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anna holligan reports from the hague.to be risky. iceland's quirky, 10 years, is one of the favourites to win. after a routine test, one of their team was found to have contracted the virus. the result came the day after a member of the polish delegation also tested positive. this was rafal rehearsing poland's entry, the ride, on stage, inside the rotterdam ahoy, last thursday, at which point they were all in possession of a negative test. malta, another one of the bookie's favourites, and romania are staying at the same hotel. as a precautionary measure, they will have the more stringent pcr test and self—isolate. wave to the people over there! these two cases have occurred despite the strict covid measures in place. every country is told to remain in a bubble, as the uk's james newman, who is staying in a different hotel, explains. we have to isolate and then when we get there, we go straight to the hotel and we get tested constantly, obviously, and it is all covid—safe, social distancing and everything. and we are not

okay, well talk to again then step austin in the hague. and then use a head as israel rejects the un call for an independent investigation into possible war crimes and gather the reality on the ground is all too clear for those displaced. and molly's military says detained. a transitional leaders have been freed. thing is, where are they? ah, ah, it's time for the journey with sponsored by cut on airways. hello. we got some very heavy rain stretch across southern parts of charges. might you, france, of course, and in fact, 97 rivers are at warning level and we are going to see further heavy rain here. over the next couple of days you go, there's a front stage 3 weather system which will bring further spells of very wet weather and across central and southern parts of china over the next couple of days. better news for japan. those are system makes his way out into the open waters for the time being much of japan will be fine and probably some pleasant sunshine coming through to tokyo, getting up to 29 celsius northern parts of honju up int

now, i was 0, steadfast and reporting live from the hague step. thanks. iran, the president is urging the country's supreme leader to allow more candidates in next month's presidential election. hassan ro, honie says that he's written a letter to i follow the hominy. who has a final say on all state matches for honey criticized a decision by the election watched on to reject several nominations. counselors approved 7 out of the $600.00 candidates the limit husky. jake. i wish the conditions were different than the guardian council would have allowed more candidates to be added. the nature of the election is competition. if you take this from the election, it becomes a body without life and falls down. this is the essence. there must be a tight race for reelection to happen to a high turn out an important election guaranteed to legitimacy of the establishment . and this is a fundamental thing. we have forgotten this. 5 out of town, i was a serious asset bank is there. so i said, president ronnie, clearly not happy, we expect to hear anything from t

anna has this report from the hague.ter: behind me is the main shopping street in the hague, and blessed week non-essential shops and outdoor seating areas outside cafes and resurants were allowed to reopen, but that went against the advice of the scientists, advising the science it -- government was that was too soon, as hospitals average capacity and intensive care its, others have stoed admitting new patients, and some have delayed, postponed or even canceled roune operations. tonight, the government was due to hold a press conference and expected to announce that zeus, museums and gems could reopen on the 11th of may. that has been postponed, and the government is due to reassess its next steps at the weekend. katty: during the pandemic, abuse towards people of asian backgrounds has increased dramatically. in new york city, hate filled attacks against asian americans rose by more than 800% last year. in london, the figure has more than tripled. the bbc's special correspondent has been meeting victims of these attacks

the bbc's van mulligan was in the hague for the verdict. >> it was historic.an hear cheers behind me. the court case just ended and the district court found a shell must reduce emissions. the judges says -- said they can and must. it is the first time a court like this has rolled a company has a responsibility. the groups behind me here are those that brought the case, six ngos, plus more than 7000 dutch citizens. they argued that shell him of the multinational old -- oil giant, was violating human rights by continuing to use fossil fuels despite the impact on the environment. the judges have ruled that shell must reduce emissions. i have been speaking to shell over the past few days. they tell me they are making efforts. they do not believe the court is the right place for this. this verdict could set off many more around the world as campaiers see theirattle to protect to the planet can also take place in courts. >> shell has said it will appeal the verdict. here is the view of the energy export cornelia bayer. >> all of these restrictions put now on oil com

to be built on wetlands south of the hague this is an office tower he has designed for rotterdam. so it's better to prepare for the future because the fact is we don't know what you should look like as we get more water. and why extreme ring places growing fear are so as as we don't know what the future will bring you have to be flexible. the architects vision is of a flexible city made up of floating elements that can be shifted adapting to the changing realities and needs of its inhabitants. through it thinking leads to some unusual ideas floating nature reserves for example these were developed for new york to improve. the project fell through at the last moment so although the project is not built it's not that the knowledge is gone it's part of this is growing. the recent kind of tipping point and the tipping point is not to be built war is that there are more architects who are interested in history early years there you see all the city didn't use the water then we can say. at the beginning. they used to say pods will soon be built just outside new york on the hudson river

designs front and climate change proof buildings we caught up with him at his water studio in the hague via video link. and i think this is what life's all about you have to be flexible and you have to be. and what it is exactly what it is almost everything for me it's i think it's my of my life were. similar things in everything you do for almost 2 decades he's been developing projects on water all over the world houses on pontoons the rise and fall with the tines pillars that moves like boats. floating in lead on as a native of holland knows about floods after my studies not understanding the living is completely crazy fighting against water only pumping water out and how can there be no living on the water. live with the water the use the water . at the beginning of his career he designed for looting houses for wealthy clients his water boarding were found all over the netherlands. most notably since fighting started travelling around the world we saw that all the cities there so what they suffered for so many more problems change their perspective it was. no longer about building th

i am unaware of activity at the hague.here was some earlier reporting and china, january, 2020, right after the pandemic began. that is my understanding. there was some reporting done by chinese journalists, bloggers, activists, and that was shut down quickly, and scientists in china were told not to speak out on this topic and so forth. again, not pointing fingers or drawing conclusions, but it does way -- raise questions. host: from georgia. bill. good morning. caller: good morning. my question is, i wonder what contributes more -- what contributed more to the deaths of over half a million people in the united states -- where the virus came from, or the last president deciding and saying to bob woodward that he was going to minimize it, and actually are allowed the virus to spread throughout the united states. i am just confused. which is more important? it does not matter where it came from, what happens is what happened with the former president did with that information. host: bill, let me turn the question to you --

he designed frantic and climate change proof buildings we caught up with him at his studio in the hague via video link. and i think this is what. you have to be flexible. and what is exactly what it is almost everything for me it's i think it's my own my life were. similar things in everything you do for almost 2 decades he's been developing projects on water all over the world houses on pontoons the rise and fall with the tines pillars that moved like boats. in leo on as a native of holland all to see knows about floods after my studies not understanding the living is completely crazy fighting against water only pumping water out. how can there be no living on the water don't live with the water. at the beginning of his career he designed floating houses for wealthy clients his water boarding and found all over the netherlands. and when i started traveling around the world we saw all the cities there so what they thought was for so many more programs change their perspective those. no longer about building to be about understanding problems. can be our own. solutions. which are often t

new building site very 1st floating apartment complex is due to be built on wetlands south of the hague this is an office tower he has designed for rotterdam. says it's better to prepare for the future because the fact is we don't know them through to look like now do we get more water. and why extreme rain. growing 3rd or so as as we don't know what the future will bring you have to be flexible. the architects vision is of a flexible city made up of floating elements that can be shifted and tapped into the changing realities and needs of its inhabitants. thinking leads to some unusual ideas floating nature reserves for example these were developed for new york to improve. the project fell through at the last moment so although a project is not build it's not that the knowledge is gone it's part of this growing. the recent kind of tipping point at the border is not just built war there are more architects were interested in history early years all the city taking used the water. at the beginning of the month. they say pods will soon be built just outside new york on the hudson river wat

so often has more from the hague. while the woman many invalid with regard as their elective precedence atlanta to sky, i had walked into this building behind me issues meeting the prime minister of the knowledge mark of that and also foreign minister guy. and of course high on the agenda is what you will be and lead us very angrily have called the hijacking of the ryan air play. and also the arrest of i'm on the safe h and so yes, up they go. his girlfriend, they are both detained and also seen as being badly beaten and very ill treated. so there was a lot of concern here in the european union. they immediately called for sanctions closing the space, not blocking the flight and so, so sublime at the sky is here to make sure that the sanctions now this time around will be much more serious than they were previously. because already more than 80 people, organizations, business people, politicians are on the sanctions list for many months already off the the correct down that happened last year and bella was but so far

step often has more from the hague. there was an absolute outburst of joy here at the court in the hague. people hugging each other some even into years. even people here will work at the court said it was a very special day. it seems like something has changed. the friends of the earth called a monumental victory for our planet and for our children, because indeed it is for the 1st time that a corporation is being housed responsible for climate change. and not only governments are responsible, so shall, is now ordered by the judge to cut down emissions. and that's how we 1st the former chief adviser to the u. k. prime minister has told the parliamentary committee, the government has failed the public and it's kind of virus response. dominant coming says he and other officials, too late. cummings was ousted from downing street and november amid rumors of a rift with the prime minister. rounds president is urging the country supreme leader to allow more candidates in next month presidential election. ronnie criticized a

carbon intensity of its products by 20 percent in that timeframe. steph austin reports now from the hague of joy after the lamp mapping, living in the hague, would in $17000.00 dutch citizens in half an environmental groups at the cape, arguing the shell, and they just people's lives and future generations. when it's carbon emission, it's enormous. it's phenomena, historical for the 1st time we really have a major tone, to reduce climate change and ensure a safe and happy future. for my 3 kids and all kids in the world. for the 1st time, the court ruled that not only government, but also companies have a responsibility to reduce climate change. but if the court orders royal dutch shell through it's company policy to reduce c o 2 emissions and also those from providers and consumers, by the end of 2030 to net 45 cent compared to 20. 19 to a huge blow to shell that had pledged to reduce its emissions by 20 percent in a decade. but now in order to wrap things up, the company says it's disappointed by the verdict and will appeal to not only get the boost to the more than 17000 dutch citizens

so she already said before she came here to the hague, that more needs to be done. statements are fine, a prime minister, it has also call to on the look shanker to step down, he said we are all set up. the european leaders of fed up with him, but she says these statements are not enough directed sanctions should be implemented, where the regime, it really is going to feel a lot of these things on the table are the fertilizer fact we will be a scholarly, a very important source of income for the regime. and that's also on the table among european lead us media, hong kong media tycoon, jimmy ly has been given another prison sentence, taking part in the anti paging protests of 2019. he's already serving a 14 month jail term on similar challenges. 7 other leading activities were also sentence lies. assets were frozen this month on the beijing national security laws . katrina, you reports, democracy, activists, and media. ty, could jimmy lie is no stranger to courtroom. on friday he was handed another sentence 14 months in jail for his rule and protests against the chinese government . on

step, fasten reports now from the hague of joy, up to the landmark and living in the hague would in 17000 dutch citizens, in half an environmental groups at the k, arguing the show, and they just people slides and future generations. it's carbon emission, it's enormous. it's phenomena started normally for the 1st time, we really have a major tone to reduce climate change and ensure a safe and happy future. for my 3 kids and all kids in the world. for the 1st time, the court ruled that not only governments, but also companies have a responsibility to reduce climate change. but as the court orders royal that shows it's company policy to reduce it c o 2 emissions. and also those from providers and consumers by the end of 2030 to net $45.00 cent compared to 2019 there was a huge blow to sheldon had pledged to reduce its emissions by 20 percent in a decade. but now in order to wrap things up, the company says it's disappointed by the verdict and will appeal. that's not only get the book to the more than 17000 dutch citizens and south. and i'm probably a mental run this case. this will have an

anna holligan reports from the hague.routine test, one of their team was found to have contracted the virus. the result came a day after a member of the polish delegation also tested positive. this was rafal rehearsing poland's entry, "the ride", on stage inside the rotterdam ahoy last thursday, at which point they were all in possession of a negative test. malta, another one of the bookie's favourites, and romania are staying at the same hotel. as a precautionary measure, they will have the more stringent pcr tests and self—isolate. wave to the people over there! these two cases have occurred, despite the strict covid measures in place. every country was told to remain in a bubble, as the uk's james newman, who is staying in a different hotel, explains. we have to isolate, and then when we get there, we go straight to the hotel and we get tested constantly, obviously, and it is all covid—safe, with social distancing and everything. and we are not allowed to leave the hotel at all, unless we go into the arena, and then we

so often has more from the hague. there was an absolute outburst of joy here at the court and the hague, people hungering each other some even in 3 years. even people here will work at the court said it was a very special day. it seems like something has changed. the friends of the earth called the a monumental victory for all planets and for children, because indeed it is for the 1st time that a corporation is being housed responsible for climate change. and not only governments are responsible, so shout is now ordered by the judge to come down, emissions. and that's a very 1st, i should say 45 times by 2030, which isn't nearly half. and that's only complying with the part with agreement. so now there is a court ruling offering a company to abide by the congress agreement, of course, as the friends of the earth, and also all the other organizations have filed this case. and clearly, one this case say that could mean that the, this could have huge implications for not only oral companies worldwide bite, but any compan

there was an absolute joy here at the court in the hague, people hungering each other some even in 3 years, even people here will work at the court said it was a very special day. it seems like something has changed. the friends of the earth called the monumental victory for our planet and for our children, because indeed it is for the 1st time that a corporation is being housed responsible for climate change. and not only governments are responsible, so shout is now ordered by the judge to cut down emissions. and that's a very 1st, i should say 45 times by 2030, which isn't nearly half. and that's only complying with the part with agreement. so now there is a court ruling offering a company to abide by the towers the dream and of course as the friends of the earth, and also all the other organizations have filed this case. and clearly, one this case say that could mean that the, this could have huge implications for not only oral companies worldwide bite, but any company was involved in any way of global warming. the president of ela, ruth says he was protecting his country's people

resistance army after he was abducted by the group as a child was convicted on $61.00 counts at the hague in february a judge says he ordered the killings of civilians and adopted children. in the chambers for you know imprisonment for a period shorter than 25 years could constitute an adequate proportionate and just so and joint sentence in light of all of the relevant circumstances of the present case at the same time such a joint sentence acknowledges only congress unique personal history and safeguards the prospect of a successful social reality. and consequently the concrete possibility of future reintegration into society christophe to take a is an expert to what was an expert witness in the trial of when and he says the length of the sentence is a surprise. it's higher than what many people expect that it's higher than what the prosecution asked the prosecution asked for 20 years. and he got 25 years. also it's clear that although his experience as a child the child soldiers being abducted was a mitigating circumstances it wasn't taken into consideration for his but the ability the

anna holligan reports from the hague.land's quirky ten years sentence case is one of the favourites to win. after a routine test, 0ne one of the favourites to win. after a routine test, one of the favourites to win. after a routine test, when the result came a day after a member of the polish delegation also tested positive. this was them rehearsing pulling's entry on stage inside the rotterdam arena last thursday, at which point they were all in possession of a negative test. walter, another one the bookie's favourites, and romania are staying at the same hotel. as a precautionary measure, they will have the more stringent pcr test and self—isolate. have the more stringent pcr test and self-isolate. ~ . have the more stringent pcr test and self-isolate— self-isolate. wave to the people over there! _ self-isolate. wave to the people over there! these _ self-isolate. wave to the people over there! these two _ self-isolate. wave to the people over there! these two cases - self-isolate. wave to the people | over there! these

anna holligan is in the the hague. last week all nonessential shops and outdoor seating areas, outside cafes and restaurants, were allowed to reopen, but that went against the advice of the scientists advising the government, who said it was too soon to relax the rules. now some hospitals have reached capacity in their intensive care units, others have stopped admitting new patients, and some have delayed, postponed, or even cancelled routine cancer and heart operations because they are so overwhelmed with covid patients. now, tonight the dutch government was due to hold a press conference and was expected to announce that zoos, museums, and gyms could reopen on the 11th of may, but that has now been postponed. these streets are really divided, actually, between those who have covid fatigue — business owners desperate to reopen, to be allowed to save their livelihoods — and people who are afraid that, with only about 5 million people vaccinated, covid still poses a considerable risk to dutch society. the government is

we must leave at the moment rabbani many thanks for joining us from the hague thank you. ok let's step away from the events in the middle east just for a couple of moments chileans are voting for a 2nd and final day to elect 155 delegates to rewrite the country's dictatorship iraq constitution voters are also choosing governors mayors and local councils are seen as a test of support for the government had a presidential elections in november latin america editor the c n human with more now from santiago. it's a historic election in more ways than one it's the 1st time chileans will have a say in who will write a new constitution and document that will determine the country's economic political and social roadmap. beddes and her husband believe it's no small feat if he had this will define our future that's why this day is so special and a quarter of them in order to make the necessary changes the social changes that we've been waiting for for so long that it is chileans are also lifting mayors governors and city council members but the constitutional those is regarded as

new building site very 1st floating apartment complex is due to be built on wetlands south of the hague this is an office tower he has designed for rotterdam. so it's better to prepare for the future because the fact is we don't know if you look like now do we get more water. and we're extreme rain. growing spirit or so as as we don't know what the future will bring you have to be flexible. the architects vision is of a flexible city made up of floating elements that can be shifted tapped into the changing realities and needs of its inhabitants. through it thinking leads to some unusual ideas floating nature reserves for example things were developed for new york to improve quality the project fell through at the last moment so although a project is not built it's not that the knowledge is gone it's part of this growing. lucian's. the receiving end of the interview is not just the biltmore point is that there are more architects were interested in history only 2 years old the city didn't use the water. at the beginning of the month. they used to say pods will soon be built just outside

get more on this from michael ware who's standing by in nairobi who's been monitoring events at the hague this was not a straightforward case in any way guilty of $61.00 charges including murders rape and sexual slavery but he himself had been brainwashed as a child the victim himself. not just brainwashed but abducted from his home when he was between 9 and 13 years old forced to commit atrocities that was typical of how the lord's resistance army operated taking children from their homes brutalizing them and then forcing them to commit atrocities against their own communities in case after trying to run away at one point as a child he was reportedly forced to skin another child alive as a punishment and these kinds of things were very common which of course provided a very brutal environment in which these abducted children grew up and themselves told the judges just a couple of weeks ago that he wasn't responsible for any of these atrocities because he was forced to commit them and he grew up in that environment as we've just heard the judges say that this sentence of 25 years reflects

so she already said before she came here to the hague, the more needs to be done. statements are fine, a prime minister, it has also call to on the look shanker to step down, he said we are all set up. the european leaders of fed up with him, but she says these statements are not enough directed sanctions should be implemented, where the regime, it really is going to feel a lot of these things on the table are the for july. so fact we will be a scholarly, a very important source of income for the regime. and that's also on the table among european lead us friday. prayers have been held peacefully at one of his most sacred sites. around $40000.00 pounds indians gathered at the locks a most compound, it occupy the jerusalem. it was in stark contrast to the violent scenes a week ago before a sci fi was agreed between israel and mass. but in the occupied west bank, there were confrontations between palestinian protesters and israeli forces. demonstrators have gathered in the village of beta south of nablus to protest against new sacraments in the area. we wanted garza people are going to

he was acquitted of war tight -- war crimes at the hague in 2019.t's bring in our correspondent for more on this. good evening to you. what could this mean for him, for about -- for ivory coast? give this a sense of what this means. >> it is interesting because there have been two months since the international criminal court upheld the acquittal that was made in 2019. it has been interesting. there has been a committee set up between government members and party members and other sympathizers did they have used the last two months to state his homecoming. just the last two weeks, the -- it remains to be seen what this announcement today actually means because they jumped the gun because government was supposed to make the announcement. they could have a smooth transition of him coming back to ivory coast. we have the data. i don't see the government saying he will come back on another date. his lawyer also confirming that date today. of course, he has enjoyed many years of's port -- years of support. they have said things about this not the injusti

so the varsity is live for us in the hague. so step talking about implications. what is this ruling me now that it's kind of shifted responsibility from governments to companies when it comes to carbon emissions, right? absolutely, there was an absolute outburst of joy here at the court and the hague, people hungering each other, some even in fears. even people here work at the court said it was a very special day. it seems like something has changed. the friends of the earth called the a monumental victory for all planets and for children. because indeed it is for the 1st time that a corporation is being held responsible for climate change. and not only governments are responsible, so shall, is now ordered by the judge to cut down emissions. and that's how we 1st actually say 45 percent by 2030, which is a nearly half. and that's only complying with the power agreements. so now there is a court ruling offering a company to abide by the powers, the dream and of course, as the friends of the earth, and also all the other organizations have filed this case. and cle

here in the hague say we're down temple dutch people of indian origin like hindu priest to be cast of adi are also stepping up. the seal the impact whatever is happening in india has a direct impact on our community here as well to value wants to send positive energy to do those who are suffering. or. do feel in different ways so whether it's whether it's material support whether it's fundraising. with the pay or the different ways of reaching those people they're. taking a break from the headlines instead filling her screen with faces of faraway loved ones who are yet to meet her baby found in person she knows the funds and resources she's helped collect are just a drop in the ocean india's staggering covert crisis but for 9 hopes of saving even one life back home. a petition to cancel the torture and embrace has been submitted to games organizers on friday 350000 people signed the petition in just 9 days it comes as the country faces a full wave of course on a virus infections the capital tokyo osaka and other prefectures are already under state of emergency but the government appea

thursday on with was a commander of the lord's resistance army he was convicted on multiple counts at the hague in february a judge said that he ordered the killings of civilians and abducted children his is the 1st person he is the 1st person at the i.c.c. to be found guilty and found to be a victim of the same war crimes. and australians as china's decision to suspend bilateral trade talks is disappointing beijing's suspended economic dialogue indefinitely accusing cambra of a cold war mindset relations have plunged to a multi decade lows and spacing blocked imports of australian goods over the past year china is australia's largest trading partner. and jailed hong kong democracy activist joshua wankers given another 10 months in prison for taking part in a band vigil last year commemorating the a tenement square crackdown 4 others were jailed for up to 6 months course you can follow those stories on our website at al-jazeera dot com the clock will be here with al-jazeera news i'm just under 30 minutes next its people in power south africa do stay with us. today on al-jazeera. from a 3rd wave

developments of a developing story later pictures coming to us out of the international criminal court at the hague, marking the 1st time, a suspect accused of war crimes in sedans, da, for region as appearing before the i, c. c. it's day one of the pre trial hearings. the case of allie abd l. rockman, a leader of the ginger, we'd militia indoor for in 2007, c. c issued an arrest warrant for him, charging him with 50 counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes for a tax in, for villages in west, 420032004. let's just get a sense of what's been going on there inside the courtroom. she thank you, your honor on the defense bench today, vanessa got a legal advisor ahmad isa case manager, and i think the registry for one. miss murray. cut hong is responsible for analysis of evidence and our person responsible for language analysis to attend remotely. and as for myself, i am serial loud cheap, your representative of the big same star with the principal concert for obesity. please. good morning, mister president jars a group of victim indeed represented today by counsel from the office of public also

the main suspect, former president omar al-bashir, appeared to be handed over to the court in the hagueo see the former president in jail along with others and all be handed to the criminal court. that's a basic demand for people in darfur that they will not back down from. the transitional government should cooperate without any conditions from the international criminal court. reporter: the lawyers urged the governors to assist icc prosecutors who will soon visit darfur as much as possible. it took nearly two decades to bring the horrors to the international court and now they have to decide if they have enough evidence to put him on trial. if it does, this could mean others will follow. al jazeera, from the netherlands. lauren: iran has told the united nations nuclear watchdog it will extend the monitoring agreement with the agency for another month as talks continue over resurrecting the 2015 nuclear deal. the three month deal agreed in february was about to expire. there were concerns that could jeopardize the talks in vienna, which are aimed at reinstating the 2015 nuclear deal, u

let's go live now to sierra step boston, who's in the hague step. what's the reaction to this verdict? what does it mean for shell? well, this is a really a historical further the landmark verdict here in the hake. because this is the 1st time that a court has now ordered a comm corporation. a multinational company like shall to reduce its emissions because it says the climate change is endangering lives of people and also against human rights. the european preacher of human rights is here also part of this, this court. of course, the plaintiff 217000 plus dutch citizens who have filed this case together with $7.00 and $4.00. your mental groups are really, really excited about us. we just hearing the verdict right now. so we have and they haven't even come out of the court room just yet, but i'm sure they're very excited about it because they were not that optimistic before. but the same court ruled 2 years ago that the dutch state was also responsible for cutting down emissions and force the dutch state also to cut down by 25 percent. now this judg

anna holigan was in the hague for the verdict. it is historic.irs behind me. the court case thatjust ended with this verdict from thejudges. the district thatjust ended with this verdict from the judges. the district court found that shell must reduce its omissions and they said that they can and they must add this is historic and the first time a court like it has ruled that a company has a responsibility. the group you can see behind me here, they are those that brought this case, friends of the earth of netherlands, six other ngos plus more than 17,000 that citizens and they argued that shell, the multinational oil giant, wasn't violating humid rights by continuing to use these fossil fuels this like the impact he was having on the environment and the judges today have ruled that shell must reduce its omissions. i've been speaking to she“ its omissions. i've been speaking to shell the last few days and they've been telling me they are making efforts and they don't believe the court is the right place for this but there is no doubt this verdict

. >> behind me is the main shopping street in the hague.week all non-essential shops and outdoor seating areas were allowed to reopen, but that went against the advice of scientists advising the government, who said it was too soon to relax the rules. some hospitals have reached capacity in their intensive care units and others have stopped admitting new patients and some have delayed, postpone, or even cancel routine cancer and heart operations because they are so overwhelmed with covid patients. tonight the dutch government was due to hold a press conference and was expected to announce that zoos, museums, and gyms could reopen on the 11th of may, but that has now been postponed. >> the u.s. secretary of state is in london to meet g7 foreign ministers. the g7 is a gro that solve -- of some of the world's wealthiest countries and this is the first in person meeting the foreign ministers have had in two years. here's mr. blinken the uk's foreign secretary. top of the agenda was china, in particular the way the u.s. handles its diplomacy wit

that fasten reports now from the hague of joy, after the landmark living in the hague would in $17000.00 dutch citizens and half an environmental groups at the cape, arguing the shell, and they just people slides and future generations when it's got the emission, it's enormous. it's phenomena, historical for the 1st time, we really have a major tone, to reduce climate change and ensure a safe and happy future. for my 3 kids and all kids in the world. for the 1st time, the court ruled that not only governments, but also companies have a responsibility to reduce climate change. but if the court orders royal dutch shell through it's company policy to reduce c o 2 emissions and also those from providers and consumers, by the end of 2030 to net 45 percent compared to 2019. they're a huge blow to shell that had pledged to reduce its emissions by 20 percent in a decade. but now in order to wrap things up, the company says it's disappointed by the verdict and will appeal this further. not only get the book to the modern, 17000 dutch citizens and south, and i'm probably a mental run this case. th

the hague agreed, the corporation had a responsibility to cut its carbon footprint and orders shell tofrontier, and their battle to protect the planet. and also organisations will now realise that judges have the power to force them to change their policies. this really is a ground—breaking, historic case we are witnessing here in the hague, and the activists are clearly delighted. shell have always said they are making efforts to reduce their carbon footprint, and they will continue to do so. we've had a statement from shall in which they said, "urgent action is needed on climate change which is why we have accelerated our efforts to become a net zero emissions company by 2050." just after 11pm on bbc news, we will hearfrom an just after 11pm on bbc news, we will hear from an environmental lawyer from the us on the impact of that case. marks and spencer has reported an annual loss of more than 201 million pounds after what its ceo described as a year like no other. the 137—year—old chain said clothing and homeware sales had fallen by 31.5%, reflecting the heavy impact of lockdowns on

anna holligan, bbc news, at the district court in the hague. day s other news. 160 people are feared dead after a boat sank in the niger river, in northwest nigeria. it's one of the deadliest accidents in recent months. authorities at the scene said 180 people were on board — more than the ferry could transport. only 20 people have been rescued so far. president biden has ordered us intelligence agencies to deliver a report on the origins of covid—19 within 90 days. some reports in the us media have been suggesting there's growing evidence that the virus could have emerged from a laboratory in wuhan, rather than from contact with animals. dozens of villages along india's bengal coast have been hit by a severe cyclone. thousands of homes have been destroyed and at least two people have been killed. winds of up to 86mph have now weakened, but rising waters from the torrential rainfall have breached river embankments, swamping low lying areas. mali's interim president and prime minister have resigned. the announcement comes two days after they wer

independent online magazine produced by the arab studies institute he joins us via skype from the hague moon good to have you back on the program so look we've seen this huge surge in intercommunal violence at these mixed jewish arab israeli towns how worrying is this latest development because it's pretty much unprecedented at this level isn't it. at this level and. the scope and duration certainly is unprecedented i think it needs to be seen in the context of 2 factors the 1st one is almost 75 years of systematic dispossession and discrimination and racism by the state against the palestinians in israel. the 2nd more near term factor is that in recent years the defense of the heart of machete and some mosque has fallen increasingly apart palestinian citizens of israel given the west bank and gaza strip palestinians have not been able to go there and so when the. issue exploded in recent weeks palestinians within israel are very much involved and now you've had the extremist. jewish groups inside israel beginning you know what almost looks like a partner of sorts and of course these ar

but she have yet to be handed over to the court in the hague and worldwide for cooling. now we want to see the former president and jail along with others and all behind us to the criminal court. that's a basic demand for people in dar for that. they want back down from the transitional government should cover all the gaps created during the time of the former government by cooperating without any conditions with the international criminal court and easing job. the lawyers also urge the government to assist i. c . c, prosecutors who will soon visit, therefore, as much as possible. it took nearly 2 decades to bring the horrors of the floor to the international court. now the court has to decide if it has enough evidence to put up the last month on trial. and if it does, this could mean that us would follow subclass and al jazeera from the netherlands through military says at least 16 people, including 2 children, have been killed in an area. and then for cocaine production, the mass killings happened in a rural town and peruse amazon region where the left on group the shi

independent online magazine produced by the arab studies institute he joins us via skype from the hague in the netherlands going good to have you back so israel supreme court has delayed the hearing of this plan to fiction as harry was saying that all these palestinians from how significant is this isn't this just delaying the inevitable yes i mean i think when it comes to relations with the palestinians the israeli judiciary has always been subordinate to government policy and i think what's happened here is that they've seen the gathering intensification of palestinian protests not only in jerusalem but very worryingly for the israeli government also extending to palestinian communities within israel as well also in the arab world and i think what they're hoping to do is to try to take the wind out of the sails of these growing demonstrations at the same time it really amounts to nothing more than a than a stay of execution because is the israeli government's policy with respect to east jerusalem is very clear that it is exclusively israeli territory it is a territory in which only is

anna holligan, bbc news, at the district court in the hague.s, still to come. what happens now to the work and personal possessions of professor stephen hawking? in the biggest international sporting spectacle ever seen, up to 30 million people have taken part in sponsored athletics events to aid famine relief in africa. the first of what the makers of star wars hope will be thousands of queues started forming at 7am. taunting which led to scuffles, scuffles to fighting, fighting to full—scale riot, as the liverpool fans broke out of their area and into the juventus enclosure. the belgian police had lost control. the whole world will mourn the j tragic death of mr nehru today. he was the father of. the indian people from the day of independence. the oprah winfrey show comes to an end after 25 years and more than a500 episodes. the chat show has made her one of the richest people on the planet. geri halliwell, otherwise known as ginger spice, has announced she's left the spice girls. argh, i don't believe it! she's the one with the bounce, the g