that is, you cannot walk on the streets there or what, this was it, the high level of street crime in johannesburgles of life, but now , as i understand it, we are in one of the most modern areas of johannesburg, here... it’s easy to take out a camera, shoot, you feel a certain level of security that is familiar to us, residents of moscow, but as i understand it, if you drive for 10-15 minutes, you can easily get to the townships area, where everything will work according to completely different laws, how quickly have you gotten used to such contrasts of life in johannesburg, well, in fact, this comfort zone is a little bigger, wider, not so fast, not 10-15 minutes , half an hour is needed. maybe the basic safety rules that every resident of johannesburg should follow, in the evening, if we are at home, we turn on the outside alarm, that is, if i'm sure, if i'm in a public place, then i try not to hold the phone here so in the balance, because this is the very thing that could be the case that they snatch the phone and run away, the building of the russian ballet school, which is headed... teachin

let's start off with mr. uh ahmed mayat in johannesburg, now a historic ruling indeed from an international tribunal against the israelis. in the words of the south african president, after decades of occupation. apartite and aggression, the palestinian cries for justice have been heated. what do you make of the icj ruling? i believe this is a tremendous victory. think i wear two hats, one as a person from the legal fraternity and another is a south african, and as a south african i'm particularly proud that the best legal minds within south africa together with the support of the government have taken this particular case to the ic. and exposed israel for what it is, the genocidal colonial settler state. the second part is the legal implications. this is a tremendous victory, and if you look at it objectively, effectively, when you look at what was asked for in the papers by the south african government, approximately, i would say 80% if i have to estimate was given to the south africans in terms of the relief sort. israel, yes it is not calling for a cease fire, however i believe "the pur

ahmed mit in johannesburg, now a historic ruling indeed from an international trib. against the israelis in the words of the south african president, after decades of occupation, aparty and aggression, the palestinian cries for justice have been heated. what do you make of the icj ruling? i believe this is a tremendous victory. think i wear two hats, one as a person from the legal fraternity and another as a south african, and as a south african, i'm particularly proud that the best legal minds with south africa together with the support of the government have taken this particular case to the icj and exposed israel for what it is, the genocidal colonial settler state. the second part is the legal implications. this is a tremendous victory, and if you look at it objectively, effectively, when you look at what was asked for in the papers by the south african government, approximately, i would say 80% if i have to estimate was given to the south africans. in terms of the relief sort, israel, yes it is not calling for a cease fire, however, i believe that the purpose of the genocide convent

ahmed mayat in johannesburg, now a historic ruling indeed from an international tribunal against the israelis, in the words of the south african president, after decades of occupation, apartite and aggression, the palestinian cries for justice have been heated. what do you make of the icj? "i believe this is a tremendous victory, i think i wear two hats, one as a person from the legal fraternity and another is a south african, and as a south african, i'm particularly proud that the best legal minds within south africa, together with the support of the government have taken this particular case to the icj and exposed israel for what it is, the genocidal colonial settler state. the second part is the legal implication. this is a tremendous victory and if you look at it objectively, effectively when you look at what was asked for in the papers by the south african government, approximately i would say 80% if i have to estimate was given to the south africans in terms of the relief sort. israel, yes it is not calling for a cease fire, however i believe that the purpose of the genocide co

ahmed mayat in johannesburg, now a historic ruling indeed from an international tribunal against the israelis, in the words of the south african president, after decades of occupation, apartite and aggression, the palestinian cries for justice have been heated. what do you make of the icg? i believe this is a tremendous victory, i think i wear two hats, one as a person from the legal fraternity and another is a south african, and as a south african i'm particularly proud that the best legal minds within south africa together with the support of the government have taken this particular case to the icj and exposed israel for what it is, the genocidal colonial settler state. the second part is the legal implication. nations this is a tremendous victory and if you look at it objectively, effectively when you look at what was asked for in the papers by the south african government, approximately, i would say 80% if i have to estimate was given to the south africans in terms of the relief sort, israel, yes it is not calling for a cease fire, however i believe that the purpose of the genoc

ahmed mayatin johannesburg, now the overall death tool for israel's 105 days of incessant bombing and attacks has passed 24, over 62,000 people have also been injured, schools, churches, hospitals, mosks, ambulances, they've been frequent target of the strikes which have left only a handful of medical facilities partially operational, gasens are literally waiting on the... for medical staff to intervene and save them, please share with us your perspective on the horrors that gazints have been enduring during this genocide as the world watches on. i think the south african perspective has been reflected by the application before the icj brought about by the republic of south africa and i think it truly encapsulates what is happening within the gaza strip at the moment, this is purely. signed in the 84 page document that was compiled by the state, what was very clear is that this is a systematic process, a planned destruction of a portion of the palestinian people, everything that has been done by the zinus entity from the destruction of medical facilities to the denial of basic things

and dw is diane hawker is in johannesburg and told me about the reaction from the family of the victim. rivers seem definitely an extremely emotional day, particularly full reba skin comes mother who is her surviving parent, a father berries. the income passed away in september last year and june did come put out the statement this morning saying that, you know, today is a reminder of everything that happened and said, as a reminder of her daughters passing. she also pointed out that it's been very difficult for her to leave because of the public attention that has been given to this matter. although she's also, you know, the st. the, the various people, close family members, friends and ordinary south africans and people around the world who have shown the family support. at the time of the, of the, of the murder. there was an outpouring of support for the student come family and that continued throughout this process of, of parole. i'm up until today because i and hawker and johannesburg, germany's armed forces are being deployed for relief efforts in the state of saxony on halt as w

parker reporting from johannesburg. the publish president andre dude has announced that he will pardon to populous ex lawmakers who were arrested on corruption charges 2 days ago at his house. mario kaminsky and margie, one check, were members of the opposition law and justice party. their incarceration has prompted thousands of people to protest every day since protests on the streets of also thousands of people on the cool of polish president andre, due to, to gather outside the parliament and denounce the new governments over the whole of state media. and also to condemn the recent arrest of 2 politicians from the oppositional and justice policy. marius kaminsky, unmatched a voc. check out the since i came here because i don't agree with what's happening in our country right now. i'm concerned about lawlessness and we're not used to it after so many years since the fall of communism was pulling a suite in poland and i knew i would wake up in poland. and now i'm not so sure. now i'm waking up in a kind of foreign coun

our corresponding diane hawker is in johannesburg. following all of this, diane south africa asked the court to order an immediate cease fire that did not happen. how come this preliminary decision is still seen as a victory by south africa of the will sicily, visa, american president and international relations administer the same used to day that they would have preferred to have a ceasefire. how in the south africa as legal team, as one of many as many citizens here. do you see this as a big thing? mainly because the case was not dismissed outright. and also because there was some provisional measures that will put in place. granted, they would not be exact provisional measures that south africa requested, but there is a feeling that these for we still measures will put an onus on the age, riley, military and government to act as a certain way to act in a way that will be to preserve live in explaining why the, when to the quote, the international court of justice of african government said that they were quite concerned with the h

and up until today, date of use diane hawker, in johannesburg there. germany's armed forces are being deployed for relief efforts of the state of saxony on halt as weeks of rain rising, flood waters have left dikes at risk of collapse. the forecasts from his release over the next few days, more rain is still expected in parts of the country. several regions in germany have been struggling with floods for about 2 weeks now. transfer all loc schultz visited some flooded areas earlier on thursday, promising support in fighting the floods is ya shall, zebra travel to the town of sil inside, lower sacks to me and told me about the situation there. we had no rain and the situation is still tends here, lois, actually and on the bangs of the river along which is normally a medium sized tree. and we have to say, but has built delta as of kilometers known as has become a large river. we can say and it has flooded streets, as you can see right behind me or as well the fields, villages, farms, and more. so this is a very severe situation for the people living here. as water levels remain very hig

attorney activist and political analysis zakir ahmed mayet is joining us from johannesburg and also radio host and journalists at cpr news, don debar is joining us from awesoning, new york. gentlemen, welcome to the program. let's start off with mr. ahmed mit in johannesburg, now the overall death tool for israel is 105. of incessant bombing and attacks has passed 24, over 62,00 people have also been injured, schools, churches, hospitals, mosks, ambulances, they've been frequent target of the strikes which have left only a handful of medical facilities partially operational, gazens are literally waiting on the floor for medical staff to intervene and save them. please share with us your perspective on the horrors that gazens have been enduring during this genocide as the world watches on. "i think the south african perspective has been reflected by the application before the icj brought about by the republic of south africa and i think it truly encapsulates what is happening within the gaza strip at the moment, this is purely a genocide. in the 84 page document that was compiled by the st

they're reporting from johannesburg and the country a couple. new guinea has declared a state of emergency leading an arson in the capital port. moresby has killed at least 16 people. the violence was triggered by police protesting against cuts to their pay. and the unrest had spread to the north of the country by administer. james morabe has called for call an explosion of violence in port moresby, sparked by protests of soldiers, police and prison guards, overpay cuts, angry crowds towards buildings and ransack shops. as the terminal is spread far beyond the capital, 24 hours without police turned into looting on a massive scale. one group of officials and civilians forced their way through a security gate outside the prime minister's office. james morales, a apologize, but said lawlessness would not be tolerated in size. all our citizens step up to date and give us back to our country one more time and products your neighborhood that yesterday did happen. we have now let's look into how we report. we look at how we would bring responsible peo

and up until today that was diane hawker in johannesburg. here are some other stories making news. a mass of fire has broken out an industrial complex in the us state of new jersey. no injuries have been reported. the blazes thought to have be gone in a warehouse though the exact causes under investigation. south korea's defense ministry says that north korea fired more than 200 artillery shells near disputed border islands, controlled by the south. fed loved the south to evacuate residents to bomb shelters, and carry out live fire drills on the island sole said that there were no military or civilian casualties. germany's town, so all off schultz has visited areas in the north of the country, effective by floods, weeks of rain and rising flood waters have left dikes at risk of collapse. response teams have received support from french specialists in trying to contain the situation its 4 days after a major earthquake rock japan authorities are in a race against time to locate survivors. among the $222.00 people believed still to be missing. the death toll has no risen to at least 9

okay, corresponded diane offer me the latest from johannesburg and not diane. thank you. were germany's vice chancellor. robert, how big is it? is real today. he hit back against the genocide charges brought by south africa minus his industry. and my personal and political opinion is that one can criticize these really military from using harsh measures in the gaza strip. however, that does not constitute genocide, took a more to pick those who would commit genocide or desire to do so. if given the opportunity are her muscles low shrunk, still not elation of the state of israel is on their agenda from the rest. so we can understand the slogan from the river to the sea as not to meaning the jews should leave israel by boats, but as an extinction fund to say, allison accusing israel of genocide is a complete distortion of victims and perpetration as in my view. and it is just wrong for an upfront on 2 ton, the 2 on the size of hutch that was the german vice chancellor of speaking earlier . are here some other stories. now they're making headlines around the world. ukraine's

daniel de simone, bbc news, johannesburg.anet and they can no longer reproduce. but a scientific breakthrough offers hope that the species can be saved from extinction. an international team of scientists has successfully transferred a lab—created rhino embryo into a surrogate mother. 0ur science editor rebecca morelle reports. the last two northern white rhinos left on the planet. najin and fatu, a mother and daughter, living in a reserve in kenya. the species is all but extinct. now, a fertility breakthrough has offered some hope. in a world first, scientists have successfully carried out rhino ivf, but in a less endangered southern white rhino — a close cousin to the northern white. a southern white rhino embryo created in a lab from sperm and an egg was implanted into a surrogate mum. it's taken years and 13 attempts for a rhino to fall pregnant. it is really a great milestone to achieve the first successful embryo transfer in the rhino. it's very challenging in terms of placing an embryo inside of the reproductive tract,

all right, for me to thank you for that from in the mid a live in johannesburg. south africa present, a detailed and shinning arguments at the i c, j on day one of its genocide case against as ro. here was more from step boss and at the hague, a step by step layer by layer the south african legal team unfolded what's been described as a historic case in front of 17 judges of the international court of justice. it's genocidal acts like israel's mass killings in gaza form just one part of the crimes perpetrated against the palestinian people since 1948. this killing is nothing short of destruction of palestinian life. it is inflicted deliberately. no one is sped. not even newborn babies. the devastation resubmit is intended to and has laid waste 2 guys a beyond any acceptable legal, let alone humane justification in order to establish intent. south africa lawyer say the court has the benefit of simply being able to listen to the words of the is for a leadership, is ryan's political leaders. committed to commanders and persons holding of 2 strong positions have syst

daniel de simone reports from johannesburg.ooks extraordinary. but it's a constant criminal threat. this is a cash—in—transit robbery. vans rammed off busy roads. guards terrorised. bombs used to access cash. explosion. cit hijackings are one of the violent crimes at crisis levels here. this guard survived a robbery. some don't. as a human being, i'm scared. but, hey, i'm going out. i might not come back, but it's life for everyone in cit. from here they dispatch, the helicopters, the back—up teams, everything. his boss says more help is needed from government. well, it's a like a terrorist group. it's been very military organised, well executed. and if you see the way that they plan these robberies, it's very difficult for our teams to stop that. although most south africans can't afford to pay for them, private security officers now outnumber their police counterparts. in the air, each day criss—crossing cities, guarding security vans down below, waiting to respond to hijackings. on the ground, patrolling the streets. we are

s. consulate in johannesburg, submit a minute, was that i mean thousands of posts. it's just like this one across, such as in south africa, as long as the war on cause has continued. and people here say they will continue to demonstrate change against what israel is doing. in the occupied territories, and they will continue standing in sort of dire t with palestinians, especially given the high number of lives lost people who also encouraged by what the south african government has done and taking israel to the international court of justice. none of us absolutely no pressure system brought to the most because the, the. a genocide is one of the sections by the us. we know to biden has denied that there is a genocide going and the support thing is speaking father installed last week has representations of the international court of justice of african residents to run up with us. is that because so the is the signature to the genocide convention. it was applied to tax, but that's not the only reason it does have because of south africa's own case. and this is what man

matyet, attorney, activists and political analys out of johannesburg. thank you both for being with us. uh, i started off in beirout and julia. according to the washington post uh, article, u.s. secretary of state anthony blinket is in the region to decrease tensions and the possibility of israel waging war on hezbollah. do you think that blincon really wants to dissuade the regime from expanding the war? are your analysis of it? "the constant flying in uh from uh us officials, eu officials like joseph, eu's foreign affairs uh representative uh coming in and out to lebanon, primarily the they're they're coming for the purpose of uh begging hazballah to uh to basically conceed to israel's demands of um..." withdrawing from its own territory and its own border, which it is protecting from zionist aggression, um, and we've seen since october 8th, um, the hazballah has been effective in, basically destroying all of the zies entities security infrastructure across the border, and that has made the the science entity furious and of course more... insecure tha

political analyst out of beirot, and zakir ahmed mayat, attorney, activists and political analys out of johannesburg. thank you. both for being with us uh, it started off in beirot and julia, according to the washington post uh article, us secretary of state, anthony blinken is in the region to decrease tensions and the possibility of israel waging war on hezbollah. do you think that blincan really wants to dissuade the regime from expanding the war? are your analysis of it? the constant flying in uh from uh... us officials, eu officials like joseph, eu's foreign affairs representative, coming in and out to lebanon, primarily the they're coming for the purpose of begging hazballah to to basically conceeds to israel's demands of um, you know, withdrawing from its own territory and its own border, which it is protecting. from zionist aggression um and we've seen since october 8th the hazbillah has been effective in basically destroying all of the zinus entities security infrastructure um across the border uh and that has made the the ziness entity furious and of course more insecure than ever with 250

political analyst out of beirot, and zakir ahmed mayat, attorney, activists and political analys out of johannesburg, thank you. thank you both for being with us. i started off in beirout and julia. according to the washington post uh article, us secretary of state, anthony blinket is in the region to decrease tensions and the possibility of israel waging war on hezbollah. um, do you think that blincan really wants to dissuade the regime from expanding the war? are your analysis of it? the constant flying in uh from uh... us officials, eu officials like joseph, eu's foreign affairs representative, coming in and out to lebanon, primarily the they're coming for the purpose of begging hazballah to to basically conceed to israel's demands of um, you know, withdrawing from its own territory and its own border, which it is protecting. from zionist aggression um and we've seen since october 8th um the hazballah has been effective in basically destroying all of the zinus entities security infrastructure across the border and that has made the the zinus entity furious and of course more insecure than ever wi

political analys out of beirot, and zakir ahmed mayat, attorney activists and political analysts out of johannesburg, thank you both for being with us. i started off in beirot and julia, according to the washington post uh article, us secretary of state anthony blinket is in the region to decrease tensions and the possibility of israel waging war on heizbullah. do you think that blincan really wants to dissuade the regime from expanding the war, are your analyses of it? the... constant flying in uh from uh us officials, eu officials like uh joseph borell, eu's uh foreign affairs uh representative uh coming in and out to lebanon, primarily the they're they're coming for the purpose of uh begging hazballah to uh to basically conceeds to israel's demands of um you know withdrawing from its own territory and its own border, which it is protecting from zionist aggression, um, and we've seen since october 8th, um, the hazballah has been effective in, basically destroying all of the zinus entities security infrastructure across the border, and um, that has made the the zinus entity furious and of course mo

we will air excerpts and go to johannesburg and jerusalem for response. then exclusive to report by the guardian reveals how carbon emissions from israel's war on gaza will have an immense effect on the climate crisis. we will speak with reporter nina lakhani and hadeel khamis of the environment of quality authority. >> climate in palestine and predicted the change of climate is going to be unprecedented and negatively impacting the water security and food security. it can exacerbate climate change and make it worse for future generations. amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now!, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the international court of justice in the hague has begun hearing two days of arguments in south africa's historic genocide case against israel. south africa has accused israel of violating the 1948 u.n. genocide convention saying its three month assault on gaza is being conducted with the intent to bring about the destruction of palestinians as a group. south africa is outlining its case today. isr

ethics foundation, ali azam and on skype in south africa, naim jinnah, the executive director of the johannesburg-based afro-middel east center. naim's research areas include the... politics of the mena region, security studies in south african and african politics. gentlemen, thank you both for being here. i'll start with you, naim. you heard the part of the ruling there, your reaction to the icj's inntrim ruling? well, the the instinct of nejak reaction was why didn't they uh indicate cease fire as a provisional measure. i i think that it's understandable why that would be the kind of instinctive reaction. of many of us, but i think when we look at the ruling overall, it's a very good ruling, it it says that israel has case to answer for in terms of genocide, doesn't rule whether it is, but it has case to answer about that, it accepts south africa's narration of all of the acts that south africa says are genocidal acts, except though, excepts those as possibly constituting genocide, it accepts south africa's statement of all of the comments made by israeli politicians as intent for genocide, as being

ana monteiro joins us from johannesburg.he ruling african national congress has been in power for three decades. walk us through the prospects of maintaining that majority. >> it looks like they could be slim if we go by polls that have come out since october until now. there is a chance of the party may lose its 50% majority. the implication is that it could usher in an era of coalition politics at the national level, which of the country hasn't seen. judging by the experiences on a municipal level, people are extremely worried about what the outcomes of that might be. you can take johannesburg as an example. the biggest metropolitan area in the country, currently a coalition government, and of the infrastructure has become more dilapidated. we have seen decline in electricity provision. nationwide but going back to johannesburg specifically, delivery has become an issue. this has led to concern among investors and voters that coalitions might not be effective in terms of delivering the services south african businesses and

out in tonight's spotlight. attorney, activist and political analyst zakir ahmad is joining us from johannesburg and also radio hosts and journalists. welcome to the program, let's start off with mr. ah and now the overall death toll for israel's 105 days of incessant bombing and attacks has passed 24, over 62,ous people have also been injured, schools, churches, hospitals, mosks, ambulances, they've been frequent target of the strikes which have left only a handful of medical facilities partially operational, gazons are literally waiting on the floor for medical staff to intervene and save them, please share with us your perspective on the horrors that gazents have been during during this genocide as the world watches on? i think the south african perspective has been reflected by the application before the icj brought about by the republic of south africa and i think it truly encapsulates what is happening within the gaza strip at the moment. this is purely a genocide. in the 84 page document that was compiled by the state, what was very clear is that this is a systematic process, a planned de

ethics foundation, ali azam and on skype in south africa, naim jinnah, the executive director of the johannesburg-based afro-middel east center. naim's research areas include the geopolitics of the mena region, security studies in south african. and african politics, gentlemen, thank you both for being here, i'll start with you, naim, you heard the part of the ruling there, your reaction to the icj's in trim ruling, well the the instinct of nejak reaction was, why didn't they indicate cease fire as a provisional measure? i i think that it's understandable why that would be the kind of instinctive reaction of many of us, but i think when we look at the rule. overall, it's a very good ruling, it it says that israel has case to answer for in terms of genocide, doesn't rule whether it is, but it has case to answer about that, it accepts south africa's narration of all of the acts that south africa says are genocidal acts, except though, accepts those as possibly constituting genocide, it accepts south africa's statement of all of the comments made by israeli politicians. as intent for genocide as being pos

, south africa, naim jinna, the executive director of the johannesburg-based afromid center, his research areas include the geopolitics of the menar region, security. and south african and african politics, gentlemen, thank you very much for being here. um, let's kick things off with you, matthew, um, we are at the three month mark, but what i want to ask you is how you think the media coverage of this unfolding genocide has changed, we've gone from the tail of the 40 beheaded burnt babies, to israel's refusal, to um allow journalists, international investigators into the gaza strip to today, where we see it all continuing relentlessly? well, maybe there's been a slight change, perhaps a slight improvement, um, do i have to come on television and the first thing i say is i condemn hamas, do i have to do that at the beginning of everything? uh, i guess maybe not now, um, so perhaps there's been an opening up of uh of discourse a little bit, um, "i mean, when when i was last here on this sofa, which i think was in november of last year, we were talking about the uh, the possibility and the

and then there's also been some flooding in johannesburg. and how st. profits in south africa. buried cars in water here, just because of those torrential downpours. it has been a bit more calm, but we're seeing those storms flare up once again. around johannesburg, i don't think it will be as bad as last time, but more rain coming your way on sunday. see you later. i of the old, counting the cost the world is drowning in the rack or the amount of debt concentration in developing countries for nations and being forced to service the liabilities instead of providing for the people who's to blame for the delay in debt relief efforts to the costs on al jazeera, we don't simply focus on the politics of the conflict. is the human suffering that the reports are? we brave bullets and bombs, and we always include the views from all sides. the you're watching l g 0. a reminder of our top stories and is really drone and strike as skilled at least 6 palestinians during a raid in jeanine city rates had also taken place in the cities of hebron. not most

of law, i'm going to live to find the miller in johannesburg. so why is south africa being so the time to bring this case and what's the reaction being to the building as well? i think the silver i'm a poor. so these are the african president, touched on that in the address he made the following, that a ruling and that he had said that the pain of experienced by the palestinians was similar to the pain, to the disposition to the oppression that was experienced by south africans. during a party and it's for this reason alone with being a signatory to the genocide convention that the government was duty bound to taking it to the international court of justice. and this really spokehurst on the palestinian struggle and the struggle for liberty. but was also generally about humanity. we also heard from the lady, bundle, she's the minister of international relations. and she had said that one of the ramifications from this older would be that institutions like the i, c, j, have a role in terms of defending and protecting humanity. and they should be

and the for has a responsibility to act. diane hawkers, they're reporting from johannesburg. you've all shawnee is dean of the wall faculty at hebrew university of jerusalem. i spoke with him earlier and i asked if he finds the arguments presented by south africa convincing as well. i think so. how's it guys a very good legal team and they has done a good job from their point of view in presenting their memo reels. it felt their application. they have uh, indicated that uh, a senior begins in guys that are facing a very significant threats and hawks and they have uh, made uh, quite extensive use of uh, very problem. i think an unfortunate comments by is rarely officials that appear to qualify either a hate speech or even close to genocide what they have not done a waiver is do with some of the major flaws in their case, a genocide is a very difficult charge to substantiate and here they have not really addressed it almost at all. the fact that this is what is happening in the gaza strip. it is, is a state of war. it's a very bloody and very messy and very brutal war which is

daniel de simone reports from johannesburg. what happens next looks extraordinary. but it's a constant criminal threat. this is a cash—in—transit robbery. vans rammed off busy roads. guards terrorised. bombs used to access cash. explosion. cit hijackings are one of the violent crimes at crisis levels here. this guard survived a robbery. some don't. as a human being, i'm scared. but, hey, i'm going out. i might not come back, but it's life for everyone in cit. from here they dispatch, the helicopters, the back—up teams, everything. his boss says more help is needed from government. well, it's a like a terrorist group. it's been very military organised, well executed. and if you see the way that they plan these robberies, it's very difficult for our teams to stop that. although most south africans can't afford to pay for them, private security officers now outnumber their police counterparts. in the air, each day criss—crossing cities, guarding security vans down below, waiting to respond to hijackings. 0n the ground, patrolling

as in johannesburg, she told me about the reaction. more about the reaction from 3 of us team camps family differently and even extremely emotional day, particularly full reba skin comes mother who is her surviving parent, a father berries. the income passed away in september last year. and june did come put out the statement this morning saying that, you know, today is a reminder of everything that happened and said, as a reminder of her daughters passing. she also pointed out that it's been very difficult for her to leave because of the public attention that has been given to this matter. although she's also, you know, the st. the, the various people, close family members, friends and ordinary south africans and people around the world who have shown the family support. at the time of the, of the, of the murder. there was an outpouring of support for the student come family and that continued throughout this process of, of parole and up until today and that was dw is diane hawker in johannesburg. spangler. that's just gearing up for

okay, corresponded diane hawker with alliance from johannesburg. and not diane, thank you. germany's vice chancellor robert how back is in israel to 9th. and earlier today he hit back against the genocide charges brought by south africa, minor industry and my personal and political opinion is that 110 criticized these really military for using harsh measures in the gaza strip. however, that does not constitute genocide, took a more to pick those who would commit genocide more desire to do so. if given the opportunity or how muscle solutions are still not elation of the state of israel is on their agenda from the rest. so we can understand the slogan from the river to the sea as not to meaning the jews should leave israel by boats, but as an extinction fund to say, allison accusing israel of genocide is a complete distortion of victims and perpetration has in mind. you understand just wrong up front on teeth, on the, to on the size of hutch over more on the be from is real. i am joined now by you fall in the sean and he's the dean of the faculty of

and that was the w, as diane hawker in johannesburg. bangladesh is gearing up for parliamentary elections this weekend with prime minister shake has seen a almost assured one of a 5th term, but the main opposition party, the b and p is boycotting the vote. and calling on the prime minister to step down . so this will lead voters with little choice, how many will bother to turn out to use? so bear osmond reports in the capital tucker the streets of fields with both dues of the ruling party and dinner lies as parliamentary elections approaching bung with dish. the main opposition, the bung with the nationalist party b and b is boy cutting the elections and demanding prime minister fee. cuz he knows resignation. senior to be in be leaders including moines. con, are urging boulders to abstain from voting. we do not want to legitimize this illegal, fussy, go, and call me kind of direction of, i'll make that is the whole point on yesterday. we are always prepared to take part in getting winfree fair parties of projection and be made to ski a gate. and then they get 5 minutes of fi casino. he's

so that's across to johannesburg. now to speak to all south africa, corresponded diane, okay, diane president. so ronald post has been reacting to this initial routing by the un court. what did he say? well, as the president of south africa, the prison fuller, i'm opposed to actually say that the decision by the i c. j. lift the south africa, vindicated. quite a contrast to what was said by israel's president benjamin netanyahu. and he also said that it was an important 1st step, kind of indicating that from africa is expecting to have to go to quite a lengthy legal process and explain why africa actually chose to get involved in this matter. to begin with, let's take a listen to wester my philosophy it after more than a half a century of occupation, this possession oppression and a part to the palestinian people's cries for justice. had been heated by an eminent organ of the united nations. today is the right of stands before the international community. it's crimes against the palestinian slate by presidents around

and then there's also been some flooding in johannesburg. and how same profits in south africa buried cars in water here just because of those torrential downpours. it has been a bit more calm, but we're seeing those storms flare up once again. around johannesburg, i don't think it will be as bad as last time, but more rain coming your way on sunday. see you later. i the hey damien to be used as a un ambassador position given to you by or does have both. you've described that is better than is better than anything, thought provoking ons. my question to you. all that good cooks, i think is the most difficult question. i've had to answer facing realities, usb, toe in the security council. this is something they just don't think look is different on it, access it, you hear the story on talk to how does era as well as far why is coalition government is a tool not just in gaza, but with itself. then it says apply, think about a possible inquiry into the armies free until the 7th moved as proposals to expel old policy is from gaza. so how fraud ji

daniel de simone, bbc news, johannesburg. more of all of the stories we've covered this hour on the bbc news website including a live page on the ongoing conflict in gaza. to stay with us here on the context. hello there, good evening. it's all change weather—wise as we head through this weekend. it's been cold and wintry through the week, with snow showers in the north. sharp overnight frosts and lots of dry weather, some weak winter sunshine, too, on friday for many. but much milder—feeling conditions over the weekend, it's also going to be wet and very windy, with a named storm — stormy isha — on sunday night into monday morning, storm isha — on sunday night into monday morning, could cause some disruption from strong winds. why is it happening? well, the high pressure is pulling away towards the east, allowing atlantic fronts to roll in from the west, along with some much milder—feeling airjust streaming in from the southwest — marked in yellow here — displacing that cold, arctic air further northwards and eastwards. and

cape town in generally considered. a more or less safe city compared to johannesburg and the capitale like a red district, so it can be called, where you can’t go, because there is a lot of crime there, it’s very noticeable, i even think that it’s different from different ones... and many people simply have no choice, this this may be the first, the second is the reason that there is , well, an upper class of the population, and this creates such a temptation that a rich person lives nearby and you want to take something from him. traditional family, for example, we have a lot children in the church, we try to ensure that husband and wife and children can participate together in the life of the church, now it is very fashionable in protestant churches to separate children from their parents when they study there separately, and the parents in another room in the church, we have everything in common. we had several parishioners who came to us from the anglican church, precisely because in the anglican church there are now a lot of new trends, it is for traditional values ​​that they c

and then there's also been some flooding in johannesburg. and how same profits in south africa buried cars in water here just because of those torrential downpours. it has been a bit more calm, but we're seeing those storms flare up once again. around johannesburg, i don't think it will be as bad as last time, but more rain coming your way on sunday. see you later. i the, the, [000:00:00;00] the is, was far wide coalition. government is a tool, not just in guys that much of itself. and it says, apply, think about the possible inquiry into the army is free until the 7th moved. and proposals to expel old policy is from gaza. so how far john is this, why is government this is inside story, the .

and then there's also been some flooding in johannesburg. and how same profits in south africa buried cars in water here just because of those torrential downpours. it has been a bit more calm, but we're seeing those storms flare up once again. around johannesburg, i don't think it will be as bad as last time, but more rain coming your way on sunday. see you later. i of the marion shaheen and i've been making films about since 2006 when i moved there in 2005, since we recovering from the 38 your occupation by israel. people were hopeful that their lives would improve. their dreams have been destroyed and all that remains are of a loss. garza chester dreams on al jazeera, the the bottom back. a recap of our top stories on al jazeera and these really drones try get scales at least expand. assuming the searing of reading janine city res also took place in hebron and not lose kafka and jericho in the occupied west bank and gaza. at least 22 people has been killed in his ras latest rights in the southern city of con eunice, which has been under h

daniel de simone, bbc news, johannesburg.n at aerial targets for the first time. using an intense beam of light, it can target an object the size of a pound coin from a kilometre away. 0ur defence correspondent jonathan beale is here — this sounds potentially very significant? this sounds potentially very significant, jonathan? the this sounds potentially very significant, jonathan? the mod say it is a landmark— significant, jonathan? the mod say it is a landmark moment, - significant, jonathan? the mod say it is a landmark moment, but - it is a landmark moment, but in�*s first directed energy weapon, better known as a laser, which is on fire a projectile but intense beam of energy. forthe projectile but intense beam of energy. for the first time it has managed to take down a number of drones at a test range in the hebrides. the biggest advantage of these are the cost, they are cheaper to use than conventional weapons. do you think about what has been happening in the red sea, british and american warships have been firing of

use diane hawker in johannesburg. thank you. and let's get more with marco longo. bartow. he is a reader, an international law at the university of westminster. good to have you with us. um, does the roland come as a surprise to you? but thank you for being a given kind of a surprise that i think it's a clear victories were south africa will go to what pertains and i'm not on from the sean masters. doctor recognized that there is a seizures of where you scroll the genocide in the gods of street, but it's been quite unlikely to add on the pain of an order on the ceasefire because they're a coaster. in this case, that's only true distinction over genocide. and they use of force by east berella is not the structure for link the to a general side claim that the court excess. right? so sorry to interrupt you there. um, but as you know, people are just looking up the face of it here and, and, and you know, perhaps some people were expecting whether or not we were going to get a verdict on on a c started today. the court did not order to halt israel's military action in gaza . an

so thousands of pro palestinian demonstrators of rallied outside the us consulate in johannesburg. and the media miller was there have been thousands of posts. it's just like this one across, such as in south africa, as long as the war on cause a has continued. and people here say that will continue demonstrating against what israel is doing in the occupied territories. and they will continue standing in sort of 30 with palestinians, especially given the high number of lives lost people. he also encouraged by what the south african government has done in taking as well to the international court of justice. none of us absolutely on the system because that's the genocide is one of the sections by the us. we know to biden has denied that there's a genocide going into supporters. is speaking, father installed last week. this representations of the international court of justice, the freaking residents to run my process is that because, so there is a signature to the genocide convention. it was applied to act. but that's not the only reason it does have because of south africa's own pl

these people to be a human shield, and for some reason here are all these supporters of theirs. from johannesburgm pritoria, they don't even think about it, because unfortunately, when they were active politically during the anti-apartheid era, they did the same thing, that's the problem, so they understand hamas better than israel. we are talking about today genocide, and actually, is this mass deportation of ukrainian children to russia, or is it ultimately recognized as genocide, as actions that signify. which have signs of genocide, of course, because this is an actual deliberate intervention in the composition of the population of a certain territory, an attempt to artificially change the composition of the population, to change the identity against the will of the people, against the will of the parents, against the will of the children themselves, using actual force, and precisely so, by the way, you know that this is the accusation that was brought against putin by the hague tribunal, huh. specifically related to deportation of children, we simply did not even understand, i think, before

daniel de simone, bbc news, johannesburg.tinian state once the conflict in gaza is over. the white house has insisted that the creation of a palestinian state is vital for israel's security and for the reconstruction of gaza. the united nations has warned that the conflict risks creating a society where order has broken down, and a generation of children �*could lose out completely�*. wyre davies sent this report. the impact of israel's bombing campaign in gaza is astonishing. its aim, to completely crush hamas, has also destroyed or damaged more than half of gaza's buildings. more than 24,000 people have been killed, says the hamas—run health ministry. the war has also laid waste to much of gaza's infrastructure and civic society. this un school, blown up by celebrating israeli troops who accused hamas of using these buildings. major universities and more than 100 schools have been damaged or destroyed. like any society, gaza's future is its children. but here, they're victims of war. and, says the un, they may lose out comp

they want these people to be human shields, and for some reason here are all these supporters from johannesburgthat is, from pritoria, they do not even think about it, because unfortunately , when they were active politically during the struggle against apartheid, they did the same thing, that's the problem, that's why they understand hamas better than israel. today we are talking about genocide, and actually, whether this is the mass deportation of ukrainian children to russia or not eventually recognize it as genocide, as, as actions that mean, that have features of genocide, certainly because it is an actual conscious intervention. that is, in the composition of the population of a certain territory, an attempt to artificially change the composition of the population, to change the identity against the will of the people, against the will of the parents, against the will of the children themselves, using actual force, and that is why, by the way, you know that this is an accusation , which was presented to putin by the hague tribunal, it is precisely related to the deportation of children, w

daniel de simone, bbc news, johannesburg.d how it's distributed when it does arrives. the health ministry — run by hamas, a group designated a terrorist organisation by the uk government — said 20 people were killed as they queued for food today. the un says israel has ordered tens of thousands of palestinians sheltering in a un compound in the city of khan younis to leave within 2a hours. and on the border between israel and gaza — at kerem shalom near rafah in the south — families of israeli hostages have prevented aid from reaching the city. 0ur middle east correspondent lucy williamson reports from there. in gaza city hunger sometimes offers the best chance of survival. crowds drawn to a delivery of humanitarian aid yesterday driven away by gunfire. bullets arrive faster than starvation. sirens blare today at the same aid delivery point 20 people were killed by shelling, according to the hamas—run health ministry. more than 100 injured. translation: we were heading to get flour and they shelled us four - times, and some p