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anna holligan there. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news.al with the democratic unionist party to restore power—sharing to northern ireland. it will reduce checks on goods moving from great britain to northern ireland — the dup�*s major sticking point after brexit. our correspondent tomas morgan has the view from belfast. so many people working in public services across the country have seen the strikes due to pay conditions. what many people here across northern ireland were hoping for, there will be a sense of relief. but there are some critics. some people here, some hardline unionists saying if this still has not gone far enough and when they read between the lines, it is not what they wanted but nevertheless the leader of the dup, sirjeffrey donaldson says it was worth fighting for two years, two years of a cellmate when i government function in northern ireland and he believes it was worth fighting for this deal and now potentially government will be backin potentially government will be back in force by friday or saturday. you're live

our europe correspondent, anna holligan, is at the hague.isation is illegal. we have had from a series of lawyers who started off with palestinian authorities�* foreign minister, and he showed a series of pictures past and present of palestinians. leave their homes. they argue that this is a deliberate political campaign of displacement and replacement. and that it amounts to an apartheid situation. there was an argument that the palestinians�* right to self—determination under international law is being violated international law is being violated in numerous ways, and therefore the international community has a moral, legal and political obligation to act. the hearings are actuallyjust coming to an end now for the day. you can see some of the press waiting outside. we are respecting to hear from the waiting outside. we are respecting to hearfrom the palestinian delegation very shortly. we should probably mention these advisory opinions which were requested by the un general assembly back in 2022. they are not legally binding, but they carr

in freezing temperatures outside the court, anna holligan, the bbc�*s correspondent in the hague, explainednd outs of the case to me. this case is probably being seen as one of the most important in the icj's history insofar as it's happening in real time. this isn't some kind of retrospective justice. the sense is here and around the world that these judges inside the peace palace here, home to the icj, could make a real difference to events that are happening on the ground. just in terms of what israel has said about this case, it says there is no case to answer under the genocide convention and accused south africa of committing a blood libel by bringing a case accusing israel of genocide when the genocide convention was set up after the holocaust. genocide is really difficult to prove under international law because there has to be evidence of intent. and that's why those statements by some israeli officials were referred to by south africa during the oral hearings here at the icj, because there has to be proof of intent to destroy in whole or part an entire ethnic, racial, national or

anna holligan is outside the hague, and spoke to us earlier with the latest.ountries taking part in these proceedings. so we heard from the palestinian delegation on day one, in which they said israel's occupation was tantamount to apartheid, that there needed to be a two—state solution and that this court could help in achieve that ruling. they said the palestinian people at the moment were being denied their right to self—determination. on the other side, we heard from the us and british delegations in which they asked the court not to issue a ruling at all because they said it would undermine the existing framework, the idea that this advisory opinion could set the parameters for a negotiated settlement, that is the palestinian position supported by a number of other countries. israel hasn't taken part in these hearings although it did submit a written statement saying that these hearings could be harmful because the question posed by the un general assembly was prejudiced in its nature. but separate from these proceedings, we have heard from the court toda

taken from egypt and jordan in war and were never sovereign palestinian land. 0ur correspondent anna holliganes to be picked here?— picked here? hugely, yes. the palestinian _ picked here? hugely, yes. the palestinian delegation - picked here? hugely, yes. the palestinian delegation want. picked here? hugely, yes. the| palestinian delegation want the judges here at the un's top court to rule that israel's occupation of the occupied palestinian territories is illegal and should end immediately so throughout the morning we have heard from a series of lawyers. we started off with the palestinian authorities minister and he showed a series of pictures past and present are palestinians forced to leave their homes. they argue this is a deliberate political campaign of displacement and replacement. and that it amounts to an apartheid situation. we'vejust that it amounts to an apartheid situation. we've just heard from the british lawyer philip sanz. he argued that the palestinians' right to self—determination under international law is being violated international law is being violated in numerous w

general assembly 15 months ago, before the current conflict erupted. 0ur europe correspondent anna holligan the palestinian authority's ambassador to the un struggled to deliver his concluding remarks. his voice was breaking as he asked the judges what does it mean to the children in gaza, it is not protected their lives or limbs, their hopes or homes. the leading international low lawyer, philip sams said the occupation was a violation of the palestinian rightness of determination under international law. we were also shown in court series of maps showed how the palestinian territory had shrunk over time. a lawyer said this was part of a deliberate concerted political campaign which also involve the expansion of israeli settlements in the west bank. 0ther israeli settlements in the west bank. other lawyers said the israeli occupation was tantamount to apartheid. israel has declined to take part in these hearings and does not recognise the icj jurisdiction over its occupation of the west bank although it has made written submissions. we'll hear from a record 51 states making observations. w

anna holligan is at the hague — she took us through the significant issues raised. the un's top court to rule that israel's occupation of the occupied palestinian territories is illegal and should end immediately. through the morning, we had from a series of lawyers, but we started off with the palestinian authority's foreign minister, and he showed a series of pictures past and present of palestinians forced to leave their homes. they argue this is a deliberate political campaign of displacement and replacement, and that it amounts to an apartheid situation. wejust that it amounts to an apartheid situation. we just heard from the british lawyer. he argued that the palestinians' right to self—determination under international law is being violated international law is being violated in numerous ways and therefore the international community has a moral, legal and political obligation to act. we should also mention that israel doesn't recognise the international court ofjustice's jurisdiction in its operations, its occupation of the west bank. it says this is a polit

our correspondent anna holligan will be following events in the hague today — shejoins me now live. nt ongoing conflict in gaza, so just explain the context of this, and what the findings could be.— the context of this, and what the findings could be. exactly, so this case was brought _ findings could be. exactly, so this case was brought by _ findings could be. exactly, so this case was brought by the - findings could be. exactly, so this case was brought by the un - findings could be. exactly, so this i case was brought by the un general assembly in december 2022, and a record number of countries are taking part. the un general assembly asked the icj for a non—legally binding advisory opinion, as to the legal consequences arising from israel's ongoing occupation of the palestinian territories, so this is day six, the hearing isjust starting, turkey has 30 minutes to present its observations. later on we will be hearing from the african union and the leg of very states so this is all about the kind of, the crux of the issue in a sense it is connected in that respect. on the first da

in freezing temperatures outside the court, anna holligan, the bbc�*s correspondent in the hague, explainedes inside the peace palace here, home to the icj, could make a real difference to events that are happening on the ground. just in terms of what israel has said about this case, it says there is no case to answer under the genocide convention and accused south africa of committing a blood libel by bringing a case accusing israel of genocide when the genocide convention was set up after the holocaust. genocide is really difficult to prove under international law because there has to be evidence of intent. and that's why those statements by some israeli officials were referred to by south africa during the oral hearings here at the icj, because there has to be proof of intent to destroy in whole or part an entire ethnic, racial, national or religious group. so that's the body of this case that south africa has accused israel of. but in terms of what's happened here over the last couple of weeks, they're focusing purely on provisional measures. and provisional measures have a much lower e