this is g w news live from berlin tonight at the united nations palestinians deliver an angry rejection of donald trump's middle east peace plan palestinian president mahmoud abbas telling the youth in the proposals would be a gift to israel the palestinians he says are being offered a fragmented swiss cheese of a state also coming up on the way to face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity who sudan's transitional government agrees to hand over former president omar al bashir to the international criminal court.

it's good to have you with the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas has reaffirmed his rejection of the peace plan offered by the trumpet ministration today he said that it will not or that the palestinians will not be able to accept it all speaking at the un security council president abbas said the deal would strengthen what he calls israel's apartheid regime and that it would reward israeli occupation rather than holding israel accountable for crimes committed against palestinians. here is part of wants mahmoud abbas said today at the u.n. . well. this plan will not bring peace

or stability to the region where he has. and therefore we will not accept his plan . we will confront its application on the ground. this is the summary of the project that was presented to us. this is the state that they will give us yeah it's like swiss cheese. really who among you will accept a similar state and similar conditions that was mahmoud abbas there speaking earlier today at the u.n. critics of this peace plan say that it would grant israel several of his long held wishes some of which could violate international law. 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 that defacto annexation has already occurred so when we're talking about annexation especially with regards to the chump land we're talking about did your annexation as are already controls all of the land from the river the georgian rivets to mediterranean sea others argue that the plan calls for negotiations not unilateral actions. if one looks carefully at the greenman at the proposal melcombe those although not proposing that is will act unilaterally. nor are they demanding the palestinians 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. or earlier we spoke with international law professor michael leek and

we asked whether he thinks international law would be upheld in the context of this peace plan but there is probably no conflict in the modern world as the israeli palestinian conflict where on the one hand you have had more international law created over the last 75 years with respect to the various important conflict points between israelis and palestinians yet you know it's rare to find a conflict in the world where there's been such little application of a long held international standards dealing with the with law you know the term plan changes everything and changes nothing if it was accepted it would obviously end the conflict but also confirm i think the gross inequality on the ground so what the world has to do i think is stick by its declarations me through hundreds of un resolutions at the security council the general assembly and the human rights

council on an exemption on settlements on occupation and say you know this is a bright red line which the international community will not accept a changeover and that was michael link and international law professor speaking with us earlier here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world democratic presidential hopefuls of the united states face a crucial test in the state of new hampshire which is holding the 1st primary of america's presidential election year senator bernie sanders and former mayor pete booted are seen as front runners buttigieg narrowly defeated sanders in last week's iowa caucuses the world health organization says the the type of coronavirus responsible for the current outbreak. now has a name it is going to be known as code 19 w.h.o. says to avoid stigma other names should not be used scientists meeting in geneva agreed that it could take 18 months to develop

a vaccine against the virus which has so far claimed more than a 1000 lives lebanon's new cabinet under prime minister who. has won a vote of confidence in parliament a move also endorsed a plan to end the country's financial crisis outside the parliament building security forces clashed with anti-government protesters who were trying to prevent today's vote which. sudan's transitional government and rebel groups in the dark for region have agreed to hand over former president 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 as well as genocide related to operations against rebels between 20032008 sudan's military ousted al bashir last year amid mass protests against his 30 year dictatorship albus years lawyer says the former president has denounced the court as political

and that he is refusing any dealings with it a sudanese government to give sheed or announced the agreement with rebel groups in darfur to hand over those wanted by the i.c.c. here is part of what he said at the front. we have agreed upon 4 primary mechanisms to achieve justice and are for. we have agreed on the appearance of those who face arrest warrants before the international criminal court. i'm saying this clearly we cannot achieve justice and must be healed the wound using justice itself we can't run away at all from facing those who have committed crimes against humanity and war crimes committed against innocent people in darfur and in other places. are doing to be with me now is my colleague uber he is good to see you again so this sounds like it's incredibly important why is it so significant i mean one shouldn't

downplay the historical moment this is this is if it actually does end up happening the negotiator did not name on it bashir by name he just said that the government would be prepared to present the sudanese officials that have warrants on them he didn't name him by name and even if he did this would be a long path sudan has not ratified their own statute of the i.c.c. it would 1st need to do that for this so that they would be a legal framework for ahmed rashid to actually appear in the hague and on top of that you know just to give some background to our viewers the sudan has been governed by a transitional government that is made up of military and civilian rulers since august of last year this power sharing agreement was a result of months of intense political upheaval and violence yes indeed i was there in full for for g.w. and it's unclear if everybody on this transitional government is actually on board with this move they haven't all given statements yet and there have been actions in

the past where the civilian leaders and the move to leaders in the transitional government have not seen eye to eye or appear to have not been on the same page this is especially that a lot of the at least some of the military leaders in this transitional government are former allies of i'm going to share they might not be wanted by the i.c.c. per se but there's. certainly very strong accusations against them that they are indeed complicit in these crimes that he's accused you're speaking of accusations let's talk a little bit about the charges that are being pledged against omar al bashir i mean you know this man this is a man who has 2 arrest warrants issued by the i.c.c. on his on his his name he you know this this goes back to an insurgency that broke out in 2003 when ethnic tribes you know claim that they were oppressed by the government and started an insurgency and the government just went ahead and crackdown on them in the most brutal ways you know

a carpet bombing scorched earth policy is almost 4 100000 people killed hundreds of thousands maimed and 2700000 people displaced and to this day i mean i was in daraa 4 in 2017 and even and 13 years later that region has not recovered you still have people that have been displayed for decades and you know even if this is a symbolic move at this point it's still such a vindication for the victims who for decades told me they felt voiceless and that nobody was hearing their concerns and it's important that the you know the their suffering be acknowledged by the world if we do see al bashir the international criminal court in the hague what would what would that mean for this current transitional government well it would definitely definitely fit knows there right i mean you know this is i mean sudan is a country that is you know full of internal conflict and this transitional government has put as a top priority to reconcile these internal conflicts in an effort to get this

country back on its feet whether it's to be accepted in the international scene but also to get its economy started again and if they're able to secure this and it seems that the rebels in daraa for this was not a point for negotiation the handing over of ahmed bashir and if they managed to secure this without ruffling feathers feathers within the military establishment then that is certainly a huge accomplishment but you have to wait and see whether that actually doesn't that's right you for him as always we appreciate it thanks for putting this into context force. well here in germany chancellor angela merkel's government is in crisis mode as her conservative c.d.u. party picks up the pieces from a disastrous week that saw a political taboo broken the party flirted with the far right party to win a regional election as a result the leader of the c.d.u. is resigning a domestic fire storm to deal with while the problems of broad they're not waiting or going anywhere. e.u. member states are concerned that germany might be politically unstable when it

takes over the rotating e.u. presidency later this year chancellor angela merkel's conservatives are in crisis mode after the resignation of party leader and a great comp. it's not clear who will replace her and what kind of relationship the party might assume with the far right if the polls suggest most germans do not want to see the party shift to the right. i think it is the fact that it i think this is dangerous for the christian democrats if they move to the right which they already did with common cause they could form a coalition with the a.f.d. that's more than just breaking a taboo that's actually making a pact with the far right extremists i have the party won't move to the right it can't afford to. use the cd you can't go on being so stubborn it's not sustainable they can't ignore voters. and the crisis was triggered by regional c.d.u. politicians decision to elect a premier in the state of thuringia in cooperation with the far right populist

a.f.d. party and the pro-business f.t.p. this was against the wishes of the c.d.u. national leadership and was seen as a political taboo in germany. what we learned from what happened in thuringia is that the powers within the city you want to move the party to the political right but at the backlash has been so massive the party is now taking this very seriously. if the c.d.u. does move further to the right back could threaten merkel's coalition government members of parliament are appealing for calm. ownership battle in the party is surely something that's not very helpful right now but we members of parliament will continue to provide stability in these troubling times but i know. this governing coalition is able and willing to work it's been a tough couple of months for the social democrats too but i don't want to make the

job any more difficult for the c.d.u. at the moment when your nation. now which will most likely be up to chancellor merkel to resolve the crisis government can't afford such turmoil when it takes up the presidency of the european union. where you're watching news from berlin coming up next business with kate ferguson stick around for that. but dusty very muddy tires and drums we deliver urgent lifesaving boxes we give everything to reach those who need us the most every box feeding their futures. boxes full of our hope of lifesaving food in the sun my small down roads with no names we feel asleep can never relentless enough promise.