this is g w news live from berlin the woman who was once an icon of human rights is now defending her generals against charges of genocide in mars' on songs who she takes the stand of the international court of justice in the hague the nobel peace prize laureate says there is no proof that her country's army carried out genocide against her binge of muslims prosecutors are seeking to prove her wrong also coming up she's calling it europe's man on the moon moment as the new president of the european commission is presenting her landmark plan to find climate change but some

are saying brussels we have a problem and been ready brek said that's what british prime minister boris johnson is promising to serve up if he wins the election on thursday his conservatives holding their early lead over jeremy corbin's labor party will have more on what is being called the most important british election in a generation. i'm good to have you with us me and mars leader aung song suchi has denied that her country's troops committed genocide against muslims she spoke today at the international court of justice in the hague responding to testimony about barbaric acts committed against them or hinge of population hundreds of thousands of her hands are now living as refugees in neighboring bangladesh afraid to return to

their home. the images that provoked international outrage more than 700000 ranger muslims fled to me and amal when the military launched a crackdown in iraq line state in august 27th team they were escaping what since been described as an ethnic cleansing campaign most of the refugees now live in crowded camps in bangladesh. they tortured our mothers and daughters as they burned our houses they also raped me and i am grateful to god that myanmar is facing trial for that. young son steve she is decision to defend her country here at the world's highest court has galvanized her supporters. i. i. i. it's also surprised her critics as she was not required to attend. suchi told the judges she

couldn't rule out that man mas armed forces may have used disproportionate force but she denied that any crimes committed fell under the international definition of genocide. these ben mind this complex situation and the challenge to sovereignty and security in our country when we are assessing the intent of those who attempted to deal with the rebellion surely under the circumstances genocidal intent cannot be the only hypothesis. under 2000 and is constitution near my house in military justice system criminal cases again so does offices for possible war crimes committed in rakhine must be investigated and prosecuted by that system the lawsuit against me and ma was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation which is

made up of $57.00 countries suchi also criticized evidence that present it calling it incomplete and misleading take whatever the outcome in the hague this week there will be repercussions for me and its image tarnished on the world stage could affect its future prospects. of these we dish climate activists grow to whom baird has become the youngest person ever to be named time magazine's person of the year the 16 year old watched a weekly school strike for the climate that became an international movement times the nelson again just hours after too bad took aim at business and political leaders meeting at the un climate conference in madrid here's part of what she had to say. to stay below 1.5 degrees we need to keep the carbon in the ground. only setting up distant date and saying things which give the impression of the action is underway will most likely do more harm than good because the changes we

call it are still nowhere in sight the politics needed does not exist today despite what you might hear from world leaders. meantime the new president of the european commission or so fun. as valid to put the climate at the heart of her presidency she's been presenting her promised green deal in brussels the plan will commit the european union to achieve climate neutrality by the year 2050. 3 martens spoke to one climate policy analyst and has this report on some of the potential obstacles. more trees throughout europe and more sequestering of c o 2 that will be the 1st step that europe wants much more. it will need radical restructuring we need enormous investments in the energy sexy we need to transform our mobility sector we need to transform our food system and we need to

ensure that our euros are being spent to make these sectors future proof along with flying shipping as one of the worst climate killers engines on the high seas run on crude oil when it gets burned even more pollution is created then with diesel but so far ships have been allowed to sail without c o 2 certificates now the e.u. wants to change this in the future shipping will also be included in the emissions trade a challenge for all member states. the biggest challenge i do see is with them ambition of member states all of the e.u. member states are subsidizing for soofi approach acts in various different ways we have a long history of giving exemptions for diesel kerosene for aviation these should be the low hanging fruits that if we really are series about this transition we remove harmful subsidies but that costs money in order to pay for the so-called

green deal the e.u. wants to redistribute funds less for farming and infrastructure more for environmental protection this is already controversial poland hungary and the czech republic economically underdeveloped states have been blocking this plan. we discussed about the e.u. budgets monies not being put into modernizing the budgets at least they have asked that current proposal stands this is not a budget for the future and we have a goal that 25 percent of the e.u. budget would be spent on climate action what is done with the rest 75 percent if that is being spent on harmful practices for climate if we don't achieve our goal the e.u. is a climate leader who has a fundamentally and has set a fast pace whether other member states want to follow perhaps ultimately the question of financing. we hear some of the other stories that are making headlines

around the world new shares defense ministry has confirmed that suspected islamic militants killed 71 soldiers near the mali border 12 troops were wounded and several are missing after the nighttime ambush on a military camp in the village of in knots jihadists linked to so-called islamic state have long been active in that area danish police have arrested 20 people suspected of planning an islamist terrorist attack officers also raided numerous locations across the country some of those arrested had attempted to obtain explosives and firearms police offered no information on when or where the suspects intended to what's happened to more people have died of injuries that they suffered in the eruption of new zealand's cari volcano that brings the confirmed death toll now to 89 others are still listed as missing the volcano erupted on monday while tour groups were on the island. the new york times is reporting that former movie

producer harvey weinstein has reached a tentative $25000000.00 settlement with dozens of women who accused him of sexual misconduct the deal with end most civil lawsuits against weinstein also faces criminal charges of sexual assault and rape in the state of new york. and in the u.k. there's just hours to go to what is being called the most important election in a generation and politicians are making a final push for votes prime minister bores johnson started the day delivering milk and orange juice in yorkshire he then went on to be sure as you see right there where he helped to bake a pie he described the big dish as a metaphor for his brakes a deal with the european union saying that it was ready to go just put it in the oven johnson called thursday's election in the hope of getting parliament to support his rights it policies. are right ready baked let's go to

london of our correspondent barbara v's old good evening to you barbara we saw the prime minister there delivering milk today making a pint trying to appeal to working people is he going to win them over through their stomachs. yeah isn't that a lark supposedly boris johnson hasn't even bought a bottle of milk far in self in his life and even not talking about delivering wine but if there are some people it seems that are convinced by this act because i saw a little exchange was a working man in the north in an interview and the guy said i have our sense he looks just like one of us he seems to be a nice man of the people and the interviewer said but do you know that he's been to eat no knocks for it and the guy said yeah but all prime ministers come from that don't they so it seems to have some sort of effect on some people even though of

course the majority of people have known boris johnson and his his life his family for years and for decades really because he's been on the public stage so much and they are under no wrong ideas there that he would be really want to them of course he is what the british people call it trough somebody from the upper classes you know from the upper class and when he does press the flesh obviously comes across very well with the voters the conservative party we understand is still leading in the polls but a recent survey shows that the race is tightening is there still hope for the opposition labor party. there is no hope for the opposition party as such because it is currently clear that the not going to win a majority but it might turn out that this election brings about another problem and just like the last one we saw because the polls have been tightening the race

is getting more interesting for us observers on the last miles so to speak and our son scene has had a very controlled campaign best but he's made some real mistakes this week this morning for instance when he was being approached by an interviewer for a national morning t.v. show he sort of ran away you turned away and then he hid in a big industrial refrigerator so the country had a laugh about that one he really has been trying not to do interviews he has been trying not to make mistakes but we did see some scenes that showed him in a really unfavorable light and and so it is a tightly run race and so he had not yet the tories might win a small majority that's what the polls say but it also sort of might turn bad for them and of course there's the never ending story of. the u.k. as a very divided country when this election is over with are we looking at better

chances for the country again. there is no indication for that yet brant because what could really unite the mind i mean breck's it will eventually if there's a tory majority have met the end of january and many people will be very unhappy about that and other people might during the course of the next year wonder what's negotiations with the e.u. get underway what this really means for them because it will finally become real but the divisions during this election campaign have rather embittered the country then sort of brought it back together and brought harmony in britain all right well we will be talking with you tomorrow night to have within our coverage of the election in the u.k. barbara barbara phase of the story for us in london thank you barbara and sports news now with football it's how you can club napoli has a pointed in

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