the the, this is dw, use live from berlin, israel faces charges of genocide that the international court of justice hearings begin today at the un top court in the hague, with no letter of israel's war against from us in gaza. also coming up germany, restarts arms exports to savvy arabia. in a major policy, you turn berlin approves, sending guided missiles to the kingdom. weapons deliveries were frozen after the killing of turn. list 2 mile, construction ponders republican rivals compete for the us presidential nomination. frontrunner donald trump. costs dives on his support for nato claims the credits

for funding. the aligns plus taiwan years of for elections. the contest is being billed as a bible for democracy against dictatorship, with the threat of china looming in the background. we bring you an in depth report, [000:00:00;00] the pablo solely as welcome to the program. israel is preparing to defend itself in court against accusations of genocide and it's war against come us in gaza. hearings. begin today at the international court of justice in the hague. and a case brought by side of africa. palestinian supporters have demonstrated in cities across south africa in support of the submission to the un court. meanwhile,

the policy they need in red crescent says 4 paramedics have been killed and then is rainy. air strike is royal insists. it only target time us, the radical islam is group classified as a terrorist organization by several countries, including germany. a daily reality team, gaza people riding in panic after rain is really air strikes. the attack had a 2 story building in the central city of their l. bala and the people were queueing to receive aid at the school, they were headed. 20 martyrs were buried at the school with that and they show in this hospital in the same area, paramedics burst into tears as they recognized their colleagues. 4 of them were killed after and these really strikes keep their ambulance is death move actually. i mean, i them,

we're being directly targeted. so we won't be able to save the lives of the wounded up. and then it says, the above we said many times before the ambulances will be moving. but it looks like they want to stop patients being saved because of this direct air strike in response to draw, we need through national pressure on monday, each real place that it would shift to a more targeted campaign in gaza with the fighting appears to be as intense as before, with no indication these really government is planning to pause this campaign as well as no intentional permanently occupying gaza or displacing its civilian population. as well as finding how much terrace is not the palestinian population. and we are doing so in full compliance with international law, with calls from washington to protect civilian lives in gaza. the stop diplomat

continues his tour of the region on wednesday, anthony blinking metropolitan and president martin with a boss in the occupied west back. we talked as well about the importance of reforming the outstanding authority policy and governance so that it can effectively take responsibility regardless so that the gaza and the west bank can be reunited under a palestinian leadership. lincoln's 4th trip to the region since october ends in egypt on thursday, his main declared task has been to stop the conflict from spreading. but a week of meetings with the regions most powerful leaders has no ease the suffering of civilians and gossip. let's go to the hague now, where we're joined by our correspondent lucy uh shows. do you see a great to see you? so tell us about the proceedings today at the international court of justice. a yes,

good morning, from the hague. so be a year. uh, because south africa alleges that east right is committing genocide. they have lots to an application in late december, which is $84.00 pages long. and they're, they're saying that you start to commit to act admissions. but as genocide in character, what is important to know is that this question is not going to be the subject of today's hearing. today's hearings are about so called provision and mattress. this is also something that says advertisement asking for a model. these provision emetrius is, for example, the quest for the code to order that you cited should seize and, and all military operations right now, but also a request to allow humanitarian assistance. and another request to my example to collect evidence. so that is important to understand that today is not about the question on the merits, whether the genocide convention has been breached or not brought about these

provision. emetrius, south africa make his case today. tomorrow it will be east trio that will get a chance to answer and then it is expected to be within weeks that the court would render a decision on the so called provision and mattress or last word on this. the court is not found on what size apricots you're asking. it is also free to order. different provision in metro said, it's things is necessary. us. all right, you see a m. so when exactly you said a few weeks, but when the judgment be made by the international court of justice. so as i have said, the 1st thing is that there a provision a mattress business to be rented within weeks the the, the judgement on the main issue and the question read that you try it has reached the genocide convention. yes or no. this is supposed to take years is because they

move to the next stage, and then this will, but as i said, this will take a couple of years. it's hard to say how many, but this is not a trick decision. okay, thankfully, so yeah, let's see a shelton in the hague. as our correspondent, tonya kramer's following developments from jerusalem and a little earlier, i asked her how this legal challenges being received in the israel. well, there's a lot of attention uh today uh on the opening of this case. uh 1st it will be south africa today presenting uh the case uh as the court and then on friday. uh is ro will uh, present. uh, its arguments and bush, he's been hearing all along. i mean, is really, is a party to the a genocide convention, but it's really, it's also varies from the rejecting rejecting these occupations. they're saying the

actually defending is right. it's defending itself against the atrocities that have been committed. 5 extremes, cruise, how boss and other militant groups from gaza. a during the terror attacks on october, a 7. and this is acute by many of the statements that be heard. and many is really official presidents like household has said that this is an atrocious claim. and i think he speaks to a lot of his rates here that are saying it should be actually those minutes in groups. uh, there's a terrorist uh from us that should be sending twice and not. uh, it's really that was our correspondent, tanya cramer, in jerusalem. well, moving on, and in a few days time, the us state of iowa will begin the process of nominating a republican candidate for november's presidential election to hoping to make a on the florida governor. rhonda scientists have gone on the offensive in a tv debate attacking each other. i'm to frontrunner, former president. donald trump. both are trailing trump by

a wide margin. trump held his own separate television time, the whole event basking in the glow of a friendly audience. the creamed in the election as well. bar as foreman joins me now. he's a specialist in us politics and a professor at bar to college in berlin bar as great have you on the show. so is there still a chance that someone could actually beat the former president to clinch the republican nomination? well, there's a few radical chance, i think there's even a practical chance, but the window is very small. we have the i walk is coming up in a few days. the new hampshire primary will be very decisive because this is where since chris christie dropped out of the race nikki haley might gather some momentum and it might even be a tight race. um, so depends very much on these early primaries trunk. we'll try to pay the fixture where she is leading with white margins and is basically inevitable as

a candidate. the longer the race drags on of the smaller the chances will be for hailey to compete with them. i think what a center is, practically. the pressure will be very high and he's practically all of the risk. all right, well, if the next election were to be bite and against trump all over again. what do you think would be different this time? and who do you think american voters actually really want in the whitehouse? are there any indications of, of what direction it's head of? or i'd be very careful until the very last day of the election of the election itself can make any predictions of the national cause of this this moment are very, very unreliable because the system just doesn't work this way because of the electro college and so on. and so forth, but nonetheless, i think what we are seeing is that trump is playing is similar game election campaign as a few years back. and at least in terms of the, uh,

here's a big point is to have the border isn't safe, that's a whole, there is chaos to that. there are too many immigrants. so basically he's trying to pay this rep. scenario of we would we are witnessing is a ready conversation. i think the total yes spoken office political opponents as a burden, just used a basically fascist rhetoric to speak of the poisoning of the blogosphere of the country. and so there is a radical decision and i think in part it's due to his own position. he is facing multiple trials. if he doesn't become re elected, he is under a lot of personal pressure for by them. um, well he is also facing some challenges on the one hand, but young vote has turned away from him in part because of his position on israel and i this time. and other thing is that a lot of his investments and infrastructure. and so one more function i have long term effects, and so it would be port from to articulate to success as more clearly bars don't go

anywhere cuz we're going to hear and i've from trump to that. and i've trumps america 1st approach left a deep scars here in europe. that's left many wondering what a 2nd trump term might mean for the alliance, especially with regards to nato at a time when a war is raging here in europe. so here's what donald trump said when he was asked about that last night. there's a real concern, what a 2nd trump term would mean? would you be committed to nato, for example, and the 2nd trump defensive, they treat it as properly. the reason they have money, right? now to prosecute what they're doing with helping you plan is because of the money i got them. so you know, peace through strength or a bar. so if you were a european leader, would you be taking a different approach or are they already preparing for a 2nd? trump term? you can certainly witness in public. this course is paper newspaper article and so and so on. the last couple of weeks people are becoming more and more aware that

a 2nd, trump administration is a true possibility and that they're a very strong security risk implied for europe. so some countries have been stepping up their defense spending still. most countries are far away from the a 2 percent investment of gdp that they're suppose to invest in nato. and we know that there has been a longer term shift away from the global level order of international relations are much more 0 sum. so yes, your computers have to step up their game and the question is, if they can do so, and just a few months, both stores, the german defense minister has said it takes about 5 to 8 years to catch up. so i think this is the big debate that has to be had in europe. i'm sure we will be talking about this uh a lot over the next several months. thanks bars, bars, foreman, us politics expert. all right,

time for some other stories making news around the world. at least 15 people have been killed and looting and arson in the capital of pop. when you're getting violence broke out in fort more speed. when police went on strike, overpay prime minister james moraspy as cold for com saying pay codes were caused by a glitch. a german foreign minister on elena bab bulk has condemned china's aggressive behavior in the side of china sea during a visit to the philippines. that bulk criticized china as territorial plains, in the region of cold for a political solution for you. and course rejected visions claims to disputed territories in 2016 a while with just 2 days until elections in taiwan, 3 parties are gearing up for a show that will shape the future of the items. relations with china, while domestic issues are a major drawer for voters, the influence of beijing dominates the contest. taiwan is reading party is framing the election as

a choice between democracy and dictatorship. morning rosellan inside pain and today of campaigning has begun early. for example, you and that's the place of candidates for ty, ones, routing party, the democratic progress of to h, as in power policy is bidding for historic stud successive time in office. they say, well position policies would be too soft on china and say, this selection is fundamentally a choice between beijing let dictate to ship. um 2 more. so this is across the route to play with needs democracy. they say that hold on, i don't want to kill in a sweep, is that constituency chancing with locals about the future? i don't the most people in taiwan at the base is watch on election looks. 4 and feels like kind of the local morning markets meeting with both as

a shaking hands for those very far away from any tensions and paging for those sometimes and never fall from the front of boats as mines in recent use, china has been ramping up military threats and propaganda like this, as the d p p under president tying when has strength and ties with the u. s. the parties candidates for the top job, current vice president lighting to says the firm rejection of china is the only way taiwan can protect its democracy. hard pressed in time when comes when again, due to time limits. china seized light is more determined to declare independence despite sim, saying that's not his plan. of the chinese president shooting opinions since once he calls re unification of taiwan with china. using that score by mid a true force if necessary to do this. oh, they always use that for sure. we want to move tennessee, and the zip is this region,

but i don't think this should be something that owned sales for many across the taiwan conflict, the china is fields close to the never members of taiwan is, may not position policy the going don. okay, mc like let me place you on planes at least in punch the current government because with your friends, puppy closer with the p, just keep pushing china away far away as possible. that's not a way to how to treat the one that really has drown. you lean is running for tie ones, legislature in the northern port city of g, on reports on the latest chinese activity in the taiwan straits from the bank. jumps of the stay of campaigning in the cities local market. leaving says taiwan needs to strike at best a balance between its relations with the us in china, his policy would reopen trade tools with aging, which in any case is taiwan is biggest trading partner. we don't have to like a business partner. we may have a company with all business ponder,

but you have to show them the proper respect. and that's something that came to use . presidential candidates, former policeman, hawaii plans to do china and like he favors the cam. see when believing is will take a friendly a stone, some cross straight ties, but the parties approach alienates many younger votes is to fade tie one solvency could be eroded again or is that all one of the things like amc has historically struggled with is attracting young buses, yes. do you feel like that's still the case of the selection? i think kim p right now, so to speak, the truth and try to speak to the language that the younger generation calendars that i think was important, which i that's why maybe this evening. i get a mile appear now. you the selection does a new policy looking to do just sense to appeal to the many people tired of traditional political divisions, the savvy social media strategy of

a time on people's policy. what c p p is proving popular with young tie when he exposes many people in taiwan are so fed up with the whole 2 parties. amc and cbi don't have the ability to govern, tie one to make tie one legislative candidate to the your. we says she joined the t p. p to tackle tie wants domestic issues like color, wages, high house prices, an image. this is a really big night for you. all the different states are insane. here in utah, pain has been won by the ruling policy that them across it progressive policy, every time since the constituency was found. and so the people that she's meeting with the people that she's shaking hands with are exactly the people that she is going tops. convincing with c p, p is going to have to convince if they going to be able to change a lot to map this election at least as an emphasis on domestic issues as

programmatic. and that too much attention is being spent on what she says is a stalemate. situation with china. if it's a deadline that, that you are, you cannot stop right now. then why are you just focusing on that? you should be more practical use, just solve the problem. so you can solve right now. what's it cost a t p does have a view on relations that jane on the presidential candidate co winchell. i used to be a mayor of taipei. he says he wants to, i want to be a bridge between the us and china. no, it's a source of confrontation with critics say his position is similar to that of the k mc tie we needs folks is phase the choice between 3 policies and 3 visions for ty, ones, future. do p p says it's a vote for democracy against chinese dictates said the k n t all use it's considered a tree approach will lower the risk of war. and the t p. p. cells itself is the voice of low moving looks, domestic concerns, while also offering

a hand to be changed because of the lumen over this democracy is the threats of chinese attack. the fundamental question facing ty, with these boxes, is who can best prevent that from happening. with the w correspondent, change change or who finds out reports, joins me now from taipei. james, great to see you. so what is being saying about the election? well, basically will of course be watching the selection very closely just earlier today . we had a statement from the office or in the chinese government, the manages relations with taiwan, essentially saying that's why we need should make the right choice, trying to has one. that's if light things are the routing positive a d p does. when the selection that that could be a risk of hyphens attention. this is a policy that jp dotsie beijing refuses to communicate with. this is

a policy that paging views a set process. and so if they do when the selection, this would be an extremely significant moments in the history of taiwan is politics . this would be the 1st time since ty, one health full democratic presidential elections in 1996 that a political policy has one of 3 successive elections. and so that would take place despite increased chinese intimidation, increased chinese ministry threats. and so i give some sense that, you know, if, if time needs voters do select this policy, that they're willing to, in a sense, risk, that hyphen tension because they do this policy as the one that they want to go forward with. james, how do opposition parties in taiwan plan to de escalate attention with china as well? the main opposition policies um for when we have uh, the new ones is between um depositions. i don't know how they wants to navigate relations with china, but they're really key thing is that they say they want to expand diet and they want to restore and dialogue with badging. they say the current situation where

there's been very little communication is too risky, not through dialogue with badging, that you are able to de escalate the situation. now it has to be said that's over the last 8 years during the presidency of the time when the husband was no communication between taiwan and badging. us know because of the, if he has an wanted to but because page and because essentially i will that they say the type that is a separate this policy because they don't abuse. high one is positive. one china report of conceptualization of what china is that they won't communicate with them . now that is something that they may not physician policy became so you said they would do. and that's why they do themselves as a policy that can stay as high one. i'm through these dear political waters and i'm really in love with the diet, attention to change briefly if you could. how concerned are people in taiwan about a possible war or are there issues that have taken a higher priority in the election campaign? we'll talk when these people are naturally concerned when they hear these types of drives coming out, some paging,

they take these types of threats seriously. but there's really 2 contexts here. of course, you have the jet political context high when these people know that they are in a very critical geopolitical position in the face of taiwan is i'm, has felt far reaching implications for the future of i'm regional stability in the global economy. but at the same time, this is a policy of 23000000 people that have brendan boss issues that they hoped to kind of get out of this presidential election. things like white house prices, low wages. and so, you know, when you're looking at a time when he's like election, you really have to look at these 2 contacts, what they know mutually exclusive and yeah, you have to really understand both to get a sense of what it means to existing. so i want this to political flash points. thanks, james dw is james trader and ty, of the the german government has authorize the export of missiles to saudi arabia and a major policy shift. berlin also says that kingdom can expect a green light on delivery of euro fighter jets,

germany holt at arms exports to savvy rab yet 6 years ago after the murder of during this jamal junction, more missiles like these will soon be on their way to saudi arabia that's off the german government, scrapped a 5 year old ban on arms exports. berlin still seems undecided on allowing the saudis to get more jets. defy them from the you are a fight or is a part of the corporation between germany, italy, spain, and the u. k. and saudi arabia already has dozens of them. when the current german government was formed, it said it would not approve the delivery of any more jets. the reason re adds war against who the rebels in yemen and the brutal killing of saudi john list, jamal christology. but the conflict between israel and how mass has changed the calculus violin now sees saudi arabia as a partner,

willing to stand up for stability with in the middle east. dual credit. yes, it is. i says real know is that it's security also depends on stability in the region and saudi arabia based on everything we hear. i know and talk about wants to fill the role of stability easily a 100 from starting to teach us fee on funding iran back to tease have, by contrast, taking up the fight against israel, attacking shipping in the red sea and firing rockets towards these railing territory shots the show seems to be backing the release of your a fight is but part so is s p d policy and his green television partners are opposed. they say saudi arabia's human rights abuses means it will be a fatal mistake. screen totally to recall the lines that it would be wrong to let saudi arabia get more. your a fight as this is the fundamental position of apology. and i still see it that way . a definitive green light for leasing the aircraft may be some way off. but with

germany already using its own export band, it seems clear a foreign policy shift is well underway or europe. today's conflicts own with tim sebastian is of next ti talked to the director of the russia. you raise your center here in prelim distinction for that. take care

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