case against aung san suu cheese government was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation on the opening day it was alleged widespread abuses were carried out by me and my security forces against communities which they say amount to genocide every day of interruption means that more people have been killed more woman i've been alive and my children have been burnt alive for what crime i lived because do we are born different born of a different ways and to a different religion from doors will kill and weep them and for this honor will judge as they have been made to the ultimate place genocide. as lawyer after lawyer laid out the game because case suchi watched and listened in the court room one could only imagine what was going through her mind as repeated allegations were made of rape torture and murder by soldiers it was very important to thir have to inches away from people who are describing and really excruciating and painful detail of 'd the horrible crimes of the burmese military that happened on her watch me and says the raids on villages in rakhine state were leg

islamic nations must resolve differences to better serve their people the leaders of saudi arabia and pakistan are among those who've snopt the meeting because it was telt under the saudi based organization of islamic cooperationand the british monarch has outlined the agenda of boris johnson's new conservative governments at the top of the list was the u.k.'s plan to leave the european union which johnson has voted to by january 31st queen elizabeth said the government's with then seek a free trade agreements with the e.u. 70 marks the opening of parliament's well that's up to date news continues after parts of witness. thank you how what that's right. now we're not going to call off a hybrid that would be as i don't know with no i mean no one i mean maybe not the will for an example of business and i watch. her. you're you. look at least. you're. you. you. you you you don't let it get out of think you're going to. put somebody was not going to load on you a lot of other numbers if. you were you. alliance 8 the highly end of time and effort to bring. down the line. i'm going trying to change. and trying to. change and i want the more i move would you imagine i vote or some other wish. only a 100 washington. b

that system the lawsuit against me and ma was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation which is made up of $57.00 countries suchi also criticized evidence that present it calling it incomplete and misleading r.b.t. whatever the outcome in the hague this week there will be repercussions for me and its image tarnished on the world stage could affect its future prospects. you watch indeed every news live from berlin up next is d.w. africa with my colleague any michael jr you know forget all the latest news and information available around the clock on our website that's d.w. dot com or follow us on twitter at d w news i'm carl kasell and thanks for watching. i'm secure that volume or that's hard and in the end this is a me you're not allowed to stay here and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers who lie and say. what's your story. 'd and what numbers and women especially in victims of violence. take part.

that system the lawsuit against me and ma was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation which is made up of 57 countries suchi also criticized evidence that presented it calling it incomplete and misleading. whatever the outcome in the hague this week there will be repercussions for me and its image tarnished on the world stage could affect its future prospects. joining me now for more is mark kirsten he's a fellow at the montréal institute for genocide and human rights studies and he's the author of a book about international criminal justice thank you for speaking with us and you've been following the proceedings in the hague closely in your opinion did prosecutors succeed in making the case that a genocide occurred. well i think it's it's too early to tell. you know it's not obvious right now. but of course it was fascinating and important to see. the international court of justice. sitting in the audience having to hear the story. of. people and. she spoke what i thought was most remarkable about today was not what she didn't say and she did not use. the context of t

that system the lawsuit against me and ma was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation which is made up of 57 countries suchi also criticized evidence that percentage calling it incomplete and misleading are. whatever the outcome in the hague this week there will be repercussions for me and its image tarnished on the world stage could affect its future prospects. the death toll in monday's new zealand volcano disaster has risen to aids out for 2 people critically injured in the eruption died in the hospital officials believe 16 people lost their lives in total but the bodies of 8 more victims yet to be recovered from the island of. new zealand police say they plan to travel to the volcano on friday to retrieve the remains even though the threat of another eruption remains high. for cari from a safe distance with chances of a 2nd eruption as high as 60 percent scientists say it's too dangerous to bring back the bodies of 8 people still thought to be on the island. despite the risk police are now planning to mobilize recovery teams. ultimately we are all in exactly the sa

that system the lawsuit against me and ma was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation which is made up of $57.00 countries suchi also criticized evidence that present it calling it incomplete and misleading take whatever the outcome in the hague this week there will be repercussions for me and its image tarnished on the world stage could affect its future prospects. of these we dish climate activists grow to whom baird has become the youngest person ever to be named time magazine's person of the year the 16 year old watched a weekly school strike for the climate that became an international movement times the nelson again just hours after too bad took aim at business and political leaders meeting at the un climate conference in madrid here's part of what she had to say. to stay below 1.5 degrees we need to keep the carbon in the ground. only setting up distant date and saying things which give the impression of the action is underway will most likely do more harm than good because the changes we call it are still nowhere in sight the politics needed does not exist toda

against the rangar population the case has been brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation member nations when he reports once a human rights and democracy campaigner myanmar's leader arrived at the international court of justice accused of being complicit in genocide the case against aung san suu cheese government was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation on the opening day it was alleged widespread abuses were carried out by me and my security forces against communities which they say amount to genocide every day of interruption means that more people have been killed more woman. and more children have been burnt alive for what crime on the because they were born different born of a different ways and to a different religion from doors who kill and weep them and for this honorable judges they have been made to pay the ultimate price genocide. as lawyer after lawyer laid out the game because case suchi watched and listened in the court room one could only imagine what was going through her mind as repeated allegations were made of rape

our country against genocide charges the case was filed by gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation it accuses me of maher violating the un's genocide convention with its crackdown on more henschel muslims 2 years ago the number of sudanese troops fighting in yemen has dropped by more than 10000 so dance prime minister says 15000 soldiers were initially part of the saudi m iraqi led coalition battling who the rebels. says a political solution is the only way to end this 4 year conflict after the headlines keep it here on al-jazeera more news to come studio b. unscripted as that next. then there are rich countries we use hunger as a weapon it's much more difficult to be left wing and to be right wing you know because the history of the left is full of lies and betrayal oh it has to be subversive if you don't have a level of anger about you stand you know. what i tried to do is to turn my own life into a weapon to challenge and to question social violence one of the main issue for the people of my childhood was that we would always be dismissed as fictional my name use it while we. ar

that system the lawsuit against me on mall was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation which is made up of $57.00 countries. say criticized evidence that presented calling it incomplete and misleading. whatever the outcome in the hague this week there will be repercussions from the its image tarnished on the world stage could affect its future prospects. sketch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today israel is heading for an unprecedented 3rd election in 12 months on thursday the israeli parliament voted to dissolve itself for failing to form a government if the country will hold new elections in more. the defense ministry has confirmed that suspected islamist militants killed $71.00 soldiers near of the mali border a night time ambush of a military coup in the country's southwest also injured 12 troops and several more are missing the so-called islamic state have long been active in the area. and clashes have erupted in beirut after supporters of lebanon's 2 main shiite groups tried to attack a group of government demonstrators police fi

that system the lawsuit against me and ma was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation which is made up of 57 countries see if she also criticized evidence that presented it calling it incomplete and misleading. whatever the outcome in the hague this week there will be repercussions for me and its image tarnished on the world stage could affect its future prospects. and joining me now is mark and he's a fellow with the montreal institute for genocide human rights studies he's also author of a book about justice in times of conflict it's good to have you on the show i know you've been following the proceedings in the hague closely would you say that the case has been made successfully for genocide. i don't think we know that yet right now we're just at the very beginning stages but i do think we there's there are certain things to stress and you know today we just heard we finally heard on sensors chief speak to this and yesterday we saw her sit this posh in the only as she was told of the horrors of what's been happening against the revenge and and today what i thought

that system the lawsuit against me on mall was brought by the gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation which is made up of 57 countries suchi also criticized evidence that presented it calling it incomplete and misleading. whatever the outcome in the hague this week there will be repercussions for me and its image tarnished on the world stage to defend its future prospects. as catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today israel is heading for an unprecedented 3rd election in 12 months on thursday the israeli parliament voted to dissolve itself after failing to form a government country will hold new elections and more. nigeria's defense ministry has confirmed that suspected islam is militants killed 71 soldiers near the mali border active in the area. clashes have erupted in beirut after supporters of lebanon's 2 main shiite groups tried to attack a group of anti-government demonstrators police fired tear gas to prevent supporters of amal from reaching the protesters the demonstrators have been calling for the 2 group's leaders to step down. a new york

saudis who are said to be concerned the summit could seek to replace the big saudi based organization of islamic cooperation the cerro this thing that they are the sole representatives of the concept of islamic wall and they are the spokes people over and therefore they don't want anyone to compete with them especially when you have someone back out again and the copper is of course and the malaysians coming together to find something of course their presentation of iran as well in the summit has it created another banamex where the start of this also very upset saudi opposition has been a challenge for this summit but perhaps more concerning to the leaders here is the need to achieve something to address the expectations of 1700000000 muslims and prove the meeting is not being helped in vain how much fun or dizzy or kuala lumpur now sudan is marking one year since the start of the uprising that removed president omar al bashir from power celebrations are underway in parts of khartoum and at that's where the protests started many are still demanding justice for those who were killed in violence by governmen

as well as other ethnic minorities the gambia with the support of 57 members of the organization of islamic cooperation the oh i see fall this case against me on the i.c.j. citing violations of genocide convention both countries are parties to the genocide convention but why did the gonna be of all countries do this what was the what's the aim what's the strategy of the allies see in the gambia with this case what do they want to achieve from this case while there are 2 things that need to be emphasized you know gambia cumbia may receive that political moral and material support from oh i see also that i care that navid not just oh i see because that genocide is not simply about a muslim so this is not a muslim issue this is a human kind of a shoot back and that's why the netherlands and canada are have officially issued a joint states. say they support gumby as case and secondly the gambier team has asked for you know stopping any form of genocide 5 of policies and practices law wing the role he enters in the modern day concentration camps called internally displaced camp they're brought 120000 raw in

her country against genocide charges the case was filed by gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation and accuses man maher of violating the un's genocide convention with its crackdown on henschel muslims 2 years ago or than 700000 fled to neighboring bangladesh to escape what has been called an ethnic cleansing campaign. of new hydroelectric power stations to boost the country's energy capacity but effective communities are fighting back the projects will damage the environment. villages in the east in stage a sit in against plans to build a new hydroelectric power station on the river and it will come up but we have water and they want to take it away this woman says the company building the project says the village will get its share with me it's a. good local tells me climate change is already affecting supply. the night sure we have now want to exist anymore over the past some of the water level was low and without enough moisture trees on the left bank started to dry out this is not my opinion there are studies on the. other affected communities are taking. in april residents fr

countries support beijing earlier this year more than a dozen member countries of the organization of islamic cooperation or i see signed a statement in favor of china's policies commenting on internment camps the chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman has said the rigorousness city is part of the big family consisting of 56 ethnic groups in china tightly united together like the seeds of a pomegranate they are living a better life and fully enjoy freedom and rights china also enjoys friendly in close relations with the vast majority of muslim countries in the world. many of because exceed china's violating human rights on a large scale in the name of fighting terrorism they say their next generation has been killed before birth and their muslim identity is being systematically erased yet they argue there is no leader from the islamic world standing up to support them. some injury down to 0 and marty. funny if you look back on 2019 it has been a year when people around the world rose up against their governments in some countries that brought an end to decades of power for long time leaders and others youn

defend the country against genocide charges the case filed by gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation comes up on tuesday it accuses me of committing genocide against muslims or $700.00 thousands fled to neighboring bangladesh in 2017 the bosnian government agreed to shut down an outdoor refugee camp deemed inhuman by the european union and rights groups police have already started moving some of the 800 people living in the camp to indoor facilities severe winter conditions had made the camp unbearable for refugees many are refusing to resettle they say they plan to cross into neighboring croatia. the world anti doping agency is said to release its decision on monday on whether russian athletes should be banned from the 2020 tokyo olympics the international body has been has accused russian administrators of manipulating doping records a government sponsored doping scheme was revealed 5 years ago russian athletes were barred from competing in recent games and decision against russia on monday could also strip them of hosting rights for future sports events hundreds of protesters have

amongst those who snub the meeting because it was in the hills under the saudi based organization of islamic cooperation yes. the muslims in the their countries are in this series of crazies. held helpless. and with the of this religion which is men to be good for men. it is for these reasons that the summit meeting is organized at the very least through our discussions remain fine but when wrong we me even find solutions if not to end these get this is these 2 a week and the slamming will. of the mean to recognize the problems and their causes and the emir of qatar called on governments everywhere it's a better tackle the rise of islamophobia by the been pushed them out if you do it over to be already here we call upon western community you see deal with islam and muslims according to democratic principles in human rights that they are committed to which we also urge them to criminalize rhesus he treats toward muslims we also expect muslim in the muslim countries in the east as well to treat their own citizens and nationals equally regardless of race religion increased. to lebanon where the party of ca

concerned the summit could lead to the creation of a rival muslim body to the saudi that organization of islamic cooperation i see the possibility that oh i see as it was in vision 60 or 70 years ago may not be relevant for the future of the muslim world and this scale summit provides an opportunity to the muslim leadership coming from diverse backgrounds to deliberate more extensively on this question i think they really do why didn't there's nothing like that we're not going to compete with anybody and in fact. this family this is continental it's time consuming the life he. had there who is not going to replace the whole to take over from waverly he's not going to be a. delegate say they're here to tackle islamophobia and promote the interests of 1700000000 muslims through concrete joint action. and there was no shortage of pressing issues to discuss but you clued the conflicts in yemen libya syria and afghanistan unrest in iraq and lebanon and the plight of muslims in myanmar and indian administered kashmir summits organizers say although meetings like this are often convened to try and tackle conflict

of unity saying islamic nations must resolve differences better to better serve their people the leaders of saudi arabia and pakistan are among the meeting because it wasn't held under the saudi based organization of islamic cooperation yes it is the muslims and they their countries are in this state of crisis. helpless and with the all of this religion which is going to be good for men. it is for these reasons that the summit meeting is organized. at the very least through our discussions remain fine but when wrong we me even find solutions if not to end these get this is at least to a week in the islamic world. of the need to recognize the problems and their causes and the emir of qatar called on governments everywhere to better tackle the rice of islamophobia the taliban wish them to do over to be over already we call upon western community sit deal with islam and muslims according to democratic principles and human rights that they are committed to which we also urge them to criminalize racist hatred toward muslims we also expect muslim in the muslim countries in the east as well to treat their own citizens and nationals equally regardless of race religion increase. saddam his mark in one year since the start of

of course the organization of islamic cooperation and there have been some concerns expressed that perhaps this meeting may try to supersede that news been some criticism of the oh i see hasn't he at this summit so how does this compere and potentially challenge something like the oh i see. you know during the last few days there's been a lot of analysis about this article stalking analysts talking about the fact that this summit is going to try to create a new bloc and it is going to try to supersede the y.c. and we have see the reaction of saudi arabia putting pressure on many countries including indonesia including pakistan not to attend the summit and lead to the leaders of those 2 countries canceling their you know initial agreement to attend the summit one of the prime minister of malaysia of source said in his speech but we have. all muslim countries to this to this summit on one of these papers today malaysian newspaper said that actually the leaders of some 57 countries have been invited but the tremendous pressure put by saudi arabia on those leaders have led to only more 3 aside

international justice or a military crackdown on muslim its use is backed by the 57 nation organization of islamic cooperation more than 700000 were forced to flee to neighboring bangladesh back in 2017 protests by opponents and supporters are expected outside the court ahead of you cheese arrival of hundreds in myanmar's largest city youngun rallying in support of him from tucci as she faces the court crowds of people carried posters and flags to show their solidarity offices how team will be defending men must national interests at the course. well the un has accused me of carrying out mass rape killings and the banning of homes during its military campaign says that was conducting a legitimate counter-terrorism response and denies the charges of genocide meanwhile the gandee his legal team is asking the court to impose protections for the rich before the case can be had and full recent attempts to repatriate tens of thousands of refugees have failed with many still fearing for their safety when he talks us through the arguments of course ahead over much of a broader case inside the international court of j

not clear whether this summit presents a united platform all $57.00 members of the organization of islamic cooperation or y.c. were invited but less than half sent delegations pakistan pulled out at the last minute amid speculation that it feared upsetting saudi arabia which heads the oh i see indeed an official from the oh i see said it was not in the best interests of muslims to hold a summit outside the framework of the oh i see. at the end of the day this is a grouping of islamic leaders and organizations and they have to prove that they have the will the political will as well as the weight to champion issues facing muslims worldwide. china's president has wrapped up his visit to macau on the 20th anniversary of the handover of the former portuguese colony sea jinping praised the gambling capitals progress since the return to chinese rule and warned against foreign interference in both macau and hong kong police in italy are questioning a former m.p. a town mayor at a police chief for suspected links to the mafia ever among $330.00 ariston the largest operation since the 1980s police targeted the

delegation which is making these allegations against me and my old genocide on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation member nations and the reason as you mentioned that this. set of public hearings is going to be relatively brief is because ahead of a much broader case inside the international court of justice behind me looking at these allegations of genocide again be interesting or basically emergency provisional measures to be ordered by the judges asking that the government of myanmar the security forces in myanmar guarantee the safety the security and the rights of ringgit who are still inside rakhine state in western me and ma and those who have fled to bangladesh and who may wish to return so that is what it is requesting the judges to order the government of the to guarantee now if the i.c.j. finds in favor of the gambian request in orders those provisional measures it may demand that the governments of me and my conduct a detailed written report as well as again be in on those exact measures that they have taken place provide proof that they are undertaking those measures and report back to

the case against her government was brought on behalf of the organization of islamic corporate -- cooperationon opening day, it was alleged widespread abuses were carried out by myanmar security forces against rohingya communities, which they say amount to genocide. >> every day of inaction means that more people are being killed. and women are being ravaged more children have been burnt alive. for what crime? because they were born different. born of a different race in a different religion from those who would kill and rape them. judges,this honorable they have been made to pay the ultimate price, genocide. >> as longer after lawyer laid watched.ase, she one can only imagine what was going through her mind as repeated allegations were made of rape, torture, and murder of rohingya by soldiers. >> it was very hard to see her people whoaway from were describing in excruciating detail all the horrible crimes that happened on her watch. >> myanmar says the raids on villages were legitimate counterterrorism operations. the gambian say myanmar was and still is trying to wipe out an entire ethnic g

countries support beijing earlier this year more than a dozen member countries of the organization of islamic cooperation or i.c. signed a statement in favor of china's policies commenting on internment camps the chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman has said the reagan ethnicity is part of the big family consisting of 56 ethnic groups in china tightly united together like the seeds of a pomegranate they're living a better life and fully enjoy freedom and rights china also enjoys friendly and close relations with the vast majority of muslim countries in the world. many at because exceed china's violating human rights on a large scale in the name of fighting terrorism they say their next generation has been killed before birth and their muslim identity is being systematically erased yet they argue there is no leader from the islamic world standing up to support them. some injury down to 0 and marty. the united nations recognized government in libya has denied allegations that turkish backed syrian rebels fighting alongside its army warlord khalifa haftar us forces of accused turkey of sending what they cal

defend her country against genocide charges the case filed by gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation comes up on chews day it accuses me n. ma of committing genocide against muslims or georgia is planning dozens of hydro electric power stations to boost the country's energy capacity but some communities are fighting back fearing the projects will damage the environment is robbing far. villages in eastern judea stage a sit in against plans to build a new hydroelectric power station on the potter river and it wasn't but we have water and they want to take it away this woman says the company building the project says the village will get its share of meter. but local lawyer tells me climate change is already affecting supply in march going to. the night sure we have now want to exist anymore over the past some of the water level was low and without enough moisture trees on the left bank started to dry out this is not my opinion there are studies on this issue. other communities are also taking action in april residents from nearby pankisi battled with police over another plant more than

defend her country against genocide charges the case filed by gambia on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation comes up on tuesday it accuses me and maher of committing widespread atrocities against muslims was 870-0000 fled to neighboring bangladesh in 2017 hundreds of protesters have marched in spain's capital madrid demanding more action against climate change the crowds blocked one of the city's main shopping streets madrid is hosting the annual united nations climate change conference and the government of georgia is planning dozens of new hydroelectric power stations to increase its energy capacity but affected communities are fighting back fearing the projects could damage the environment is robin forest. villages in eastern stage a city in against plans to build a new hydroelectric power station on the laporta river valley look i'm not but we have water and they want particular way this woman says. the company building the project says the village will get its share of water. but local lawyer tells me climate change is already affecting supply i am not going to. be on the night sure we

among those whom snopt the meeting because it was in the house under the saudi based organization of islamic cooperation yes it is the muslims and they their countries are in this state of crisis help helpless an unworthy of this religion which is men to be good for men crime it is for these reasons that the summit meeting is organized at the very least through our discussions really mean fine but when wrong we may even find solutions if not to end these get this of the these 2 a week in the islamic world the omar of the need to recognize the problems and their causes. psalter through its hottest day ever just 24 hours after breaking the previous records the average temperature across the country on thursday reached $41.00 degrees celsius the heat wave is expected to worsen bushfires especially in new south wales where an emergency has been declared jesica washington reports from sydney. a crisis that has been raging for months millions of acres of land destroyed as hundreds of fires burned around the country bushfires are a normal part of the israelian summer but not like this the ferocity of this year

state in western me and the gambia taking this case against me and my on behalf of the organization of islamic cooperation member nations we heard the opening statement on behalf of the gambia from the attorney general of that country outlining some of the crimes that they believe have taken place them as you mentioned rape the destruction of those villages over the past couple of years and the reason this 1st phase will be fairly brief is because of those emergency measures that you mentioned that the gambia wants the judges inside the i.c.j. court room to rule on it once those judges to order that the me and my government and security forces guarantee the security safety and rights of the rich population that remains in recurrent state and also those who have fled to neighboring bangladesh and who want to return if the i.c.j. judges find in favor of that request from the gambia then it could well make that request and within the next few months and it will demand possibly that me and the gambia come back to the court very soon after that providing the judges with a full report of the exact measures that

concerned the summit could lead to the creation of a rival muslim body to the saudi that organization of islamic cooperation i see the possibility that oh i see as it was envisioned 60 or 70 years ago may not be relevant for the future of the muslim world and this scale summit provides an opportunity to the muslim leadership coming from diverse backgrounds to deliberate more extensively on this question i think they really do why did we there's nothing like that we're not going to compete with anybody and in fact. the saudis is complementing it's time consuming like he. is not going to replace the whole to take over from waverley he's not going to be a blow to the gates say they're here to tackle islamophobia and promote the interests of 1700000000 muslims through concrete joint action. and there was no shortage of pressing issues to discuss that you clued the conflicts in yemen libya syria and afghanistan on arrest in iraq and lebanon and the plight of muslims in myanmar and indian administered kashmir the summits organizers say although meetings like this are often convened to try and tackle conflict and