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and many more trials are expected. also on the program, ukraine's president calls on business leaders at the world economic forum to cut all tried ties with russia. floss allegations of human brought to pieces. i've a shadow, a high level united nations delegation to china. we can muslim leaders fear beijing will turn the visit to their home bridge and into a propaganda show. ah, i'm anthony held, welcome to the show. you cries, 1st war crimes trials since the start of the invasion has ended with a russian soldier being jailed for life. 21 year old admitted to killing an unarmed civilian at the start of the war. the trial has great symbolic significance. ukrainian prosecutors are investigating as many as 13000 other alleged russian war

crops. they say there will be many more such trials, but in another significant development. this 1st case has raised concerns that russia could stage show trials of captured ukrainian, fought us in a courtroom in chief punishment for a crime committed during war. a russian tank commander convicted of killing a 62 old civilian in a village in northeastern ukraine. based on the above, the court has ruled that vadim ye if gain of ish, marin bourne october 17th. 2000 has been found guilty of committing a criminal offense on the part youth article 438 of the criminal code of here crane . he has been given a life sentence. ukraine's prosecutor general says that there are about 13000 ongoing investigations into alleged war crimes by russian forces. that list is growing by the day as russia continues,

it's offensive in eastern ukraine. on monday, the city of hockey was bombed again. civilian area sprayed with a local officials say, a cluster munitions laid out in a voice in what i must have been around 7 or 8 in the morning when we woke up thinking it was the end of the world. but there was the sound of explosions, at least 5 of them, the boon for 3 minutes of silence and then boom. again. people said it was cluster bombs, exploding sit matters are wallace. cluster munitions are banned under international law. well targeting civilians who constitute a war crime, or even if one book vadim she, she marin has admitted his guilt and says he regrets his actions. his is the 1st conviction for war crimes. since russia launch its invasion, but is unlikely to be the last or ant on cutting, the image is representing he crime. in a case against russia at the international court of justice. we asked him what he

makes of the verdict. well, good evening from kids. of course, the international criminal court, the i, c, c, is seen as important track as important instrument to bring perpetrators. so f alleged crime of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes to responsibility. so of course we here in ukraine, do recognize and do work closely with the i c c in order for it to be to be effective and to have the fact to proceed in there. but of course, today's case is really a precedent as though this is the 1st case which happens since the 24th of february . and the 1st, i would say really straight forward case because the effects of the case were really wary, straightforward, and it wasn't rather easy case to prove, i think in court because they were really 100 percent. sure. the fact that the russian soldier, but you know, she married,

that she killed and ukrainian civilian. and of course, you know, the fact that a lot of russian soldiers are now in custody in ukraine. so there is a lot of possibilities that we will have a lot of such chords, court proceedings in key of, in many other cities and towns throughout ukraine in relation to alleged war crimes committed by the russian soldiers. that was, and i'm calling to have it to representative in a case at the international court of justice for the crime. well, the war and you crime is dominating this is making a business and political late is that the world economic forum in double switzerland, president of them is lensky has been the star speaker. he called for maximum sanctions against russia and great to support for the long term rebuilding. if you credit it's the 1st world economic forum to be held in person since the pandemic began in this year's title of history at a turning point. underscore is

a new global crisis. the war in ukraine is dominating discussions at the 4 day meeting of political and business lates in davos. all russian officials have been excluded in a special address. ukrainian president vladimir zalinski called for maximum sanctions, including cutting off old trade with russia. he said he was grateful for international sanctions so far, but said they should have been imposed soon on one lock or see a cash levy move road. ok. russia started the war with ukraine back in 2014 moved to new york, grateful for such a port. uncle aleck, but if it had happened, then mediately with this kind of unity, this pressure on government, these on companies with for the sake of the fight for freedom thus homewood, russia. if we started this full scale war up, the more would have been collecting all this damage on ukraine and the world family

. i'm sure that the answer to this question is no. me several countries including germany pledged continuing support for ukraine as it aims to rebuild, even as the conflict rages on, germany's financially involved in various aid programs. pro collins heavily committed as possible, according to a capabilities rock under the fund would also be yourself to rebuild infrastructure in federal chrome. gazette stratton outside of the formal meetings. activists have transformed the russian delegates usual h q, into the so called russian war crimes house in ho photos of the toll. the war has taken on ukrainian lives, aim to cape the human cost front and center for everyone at davos this year. allegations of abuse of minorities are likely to dominate a trip to china by the united nations human rights chief michel betsel. it will visit the remote scene. jang region where it's claimed,

weaker and other muslim minority suffer. serious miss treatment us is label to genocide with leaders and rights activists are concerned the channel stage managed the trick for propaganda purposes. a with me now c, w report, and melanie whole, melanie, let's get some background. he, what has china been accused of doing in chin jack problems? so john has been accused of the wide spread of abuses of muslims in the weston as changing a region. the ruling communist party is alleged to have detained over 1000000 week as they're under a years long security cracked on which the united states is called a genocide. in addition to math attentions, china is also accused of carrying out a coerced relies ations of forced labor and the destruct destruction of wiggle, cultural heritage. now china has denied accusations of human rights abuses inching . jang according done belie if the century. so human rights activists,

fear we hear this whole trip is going to be used for propaganda. was that exactly? are those fears that a bachelor's visits could be seen as a leading to an endorsement of human of china's human rights record? robin scrutiny of it's that's fierce but whitewash because specially would be only offered a tightly controlled glimpse of life in shinji and a province that the u. s. has said it's deep concerns that basically hasn't received a, a guarantees of what she will be allowed to see. saying that it's highly unlikely. she'll get an, an manipulated view of what life is really like. they're a batch lay are, has a kicked off her trip on monday with meetings with over 70 heads of diplomatic missions to china and a beijing so said that there she offered a guarantees that that she would get access to detention centers there. and she's meant to be good decision children province early this week, but a, when a china with us by the media,

whether buckley would indeed get access to these detention centers aware this week as a meant to apparently be detained and experiencing, but treatments at china's foreign ministry said that it while it welcomes especially it rejects political manipulation and the china has, that's about to you and. and china have agreed that no reporters will actually be accompanying by chalet on this visit. they say that's because of cupboard 19 restrictions that they want to stop the spread of the virus. it's also the reason why i china has said that, especially when he gets access to speak to people which have been pre arranged by china, which china says is also because of coven 19 restrictions. now bursley has said that she hopes the trip will build confidence between and help enable a further working to within between the you and, and china. because it would be very interesting to see whether a bachelor does indeed get a true picture of what life really is like that, and she's in the province and what coverage we get in tune. they

w melanie whole many things. ok here now are some of the other stories making news around the world. they sell turkish president richard, type at a one so he will no longer speak to the greek prime minister at the one that uses kitty aqua smith, the talkies of harboring a muslim cleric, hostile to ankara and pressuring us officials not to so far digits to turkey. an unfinished shopping mall in southwestern, iran has collapsed killing at least 5 people. dozens are still trapped under rubble in the city of other done debris is also varied. shops and vehicles in the area. a severe sandstorm has engulfed, she wife and other parts of the middle east, the winds disrupted air traffic. some people were treated in hospital for breathing problems. scientists say does it storms are becoming more frequent. they blame rising temperatures, water shortages, and deforestation. german chancellor, olive shalt is on

a tree nation trip to africa. his 1st stop in synagogue was followed by nigeria in west africa, shalt visited german troops training local special forces, the fight islamist militants. his 1st visit to the continent as chancellor will end in south africa. a double is chief political editor, mikhail. acosta is travelling with the german chancellor. his her report. all assaults is made a point of visiting democracies only on his 1st africa trip. and he's right now making a point behind me by visiting the troops that are being trained by germans here. and there. they are here to provide more security in an increasingly di stabilized region, just 80 kilometers from here is the border with molly. and there's been a military coup which threw into doubt. germany's mission now, which has just been continued, but france is pulling out and there will now be more cause for germany to take more

responsibility. also, when it comes to the fall out by the war in ukraine, the russian aggression there here, there are high hopes that germany will provide assistance in the near mid term future to simply provide food stability. in the reason i was michaela griffin are traveling with the german chancellor. well, freak weather event such as heat waves and flooding are happening more and more often, most scientists blame climate change, but experts also a bit forecasting technology sometimes fails to predict natural disasters. now the european space agency is showing of new satellites which could help to make with the forecasts more accurate. this isn't tornado alley. but a small town in western germany. 43 people were injured when a freak weather event last week took everyone by surprise. where the satellites

provide detailed data, but sudden localized events are hard to predict lifeless ego order. long term, or even 24 hour forecasts are quite possible to visit. but for very local events like thunderstorms. we need a lot more data, more satellites, and protect acknowledging if at all, and we're getting there one term it was best to teach log you. and does it often vision say, is currently presenting projects like these to industry experts and bomb. he is a congress, is this congress is of course enormously important for the scientist, but also for politicians here that we can show what information we can gather on the climate crisis and the latest climate research fema fox, young. it's hope these new forecasting systems will help to give early warnings, a freak weather events, and with that, you're up to date up next. the school in the clouds, another from our documentary series doc film that takes us to india. now,

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