this is a w's lie from the very end sudan's transitional government agrees to hand over form of president obama al bashir to the international criminal court to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity also on the program. pro-democracy protests to suspend their actions to help combat the spread of think coronavirus the campaign for greater independence from mainland china is far above. on

palestinians are repeat their rejection of the u.s. middle east peace plan president mahmoud abbas says it would reward the israeli occupation of the west bank and gaza. welcome to the program so the transitional government and rebel groups in the darfur region have agreed to hand over former president obama al bashir to the international criminal court the court in the hague issued warrants for his arrest more than 10 years ago he's charged with committing crimes against humanity and genocide related to operations against darfur rebels between 20032008 the country's ousted the country's military ousted al bashir last year amid mass protests against dictatorship his lawyer says the former president has denounced

the court as political and is refusing to have any dealings with. d.w. a reporter can. thomas welcome let's start with the charges facing you so this man is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity up to the level of genocide against people in the darfur region as you mentioned the conflict started in 2003 this was true started out of an interest in certain city and then developed into an all out rebellion and i want to share is accused of raising militias precisely called the gender with militias that are responsible for the killing of something between 200-002-4000 extension 00 people maiming countless others and displacing 2700000 people he's also the for the 1st sitting president to ever be indicted by the i.c.c. so these are pretty grave accusations that he is facing the country of course was

in turmoil for a considerable time you've also 30 years and now it is ruled by a transitional government so explain to us to significance of them handing him over to the i.c.c. so i mean it's important to just perhaps remember that the official who spoke today on behalf of the transitional government didn't name one of the bashir himself but said that everybody who has an arrest warrant will face this criminal court this means that the path to handing on what a bashir or that i'm going to be should ever appearing in in the hague is quite long and remains to be seen how and if that will happen but speaking of the transitional government right this transitional government is ruled by a sovereign count so that has members of the sudanese armed forces in its ranks many of whom were allies of ahmed of the share and some of whom are widely believed to have been complicit and some of the crimes that she he's accused of committing

most significantly is committing the 2nd the 2nd man in the military council who was actually a former militia commander that was integrated into. into the sudanese armed forces so this really puts pressure. on the transitional government or puts it in the spotlight and the reins to be seen if also the military leaders in the transitional government will completely endorse this decision made today so looking down the road then if al bashir does eventually appear at the i.c.c. what's out likely to mean for for this transitional government well this will be a huge win at least for the civilian side of the government who has put the issue of transitional justice as one of its main topics this would think know if your confidence in their capabilities especially that you know this so that as a country that is plagued with internal conflict and the transitional government has made this one of its key roles its key goals to achieve internal peace they had even previously said you know this is not our job to hand him over to the i.c.c.

this would be something for an elected government so this would put huge confidence in that government and would also be a vindication for the hundreds of thousands who have been hurt because of this man's decisions thank you. as a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the democratic presidential hopefuls in the united states face a crucial test in the state of new hampshire which is holding the 1st primary of america's election year senator bernie sanders and former met people g.g. are seen as frontrunners with a jet set narrowly defeated sounds in last week's iowa caucuses. tens of thousands of kenyans of followed funeral ceremonies for former president daniel are more died last week aged 95 government declared a national holiday one will be buried on wednesday at his home in kenya and a quarter to st. lebanon's new cabinet and the prime minister has an idea has won a vote of confidence in collins the move also endorsed his plan to end the

country's financial crisis outside the parliament building security forces clashed with anti-government protesters trying to prevent the vote. for the world health organization has named the corona virus responsible for the current outbreak 19 the agency says no other major should be used that there are no vices drugs or vaccines to fight aids leading scientists meeting in geneva agreed that it could take 18 months to develop a vaccine virus and so far claimed more than a 1000 lives a further 43000 people have been infected. and the chinese territory of hong kong has more than 40 confirmed cases pro-democracy protesters have agreed to suspend their actions to try and help curb the spread of the virus. the base mosque an emblem of hong kong's lurch from one crisis to another was an icon of the pro-democracy demonstrations now it offers protection against

a new coronavirus with the street protests now largely at an end hong kong's focus has shifted. where images of violent street battles once covered these walls now it's the battle against the virus that dominates with one common thread underpinning boasts distrust of the government and its chief executive kerry lamb the priest is on the wall may have changed it taking a look around it is clear that the anger which fueled a lot of the protests can't be papered over quite as easily. as the death toll in china mounts many of slammed hong kong for keeping its borders open. for the submission to just a small $6.10 sanitise it has sparked panic buying and fear. one prominent voice in amongst the anger is hong kong's vast community of pro-democracy activists . during the protests campaign is simon loud common qualm use the space to make props for the demonstrations. when the virus hits they swapped helmets by hand

sanitizer using the network to source the donations in ingredients filling in they say where authorities who fails. proof that while they may have pushed pills on the protests the movement is just as focused as ever. because this government will upset all people not just a political belief but also all people in the community and all of the supporters of this couple but now you can see it quiet. but they are very angry the sign of an uncommon altruism going hand with police department is that they believe that as the virus spreads so will enter government sentiments and if not they hope to harness to push for democratic change offguard of was the problem but there's a strong movement in why i've every confidence it's because the 3 of you all the

system peoples understand from all what will flood but my wrist become wise so the fetus. can feel. because the system. to activists like simon has always been clear their battle would not be $41.00 with street protests alone the pro-democracy campaigns proven it can adapt and it's actions like this that could become the new face of the movement is angry of the government's handling of the virus which discontent across the political spectrum. of palestine in north already president mahmoud abbas reaffirmed his rejection of the peace plan offered by the united states saying it would not be accepted by the palestinian people speaking at the u.n. security council president abbas said the deal would strengthen what he called israel's apartheid regime and reward it for you patron rather than holding it accountable for crimes committed against palestinians the deal backed by the u.s. and israel would grant israel several of its long held wishes. the occupied west

bank transplant could lead to the defacto onix nation of parts of the territory which was captured by israel in 1967 an extension of territory was condemned after world war 2 by the united nations charter critics want trump's proposal could violate principles of international law if it's implemented so 1st obviously we should take this very seriously this is not a peace plan this was a plan for perpetuating the oppression and dispossession of palestinians not giving them statehood no rights but a permanent state of apartheid if you me important thing to know is defacto annexation has already occurred so when we're talking about annexation especially with regards to the trump land we're talking about did your annexation. control all of the land from the river the jordan river to the mediterranean sea others argue that the plan calls for negotiations not unilateral actions if one looks carefully

at the greenman at the proposal of the milk i'm not proposing that is will act unilaterally. nor are they demanding the palaces except for the such they say this is our proposal you parties sit and negotiate it now is will there under this plan israel would have certain parts of the west bank but it needs to be negotiated israeli prime minister benyamin netanyahu had promised to swiftly assert sovereignty over the west bank settlements on the jordan valley the u.s. however seems to be pushing for that to happen only after the israeli elections on march the 2nd a joint us israeli committee has started working out the details of the map if the international community is still interested in international law being a fundamental governing regime for universal values needs to consider what's happening in palestine very seriously indeed what happens to the palestinians here can easily happen elsewhere and i think it proves

a case in point and we already see moves elsewhere in the world if israel proceeds with such a defacto an exaggeration it's unclear how the rest of the international community will react. in football you're going claims about how stuns germany's bundesliga by resigning as coach of head to bat live in just 10 weeks into the job the former germany and united states team coach was a significant appointment for hatter who have new big money backers and were hoping to turn aside to win his new title challenge as they've won one of their last 5 league games. i don't expect from d.w. sports can tell us will welcome young young players but of course a big name in football is a bad hat and indeed the lofty ambitions it's very bad to be honest it's pretty embarrassing for the club has had no idea that this was coming klinsmann blindsided them by announcing this on facebook without consulting them it seems and opposes

big questions about the club's management and also structures in place klinsmann was 1st brought to the club back in november to sit on the club's advisory board and that was reportedly at the request of the club's biggest investor and then 2 weeks later he was brought in to coach the team when i was found themselves in a bad position and so now they spend some time with him for about which players you want to spend 80000000 euros on players that he wanted to bring in and now 10 weeks later he's just left them jump ship without any notice and it's a bit of a circus to be honest ok so what is each side saying so klinsmann himself was quite pointed in a little bit of criticism of towards the club he said that he needed the trust of all people involved and that unity team spirit and focus on the basics won't guarantee that the club which meant he wasn't be able to fulfil his potential as a coach now that sounds as a criticism which you can take it as one but it also sounds as if he's passing the buck a little bit i think he's pap's found himself a bit out of depth at the club he's not

a world class coach he was sacked by an almost decade ago he was sacked by the us national same and even his time at the german national team in 2006 most people required regard as being the brains behind that. pets of their own. to their credit they couldn't really do much they didn't know this was coming so all they have said is was shocked by this was sad to see him go and we released another statement you know when we have time to take stock ok so where does this leave hacer in a pretty pretty tough position to be honest 1st there's the question of what do they do with your going klinsmann he said in his statement that he expects now to go back to sitting on the advisory board that sounds a bit farfetched to me given the way he has results right now as they have their in a lot of trouble on the field. in a relegation battle their only 6 points off the bottom 3 spots they've just lost of mind next stop they have what is a powder born cologne and all clubs in the relegation you know battle as well so if they don't pick up a couple of wins in those games they're looking at

a disastrous relegation this is a club that has began missions they want to be in the top 4 playing champions league they want to eventually challenge for the bonus they get title but there has to be a bit of a reality check for them that they're not ready and they need better structures in place if they're going to challenge or to reach those lofty ambitions never a dull moment going to spencer did of the sport thank you. again alfonse house business new south africa in just a moment more world news at the top of it i think. they were forced into a nameless mass. their bodies your tools. the history of the slave trade is africa's history. just. for

power and profit plummeted an entire continent into chaos and violence. this is.