here on do you. believe. this is d w news live from berlin at the united nations palestinians deliver an angry reaction rejection of donald trump's middle east peace plan palestinian president mahmoud abbas told the u.n. the proposals would be a gift to israel the palestinians he says all being offered a fragmented swiss cheese of a state also coming up. democratic presidential hopefuls in the united states face then next test in the new hampshire primary conformal may have people to judge

people off the momentum after a surprise victory in iowa. and of course in the protests hong kong's pro-democracy protesters suspended demonstrations to help combat the spread of the coronavirus of the campaign for greater independence from mainland china is far from over. i'm told me a lot before welcome to the program palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas has reaffirmed his rejection of a peace plan offered by the u.s. saying it will 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 israel is really a plucky patient rather than holding it accountable for crimes committed against

palestinians. by his mahmoud abbas speaking earlier at the u.n. . well. this plan will not bring peace or stability to the region when 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. the critics of the deal say it would grant israel several of its 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 trumps 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 oppression and dispossession of palestinians not giving them statehood nor rights but the 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 already controls all of the land from the river the georgian 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 melcombe oppose although not proposing that is will act unilaterally. nor are they demanding

the policy 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 in what 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 us 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. now earlier we spoke with international law professor michael link and sought his views on whether international law would be upheld in the context of this peace plan there is probably no conflict in the modern world as the israeli palestinian conflict where on the one hand you have a 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 over 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 of the security council the general assembly on the human rights council on had exemption on settlements on occupation and say you know this is a bright red line which the international community will not accept a change over by let's take a quick look at some other stories making news around the world sit downs transition government and rebel groups have reportedly agreed to hand over former president omar al bashir to the international criminal court in the hague the i.c.c. wants him to stand trial on charges of crimes against humanity and genocide. lebanon's new cabinet under prime minister has and yap has one of vote of confidence in parliament the move also endorsed the jobs plan to end the country's financial crisis outside parliament those security forces clashed with anti-government protesters who are trying to prevent the vote. voters in the u.s.

state of new hampshire have been voting to select a democratic candidate for november's presidential election. is the 1st primary of the election season senator bernie sanders has led in korea lection polls former mayor pete footage who won in iowa is leading the chase form of vice president joe biden is expecting another 4 show. joining me from washington is the doubly correspondent pablo foley elyas the last polls have closed now and next we should hear of is the results which of the democratic candidates is expected to come out on top in new hampshire. well tell me i've got one eye on the t.v. as the results come in and one i am the calmer over here now the polls have just closed but actually the majority of the polls closed over an hour ago in the state of new hampshire and we have been getting some results and it does look like the vermont senator bernie sanders is performing very well he's in fact in the lead at

the moment and that's not forget that back in 2016 when he was actually in the race to become the democratic candidate he also won in the state beating hillary clinton who actually went on to win dot com that is c. but we're also seeing that mayor pete he's also performing very well and interestingly the minnesota senator amy. who saw a little bit of a surge in recent days is looking like she's doing quite well at the moment and may take 3rd now the former v.p. vice president joe biden doesn't look like he's going to do very well at all down in 5th at the moment and then also interestingly another progressive candidate very much like. sanders in some ways with warren is not performing as well as she had hoped she's from the neighboring state of massachusetts of course told me we still don't have the final results and so we'll be bringing you all that information in the coming hours ok you mentioned vice president joe biden that seems like the 2nd

consecutive state where he is not doing as well as new hampshire make or break for him. i don't think it's make or break for a month the moment is a bit too early for it perhaps at the same time it does look like he had almost just thrown in the towel with regards to new hampshire and actually he left the state council some events that he had planned there at this evening and he's flown to south carolina there's one thing that is very important about biden is that he tends to do better in ethnically diverse states like south carolina or nevada and he doesn't perform as well in say places like iowa and new hampshire all right the early as the death of a correspondent in washington many thanks for that update the world health organization says the type of core of the virus responsible for the current outbreak is to be officially known as 19 leading scientists meeting in

geneva agreed it could take 18 months to develop a vaccine overnight you know so far more than 1100 lives while a further 43000 people have been infected. well you know we spoke to dr mohamed lanier of our ologist at lancaster university in the united kingdom and we asked him how close scientists are to develop think of vaccine whenever we talk about availability of a vaccine for human application we talk about 2 components 1st is the construction of a vaccine and 2nd is the validation construction is not really a big issue with an amount of x. you tend to be mate and then the construction of the validation part is really the main thing we are any mother testing is required to demonstrate efficacy and be a minute in a city so for example if we talk about even ebola virus is started into poland 14 and only november to the 19 the 1st vaccine so that is what the time frame we are

talking about infectious diseases corbett 19 with a name that is proposed today is a little different because we have some information on related code on our business i just saw us and mers so that information can be x. exploited to sort of shorten the duration for the construction of this vaccine so we have some of the wanted years so let's hope that we can make it possible the chinese territory of hong kong has more than 40 confirmed cases pro-democracy protesters there have agreed to suspend their actions to help curb the spread of the virus. the faith 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 at

the battle against the virus that dominates with one common thread underpinning boast distrust of the government and its chief executive kerry lamb the priest is on the way of change taking a look around it is clear that the anger which fueled look at 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 play small $6.10 sanitize if the spot panic buying and fear. one prominent voice than 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 and ingredients filling in they say where authorities have fails. proof that while they may have pushed pools on the protests

the movement is just as focused as ever. because the government were upset all people. not just our political beliefs but also all people in the community normally they're supportive of this type of shit but now you can see they are quiet. but they are very angry the sign of an uncommon altruism go hand with political pragmatism they believe that as the virus spreads will enter government sentiments and if not they hope to harness to push for democratic change off guard divides the public is a strong movement why i've every confidence it's because of free will the system peoples who understand from all walks of life but why risk become why it's so fierce and unfair. the cost of the system. to activists like simon

has always been clear that 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. in football juergen klinsmann has stunned germany's blunders leader by resigning as coach of hers or berlin just 10 weeks into the job the former germany and united states manager was a significant appointment for her the team has new big money backers and had hopes of challenging for the bundesliga title but recent results have been pool with only one win in the last 5 league games. formula one team ferrari have launched a new car for the 2020 season in spectacular fashion ferrari revealed a flashy new design at a glitzy ceremony held inside a theater in northern italy german driver sebastian vettel said he couldn't wait to

try it out the 32 year old is hoping to improve his performance this year after a disappointing showing last season a new campaign gets underway in just over a month. coming up next as a documentary exploring germany's role in a world of shaky alliances and we can keep up with all the news on our website called and told me a lot of thanks for joining us.