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ah, hello, i'm emily. ang, when this is al jazeera, alive from doha, also coming up, fed up south africa is main opposition holds rallies across the country, over power cuts that are crippling it's economy. the british prime minister is grilled over the tax, the phase of the head of the conservative party, and from japan to china, a severe cold snap is sweeping across east asia. we'll have all the details, little lights. hm. ah. we begin this program with breaking news in europe's court of human rights has just announced it will hear a case against russia over the downing of slide image 17 in 2014. the netherlands

submitted, the complaint all 290 people, 98 people on or the malaysia airlines flight were killed when it was shut down by a russian made me sound. the case was launched by moscow. the downing of the missile was launched rather by moscow, back ukrainian separatists. alright, let's get the latest on this with marie came to her and she's an assistant professor of international criminal law at the university of amsterdam and has been analyzing this case since 2014 and joined us from amsterdam. murray. ca, thanks so much for being on the program. just break it down for us. what does this rolling actually mean? well, the court today a sense that it is now beyond a reasonable doubt, clear that from april 2014 onwards, russian armed forces, russian military personnel was active in the dom boss. and so that is a very clear statement. and also because of that,

russia was on the obligation to guarantee human rights in that area. and so what ukraine and the metal ends of submitted to the court is that russia, because they were responsible for safeguarding those human rights, have violated european conventional human rights by setting up all sorts of torture camps by killing people by detaining people. but also by, by downing flat made 17 where old people on board died. and so whether or not russia then also violated those rights will be the next stage, the marriage phase. but now the court says yes, these cases are admissible and we're moving to the next step. so you've touched on them briefly, but what was some of the key issues in this particular decision? well, there were actually 3 cases that were joined as so 2 ukrainian case of 2 cases by ukraine against russia. one of them and all sorts of violations in east ukraine.

and a court has ruled that a lot of them. the majority of those complains are admissible. and some of them aren't, and i'm, and these concern, torture camps, killings, detentions, and so forth. and in a 2nd case, from ukraine against russia is about 3 groups of children that were abducted by russia already back in june, july and august of 2014. obviously we see this now lots also in current year of the years in although it recently. so it's really a systematic pattern that the court now also said this already started in 2014 and a 3rd cases, the netherlands against russia, and that concerns emmett 17. so this was a flight that flew from amsterdam to call along poor on 17 july 2014. and that was down. and the dutch courts already said in a last november, the dutch criminal court that russia indeed had already overall control and was involved in, in downing this with a russian book, missiles system. and now this european court of human rights agreed with that

indeed, already from april 2014, there were russian armed forces present and fighting into don't mom. what does this decision main for the loved ones of the victims of this particular malaysian airlines flight? well, this is very important because for them, it is recognition that the recognition they won't get from russia because the russia continues to deny. it says that it was ukraine that actually down to make 17 and for them, you know, they understand that the recognition won't come from russia itself, but at least it now is a court and a 2nd court also after the criminal court in the netherlands, that says but we have weighed all the evidence in public and be of russia as well. the russians able to present their counter arguments and prove. and we base our authority of judgment on the basis of evidence and then come to ruling. and this is

really helpful also for ukraine and fighting to this information in denial by russia. and it's really important for future generations. because even though russia may not do anything with this judgment now, it's also for future generations. and particularly the ukrainian or russian society that in the future need to live together. but also the history books that, that we law professors teach them to know what exactly happened and that's on the basis of, of court rulings. so what are the next stages in, in the legal process, what can we expect to happen from here on in well, because now the court has said, not only that russia has a had jurisdiction in an area extra territorial jurisdictions, overs responsible in that area. but also that indeed, the victims of frances make 17, couldn't have expected to go to russian courts to get their justice. but because the system wasn't accessible, effective or adequate for them. and that there was patterns of violations. now this

case can move to the merits phase, and so in the next ill probably take another year, a couple of years. the court were really assess, what are russia actually violated all those rights that are guaranteed on the european convention of human rights. so article to the right to live article 3, torture detention article 5 and so forth. there are many, many violations that are compile into these 3 joint cases that the court will now make rulings on. all right, and we will watch this space. thank you very much. for your analysis and breaking down for us marie kate, to whom ain assistant professor of international criminal at the university of amsterdam. thank you. the moving on now in germany has finally agreed to send leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. cave has been pleading for weeks the military hardware that it says is essential in

its fight against russian forces. now germany will deliver 14 of the vehicles from his stock. it will also allow part of countries to send german, my tanks from their arsenal. this is chris dish, does it end up just him? we support ukraine and coordination with our international partners financially with humanitarian means and also with the supply of weapons. and we can see that in europe, we and britain are the countries that have support ukraine with arms. the most germany will always be in the forefront when it comes to sporting ukraine. we are the country that does it with the greatest energy, and on the large scale, the kremlin has dismissed the plan as absurd. the spokesman dmitri has called said keith allies were overestimating the benefits to ukraine's armed forces. he should know the blues didn't touch the books that interest japan could get me

to tell you which daughter be sure to be given a piece, keep plenty committee con, sketching best at me before you can brush and dominic cane has more on the german chancellor. all of schultz is decision from berlin. he said that he could understand that there are people in germany, german citizens who have real concerns about this decision about the idea of allowing german made tanks to be used fighting russians in ukraine. but he believes this is the right thing to do and we heard him speaking. we heard him say that his country and the united kingdom are the ones who are helping the ukrainians when terms of arms the most. that's the note that he's trying to set here. but some of the questioning, basically saying, why did it take so long to approve this release of the tax? why couldn't it have been done much sooner when the need for those tanks was so

apparent some considerable time ago for different countries have reacted to the news and said, well, we are prepared to do something similar, most notably across the polls. spanish government, the dutch government, the finished government of all sad in different ways. they want to do something similar. the key here is that they're saying that we know something here in berlin, that the russian ambassador has reactives in a condom notary way and said that germany is forgetting the historical legacy that owes to russia for what nazi germany did to the union of soviet socialist republics in world war 2, that's the sort of language coming from the russian side of things here in berlin. but across the continents, there seems to be, well an acceptance of what mr. shots has decided. and the idea that they want to join forces and ukrainian president of the letter means the landscape praised the

decision by the german chancellor. stressing once again, ukraine's gratitude for the release of leopard tanks. natasha butler has more on is from key was clearly very good news for ukraine. they have been waiting for this decision from the germans for many weeks now. pressure growing both in ukraine and amongst other western powers. we heard reaction for me to create a defense minister author from the presidential aid saying this is a very good 1st step. and i say, 1st step, because for president lensky, he has made it clear that what ukraine needs isn't 10 or 15 tanks. he has said, but many, many more ukraine wants at least 300 tanks and says, that's the sort of number it needs to help its forces on the ground defeat russian forces. even though keith is very grateful, of course for all the help it is getting from its allies, there is also

a real question of time, a big challenge for ukrainians. because once they receive these tanks that ready taking some time, you have the soldiers who are going to be trained on them and also trained in how to maintain them in every day. the pulses, of course is absolutely crucial. one of the big reasons dr keith says it need these 10 say march is because the fighting continues, particularly in the east just today. ukrainian military officials have confirmed that they have had to withdraw their forces from the eastern town of solid. now that has been the location of months of really terrible, bitter fighting to south africa now where the main opposition party has been holding rallies nationwide against rolling power cuts and an increase in the price of electricity. demonstrators have been picketing outside the ruling agency parties . headquarters in johannesburg, most households go without power for at least 6 hours a day. so let's take

a closer look now at the impact those blackouts are having on everyday south africans, dairy farm and say they're having to regularly dump a day's production of milk. fast food k of say, says around 70 of its stores and now closed. as it's chicken supplies struggle with constant outages and some smaller businesses say they're unable to try because they can't afford generators. for me to be la has more from johannesburg. well, it's been going on for more than a decade. and now people are increasingly frustrated because the black house has washed and especially over the last 18 months or so. last year they will more than $250.00 in this year. so far, the black house, every single j and the pol utility is from i said that these blackouts will continue for another 2 years. they say they want to manage it for some level of predictability and the businesses can run the household can one and people are less angry. but people are still very frustrated by just how bad their lives that

impacted. now the reason he's power cuts happened is, is what if i know cheating is that they cut the electricity from certain parts of the country for a number of hours throughout the day to try to manage the demand without that they could possibly have a complete shutdown of the national grid. but you know, the reasoning behind this most of africa, this is very difficult to follow because i would say it's because it's, it's because there has been the deployment of officials to, that's all we utility, which is state owned by the african national congress. deployment of people who are not capable of doing the job, they're also issued on the supply of coal, the supply fee which is used as a back up to code. but also the infrastructure is aging and hasn't been adequate to maintain. and the power plans of a mentor have opened, haven't been yet, and also others have close. so it really is a very difficult situation for them to try and get itself out of the government has

said that it's going to try and push will clean energy. people in bangladesh are facing their own energy crisis with fuel costs and power cars increasing the main opposition party called the nationwide rallies to demand action on the store in cost of living, a ones prime minister shake as seen and to resign. and the k taking government to take over until elections. how still ahead on al jazeera aah! protest is in brew and not backing down despite the president calling for truth. and you later for new zealand after the shock resignation just into ah,

how low they will start in south asia. and things are going to get cooler across the north west of india as cool air floods in the likes of rochester. we are expecting some low temperatures, certainly as we get into friday, and the following conditions continue to dominate across the northwest. but where to where the creeps down to more central areas. marashi seeing those showers and cloudy skies. but further south of this, a much clearer picture, the east coasting lots of sunshine and warm for the wet weather. we have to hop down to sri lanka. we are going to see some intense thunderstorms here. as we go into the end of the week, the winter weather starts to clear up across nepal. lots of heat coming through here. the temperature continuing to climb in catman do. now that's not the case of pots of east asia, in particular japan, it's dealing with the worst storm in about 10 years. that winter storm dropping heaps of snow in the west, bringing exceptionally strong gusts of wind. and of course, blizzard like conditions we are expecting. notice to continue into friday. the wind

isn't a strong however, up in the north, it's down in the south. we are going to see the wetter and more windy as well as wintry weather. and the korean peninsula, sea temperatures drop down dramatically as that cold air sweep south. that should weather update. ah, ah, ah ah. oh,

a hello. you're watching al jazeera. i'm emily anglin. he's reminder of our top stories this hour. we begin with europe's court of human rights, which has just announced, we'll hear a case against russia over the downing of slide image 17 in 2014. and evelyn submitted the complaint 298 people on that malaysia. a line flight would killed when it was shot down by a russian made new song. germany has finally agreed to send its leopard 2 tanks to ukraine. faleen will deliver 14 of the combat vehicles from its existing stock and is also allowing patent countries to send german my tanks from there to ukraine . and south africa. main opposition party is holding rallies nationwide against

power cups and an electricity price increase. most households go without power for at least 6 hours a day, and some businesses have been forced to rely on expensive generators to the u. k. now and richey soon ack says no issue was raised during the appointment process of conservative party chair. not him as a housing. the british prime minister has been facing questions in parliament over the how we've tax if is snack ordered and independent inquiry after it emerged. is that how we agreed to pay millions of dollars in back taxes and penalty and pleased to make much dish on this matter completely. oh, the issues the issues in question occurred before i was prime minister. oh, with regard with regard to the appointment with regard to the appointment of the

minister without portfolio, the usual appointments process was followed. no issues, no issues were raised with me when he was appointed to his current role. and since i commented on this matter last week, more information has come, huh. and that is why i have all the independent adviser to look into the matter. now, i oversee con, pre judge, the outcome of that, but it is right that it is right that we fully investigate this matter and establish all the facts. and angie simmons has been following this story for us in london. he did get a tough time. he was tackled by the labor opposition leader kissed alma and he did actually point out that he was weak. however, he did hold his ground. he did explain that a he heard about this

a week ago and there was no indication that any wrongdoing had taken place. i am want seed heard over the weekend that there had been penalties involved in something like $6000000.00 of taxation penalties actually made against the former finance minister. then he appointed the independent investigator, which he'd promised when he became prime minister and labor had wanted a real clamp down on wrongdoings and sleeves as it snowed here. and the feeling really is concentrated on the cost of living crisis. the loss of a business is at lee incredible situation. people find themselves in nowhere, many can afford the eating bills. and there is a real sense of the fact that the conservative party is seen by so many people as no longer being guardians of a good economy. now this, what they call sleep on top of it, all, that is really going to get people angry. however,

the point is people are just sick and tired of many aspects of this government. and the labor party is very aware of that. and it's digging hard at the very roots of the government. lebanon's tom prosecutor has ordered all suspects detained over the 2020 bay report. to be released more than 200 people were killed when chemicals stopped in a warehouse caught fire, causing the explosion. the prosecutor has also filed charges against the judge. i was saying the case. let's bring in the i madge from beirut. she's the deputy director for the middle east at amnesty international. i thanks so much for being on the program. took us through today's developments. why of a significant i mean we see this as really a battle for 11 on the future. are we going to have a kind of country where those individuals who are responsible for blowing up the country are held accountable or what and where they're allowed to escape

accountability. as you know, the invest the domestic investigation and the last has been suspended now for almost 13 months. on monday, the lead investigator issued an opinion and legal opinion that he said it would allow him to move forward with the investigation. and on that basis he charged 8 individuals, including the top public prosecutor, the son always act in relation to the black. and he also ordered the release of 5 of the 17 detainees who currently remain in detention since august or september of 2020. obviously the political establishment and all rallies around him, they said that she did not have the power to move the investigation forward, that the investigation was still stalled. and today, as culminated with the public prosecutor who him health is charged in the case and who had refused himself from being involved in the last case,

due to his familiar relation to some of the defendants. previously, he issued a decision to remove, to reduce all of the detainees and the case effectively bypassing does need to investigate the case. and we're now also hearing reports that he has decided to file charges against the ties and how some security forces to be towards home to notify him about these charges that travel back has been imposed against the term. i mean, all of this is really very common. you know, it's, it's a very complicated legal situation. but, you know, all this to say is that the submission is moving establishment are doing everything that they can to prevent just from moving forward with the investigation. they are doing everything that they can't prevent the truth from coming out. and for those high level officials responsible for the last to be held to account. yes, i guess to sort of break it down for our international audience. there are

a lot of complications going on in terms of that, those legal proceedings, but why have efforts to interrogate top officials over this explosion been hindered over the course of the last 3 years. and so since the end of the civil war, there really have been a culture of impunity in that been on where you know, top officials have not been held accountable for any crimes against population including major human rights violations. because i've tried to challenge that narrative and he started charging the very top of the official. so, you know, has the security agencies, the former prime minister, former ministers. and of course, there was a very coordinated attack against him to prevent those interrogations from moving forward. and they use every tools that they had. they started with misinformation, campaigns against the judge, calling him a for an agency stage, protest against him which turned violence and led to sudden death,

then instrument alive to say. but part of it was driving the country to civil war and they also file legal challenge after a legal challenge after the time to the investigation being suspended multiple times. the last legal challenges that the defendant, the politicians were the case. again it's i have left the investigation being suspended since december of 20. 21. ok. well thank you very much for your analysis on this breaking news and no doubt will cross back to it throughout the day. i am a jew, but the deputy director for the middle east at amnesty international. thank you. thank you. south american now and security force, as emperor, will have 5 t guess at thousands of protest is in the capital. on the demonstrated one, president dana, but want to take to resign a new election to be held on watson has called for a national truth following weeks. of unrest,

more than 50 people have been killed. the crisis began in december after the former president pressure to try to dissolve congress unless been arrested. so most of the stuff we are not terrorists were not criminals with his and to seek justice and peace in our country. cannot. several people have died as a result of severe winter weather in japan. the cold snap canceled flights and disrupted traffic after causing havoc in the east asian countries earlier this week . how does there is where the present car leg has moved? it may look like a winter wonderland, but the once in a decade cold snap, the blast, a japan was far from pretty, sparking extreme weather warnings across east asia and bringing record low temperatures. i see conditions and snowstorms to the region causing travel chaos. in south korea and japan, during the busiest lunar new year period,

i thought it was quite a white house or it felt like it suddenly turned twice. so i guess the driver couldn't see and crushed. the strong winds are believed to have caused a cargo ship to sink between japan and south korea's judge. you island rescue workers search for crew members in gusts that broke records in northern japan. new snowfall and temperature records were also set across the country, and just days earlier, china recorded its lowest at a temperature of minus 53 degrees celsius in its northernmost city. but that didn't stop the clean up operations on the street. so i swift about 6 to 700 meters of snow. yes, starting from noon. my face may be frozen, but my body is worn. with another cold blast on the horizon, north korea has issued an extreme cold alert. that's heightened concern for the people in the poorest areas. as temperatures tumble, car leg al jazeera,

chris hinkins has had been sworn in as new zealand prime minister. it follows the surprise resignation of jacinta and turn. last week. he faces the task of reviving the government's waning at popularity ahead of october as a general election 21 time grand slam champion. no back joke of it remains on track to win a record extending 10th australian open tidal. he cruised into the semi finals with a crashing wind over. andre were bled. so hel malik reports. if novak jock which is hamstring injury is still bothering him, it didn't really hampers court fine performance than melbourne. taking on 5th theed andre rube left jock, which looked in total control from the start taking the 1st that with these $61.00 . 0, the 2nd wasn't that much more challenging for the serbian star who's chasing

a record extending 10th australian open title. he took it 62 ah. and despite a little bit of resistance in the 3rd joke which sore off his russian opponent with little trouble, he took the set $64.00 for the match and heads into the same heath having dropped just one set all tournament. i think there's a score line in the 1st 2 sets doesn't speak the truth or the reality of the, of the matcher. you know, i was some, some really close games that we have a great upon and is a great player with tons of respect for him. jock, which is now just to winds away from equaling rough. l adults. record of 22 grand slam titles to hell ma leak al jazeera ah.