this is d.w. newsvine from berlin an icon of human rights is now defending her own military against charges of genocide in mars suchi a nobel peace prize winner testifies of the international court of justice in the hague she says there is no proof that her country carried out genocide against broken just muslims prosecutors want to prove her wrong also coming up the u.k. prepares to vote in what's being called the most important election in a generation of course johnson and the conservatives hope to finally get the majority they need to lead britain out of the e.u.

but their lead over jeremy corbin's opposition labor party is narrow plus. if you. remember. i. from the streets of south london to the main stage a glass and very wrapper storms the claims of the crown as britain's king of hip hop. i'm calling asking about come to the program myanmar's leader aung sun suu kyi has denied that her country's troops committed genocide against muslims she was speaking at the international court of justice in the hague responding to testimony about barbaric acts committed against iraq and to population hundreds of thousands of really enjoy are now living as refugees in

a neighboring bangladesh afraid to return. the images that provoked international outrage more than 700000 ranger muslims fled to me and amal when the military launched a crackdown in iraq lined 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 mothers and daughters as they burned our houses they also raped me and i am grateful to god that myanmar is facing trial for the. unsung suchi 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 been mined this complex situation and the challenge to sovereignty and security in our country when you're assessing the intent of those who attempted to do with the rebellion surely under the circumstances genocidal intent cannot be the only hypothesis. under the 2000 and is constitution. yamaha's to military justice systems criminal cases against soldiers 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 countries suchi also criticized evidence that present it calling it

incomplete and misleading. 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. joining me now for more is mark kirsten is a fellow at the montréal institute for genocide and human rights studies and he's the author of a book about international criminal justice thank you for speaking with us and you've been following the proceedings in the hague closely in your opinion did prosecutors succeed in making the case that a genocide occurred. well i think it's it's too early. stages. you know it's not obvious right now. it was fascinating and important to see. the international court of justice yesterday sitting in the audience having to hear the stories. of.

people in today she spoke most remarkable about. what she didn't say and she did not use. the context of the atrocities. perpetrated. this is. someone who did not genocide transpired. the word that identifies those people. as a group why do you think. that it wasn't required to make an appearance but what kind of statement do you think that made her presence there. well i think it's in some ways it's a good thing that she showed up in the sense that it gives a degree of credibility to the process it's important that me and mark and say we don't want this to happen we're not even going to show up she showed up as

a former human rights icon now as many people you are as a kind of a flag bearer prosody against against the regime i think it sends a message that they're taking it very seriously and they very much would like to avoid a situation where the justice finds that the country has perpetrated genocide against through against. people but at the same time i don't think we should you know. speak too much into it or think that it's something that it's not her presence alone will not prevent the international court of justice or any court for that matter international tribunal or whatever it may be from finding that genocide has transpired against the religious people now briefly what happens if the court does find that a genocide place what will go to jail what are the consequences you know no one will go to jail the basis of what the international court of justice. what will

happen is a legally binding declaration. probably amounts to obligations to protect the richer people from further atrocities from further acts of genocide and central however the international criminal court is also investigating atrocities committed by the. me and mark ignores anything that comes out of the international court of justice that might inspire the international criminal court to perhaps speed up its investigation and be sure arrest warrants against some of those people that it deems responsible for these atrocious acts against. our coasts and a fellow at the monterey institute for genocide and human rights studies thank you very much. i will turning now to the u.k. where it's the eve of one of the most important general elections in decades that's because the vote on thursday could finally decide the fate of breaks it it's been 3 and a half years since the u.k. voted to leave the e.u. but the country still hasn't departed prime minister boris johnson is hoping

a strong showing and a majority for his conservatives will let him complete his campaign pledge to quote get breck's it's done. shifts show these are the early morning images boris johnson wanted voters to see a prime minister turn to milkman dutifully delivering to the public. thank you for a participant come on the good morning britain prime minister. but shortly before that johnson and his team were not so composed as the other so to come on good morning britain deliver on your promises sort of payson says i laugh but i don't think johnson was caught off guard by a crew from my t.v.'s good morning britain and he took refuge from the reporters in a freezer. but equally as staged was labor leader german koeppen sloss day only campaign trail. and jumped at the chance to take a swipe at his main political rival i'm god you know this i've not come here to the

bell. i. was that message all how god. called and will be hoping his message hits home so far polls have not been looking good for labor with most betting on a conservative majority but bookies have seen a shift in recent days and colton is at much better off becoming prime minister however there are no clear favorites among voters. some honest reviews no which there is no choice i have i don't like either the main candidates have so i'm struggling. none of them tell the truth. i decide to tell the change it just looks. out for themselves and i am for us that for themselves that. i will buy i will fight. so hard that i might not mind up yeah.

this is largely a one issue election still trying to focus on other important topics the latest work by renowned street. just banksy highlights the issue of homelessness a christmas time for many of britain's poorest brags it is the least of their concerns. correspondent barbara vessel is in london for us she says with so much at stake and sue unpopular party leaders it isn't an easy choice for voters this is a decisive election for britain because so much is at stake if the prime minister boris johnson gets the majority he wants in parliament then he's going to take the country out of the european union at the end of january get. that was his main slogan during this election campaign the labor party was jeremy corbyn on the other hand tried to convince voters that what they needed was really kill political and economic change many voters however found this is

a difficult choice because those party leaders almost equally unpopular in public opinion. on thursday now people will have to make up their minds they will have to decide where they want their country to go and only on friday morning will the results be known. deep divisions have been opened during the last months mostly of the bricks at issue and it is not yet clear how the country can be healed and how people can be brought back together. in football italian club napoli has appointed gennaro gattuso as coach just a day after sacking carlo ancelotti to a soap scene here in his days as the ac milan coach takes the reins after he was fired less than 2 hours after his side secured qualification for the champions league knockout phase spent 13 years as

a player under an ace is parma on saturday in his 1st game in charge. i turning now to the music world and a budding hip hop star growing up in south london the rapper storms he said he never knew anyone who was successful well that's all changed now the 26 year old is the king of the hip hop genre notas grime his new album called heavy is the head drops on friday and yes he's wearing a crown on the cover. of the 1st. he's a big man and an even bigger musician sometimes grime red cross drums he can hardly believe his luck with. the highlight of his career so far being the 1st black solo artist to headline glastonbury's the u.k.'s most important new 6 festival. scene celebrated as to take off growing a form of rap originating from this neighborhood in london. with success comes

responsibility both through. and through your car can take you know always starving for whatever i need to starve for all power 5 where for me to fight for but then. sometimes our dresses are just a matter of this are human and sometimes it's flippin. terror worker says it's a modern day fairy tale storm seaborne michael mari grew up in south london. no one he's known was ever successful he says growing up here as a black kid was a difficult. but storms he made it all the way to the top he's the king on the cover of his new album he's even wearing a crown the picture that's now on display at london's national portrait gallery. the 26 year old rap our experiments with soul and blues as well and he's worked

with some big names like ed sheeran who features on strong his new album last of the one of. those storms he also gets involved in his community every year he pays for 2 black students to study at cambridge university 6 i'm going off all our my old jr are for the war the someone came from a sort of this movement came with a group of the prime minister 1st group. of us that are sort of the 4 with new elections coming up strong as he hopes for a change and if that doesn't happen he can still celebrate the release of his new album heaviest the had comes out this friday. you're watching news live from berlin coming up the new cold war could there soon be more nuclear arms in europe that's next on dark film don't forget all the latest

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