now just with the israel will set out its defense against docking station is of genocide by south africa as an unprecedented here and gets under way of the hey, the fellow on down. jordan, this is honestly around life and go home. so coming to funerals, i held in central garza for, for honest indian web presence was killed in on his ran the strikes the us and british forces kindly all testified some who few targets in yemen, holding up the tax by the rebels. i'm shipping in the red sea and taiwan professors

go ahead to the phones as presidential candidates getting ready to hold the final trust the we begin at the hague way in a few hours time is well, we'll defend itself and a lot more legal case accusing it of committing genocide and gaza, south africa alone is the case of the international court of justice on thursday. lawyers presented evidence of mass cummings, widespread destruction on the death of children and babies. they say israel's plan to destroy garza is coming from the highest level of state that's caused a lot. not to stephanie deca. she's an occupied east jerusalem, stephanie. so what are we expecting from israel today at the i c j. the is a strong rebuttal to that very tight case presented by south africa. just one to

show you some of the main papers here as israel wake saw some what is an unprecedented a really um, some of the main use paper headlines. this is a yeah, the lot it says here, a israel gets ready to present its case against allegations and lives. and then you also have might eve, which says, hatred shows. so it gives you a little bit of a sense of the feeling here. many is really is the majority of his right. he's back this war box. our government and what is happening in gaza is really government is always maintained that what it is doing a self defense. we haven't had a sense of how the is really teams ledge by a british lawyer malcolm show and a legal experts of international and genocide, how they're going to be presenting their case. i think what is clear is that a that will be reminding the chords on each national communities of the brutality of those. uh, how about the tax on october, the 7th to they will be reiterating how they say,

how mouse is the one that puts the beginnings in danger because it places a miniature infrastructure among civilians am on hospitals among un schools, un infrastructure. and it will also say that it does, it's a off most to protect civilians in the sense of warning them of giving them warnings ahead of time in the form of dropping leaflets in the form of phone calls, etc, etc. so i think this is something that are going to be laid out meticulously by the is really team. of course the facts on the ground show a very different story. an interesting lead. the foreign ministry spokesman, they give a press conference at the hey, yesterday was off by one of the gentlemen saying, well, you disregard this case. you say that it doesn't mean anything. why are you actually here? because it is the 1st time the israel is actually attending one of these hearing, showing just how seriously it's taking it. and he responds by saying, we do respect this court and we want to defend ourselves. and i think it's, let's take a look back at how israel has consistently tried to count of the claims that they

are targeting civilians. that they are doing nothing to preserve civilian life over the last 3 months and unprecedented legal case against israel. for the 1st time, its answering for its actions before the international court of justice, the case was pulled by south africa and israel stands accused of committing and having the intention to commit genocide against palestinians in garza. these where the government says the case is baseless. the load one month ago, the one of them know south africa. it's not us who came to commit genocide. it's come us and how most would kill us all if it could. in contrast, our military acts in the most moral way. it does everything possible to avoid harming civilians with more than 23000. we have this thing. instead, israel doesn't deny kidding high numbers of civilians, but it blames him us. it says the arms group is guilty of in storing its infrastructure and your hospitals, schools and homes. even communities vulnerable to attacks from is really forces.

but evidence. israel is put forward to back. this claim has proven false in the post. this is a grab bag hours off to striking ship a hospital and goes to city. israel's army, deleted this video, which it claimed proved there was a how must come on center. under the hospital, when doubts were raised, it re posted a new version without the words, undeniable truth. israel the so to defend its air strikes, saying it takes care to warn civilians by dropping leaflets, directing them to what it called safe. so. but it's also boomed many of those areas, which is why palestinians and agencies maintain that. nowhere in goals are safe. in an 84 page fighting south africa says there's evidence. israel is also targeting civilians by limiting the delivery of food medicine, fuel and water came to united nations and toughest human rights organizations agree on. but israel again points to hum us. unfortunately,

to date the u. n. a to mechanism in garza has been woefully unsuccessful because it goes through on rough aid, simply isn't reaching the people who need it, because how much hijacks it and on rock covers up for it. israel is expected to remind the court of the brutality of how mazda is attack the 7th of october, kings concept many and israel shocked that the country is facing legal proceedings and not thomas israel's foreign ministry has responded to the application on thursday at the international court of justice calling it's one of the biggest shows of hypocrisy and accusing south africa of being the legal arm of have that israel will get. it's charles to respond officially in court on friday. definitely decker all g 0 and occupied east to choose. what under find state is a political scientist on form, a member of the national assembly of south africa. he says, israel will find it difficult to countess of africa's arguments in the case festival. i should say that i think the rebuttals both from the united states,

particularly from the is ray. the state have been critics to put it mildly, these really response which was effectively to bad miles south africa to cole, south africa, the legal um. how much and an agent of uranium republic is actually quite embarrassing. and what that suggests to me is that is rarely is going to find it incredibly difficult to respond to meaningfully to south africa is quite extraordinary submission, extraordinary in its detail, in this clarity, in this legal argument and its impact. i would imagine that tomorrow the israel will attempt to argue self defense. but i would the justices is experienced as those on the i, c, j. well,

obviously respond to that in the knowledge that self defense is simply not the defense in terms of international will of low foreign occupying power for its minutes reactions in the territory that is occupied for a long drive of demonstrations have taken place outside the international court of justice at the hague of south africa, i presented its case against israel to 0 is assigned to binge of age spoke with people calling for us the spot in gauze. laura was born in the back of an ambulance during israel's bombardment of garza in 2014. the 9 year old warranted debris with this upgrading temperatures. to show her support for the children of god. in the heart of the you will get, i want to watch wind the children to be safe and to live and homes to be fine and not destroyed. i want causes children to be ok, but it wasn't just palestinians. people from all over the world,

the cabinet in south africa presented its case before the international court of justice. and the jewish religion is being misused to justify all these crimes. this is not the case. most of the jewish people are worldwide then occupied public fund or guns, or what is taking place, not only in goals or no, not it. but for the, for the, for these decades. over 75 years of brutal, illegal, empty jewish occupational people here have been telling us that they've coming from all over europe. and they want to show solidarity with south africa. but also do tell the leaders of the world. we're standing with israel that this amounts to genocide and there needs to be a ceasefire that needs to take me while we're having this conversation. children are losing their eyes, they're losing their family, they're losing their lives, they're losing their lives. there are people that are being bombed, there is no ambulance that can go to them, they will suffer. it's so that because the entire health care system in the north is knocked out. that is the situation. and that is indefensible. if you pro israel

protest is altogether at the peace palace but refused to speak to the 0 on friday, israel will defend itself and try to prove that it has not committed acts which amount to genocide. experts that are hopeful that south africa's case is likely to convince judges to stop israel's actions because they think that you have for the occasional needs very solely those improving the ceasefire. is one of what essential measurements to put that in to the, on going to genocide, david genocide in the studio in the gods us to you. then of course, the question is, which would be being forced to mental with disabilities on which is legally binding? as people deliberate, nowhere is safe, and garza and israel's onslaught continues. some of the driving down to 0, the he was here, his colleagues about zoom is in rough uh that's in southern gauze and joins us live now. um, theresa israel, it presents its case today at the international court of justice. what are people in guns are expecting that?

yes, uh palestinians generally have pets and i fell it yesterday. the hearings that brings a message by south africa in the international court of justice, accusing israel preaching and also violating the united nation genocide conventions . and today, the waiting for the s value of respond starts to this case and to read to the 8. tell us these accusations, they clearly believe that israel will do, especially in order to completely correct donald if it's made by south africa to criminalize as well. and as power city is c as well. this time, as this is down thing of the codes, all of the international court of justice has affected traits at this time. and this is quite prove used throughout the statements released by these very military . and also political officials as rep in hearing from the is very prime minister benjamin netanyahu, that the accusations that had been made by south africa yesterday,

they weren't clear baseless, and they were completely a full type of proceed describing biggest, very ami as the most over in the army in the world in tennessee is completely appreciate this is step made by south africa. and today they are completely in a very disparate waiting just to to that justice will be pro, took them to palestinians. and this is not completely away from the a, the, the, the situation that palestinians have been getting through since october the 7th. because want to south africa set, the international court of justice completely matches what is happening. and the realities on the ground is complete. advantages were destroyed as palestinians being killed. at least we are talking about 23 pounds as 80001000 pounds of things being killed since the the, the outbreak of this war on garza. so get a clarity, we can see that they're waiting for that. we think the he was just as he broke back, while some talks with palestinians, completely lost the trust of international community. but generally the waiting

that to date and to see as well. this starts being killed accountable for its violations in gaza. yeah, tara can meanwhile, is really strikes continue across the street from us on the happenings are yes, uh, completely, uh, hard lot was full palestinians as a is where the military strikes had been intensified all the nights were fine status. these were being reports of killed in denver, about a half todd destruction of their residential building. different living inside guns also entered into space. a very key problem and dilemma in terms of reaching the areas of target things. as israel was carrying out a wide seal attack on the 2 or 3, i think the overnight, we're also con eunice and the middle over night. so the territory had been on the white on getting us. and it was showing where a residential buildings were attacked in the past a few hours in con unit, in particular, where we have been seeing different videos. imagine from that city showing how she

disruption workforce, by the, as well as the unrelenting cycle of disruption continues to be. coast ask is about, expands and gets miniature operations. i post casa in the past 24 hours. all right, i talked about zoom, lifestyle and russel in southern gauze, atomic. thank q us now us some. but as far as, as i've carried out, strikes against targets linked to the hood fees in yemen, multiple sites across the country where hit including the of the capital sign a. it's the 1st time strikes have been carried out against the wrong bank group since it started attacking ships in the red sea late last year. she advertises the reports from washington dc. the vitamin ministration said that us as you came in the trees were involved, and bowman, radars, missiles i'm dreading size, the aims to the grey, the who is the ability to conduct strikes on international shipping and a statement, joe biden said, today's defensive action follows an extensive diplomatic campaign and who the rebels escalating attacks against commercial vessels. these targeted strikes are

a clear message that the united states and our partners will not tolerate attacks on our personnel or allow hostile actors to imperil freedom of navigation. and one of the world's most critical commercial roots, us and british war plains, had targets throughout the governments with the control move, including the capital summer, the key parts of the data and southern and the north, close to the border with saudi arabia. a senior us administration official emphasized that the us was not seeking to escalate the conflict. however, the who suggested that escalation was now inevitable let in the thought that they can show a law we will confront the american aggression. any american aggression will never remain without a response, and the response will not only be at the level of the recent operation that targeted americans, etc, with more than $24.00 drones and several massages the response will be greater than that though, and more than that. us officials have too early to know who the capabilities have been degraded, but beyond that, so they're all questions as to what exactly the us feels it's achieving especially

since but who would fees have been clear? basically live is they who are acting on the international lo, specifically the international genocide convention, which obligates them to act, to stop the bombardment of goes up to the question that has to be asked is why is it that the british and american governments prefer to escalate and go to war essentially in order to prevent the hunters from attacking ships rather than actually going to the top of a ceasefire. and garza, which would not only be more effective, but also would have other positive effects such as ending this daughter to bite to ministration insist. it was extreme defensively if there was an attack earlier this week, forced washington's have because us vessels withdrawal gifted. however, when aust how the administration was they show that the us was specifically the progress of the attack. a senior defense official would only say that it was because us vessels were in the proximity of who the fuck. she everytime see elder 0,

washington. 5, i shall break here and i'll just narrow when we come back. so if anyone's on the file in set time, our miniature group finding the armies of twos of thoughts and people unable to free the bond this morning. the a settled time upfront takes on the big issue as opposed to what's happening now. it is a cool thanks. question about 5 unflinching questions. rigorous. the bank that he added to 2 days. the another i couldn't think is taking place. augusta. nothing goes into a garza without a seal permission. nothing leaves golf though with offers roles. permission allow me to push back for a moment, demanding of these fires, demanding an end to the root causes of all of this violence upfront. without 0. i have the right to boycott, anyone i want to and the state has no business getting involved in that. i was just opening my annual contract from the state of arizona and i was rather shocked to

see this. the 3 part series explodes, the implications of us and people who called lowe's for freedom of speech and 1st amendment. brian got chosen and blessed us because we protect israel. i'm going to continue. do you want to state level all that? i can't support that one on which is era examining the impact of today's headlines, explorer and abundance of world class programming programs that open your eyes to an alternative view of the world today. on al jazeera, the the

welcome back here, what you're going to see right quick remind about top stories here, this hour and a few as time israel will set house, gets defense in a landmark legal case. choosing a tip, committing genocide in johnson, south africa, lawrence the lawsuit against the ice, which i on thursday. lawyers present the evidence of masculine and widespread destruction. us somebody's forces, colorado strikes on who targets. and yeah, my understanding of talks about the levels on shifting in the red sea unjustified oppression. royal continues from bobbins, wisconsin, and strikes were reported in the southern and central boston district. of these 5 brothers commands have been killed in an striking on the human rights which has condemned is really actions in gaza and its annual report. the organization calls on the international community to do more to end abuses and other hotspots affected by conflict. gabriel is under as move from new york. it can take courage, human rights watch cold out countries that have condemned to the hamas attack on is

real october 7th, but worth silent in holding is real accountable for subsequent conduct in gaza. this reluctance is consistent with the refusal by the united states and many european member countries to urgent in to the is really government 16, the unlawful closure of gaza and to denounce its ongoing crimes against humanity of apartheid and persecution against palestinians. the world report looks at human rights conditions in over $100.00 countries last year. the report looks extensively at africa, where according to human rights watch, there's one place in particular that is often overlooked by the world when it comes to human rights abuses. and that is sudan where thousands of civilians have been killed in the countries in the middle of a war between the government and the rapids support forces paramilitary group which

has consolidated its control over much of the dar for region meeting civilians killed, others displaced human rights watch says more attention is needed on sudan and other african hotspots. today we need to see global leadership left 1st upon so done. if you can, this the hell, an east them call on conflicts. have cute thousands of civilians in 2023 and forced millions from their homes. it's clear in many corners of the world, people are facing increased repression. human rights watches, governments, and international organizations need to do more to hold those responsible, accountable. gabriel is on do out is here york the

let's bring in some of the days of the news now when people are trapped into 0 state in sedan are accusing the permanent to rapid support forces of targeting civilians. they are as if has been fighting saddam's army since april last year and took over the state in december that led to the displacement of about half a 1000000 people. but many more remained there unable to leave out to 0 as he to move and report some call to him. in a warning, you may find some of the images in her report. distressing this mobile fatigue shows civilians around it up by the power minute through rapid support forces in may leak in central to dance to the usb. the ra separated the town earlier this week and local groups say they killed several. a body can be seen a few meters away from the group. for what the sizes? are you dead or not yet? the man filming asks, what does the body doesn't to move? what do i, the more footage it shows other people being rounded up. i'm literally just rather

than the good, the man foaming here. it's uses them a fighting on the side of the army in a town known to have no military facility. we are a stuff has been fighting for dance armies since april and launched an attack onto the, the states and december, taking it over after the army withdrew facilities such as hospitals, universities and facts were destroyed. at least 500000 people were displaced due to the recess attack on the state. that's one posted the largest number of internally displaced people from the current conflict. local groups known as resistance comments. he said the rest of has committed atrocities that include sexual violence, forcible disappearance of civilians, an arbitrary killings. they say many bodies have been left in the streets for days, and a lot of civilian homes turned into military camps. many people who have tried to leave since the takeover has been forced to stay in the states. those were able to

fleet say they did so out of fear of falling victims to the rest half. we left our homes and how to move through allies and less unknown roots. when we left him a dunny, we saw the evidence of the atrocities that were committed by the r, as if the dead bodies on the streets. we feared for ourselves. we slept only with the clothes that we were wearing. in response to the accusations, the recept tools out to 0 that those who targeted civilians were not sparts of their forces and described them as outlaws. but with the history of the group targeting civilians going back even before the start of the current for survivors of the crimes in mainly and just the to say they don't doubt who's responsible even more going onto 0 us in taiwan as a final day of campaigning ahead of the presidential election south, today's vote could have followed reaching consequences for the region as pensions

mount with china, which considers taiwan as part of its territory. well, katrina, you joins us live now from she. i'm in in china katrina. this is an election the beijing will be watching very closely that what's in close save time when easy, it is in the united states and also a q staging of interest bearing in the election that the claim dismissed by chinese leaders. although they insist that town is a part of china and the elections in internal affairs. now as to what people kids think about the poles that are happening on saturday, starting in the morning. well, it's difficult to say it's mation is tightly controlled, but we did speak to one local and he said that he was pointing difference. he said it doesn't matter who leads taiwan because trying to can take the island at any time and certainly not doing so. now, because it wants to avoid a will. now obviously that does not reflect the razor opinion, but that excessively the narrative that is put forward by the chinese government. and while they're not talking about taiwanese democracy here,

they are very critical of the ruling democratic progressive policy. of the d p p and the candidate light you can tell that they say that these a separatist pro independent school says that boys things of them means voting for war and sending time when he's years into the battlefield. and while they're not explicitly saying so badging prefers instead the all positions home in town, okay, and p policy, a policy that is full close to, to licensed aging. and the only policy out of the 3 that are in the running that has official communications with the aging. so while they're saying and bought the piece of work for they say, if we're performing town is a vote for peace and prosperity includes the ties with the main line that will bring economic opportunities to the people of taiwan. katrina. thank you. us. yes, president joe biden, son hum to buy them has pleaded not guilty in the federal court to tax evasion charges the case stems from business dealings, and i've also have prompted unimpeachable investigation of his father. hunter

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i don't come. my colleague elizabeth, are on them to be here in around 30 minutes with much more of the days and use the weather is up next to the inside story examines the secretary of state's latest visit to the state you. that's one of the, the hello the web is looking really loves settles apart. so the middle east at the moment, a lot of cloud streaming across northern parts of the region. the south is that light is fine and dry, warm sunshine here even though hot 26 degrees celsius. but you can see we have got the snow to spilling out so fast. syria based composite the key i just running across northern paths on a rock, a mix of rain, sleet, and snow here. and that will trouble this way, which was northern areas of iran across the mountains and the snow

a little more widespread than as we go through the next couple of days. so it sounds settled for the east and made us well, lots of wet weather coming across the cypress, into web west the side of syria pushing across at 1111 on seems a big temples, snow over the mountains here as well. i'm not really standing all the way down towards the gaza strip. then as we go through friday, possibly still a few showers here on saturday, but to the west. the weather will certainly be in at around 11 on at that stage. so whether to that of cause northern parts of africa just around the coastal fringes of the mediterranean, that just pulling away from ne, in the areas of algeria through tennessee easing across towards moving parts of egypt. part of your sabbath. meanwhile, across central policy for africa, down to, to the most east of south africa. i'd tell you exactly what the metal gasket the latest news as it breaks, i don't really is. remember the scene on restoring national city in

unity with fearless journalism. these people copy and show toying just came from the relentless bombardment from the home to the story. many people born long dispute open for a meal, but with all very crowded towns, unlimited aids, many are left with desperate need. washington is placing plans because even as israel is waging it school and yet another middle east visit, the us secretary of state has been valuing support from regional player as to why isn't the pipe administration 1st trying to reach us this file. this is inside storage. the .