against israel will continue through the summer. well professor michael, thank. thank you so much for your expertise and your analysis there. thanks for being with us here on dw, again. thank you very much and have it for helping me. well, he is looking at some other stories making headlines around the world. us president joe biden on a gyptian president abdel for to us. you see,

you have agreed to send humanitarian age and fuel to gaza via israel's crime shall, long crossing until the rough of crossing is reopened. be nice but full as a dramatic drop in the amount of 8 entering the territory. since israel launched military operations in rockland and the united states has an ice, an additional $275000000.00 in military a to ukraine, as keeps struggles to repel russia's assault on the khaki region. the fresh package includes munition missiles, types go vehicles, anti tank mines and artillery. ryans should be gone and you have fences in the region. 2 weeks ago. the rescue teams has begun arriving at the scene of a massive line slides that buried a remote village and pop. when you gave me the disaster is thought you have killed more than a 100 people. rocks continued to fall from the mountain as villagers in the angle province tried to dig through the soil. it happened to run 600 kilometers north of

the castle. port moresby authorities set the land slide also blocked an important road linking the capital to the effected area. hampering the supply of age a local community leaders book and a video at the see is a place that's covered by the deputies. and therefore, people in the village, the local cea asking the government, the h. anyone and everyone who wish to help people. i like knowing that package. people . uh they, they cannot cry or they gonna do anything because it's difficult for them to go substitute joyce, and it's never happened in history. david pet late is a geographer on our scientists at the university of hall in the u. k. we asked him what might have caused this disaster. yeah, some of that that, that's been a whole series of, of events this year. i mean both mold on size than we normally say. and at this time that yeah, in, in, you know, be compared with, with the last 20 years or so. i know most of those have been associated with very heavy rain, full and puffy beginning has been hit by

a repeated series of big rain storm events. and those big ways to events are probably driven by climate change means the century they will wrap the sphere contains will moisture. therefore we've seen this increase globally of, of the most intense rain full. so that is, that is the overall picture, but it doesn't appear that this particular land started was triggered by rain full events. so it is quite intriguing. as for our final story, if the show more than a 190 countries have agreed to a new treaty to combat so called pyro pipe bio, piracy un talks in switzerland. the landmark do aims to stop the practice that sees big companies, use patience to look up natural resources. authentic splicing, the traditional knowledge of poor nations and indigenous peoples. the agreement comes after years of negotiations. developing countries have long been calling for more protections for their genetic resources, like additional plants. and some more,

i'm joined in the studio by dw reporter band dorman. then 1st and foremost for all of us, lay people out there. well actually is bio piracy. well, it's a term coined by actress to refer to what they see is the pillaging of kind of indigenous knowledge by these big corporations, often from the developers. well, so when companies that are developing new products, whether that's face greenville, pesticides, or new drugs, they often use the natural world for inspiration. so that's sending research as out to scholar. often poor countries when it's high by diversity, to look for whatever they can find to create new products. and they're also relying that on traditional knowledge when teachers communities, to point them to guide them in the right direction. what they doing with by piracy is, once they've got this product that they've creating a new innovation, so to speak, that then seeking pass and protection for it. so they want the exclusive right to exploit it in this way for the not doing is acknowledging that kind of debt of the

traditional is that leaning on. and then not respecting the kind of book of list that fronting off as purely their own development on them. can you give us an example of a particularly famous case of file piracy will probably one of most famous come most daneen trees is the tree. that's native to india, but it grows and dozens of other countries around the world as well. indian farmers have used it for thousands of years to fend of insects to combat diseases with plants and such. it is be poss down that noise generation generation know, and it was thought you needed to get a pack them to protect you. for this. however, back in 95 in american company, managed to secure a patent for a fungus side. it had developed based off of this plot. it then took a decade and quote, the indian government to get this pack and try it out on all. basically the grounds that this is not in innovation. this is something which you have developed without technology. you hundreds of years on indian tradition validation experience. so

definitely sounds like this. you entry has come at the right time. do you think it will actually change anything? and that's very good question. one would hope so. it's been in the works for a very long time. the idea here is that it's going to make it so the whole process look more transparent. so when you're applying for a package, you won't just be able to say, oh, i count with myself, you're going to have to say, this is the citizens genetic material i'm talking about. and these are the indigenous peoples who pointed us in the right direction to come up with this idea . if you don't, there's going to be sanction some theory. now this, what this is hope this will do is kind of open the door, but more recognition for these different communities for that safeguarding of these fonts for likes the name tree that could also open the door for them to even get compensation licensing. so it's not just a matter of big, wealthy corporations exploiting the results is of developing well without acknowledgement or financial gain and dorman,

thank you so much for breaking that down for us. thank you. and with that, we are at the end of our show, stay with us, fun at a is next. you can always follow us on social media and our news channel is at the daily news. i'm handling berlin of the ones small steps for a robot vacuum. one giant leap for exploiting the ocean floor. cutting edge technology is unlocking the potential of deep sea mining. but this time, a research team will study the possible risk response. in order to minimize the we have an opportunity to to get it right before we even start environmental.