this is d.w. news live from berlin big u.k. prepares to vote in what's being called the most important generation sorry election in a generation a strong showing for force johnson's conservatives could finally get to the prime minister the majority he needs to lead britain out of the e.u. but his lead over german corbin's opposition labor party is narrowing will head to london for analysis also coming up an icon of human rights is now defending her own military against charges of genocide in mars song to choose

a nobel peace prize winner she testifies at the international court of justice in the hague saying there is no proof that her country carried out genocide against broke into muslims prosecutors want to prove her wrong. i'm calling asman welcome to the program we begin in the u.k. where polls are set to open in one of the most important general elections in decades that's because today's vote could finally decide the fate of breck's it it's been 3 and a half years since the u.k. voted to leave the e.u. but it still has not departed prime minister boris johnson is hoping a strong showing in a majority for his conservatives will let him complete his campaign pledge to quote get breck's it done 'd. these are the early

morning images boris johnson wanted voters to see a prime minister turn to milkman beautifully delivering to the public. thank you for participating come on that 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 susanna. johnson was caught off guard by a crew from i.t.v. is good morning britain and he took refuge from the reporters in a freezer. but equally as staged was labor leader german copen last day on the campaign trail. and jumped at the chance to take a swipe at his main political rival was that you know this i've not come here to the well. i. wasn't all hot was. 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 chip there is no choice. i don't like either the main candidates have so i'm struggling . none of them tell the truth. i just tell the change it just gets. out for themselves they know that for us that for themselves that. i will buy i will. soon have my mind up yet. this is largely a one issue election still trying to focus on other important topics the latest work by renowned street artist 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 veils covering the election from london for us she says with so much at stake and 2 unpopular party leaders it is not 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 warns in parliament then he's going to take the country out of the european union at the end of january get done that was his main slogan during this election campaign the labor party was jeremy corbett on the other hand tried to convince voters that what they needed was really kill political and economic change many voters however phone 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. mars leader aung sang suu kyi has denied that her country's troops committed genocide against for engine muslims she was speaking at the international court of justice in the hague responding to testimony about barbaric acts committed against the population hundreds of thousands of her henge are now living as refugees in neighboring bangladesh afraid to return. the images that provoked international outrage more than 700000 range of muslims fled to me and amal when the military launched a crackdown in irak line states 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. am i am i. but 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 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. under 2000 in 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 countries suchi also criticized evidence that percentage calling it incomplete and misleading are. 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. the death toll in monday's new zealand volcano

disaster has risen to aids out for 2 people critically injured in the eruption died in the hospital officials believe 16 people lost their lives in total but the bodies of 8 more victims yet to be recovered from the island of. new zealand police say they plan to travel to the volcano on friday to retrieve the remains even though the threat of another eruption remains high. for cari from a safe distance with chances of a 2nd eruption as high as 60 percent scientists say it's too dangerous to bring back the bodies of 8 people still thought to be on the island. despite the risk police are now planning to mobilize recovery teams. ultimately we are all in exactly the same place and wanting to make sure that as soon as possible as soon as we can that recovery operation begins i can only imagine what families must be

feeling now is more information around the trim is. 5 scientists i end as police continue to work through that recovery plan everyone is desperate time to keep those to keep those victims back meanwhile those who survived monday's the option are fighting for their lives having suffered severe burns these daily and government is transferring up to 10 patients to continue their treatment back home a u.k. based burn specialist says the injuries are pushing new zealand surgeons to their limits. these are exceptional circumstances by a stretch of the imagination and to illustrate abuse i would say there are police in new zealand. maybe the war or the whole year for all of them in a single day. in christ church friends and family members of some of the dead gather to come true to each other while the rest of the nation waits until they can top really honor all of the volcano's victims. india's parliament has passed

a controversial new law that offers citizenship to undocumented migrants from its neighboring countries as long as they are not muslims the upper house passed the bill 125 votes to 105 the bill was approved by the lower house on monday and is now set to be signed into law was sparked protests in various parts of the country with opponents saying it discriminates against muslims and violates india's secular principles. our correspondent nischelle jaiswal has been following the story for us in delhi. after another long day of debate the controversial citizenship amendment bill has been passed by the indian parliament the law how debated this very extensively on monday and today the upper hall is the parliament has given its assent this isn't coming from the midst of massive protests that broke out in the northeastern states of the country the army was also deployed in the region after some of the process done while the north eastern states are concerned about this

because the every make was far too weak to citizenship easier for people coming in from neighboring bangladesh minorities that migrate from neighboring bangladesh which are normal for them will now find it easier to get matching bias into indian citizenship and locals in those regions are concerned that this would affect the demography all of the northeast another criticism this bill has drawn is that given that grant citizenship on the basis of religion it desecrated the secular fabric of the indian constitution and the fact that it focuses only on the law on muslim minorities from muslim countries has also obvious questions however now that the bill is passed to bottom and it only over it's a precedential assent to be foster into law though it can be appealed and that is the reason why activists as well as analysts are hoping that the supreme court may take this up and strike down this bill despite parliament's assent naima should

just fall there for us in delhi now a group of human rights organizations have filed a complaint of these international criminal courts accusing european weapons manufacturers of being party to alleged war crimes in the yemen conflict they say european aircraft missiles and other arms enabled the saudi led coalition's alleged bombing of schools hospitals and civilians here in germany the companies run and air bus have been caught up in the controversy. european weapons technology is being used by the saudi army in yemen but have german companies also been guilty of aiding and abetting alleged war crimes by selling arms to the saudis 6 human rights organizations think so and have filed a complaint with the international criminal court in the hague. when we look at the war in yemen these corporations are providing the material to the saudi led coalition to carry out these strikes without this material they would not be able

to carry out the strikes in the same manner and in the same amount the complaint focuses on the fact that european arms companies must have known about alleged war crimes since at least 2015 despite widespread concerns they continue to deliver to saudi arabia off to being contacted for comment right mattel stated that they are adhering to a strict legal framework on selling arms airbus has said that their decision to export was based on the german government's own conclusions the fact that you have a license to export 1st of all doesn't mean that there is a duty to export if you see that there is a risk that your arms might be used in the commission of crimes you can decide not to export and not to engage in what might be criminal conduct now the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court is looking at the case which can take up to 2 years. and finally how old is too old for a professional athletes all for one surfing legend ages proving to be nothing but a number kelly slater is 47 years old but look at him go at the pipe masters

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