her. welcome to. the week w. . this is g.w. news live from berlin taking a stand at the international court of justice mean mars on santucci says there is no proof that her country's military carried out genocide against rohingya muslims prosecutors are seeking to prove her wrong. also coming up hoping for a break for u.k. politicians crisscross the country on the last day of campaigning for what's being

called the most important election in a generation. more tremors at the volcano in new zealand that is complicating efforts to retrieve the bodies of those killed on monday and fueling fears that another eruption could happen at any moment. i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us me and mara civilian leader aung san suu kyi has told the un's top court that there was no proof of genocidal intent behind her country's military campaign against her hang on muslims testimony on tuesday alleged stunning a stunningly barbaric acts against a range of population including children and babies speaking at the international court of justice in the hague the nobel peace laureate said it cannot be ruled out that disproportionate force was used by me in mars' armed forces but she did. and i

that any crimes committed fell under the international definition of genocide more than 700000 running us led me in martinique brain by what days to escape what has been described as an ethnic cleansing campaign involving mass rapes and killings let's hear what she had to say these bear in mind this complex situation and the challenge to sovereignty and security in our country when you're assessing the intent of those who attempted to deal with the rebellion surely under the circumstances genocidal intent cannot be the only hypothesis well earlier we spoke to our correspondent mike sando who was following proceedings in the hague i asked him to sum up the defense that aung san suu kyi had presented in court well also and since she had the same message that she had time and time over again she denies the accusations and she says there was no genocidal intent at no point in the last few years she rough you referenced the 2017 uprising against militants and

said that the state her government carried out a simple anti terror operation against them and she also said that at some point this could have been excessive but this is me and mars responsibility to do with not the responsibility of an international court and she also said quote unquote that no stone would be left unturned in order to bring those to justice who have committed to possible war crimes and she also said that the mass exodus of roughly 700000 rangle muslims to bangladesh is tragic and that myanmar could have done more in the past to help diversity in this country. sounder there reporting for us from the hague let's find out more now about the alleged atrocities that took took place in wrecking states and why and the way the hearing at the hague is being seen in myanmar. more than 700 stars in the hinge amusements led me on mar when the military launched a crackdown in iraq and state in august 27th escaping what's been described as an

ethnic cleansing campaign most of the refugees now live in created camps in bangladesh. they tortured mothers and daughters they burned our houses they also raped me and i am grateful to god that myanmar is facing trial for that. of the. young mothers actions against the cause the world's no court has examined the evidence until 9. 000 where were. the international court at the hague and some cities decision to come here to defend her government has both shocked her critics and galvanize her supporters we stand for her and we are on her site as she stands for us she stands for the whole bomoh she's benched for every religion every

people of. every ethnicity of oh not only we are like a slave we are slaves of the market so we are that's why it is so i came here to support i am in rwanda i support the white people's because we are many suffering since long time young mars government and its military leaders continue to deny accusations of ethnic cleansing and genocide just 3 cases have been recognized under international law since world war 2 whatever the outcome in the hague this week there will be record cautions for myanmar its image tarnished on the world stage could affect its future prospects. and we can speak now to david griffiths he's the head of the secretary general's office at amnesty international in london david thanks for joining us here on d w i want to ask you about cheese defense in front of the international court of justice she said earlier there was no proof of genocidal attack intent against the

range what do you make of that well i think says he she has shown us today yet again how spectacular pool from grace should has been she should be standing shoulder to shoulder with the big and yet she's chosen to stand on the side of military defending. accused horrendous atrocities against the procedure and her defense today has been extremely. she once again fails to acknowledge the wrong and you're going to name she's failed to acknowledge the severity and the scale of the atrocities against them and this level of denialism is both dangerous and believe you know. what do you think about these proceedings david what are the consequences for me and mark. well that's basically it the net is beginning to tighten and this is not the only mechanism.

that could provide justice and should provide justice for the rogue injured people who've been holding the brutalized this has to be the beginning not the end. of this case itself could bring about some important measures to protect the 600000 injured who are still risk of atrocities from the me and my own military in iraq i'm living in an regime that that is the 1st and immediate company when potentially of this case but it could and should also. stage them the u.n. security council into further action you know this needs to be taken out by the international criminal court by the by the security council they need to impose universal law and involve targeted sanctions against those in the military who are responsible for these atrocities that dies in the beginning to tyson and this case

is a really important part that you mentioned what's at stake for the rohingya here david they have said that they are seeking justice but what kind of actual justice could they get from this case. well as i said this is one stage and then needs to be multiple different avenues should be left by the international community in seeking justice and for the the rohingya but who have been directly targeted and who are at risk because of the atrocities in iraq i say. this may be. a pinprick to the conscience of the world as you know every possible avenue to bring those responsible to justice. david griffiths head of the secretary general's office of amnesty international in london joining us there thank you very much. let's get a round up of some other stories making news around the world saudi arabian oil

giant iran co has become the world's largest listed company after making its debut on the country's stock exchange the state owned energy companies $25000000000.00 initial public offering is the biggest ever in history saudi arabia is privatizing assets as a step towards reducing its reliance on oil. environmental activists credit has told the u.n. climate summit in madrid that richer countries must do their fair share to tackle climate change she also accused states of misleading people with what appear to be impressive climate pledges that didn't add up to much. and at least 6 people including one police officer were killed in an hour's long gun battle in the us state of new jersey the officer was shot dead near a cemetery and 2 suspects then fled to a supermarket 3 people and the 2 suspected gunmen were killed in the gunfight inside the supermarket. in the u.k. there's just one day to go to what's being called the most important election in

a generation and politicians are making a final push for votes the election is likely to decide the fate of bragg's it the u.k.'s attempt to leave the e.u. the conservative party of prime minister boris johnson has been leading the polls for a while but a recent survey shows the race is tightening the conservatives seem to be on course to win 339 seats in the 650 parliament against 231 for the labor party but pollsters say other outcomes are possible including a hung parliament or a landslide victory for johnson let's take a closer look now at the conservatives election campaign. and i think he will do it i think he's a man why he's doing people of seeing through boris johnson i think really most foreign minister love him or hate him almost everyone has an opinion on britain's incumbent prime minister the man himself is on a charm offensive visiting every region in england and wales including opposition labor hotlines that voted to leave the european union like the no then town of

grimsby where he taught a fish market he's cost him self as the man to get bricks it done appealing to leave no matter what question comes up he has home the same message to which is a cut he may keep that's going. to get that dog week you must have a poll of the next year he's focusing on those issues he's focusing on that agenda is driving this country not wasting tory again for another year all right see the last. point is right. despite repeated scandals and defeats in parliament boris johnson's party is still ahead in the polls and that's even though the conservatives are bitterly divided. earlier this year johnson through 21 and peace out of his own parliamentary group for not toeing the party line among them winston churchill's grandson was the former chief public

prosecutor. found the former finance minister and johnson's own brother resigned along with several other veteran tory m.p.'s it's populists it's telling the public was. they think that the public wants to hear it's over simplifying the issue but the prime minister is undeterred he says he'll pass his breaks it deal in january and strike a free trade deal with the e.u. by late 2020 which observers believe is impossible get bricked sit down. that's his mansion and he's sticking to it thursday british voters get to decide in what could be britain's most important election in decades i think. the french government has given details of the proposed pension reforms that have led to widespread strikes over the last week prime minister at work philip

announced that a universal pension system would supersede the more than 40 public sector pension plans that currently exist he said the reform was also necessary to avoid a multiyear euro dollar deficit in the pension system by 2025 that's a multimillion euro a deficit the proposed reforms have sparked a nationwide strike and protests thousands of union activists marched through french cities are sharing their pensions were trained under the reforms. and let's go right to our correspondent lisa lewis she is in paris she's been following the prime minister's state's statements for us hi lisa what are the major points of this reform. well as you said the one major point is that these 42 different regimes will be brought into one single regime and this new system will kick in for those who enter the labor market in 2022 for the rest of them those who are born after 1975 in 2025 the government has also said that they

would put in place a minimum pension of $1000.00 euros and they will not increase the official retirement age which is that 62 year at the moment but they will put in place a so-called pivotal age 64 that means that you can retire before 64 but if you do so then you are likely to lose part of your pension and that's one thing that the prime minister mention very briefly there hasn't been really the center of the discussion but that will have a major impact on future pension of on the future pensions actually and that is that under the old system your pension was calculated according to your 25 best years the 25 best years in your career from now on it will be based on the 42 years you have worked for so that that will is likely to lower the pension for many people here in france lisa how do you think the protest and strike movement will react to these reforms. well that really depends on how the different unions react one union is crucial to this c f t

t which is the more moderate union they have so far been supporting the government in its effort to reform the system their friends say we need to reform this but there was a red line and that is the pension age of the c.f. to t. was against the fact to put in place that so-called pivotal age of 64 under which she wouldn't go on likely to get a full pension now the government has crossed this red line and it remains to be seen of the c.f.d. t. will still support the government if it doesn't than it's likely to escalate even more with more demonstrations and strikes lying ahead at least if the french government is pushing forward and the protestors are not backing down what is the way ahead now. well that's very difficult to say you know christmas is lying ahead businesses are already suffering from this major blockade in the country many people are struggling to get to work it's really causing a lot of mayhem here it's the standoff between between the unions and the

government we'll see if there were less and less people turning out for the strikes or if at one point in france there's always this one point which is really difficult to define but from one point on if the strike goes on the government kind of seems to think that they have lost and if they get to that point then they will have to abandon the reform of the that's the last thing that came out of the car the president wants to do because he really says this reform is crucial for him his image as a reformer and his chances to be reelected in 2022 d.n.a. is lisa lewis reporting for us from paris thank you lisa. you're watching news still to come on our show after a year of the training for women from homework to prepare for the world's toughest rowing race a 5000 kilometer journey across the atlantic we joined that in your training. but 1st in new zealand police say any attempt to recover bodies from monday's

volcanic eruption has to wait because the island is too dangerous to set foot on gases are venting from the volcano and the island is covered in acidic ash the bodies of 9 people are thought to be. 22 survivors are being treated in the hospital many of them have severe burns earlier we spoke with auckland based journalist covering the paramita she told us about the condition of those who were injured in the eruption the number of people killed by the white island eruption has increased to 6 with a patient at a hospital and often succumbing to their injuries for australian victims have been identified and confirmed including mother daughter and there are 1200000 square centimeter subs in enough for the ongoing needs of the patients coming to new zealand from the united states 30 patients remain in burns units across new zealand 22 of whom still need airway support the nature of the burn

suffered it's complicated by the gases and chemicals in the eruption and fortunately. meanwhile doctors are close to full identification of all patients although there's not a formal list at this point that they. published today the local media is pretty much filled with stories about evacuation efforts right after eruption on monday including a helicopter pilot who rescued 5 people who described how those people lying in the crater covered in ash were crying out for help as he carried them to his higher copter and unfortunately how he had to leave 2 people who are just barely alive behind. right now for some more stories making news around the world the south pacific islands a book until have voted overwhelmingly to break away from papa new guinea the vote paves the way for it to become the world's newest nation more than 98 percent of

voters backed independence. police and students have clashed in the colombian capital but without an another day of protest against the government police used tear gas and water cannon to try to curb the protests union and student leaders call the protests as lawmakers consider cutting the minimum wage for young people. tens of thousands of people returned to the streets of prague to earch czech prime minister i'm sure by this to resign the latest protest was fueled by the country's chief prosecutor says vision last week to reopen an investigation into this over allegations of fraud involving european union subsidies and a giant sinkhole that swallowed up at least 4 cars in the capital of brazil it happened when a road next to a building site in brasilia partially collapsed because of fell into the sinkhole have been parked on the street at the time and there were no injuries. in the philippines the government says it is facing what it calls a national emergency over teenage pregnancy some 1200000 young people have had

babies over the past decade it happens in part because of limited access to sex education and family planning to do these on a santos has more. marilyn miss you know spends most of her afternoons with her girlfriends and their toddlers all 3 are teen mothers marilyn has just turned 20 and is soon having another baby. this is stage i 1st got pregnant when i was 13 i gave birth at 14 then i broke up with my boyfriend i got pregnant with another boyfriend but i gave birth at home and the baby died after a year i got pregnant again but unfortunately miscarried he did 5 months now i'm pregnant for the 4th time 5 months but when the hole in. the philippines has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in southeast asia every day about 500 teenage girls become mothers and like marilyn

a growing number get pregnant more than once before they turn 20 for many this means they have to drop out of school and struggle to make ends meet. the philippines is a predominantly catholic country the teachings of the catholic church greatly influence public health policies premarital sex and birth control are discouraged while abortion is illegal. sex education and information about birth control are very limited many young women feel guilty about using contraception or believe it's only for married couples but when i got pregnant again that's when i realized you can use condoms pills i.u.d. to avoid getting pregnant too late regret always comes in the end the philippine government has declared teen pregnancy a public health emergency officials are now trying to find ways to prevent more teenage girls from getting pregnant clinics like this one for instance offer medical checkups and counseling especially for pregnant teens and young women like

marilyn here they can bond with other teen moms while waiting to see a doctor. these places can only act in a very limited scope they only have access to the women after they get pregnant and they face legal barriers. on a method for family planning is not taught to unmarried women there's a national law that prohibits family planning services for teens without parental consent so abstinence is still the focus for women like marilyn this advice comes too late but they hope that learning about birth control will empower them so that young mothers can really plan their families and avoid yet another unwanted pregnancy. now it is known as the toughest rowing race in the world and for women from hamburg want to be the 1st german women's team to compete and the atlantic challenge sees them make a 5000 kilometer journey across the atlantic from the canary islands there all the

way to antigua for have been training for a year and will set off on thursday morning. lean forward push let go lean forward push let go this movement will dominate the lives of these 4 women for 50 days starting tomorrow they are the 1st german team to take part in the world's hardest rowing race the telescope whisky atlantic challenge that means 2 hours of rowing to our sleeping almost alternating 24 hours a day. she always has also i think i also want to get to know me a little bit better and from a different pond a few just doing something crazy at another to differentiate it from the. british pitcher has custom built the team boat for the specific challenge 3 of the crew were on hand for a 1st look. at. the

boat it will be their home and life raft for the coming weeks during the 4800 kilometers long race it has to protect them from waves up to 10 meters high scorching heat as high as 40 degrees alone in the ocean for the past year the 4 has been trained on land and in the water under the guidance of. former rowing belt champion his message is clear. think about it and become a part of the sea as cheesy as it sounds but i don't think it's possible in any other way as we sit here right now we can imagine the strain they're going to face . in order to build as much strength and harmony as possible the crew maximize their time together on the water no matter the conditions that are to safety boats supporting the teams as they cross the ocean. the crews are also supported 21st 7 by to land based duty officers

a briefing is also crucial for the team who are walk through every step that will keep them alive and afloat for the next 50 days. you know there are risks yes is a risk of bad weather and capsized and they have injury and illness but it is the personal dynamic with the really most important and potentially dangerous thing in the world. one year of training is now down to less critical tasks to pack provisions everything is precisely rationed now comes the hard part. now a white rhino calf born last month that is in california has been named future and the zoo says the cast name is meant to be a message of hope for rhino conservation efforts around the world many rhino species are heading for extinction and san diego zoo where this calf was born is now using artificial insemination to try to save some of the world's endangered it's.

let's get a recap now of our top stories here on t.w. mars civilian leader aung sun suu kyi has said there is no proof of genocidal intent behind her military campaign against her head of muslims she was giving testimony at the international court of justice in the hague which is determining whether genocide blacks commit. and the politicians in the u.k. are making a final push for votes ahead of the general election on thursday the vote is likely to decide the fate of graves that the u.k.'s attempt to leave the european union polls show the conservatives in the lead but the race has been tightening. don't forget you can always get you know the news on the go download or out from google player from the app store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news and you can also use the do that you have to send us photos and videos from where you are.

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reaping all of its eco friendly benefits eco africa next on d w. oh boy. oh boy. oh boy. i'm not laughing at the them well enough sometimes i am but most end up in the winter that means the german thinks names are german culture looking at stereotypes aquatics anything. seems in the country that i don't blame. you yes you did see me pick for this drama day on your bus it's all about ok look i'm a joke join me to meet the gentleman from d.w. post. it was the speech of his life perhaps his best certainly his most difficult the speech but clearly interest him on december 19th 1989.

surely the son of the right of the chancellor addresses the people of east germany . the movie's chance. clamors for the german unity journalist peter lim borg was at the scene. 30 years later looks back on the. interest. starts december 19th d.w. . hello from kampala welcome to the latest edition of our environmental program offered a production in germany n.t.v. in uganda and so most t.v. in nigeria i am sondra to know beyond the next will be packed full of interesting

stories on good ideas my lovely colleague and the from nigeria.