this is g w news live from berlin tonight accusations of war crimes in the palestinian territories the international criminal court says it will investigate it is a decision that has been 5 years in the making the court's prosecutor promising a principled nonpartizan approach but israel has denounced the move as political and anti-semitic also coming up the death toll from me and mars protests rises as the military steps up its crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrators and are they a threat to democracy germany's largest opposition party the far right alternative

for germany is placed under surveillance by the country's domestic intelligence agency. calls it scandalous others say it's about time. i'm off to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin tonight with the palestinians the israelis and accusations of war crimes today the international criminal court opened an investigation into alleged war crimes committed in the palestinian territories since 2014 the probe will target both the israeli military and the palestinian militant group hamas it comes after the i.c.c. ruled last month that it has jurisdiction over territories occupied by israel including the west bank and the gaza strip the palestinian authority has welcomed the best. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has accused the court of

hypocrisy and anti-semitism. correspondent tonya kramer is on the story for us good evening to utah despite israel's attempts to postpone the decision the prosecutor has announced the opening of an investigation into war crimes what more do we know tonight. well as he said that has been a long process after 5 nearly 5 long preliminary investigation and also after this season back in february just last month by a panel of 3 judges who had ruled that indeed the i.c.c. has jurisdiction over the occupied west bank gaza and east jerusalem now the prosecutor the chief prosecutor fatou bensouda had referred this matter to the panel 3 judges back in december 2019 when she

concluded that they are grounds to open a formal investigation against israeli and palestinian individuals for. war crimes but she had to refer to the panel of state history talk just to get their opinion on the jurisdiction and now we are expecting. this investigation to deal with everything that happened after 2014 because of war between israel and hamas then the issue of construction of settlements in the occupied territory as far as possibly the actions of the israeli military against palestinian protesters along the gaza fence during 2018 so today fatou bensouda in her statement also said that she will decide on the priorities in the coming weeks also given you know the challenges by the pandemic and also the workload of the office of the prosecutor you bring up

a good point to the list of possibilities is very long we know that the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu he has called this decision anti-semitic and absurd what can he do now. well that is a good question of course israel also has no period of time to answer to this opening off the investigation but the reaction by the israeli prime minister doesn't come as a surprise already last month he had called that decision by the judges by the i.c.c. as and to submit to this has been a long hard few by israel that the court is overstepping its monday and that this is a highly politicized politicized issues that the court actually doesn't have jurisdiction now we also have to mention this is kind of the consensus in israeli politics we heard from several other political leaders tonight highly critical of this decision

by the i.c.c. not by all parties but by most i have to mention that because we're also in the middle of an election campaign there are elections in 3 weeks and some of his political rivals will certainly use this against mr netanyahu because it happened on his watch but again this is a decision that will go beyond party politics and beyond this election this will keep israeli politics busy for years to come so on the palestinian side of course this decision was warmly welcomed you had a statement from the foreign ministry saying that this will lead to accountability and justice and you have to say the palestinians have been working very diligently on this issue to internationalize to go and join international organizations and so they hope that some somehow is over how to count of both or was it does he in this conflict. thank you. a day of violence in me and maher has left more people dead the un special envoy on

me and maher says that $38.00 people were killed in the latest series of crackdowns on demonstrations protesters against last month's military coup say they were met with live ammunition and tear gas. a peaceful protest of teachers and students soon gave way to chaos. security forces opened fire to break up their citizen demonstration in the city of man to lead a sending the crowd staffing through the streets. clouds of tear gas filling the air where their protests chance had earlier echoed. among the victims of the violence

a 19 year old woman who was shot in the head. friends and relatives gathered in grief around her coffin just hours later to mourn yes another life lost. reports accumulated throughout the day on local and social media of many more protesters killed and wounded most of them in young gong. also in smaller cities like my new video images show security forces carrying little bodies on a blood soaked street. the u.n. security council is due to discuss the escalating crisis of friday. so far it has failed to condemn the military coup the soviet true me on mars democratically elected government on february 1st. and with the junta

by the sanctions put in place by national governments it looks like it will take much stronger action to and the brutal crackdown against the demonstrators. disturbia midges there journalist david greene about he's monitoring events in march from the malaysian capital kuala lumpur i asked him how protesters are likely to react to this continued show with deadly force i mean you can certainly expect today and some of the other you know deaths that we've seen in the past that it's going to scare some people off the streets but the bottom line is there are so many demonstrators who have made it very clear today included that they are prepared to die for this cause if that's what it takes because they believe they have to stand up to this military government now to fight back against this coup through peaceful demonstration that they have to fight back because they believe if they do not stand up to this military government now any hope of having

a legitimate democracy will be got for at least another generation and they do not want to live under military rule like their parents and grandparents but they're fully aware of the risks and you see a lot of the demonstrators when they march they've got on their arms their blood type and the contact information for their next of kin because they realize they may be shot. that was journalist reporting with the latest on me and more here are some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world in nigeria 279 schoolgirls released by kidnappers earlier this week have been reunited with their parents in the village of john gable but the event was overshadowed by violence officials say security forces shot several people after mobs began throwing stones outside the village school when the girls were returned. u.s. capitol police are tightening security after announcing evidence of a potential plot by a right wing militia group to breach the u.s. capitol building tomorrow thursday the capitol police and others in u.s.

law enforcement have been facing criticism for failing to prevent a pro trump mob from storming the u.s. capitol building on january 6th germany's federal and state leaders have been meeting today to debate extending the country's current coronavirus walk down to the end of march most nonessential shops have been closed since mid december while bars restaurants and leisure facilities shut their doors a month earlier it's possible some restrictions could be relaxed in areas where infection rates are relatively low. germany's domestic intelligence agency has placed the country's largest opposition party the far right alternative for germany under surveillance the federal office for the protection of the constitution plans to monitor the party because of suspicions that its extremist positions could violate the country's constitution the f.d.a. says the move is politically motivated it comes in the run up to germany's federal

elections scheduled for this coming september. the right wing populist e.f.t.'s flushed major triumph in 2017 when it entered the german parliament becoming the largest opposition party ever since the f.t. has offended relishing in islamophobia racism and the glorification of germany's past. your friends and the nazis are just a bet of bird poop and are 1000 year history. some e.f.t. members openly support the xenophobic movement. among them extreme right wing of bjorn who he's the party's loaded and most aggressive anti emigrant rabble rouser in this i'm following this nation except that the children and youth in their own country regard school as a nightmare because they are bullied beaten and tom mentored there by migrant much . funded the parties in town who group the way in which german

security authorities flagged as right wing extremist and response the wing was dissolved however its leader and supporters remain active in the party but now germany's intelligence service says the entire party is under surveillance or did. it in a hard to discuss this move with green party m.p. constantine for notes his deputy chair of the german bundestag intelligence committee consenting for notts germany's domestic intelligence agency is putting the party under surveillance just how surprised are you the a of the party is the biggest opposition party here in the bonus track after all. well i guess i'm not surprised and. the domestic intelligence agency has very good arguments obviously for that step. and as experience from our

history we know that in a democracy. enemies of the democracy can be voted into office. and so it's it's a good step to to have a strong view and look closely in that corner so nothing evil can happen to germany again. what good does that do it'll. from the legal point that intelligence now has more possibilities to collect information. i think here for the parliament. there will be no actual changes but. from the reason of defending for the reason of defending the constitution. their intelligence agency has more instruments to. to collect information that might be relevant to see if this isn't

party that is strongly fighting against our constitution the timing of this announcement is raising some eyebrows gemini is going to the polls in september does that not feed into conspiracy theories i think it does not convince me because turning that argument around keeping it secret that you have relevant arguments for the step now and keeping that secretly before an election letting the voters not know what this important institution this intelligence service knows that could be misleading voters too so i guess it's just the regular way things go that that right now this information comes up now that. intelligence agency has the information to make that decision

there if he now has the possibility to go in front of chords and fight against this decision and then judges will look at the legal side and decide that's the way it goes in a democracy with the rule of law and i guess the signal is that this dimmock. democracy is up to defend itself against its enemies consenting for nuts thank you very much thank you. for hungary's prime minister viktor orban has announced the withdrawal of his right wing fidesz party from the e.p. that's the european people's party group in the european parliament or bonn confirmed the move in a letter to e.p.b. chair munford baber apparently orbán made the decision to preempt the e.p.b. from voting out his say this party congress hungary has been in a long running conflict with the european union over alleged violations of

democratic principles and the rule of law. when you look to the question of how do we see the family in europe how do we see climate change how do we see border protection how do we give on on such as the economic challenges and that is not the problem the evi had always come and voting lists this if it is called this it was never the problem it is about to look it is about the thing is what i'm going on in hungary that is the substance of the problem it's a private the pre-book go to provoke a. against europe in some of the statements of the cattle and that's why let me be clear the stand is the people on the base of martin's i don't know of coal to gas buddy of mine of those who founded today's european union and fetus in the last year spent of 8 from this common ground. that was months and they were there speaking earlier today earlier we asked our brussels correspondent beyond record why viktor orban made the decision now and what consequences it could have.

but the consequences of this move in practical terms are not very big the parliament has 7 of on 751 seats and the fetus only makes 2 of them and the e.p. p. at the christian democrats was still remain the biggest bloc in parliament and then come the social democrats and then the liberals but the consequence is of course that this is a long lasting soap opera this political soap opera as it's seen as it is seen here on buses is now over the villain left the scene and there's also a sigh of relief now that maybe the. european christian democrats can now concentrate on other mehta's than this a long lasting row right wing prime minister all but on and fall on the consequence of causes that he has now to look for a new political home for a new group that he can join and the far right group of i e

d already told him you're both come here in this group they are the real right wing as joined like the identity of the daughter son from germany and the talian right wing populist formation of league so it might be now easier for the it would be to operate in a little bit more for mr robin to find support in the parliament was due to be used and rigor there reporting funerals have taken place for 3 women gunned down in jalalabad in afghanistan all 3 worked for a local t.v. station they were targeted after leaving work on tuesday the islamic state militant group has claimed responsibility although afghan officials blame the taliban you have denied any involvement. cydia sadat had to good job at a t.v. station and that's why she's dead he says her funeral in jalalabad in eastern afghanistan

. why he fears lee left her job as a journalist militants killed her son and their colleague shot nasser rafi on tuesday so-called islamic state says it killed them because they work for a pro-government channel but it seems just as likely they were gunned down to being working women to. be degraded that is the deal was a shy but active girl and a women's rights activist she would always fight for women's rights she hoped to go to university and study law but as you see we've buried her along with all her hearts here with the last. 3 more lives gone part of a wave of targeted killings of societal influences in afghanistan journalists human rights activists and judicial figures. attacks like this one in kabul in february have a school aged since peace talks between the afghan government and taliban began last year there are fee is the taliban could be silencing the critics as the talks door

and using claims of responsibility from so-called islamic state to cover their tracks the taliban denies these relatives are pleading for an end to the violence was on a course of a better word today they killed these women and tomorrow there will be others out teachers doctors even moms and journalists are not safe i think this is because of government neglect we strongly call on the government to bring security to the city afghanistan is ranked as one of the world's most dangerous places to be a journalist and a woman today there are 3 fewer female workers in the media here in a country with freedom of speech or even having a job can mean life or death. for centuries scientists have tried in fail to bring the dead back to life now genealogy website has brought us perhaps one step closer that uses so-called deep fake technology to allow users to animate

their dead ancestors is called deep and it's eliciting deep emotions not least of all from our very own army and yes a few joins me now good evening to you obviously this is a fascinating story so what exactly are we looking at here was you said this is being called the no stabbed it's a kind of deep fake they use fake technology for benevolent purposes now we might have heard of the fake technology in the context of fake news taking somebody who actually exists and putting words in their mouth but this is being used for nostalgic purposes so it's using machine learning to recreate faces from images that go beyond what a human is capable of human animators so it's really a new technology not just an old one done better i think for me the most shocking is when i see somebody historical figure like frederick douglas for example he was actually one of the most photographed human beings in the 1900 century and we've

seen photographs of him over and over if you're american you see the same few photographs but he always seems stern and fixed and if you see his face moving he becomes a real human being he almost looks like somebody that you could just have a conversation with the same goes for queen victoria who's famous for looking very stern in her official portrait and when i see her moving she looks younger she looks more human and she doesn't look like this mythical figure she looks like just a normal person. it's almost as if she were on the netflix series the crown a little bit there really brings them to life tell us about the company my heritage that is behind what we're seeing here how are they trying to sell this to people. well they're trying to sell it as something that people can use for nostalgic purposes as the name says so people that want their ancestors to be brought back to life so to say or people who lost loved ones and don't necessarily have video

recordings of them so i think this example shows that perfectly this is tanya coking or she died in 2017 of cancer and we spoke to her daughter who actually posted this on line and her daughter said that because her mother passed away before she got a chance to say goodbye this when she animated her mother's face this deeply affected her she felt like she could almost be there with her and say goodbye to her again but what she told us is that she wanted to reach out to us because she said that in media report it's often described as creepy but for someone who's lost her mother and gets to see her again she said this was a beautiful thing so i think if you're looking at this from the outside you might say oh that's creepy but for some people this can really deeply affect them certainly does have good uses there that are possible i mean yes if is always i mean excellent reporting thank you for. international film festival often showcases documentaries which thanks largely to streaming services have moved from

a more niche offering right into the mainstream on the festival's 3rd day we're taking a closer look at 2 films in particular which use drastically different methods to tell their stories. long before me to a woman in showbiz showed how to deal with harassment and violence from men in 1978 tina turner divorced her husband ike and started a solo career bigger and even more successful than before. describing her marriage to ike turner she said i was living a life of death but the divorce brought her liberation and she triumphantly rose to the heights of pop music fame. in some ways we are telling that story to a new generation. but we are also hopefully exploring it through tina's point of view and what it means for her to be kind of. so associated with some of the worst

times in life. the documentary keno gives a chronological overview of all the ups and downs of the life of the woman who was born as and then made public while it offers few new insights it is thrilling to watch. this next film could not be more different in anime says 2 filmmakers meet stefan who is in prison for having murdered a woman in order to interview him. claiming it was a. new. song. and his response of his story are retold by 2 puppet tears me to t.n. doesn't she i was. coming i thought or next time i'm talk to strange we want to.

look sometimes looks really threatening sometimes also really childlike but you know all the time is a performance you know it's always an interpretation of the way that we see him on the way to the property is react to what they're performing the moment. the directors try to avoid a supposedly objective point of view because they're found gradually reveals that there are at least 2 truths but the justice system requires an unambiguous account of events because only then can it declare the accused guilty or innocent this is an exceptionally intelligent film but also an uncomfortable one raising more questions than it can or wants to answer. or the new president of the tokyo 2020 organizing committee psyco hashimoto has announced the addition of 12 new female board members a scandal over sexist comments cost the previous president his job last month the executive board guiding this summer's delayed olympic games now includes more than

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