they could say, we will we'll give some of these measures, we'll grant some of these measures to pretoria, so for example granting humanit. aid, but not a cessation of violence, or a cessation of violence, but nothing else for the meantime, for example, investigations not to take place around the the genocide accusations from pretoria, or they could order their own special icj measures, that could be anything, or they could grant pretoria, everything is asked for for for this interim session, now we don't know which way the court is going to rule on this one, because what is crucial here to note, the ice pj itself is on trial here, western justice is on trial here, if there has been no clear case for genocide made, what is the purpose then of the international court of justice, what is the purpose of what is like the international criminal court, which is only a couple minutes further down the hague from us, so it's not just the situation in gaza that we're waiting to have a verdict on, but western justice in general, and if institutions and bodies... like the icj here at the un can provi

sorry, israelwithdrew its ambassador from pretoria immediately afterwards _ ambassador from pretorianow but south africa will— countries go from now but south africa will see this as a victory for them, _ africa will see this as a victory for them, that they took a lead, that they— for them, that they took a lead, that they brought the case, and that they have _ that they brought the case, and that they have been vindicated. daniel, we will leave it there with you for now. thank you very much. these are live pictures from the hague that you can see on your scene now. we've seen groups of people waving palestinian flags. we have also seen groups of people wearing, waving the israeli flag, this is the international court ofjustice, the un's top court, gives its provisional

in 20, 2001, he was appointed a judge on the high court in pretoria, and year later he became a judge on the constitutional court of south africa, where he was deputy chief justice for more than decade, and acting chief justice in 2013. and 2014. judsenike is also an honorary professor in the department of jurisprudence at the university of pretoria and has served as a chancellor of the pretoria technicon and the university of vitwaterstran in johannesburg. judsenike has received numerous honorary doctorates and awards. i shall now say few words about the career and qualifications of judge baraq. judge ahron baraq of israeli nationality. has had an eminent career as a judge and law professor. he holds a ph.d in law from the hebrew university of jerusalem and served as the dean of the faculty of law of that university between 1974 and 1975. he was appointed to the israeli supreme court in 1978 and served as its president from 1995 to 2006. prior to joining the supreme court, judge baraq served as the attorney general of the state of israel between 1945, 1975 and 1978. he has taught law

court in pretoria. and a year later, he became a judge on the constitutional court of south africa, where he was deputy chief justice for more than a decade and acting chief justice in 202-013-2014 judge. most seneca is also an honorary professor in the department of jurisprudence at the university of pretoria and to serve as a chancellor of the pretoria technicom and the university of vic. about this time in your hands for judgment syndicate has received numerous honorary doctorates and awards. i shall now say a few words about the career. the qualifications of judge brock judge i are on the rock of is really nationality. has had an eminent career as a judge in law besser. he holds a p h d in law from the hebrew university of jerusalem, and served as the dean of the faculty of law of that university. between 19741975. he was appointed to the as rarely supreme court in 1978 and served as its president from 1995 to 2006. prior to joining the supreme court judge correct served as the attorney general of t

he will not be allowed to leave pretoria women's rights groups have protested against his release. lester took to inform me the miller, who was outside of the prison in pretoria from it, took us through the circumstances of his release, the whole prison. it's ortiz, have said that he is eligible for parole, and as since being released up because he has to have at least half of his a 13 year sentence. but if we look back, he was initially sentenced to 5 years in prison for manslaughter. that was appealed and it was late to extend to, to the teen years. it has been quite a journey full most of the story is to, to get parole. this isn't the 1st time that he applied. it was previously denied. also linked to some of the confusion around the time served and of course reversed income's family opposing that to parole. when he was denied, lost joy, he then appeal that decision and that's when he was granted parole. and he has now returned to a family home. we believe in pretoria leave us the incomes family has said that they know that the justice system would allow full parole. they underst

jesus nation charging pretoria, putnam a boon. the works through the wrongs to pray for each member individually up to 6 hours of service hungry guns instead of tons. the when confronted with crimes of these prophets bust him up, wound as a simple explanation. always refer people to the bible because the same the same challenges that we encounter today is 7. is a lot of the exact same challenges we find in the bible and because the bible says, track the shipment and the ship will scott to so the enemy orders twice to strike the ship with which he did with the profit is put so much fun on profit ship, appreciate it so that the people who are not strong in faith, they will fall away from the system. that was some touch leaders like plus, talked to young and the mobile and continued to justify the actions of the prophets . others find the strength to move on up to spending? yeah. as you know, so if i was to escape the hickman chevy is on the headphone. i love for music once again the, even though the child for her to me into almost a

so pretoria accused israel in december of violating the u. n. 1948 genocide convention treaty this amount and is really mutually implement a ceasefire stopped. the displacement of the people of gaza and about full access for a deliveries into the english of africa has, is often spoken of the kinship for the palestinian people. having itself lived under an apartheid regime for decades into. and israel has locked out of what it calls an exploitation of the quote number of civil rights groups about throwing that support behind south africa's legal move, including organizations in australia and indonesia. and i'm a lazy and the foreign minister has similarly welcome the news quoting at a timely and tangible step towards accountability. well, let's take this conversation for later on how to international forgot to the format director general of israel's foreign ministry. and israel's form. i'm positive to south africa alone leo. now joining us live here on, on the international and a very well welcome to today. so thank you very much for spending

that were requested by pretoria here and in terms of it being a full legal victory, well it sadly isn't. i think perhaps one of the larger pieces that was missing from this was to demand immediate station of violence in the enclave from from from israel, that did not happen. what we had here was for israel to take preventative measures to stop a genocide taking place. "we also had our measures here about ensuring that those who call for genocide are punished and essentially that humanitarian aid is sent into the onclave as matter of urgency to help to prevent more losses of life and also that evidence be preserved in ensuring that this genocide case which they were attained dimension has not been settled this is making no pre'. ments about what the ruling of the icj will be in regards to the the central case, but let's just take things back a little bit here, when the question that israel wanted the icj to answer in its favor was that south africa had no standing here, so therefore the case would be dismissed in any respect, or if south africa did have funding, they did not inform israe

as here in pretoria, the the congregation moved inside. well bond is warming up, the believe us. there are also allegations that will she use discharge to groom young women for sexual relationships and fretting those who dare to speak count to day pasta, my boot, and one of which is beautiful. sounds mix up prophecy for a young woman desperately trying to find a job. the . busy the after the profit to be charged members took out the envelopes with money which they hung over to the pasta. we're not allowed to feeling that despite the allegations of food on sexual assault against their touch, lead to many congregants to sleep, defend him. the great middle part of my life. just as soon as my life my real human rights, i presume they have the own my life. so whatever the dog, you know, if the world doesn't forgive him, hey, good. the good. so little nations believes that a comfortability must come before forgiveness the jobs, but best joiners to regularly expose it's really just comments like will show you on tv on these blog. uncle solomon has become one of the most vocal put in. so

from pretoria, daniel de simone sent this report. commentator: oscar pistorius is champion!torius, convicted murderer, today leaves prison on parole. he was once a paralympic and olympic superstar nicknamed the blade runner. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and model. pistorius murdered her on valentine's day 2013 by shooting four times through a locked toilet door at his home. his trial absorbed the world. pistorius claimed to have shot reeva by mistake, thinking an intruder was in the house. i got to the bed and then i realised reeva wasn't there. at first only found guilty of the equivalent of manslaughter, he was convicted on appeal in 2015 of murder, withjudges saying his story was inconsistent and improbable. reeva's close friend says she's heard no evidence he's changed. i want to know, has he been given proper anger management therapy? and in saying that, this rehabilitation, have they focused on all of that? because in my opinion, oscar walking around as a free man without the necessary training and treatments and psychiatric evaluations, he

bbc news, pretoria.extraordinary pictures at a situation we are monitoring in yemen's capital. a rally commemorates ten fighters killed by the us navy and the red sea. us helicopters repelled an attack on a group by a container vessel on sunday. they sang three ships and killed ten attackers. the cooties have stepped up attacks on ships in the red sea to show support for hamas. the shipping giant has announced that it is diverting all of its vessels from red sea routes around africa's cape of good hope for the foreseeable future and has also warned customers to prepare for significant disruption. more than 1000 homes are under water in england after storm henk brought with it a week of heavy rainfall. a major incident is still required in nottinghamshire and there are serious delays for travellers in many counties, with roads and railway lines flooded. about 300 flood warnings are still in place across england and wales. dan johnson has this report from gloucestershire. after days of rain on already sodd

that's all pretoria has consistently emphasized that its presence at the i. c. j is only because of its solidarity with palestinians. it is a matter of public record that south africa enjoys close relations with commerce. despite its former recognition as a terrorist organization by numerous states across the world, these relations have continued unabated, even after the october 7th atrocities south africa has long hosted and celebrated its ties with from us frigates, including a senior come us delegation that incredibly visited the country for a quotes, solidarity gathering, just weeks after the mexican the south african justice minister also interest those news media after the 2nd day of the hearing, he says, is really lawyers failed to refute the arguments made by pretoria. this data visit i had to do is phase to disprove. so that's what it does. competing to that was presented before the court. yesterday. we stand by them fed the law and then all the evidence we have submitted yesterday. and we believe in stands very confident that those fed the law in viola

a representative as far as south africa made it explicitly clear that pretoria is law. so is aimed at the policies and actions of benjamin netanyahu, whose government and military, and not jewish, or as really people as a whole. or south africa also noted that it was quick to condemn the october 7th, a mazda attack on israel. but that assault is no justification for quote, genocidal acts by the idea against civilians in gaza. south african representatives have provided the following examples and is really officials vowing it to destroy garza. he must be leaving my border with a complete c. jim garza, there will be no electricity, no food, no more, no fuel. everything will be cut off. we are fighting against human animals and we are acting accordingly. cool. um the entire people and the leadership of the people that embrace them and believe in them. remember what i'm elected to you and we were member and we fight the bus. c so last, if you decide to end the siege to break the siege, it will be in my opinion, a terrible decision because without hunger and thirst among the

from pretoria, daniel de simone sent this report. oscar pistorius is champion.. oscar pistorius is champion. oscar pistorius convicted murderer today leaves prison on parole. he was once a paralympic and olympic superstar, nicknamed the blade runner. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and model. pistorius murdered her on valentine's day on 2013 by shooting four times to allot the toilet door at a time. —— locked at door. his trial absorbed the world, pistorius claimed to have shot river by mistake thinking an intruder was in the house. i mistake thinking an intruder was in the house.— mistake thinking an intruder was in the house. i got to the bed and then _ was in the house. i got to the bed and then i _ was in the house. i got to the bed and then i realised - was in the house. i got to the bed and then i realised she . bed and then i realised she wasn't there to stop at first, only found guilty of the equivalent on manslaughter, he was convicted on appeal in 2015 of murder. was convicted on appeal in 2015 of murder-— of murder. with 'udg

as anger management somebody, the ultra 0 pretoria. and that's it for me. how are a full set to be more use the top of the hour more information to on our website out is there a dot com upfront is coming up next. the house coverage of africa is what i'm most proud of. every time i travel, whether it's east or west africa, people stop me and tell me how much they appreciate coverage. and our focus is not just on the suffering but also on the more top listing. and inspiring stories. people try to tell them what's happening in their communities in a t a n y. and as an applicant, i couldn't be more proud to be part of me. after the october 7th, the tax israel vowed to eradicate from us no, 2 months later we'll look into whether that objective is possible. that discussion is coming up. the 1st since october, 7th, accusations of genocide and ethnic cleansing. i've been use to describe some of israel's and how much does action. but what do these terms actually meet and how can they be applied in the current situation in israel and the occupied palestinian territor

the measure the matter has moved from outside the prison in pretoria. i suspect the story as became eligible for parole off to serving at least half of the 13 year sentence. he was given for the murder of reversed income. he was initially imprisoned for 5 years for manslaughter. that was appealed and then that sentence lay to extended. no, we've a stain comes family has said that while they have space, the reality, all of us got the story is receiving parole for some time. they have routinely opposed that application. they also say that they don't believe that justice has been served. that the people who are essentially facing a lifelong sentence is reverse team terms. family as they continue to mourn their door to they say they don't believe that she told the truth around events during the night of her mother, and that he's not remorseful and that he had lied. but they say they both have taken some conflicting. the fact that you're doing this pro period which will last until 2029. that's until the end of the sentence is that you will have to enroll in

pretoria, almost 11 years ago today . he is pretoria, almost 11 years ago today.e is being pretoria, almost 11 years ago today . he is being released from today. he is being released from prison on parole. >> well, after that release, he'll be subject to strict supervision until his sentence endsin supervision until his sentence ends in 2029. charlie peters has the details . the details. >> the killing stunned the country . the 27 year old country. the 27 year old olympian was an inspiration regional figure in south africa , regional figure in south africa, regularly dubbed the greatest national hero since nelson mandela . but on valentine's day mandela. but on valentine's day 2013, oscar pistorius became a murder suspect . pistorius argued murder suspect. pistorius argued that he believed a danger house intruder hid behind the door. the prosecution contended that steenkamp , a 29 year old model, steenkamp, a 29 year old model, had fled there after a row erupted in the night. the televised trial split global opinion . some saw the poster boy opinion. some saw the

welcome back the un top court is it here submissions next week from south africa and israel after pretoria opened a case for zionist regimes genocidal acts in gaza. south africa has asked the international court of justice to urgently order israel to stop its onslot on gaza. the south african application filed last friday is related to the regime's violations of its obligations under the genocide convention. israel has rejected the case, south africa will present its arguments next thursday while israel will set to counter pretoria's case on friday. the ic. j is expected to hand down its ruling on the request for emergency measures within weeks. court's decisions are legally binding, but it has little power to enforce them. joining us now from montreal canada is bruce katsa, co-president of palestinian and jewish unity. hello bruce, hope you're safe and doing well. um, it's been a while. uh, bruce, your thoughts why it took so long for someone to bring this case. it's um, you know, it it's been a a uh, a subject that's been discussed for a long time, that finally there is nation that step

south africa will present its arguments next thursday while israel is set to counter pretoria's caseritory, you foreign policy chief joseph burell slammed statements made by idamar ben gavier and bezalel smodrich is inflammatory and irresponsible. said force displacements are strictly prohibited as a violation of international humanitarian law, on monday, ben gaveir called for solution to encourage the immigration of gaza's residence to other countries and the reestablishment of israeli settlements there. his comments came, just to day after smotrich called for the return of israeli settlements to the coastal territory, he added that israel should encourage approximately 2.4 million palestinians in gaza to leave. the secretary general of has warned the israelis that the israeli assassination of senior hamas official sheikh saleh al-aruri in beirout will not go unpunished. national spoke a mass rally to commemorate the mardom anniversary of iranian general qasim sulaymani. hazballah secretary general said hanmed israel's assassination of hamas senior official sheikh salih as major and

in its filing, pretoria referred to israel's violation of the united nations 1948 genocide convention. south africa's application includes multiple offenses from indiscriminate killing of palestinians to the wholesale destruction of gaza's infrastructure. earlier in january, the hag-based court convened today hearings at the closing of the first day, the south african ambassador to the netherlands asked the court to order israel to immediately suspend its unslot on the besieg strip. one, the state of israel shall immediately. suspend its military operations in and against gaza. two, the state of israel shall ensure that any military or irregular armed units which may be directed, supported or influenced by it, as well as any organizations and persons which may be subject to its control, direction or influence, take no steps in furtherance of the military operations. referred to in point one above. south africa's move has been welcomed by palestinian resistance movements. hamas said the arguments and evidence put forth by south africa prove israel's crimes of genocide and ethnic cleans

pretoria's initiative has been welcomed by several countries. it's more than three months into israel's genocidal war on gaza, which has not only caused the loss of thousands of innocent. lives, but has also inflicted severe mental and physical harm upon palestinians. meanwile, the world health organizations called humanitarian situation in gaza, indescribable intense israeli bombardment, restrictions on movement, fuel shortages and interrupted communications are making it impossible to reach those in need. un agency for palestinian refugees, unra says a gazo strip is becoming uninhabitable place. meanwhile, world health organization officials have voiced concern about the possible collapse of hospital provision in southern and central gaza with hundreds of medical staff and patients having fled the facilities for their lives. who officials have warned that medics at alaska hospital, the only functioning hospital in daywalch. government have been forced to seiz lifesaving and other critical activities and leave after an evacuation order was issu

committing genocide in gauze representatives for south africa and made it expressively clear that pretoria as law suit is aimed against the policies and actions of been human natania whose governments i'm the is really military. nope, that yours are is really people as a whole. so that go also noted that 8 was quick to condemn the october 7th from us attack on israel, but novice sold is no justification for quote, genocide likes by the idea of against civilians and gals that whoever israel's foreign ministry has not directly accused the african nation of bucking the palestinian militant group south africa, which is functioning as the legal arm of how much terrorist organization isolated schools have the reality and goals are following the october 7th from mexico and completely ignore the facts at the time of taurus infiltrated as well. motor executed, muskets, raped, and abducted as lady citizens simply because they was raised in an attempt to carry out genocide all away from the courtroom and offices. a power locals inside town. forget told us they're proud of their country's decisive spe

daniel de simone, bbc news, pretoria., oscar pistorius story is reflected uonthere? ., ., ., ., upon there? almost a decade ago, and it almost feels — upon there? almost a decade ago, and it almost feels like _ it almost feels like yesterday, because when we talk about the athletes, especially somebody like oscar pistorius, who overcame great adversity and was a celebrated sprinter, there is almost a sense of having misunderstood something. with gender—based violence, here in the united states there is still the feeling of celebrities, are these the people, are we rightfully exhibited them? are we excusing the way in which they treat their partners or any romantic interest? we have almost swept it under the rug in some cases, so i recorded have been back then but since then we've had that meet to movement and the sense that women are to be heard and trusted and believed. so, i think with the death of riva, there was a sense of how could this happen and be almost painted over, glossed over, if you will and i don't know wha

he has pretoria home. she had been in the, in the bathroom of that house. and the story said, save that, he thought it was me true to put into the home and late to find out off the shooting her 4 times that he was actually his girlfriend. he been students to trial and the public trial and was initially said to culpable homicide. that sentence, nature changed to a sentence of murder. right? i knew you mentioned the terms of his parole in your 1st and so just a token through what those were briefly and why there was confusion over as well relating to the parole. there was confusion about when he was actually supposed to be a 6 on parole. a because he was initially samples of court with comfortable homicide and that was late to change the department of correctional services and had some confusion over the timeline of when he should actually get parole. that was late to clarified off that he went to the constitutional court and made an application for the to be kept on that. and that's he was released on parole today in terms of the conditions he's conditions i

administer jose and i'm are up the loan young congratulate at south africa as well as the dns over pretoria success of the i. c j. i would like to congratulate the south african government and people, the people of palestine and south africa's foreign minister. now that'd be put in door on the country success and its lawsuit against the zionist regime with the international court of justice. i once again reaffirm these law make republicans around support for the south african governments initiative from over 2 weeks. the international court of justice has been reviewing the south african case, accusing israel of committing a genocide in does up on friday, the court ruled that israel has committed some of the acts alleged by south africa . of course, it's not the final verdict and in fact it's what's known as fremont fe shape, which refers to evidence not sufficient to establish a fact or to raise a presumption of fact, unless re bought it. deeds are enrolling issued by the court ordered 6 provisional measures, including for as well to prevent genocidal acts at the shore. the provision of hu

j has rejected israel's request to jump south africa's case against is ro, completely deciding pretoria has all legal rights and authority to initiate such a case meetings, the legal fights will continue. we have been able to speak to some people here in tel aviv. all those we talk to are in favor, all these really operations as they see it as an act of self defense. also as a we have been to demonstration hang support of the idea of offensive with people even saying they prefer to see more as strikes on the inquiry, even more intense notes refresher. let's take a listen to what people we have been able to speak to have to say. i am pleased that the upper right something guys and can continue because we've, at uh, eliminating hom, us is ro is going to the side squad, security risk. i mean, fact medium old table will die. i believe that the, the army has, has put all the 1st to prevent the civilian. so kidding, i'm not happy that they didn't to say then. so i agree with the accusation of africa with cervical, which sounds like this trip. it to me is really public is kind of divided and t

so. 6 the are being policy like seen in the city of pretoria as people celebrate the quotes routing, they believe the i such as decision is a with in snapshot of the think i had to be the 1st african. it's faced to call them the world to stop is are and we think this is a is a victim, not only for the setup for the victory, for the order. so me the because because you came in the us. well, they have to sit back and realize the day of his boss of genocide because they was applying the arms and all forms. so the victory is coming also. but no calls in the inbox, cold calls and, and plays happen going to the i, c, j swings, quite often peasy, optically, since it stopped short about ordering a safe spot. the, because this is good, disappointing to us. we will wait for the international court of justice to issues to make to decisions then that such as a ceasefire. i'll return to all homes in the know, all right and stopping the blood shots in the gaza strip, the rest of the city. what is happening in gauze which does not require court. everything is clear to the naked eye. the issue of ge

some of the evidence that the officials gave was the residence of gauze that were quote, animals. pretoria statement of course came during a press conference following not 1st day of hearings. i hate in the ways of these the ministers is the members of parliament. the general office of the army speeches are just calling people to play the same. human animals shows that the statement of intent to wipe out the police didn't and people out of gaza that you and community on the illumination of racial discrimination, stated that side language is an incitement to genocide. suddenly the well as not succeeded in stopping the generals like that just cut into unfolding. and does the international commit to is likely to remain positive, didn't respond to this atrocities, women and children in such as soon as you come. scores and hospitals have been targeted, leading to mentality and places the sort about a general and the as on the 6th of december 2023 called on the so called the concept depressed of it. hey, human integrity and cut us little feet and cousins in united nicole $4041.00 to the answers

as we all know, who is pretoria, who 1st put this case to the i c j, do we know? well the sentiment is in job up today. the yeah, i think we have got too many technical issues here, ronald. i'm so sorry the signal drops and it drops out. south africa's justice minister ronald la moda, joining us here in austin international section. and there we go. thank you for your time. hello, we are here in the program. we did discuss the case ahead of the ruling of the i c j. the panel of a sister you'll have to launch defense minister of israel, announced that he had ordered a complete siege of guys, a city, and there then that there would be no electricity, no food, no fuel. and that everything was closed on the follow up question of paul, who wields the power but most importantly, economic and military power. the fact that it's gotten to this point, i bought this genocide of this catastrophe. oh, the wide variety of atrocities that have been visited upon the kind of thing and people, not just since the 7th october. we can take the fall back to 1942 to 1967. we have talked

the president of the cool that she really run down all the complaints and all the issues of what pretoria has alleged that israel is committing in gaza. and to be honest with you, a good 30 minutes, i'll start with a fair amount of legal, legal ego, legal jog, and but to get down to what they just said, they've just said something very, very important ahead, john, don't you hear the president of the international court of justice of the i c j listing now provisional measures by the code. the israel must agree to. now this is how they go. they number from about one to 6. so here's what we heard from the i, c j. number one. israel must take old measures to provide killings causing mental hom, or bodily harm to palestinians, but that is article 2 of the genocide convention. also the judges of the i, c j a by a vote of 15 to 2. they say the state of israel must ensure that as military does not come at any acts as described in article 2 of the genocide convention by a vote of 16 to one. israel will prevent and punish any incitement to commit genocide. also by another vote of 16 to one among th

he says israel's lawyers have failed to address the arguments put forward by pretoria. this data visit i had to do is phase to disprove. so that it does component that was presented before the court yesterday. we stand by them, read the law and then all the evidence you have submitted yesterday. and we believe in stands very confident that those fed the law in violation of the genocide convention. in particular, i would suggest i live some few areas listed it as close to the statement that is out by now is the gun and military sites. and this is what i tells the quote that these statements, a simple protocol, how can you ignore this big handle, the prime minister load? this statement of the defense minister ignore the ground, forces. seeing repeating what department is the eclipse. that is the implementation of what is meanwhile, as well as rejected a two's ations and committed genocide in gaza at the i sees a hearing and also denied the idea of bummed. any hospitals in the and cave hospitals have not been bomb. rather, the idea of send soldiers to search and dismantle

line you on 1st his counterparts across the world to jump on the one and get a folder wage behind pretoria as move in date. as i was prime minister benjamin netanyahu has criticized the international criminal court verdict cooling. it's ludicrous and claimant it's was issued and supposed to from us are you own we own more show i've been to me. there is no greater absurdity than that of yesterday on the eve of international hall, a customer member in stay. today. those who came to the hague to accuse us of the false and outrages charge of genocide, in whose name did they come in the name of home us and the name of the new nazis who came to commit genocide on us. i say again to you, the citizens of israel, that our commitment is to fulfill our will and achieve all the goals of the war to eliminate him, us, to return all the hostages. and to ensure that god's up will no longer be a threat to israel. that's what you mean. wild people instead of eve clashed with the police doing onset government protest outside the defense ministry building. the, the, you can see the scale of the crowd a, some

daniel de simone, bbc news, pretoria.day strike after the collapse of talks between unions and the company. hundreds of flights have been cancelled to and from spain. ground staff are protesting about contracts signed by the state—owned airport operator with new providers. the airline said madrid would not be affected, but airports in other parts of the country would, including barcelona, ibiza and mallorca. our top story this afternoon: hundreds of flood warnings remain in place across england — after days of heavy rainfall on already saturated ground. and coming up — a tale of two seans — a new guide dog for our bbc colleague after an 18 month wait. coming up on bbc news: can rafael nadal conitnue his winning run on his comeback from nearly a year out with an injury. he's in action against australian jordan thompson. a bbc investigation has found some online pharmacies are selling prescription—only drugs without robust safety checks. bbcjournalists posing as patients were able to obtain more than 1,600 prescription only

he says, israel is lawyers have failed to address the arguments put forward by pretoria. this data visit i had to do is phase to disprove. so that's what it does comparing to that was presented before the court yesterday. we stand by them fed the law and then all the evidence we have submitted yesterday. and we believe and stands very confident that those but the law in violation of the genocide convention in particular, i would suggest i lied some few areas this date is that i think that it's close to that. they've been laid out by, you know, is there anybody to gun in military sites and do this is that it tells the quote that these statements, simple rhetorical, how can you ignore this been handled? the payment is the big load. the statement of the defense minister ignore the ground forces seem repeating what department is the eclipse? that is the implementation of israel at the hague, has gone so far as the claim that no actual bombings on hospitals were committed by israel. the hospitals have not been bomb, rather the idea of send soldiers to search and dismantle mili

in pretoria, honey man, move as in gaza and stephanie deca and occupied east jerusalem. but 1st, to a salma, been jotted at the hague and assigned the took us through what we're expecting in court today. the but it, it can see behind me the sun is beginning to rise over the peace palace here in the hague. with this line, my case is short. the good going to commence with south africa is going to convince the international court of justice that what it deems israel is doing and gaza amongst the genocide and it is not at this moment who wants to go looking for to, for the international court to declare it as dignified, but immediately stop. would it be the acts of genocide? so there is a wrong laid out $84.00 page documents with hundreds of foot notes where it has collected evidence from the international news organizations and yours. you ended up, it was on various issues regarding this conflict on the disconnect funding of civilians on most of this basements on targeting of facilities such as cultural incentives and health facilities on all the acts that israel has not ju

the court notes that israel — pretoria.e israel ministry of foreign affairs on 6th of december23, ministry of foreign affairs on 6th of december 23, which was subsequently updated and reproduced on the _ subsequently updated and reproduced on the website of the israel defence forces _ on the website of the israel defence forces on _ on the website of the israel defence forces on the 15th of december 23, under— forces on the 15th of december 23, under the — forces on the 15th of december 23, under the title, the war against hamas. — under the title, the war against hamas, answering the most pressing questions. _ hamas, answering the most pressing questions, stating that, i quote, the activation of genocide against israel— the activation of genocide against israel is _ the activation of genocide against israel is not only wholly unfounded as a matter of fact and law, it is morally— as a matter of fact and law, it is morally mug hadn't —— repugnant, end of quote _ morally mug hadn't —— repugnant, end of quote was _ morally mug

now and is ready. official came out the other day saying pretoria, you will be judged for this meantime. in the past 24 hours, we've been reporting that as well as trying to pressure politicians and other countries to become pro is riley and to counter the south african uh, coal in the international court of justice. and by the way, oh ma, just a moment ago when you talked about this, what many people are now courting the illusion that was just narrative for the start of these mass rape allegations reports now is rarely investigated con, to find the so called rate victims. apparently they were raped by hamas, they call find the victims. now on the one person they did find said i wasn't raped . why did you put my name in the news papers? you know, it does is narrative omar, that is really troubling because it's pushing falls narratives around the world. and now meantime people sit back and they don't know how to respond. exactly, and even the bbc can you imagine the bbc had shown a report from us today and it was baseless. it was based on some here say and some news from here and there w

he's believed to be staying with his uncle in a suburb just outside of pretoria.frican law that allows convicted felons to be eligible for parole once they have served half of their sentence. but look, he's got a lot of conditions around his parole. we know that hcan't drink alcohol. he can't leave the community that he's living in without getting permission from the department of corrections. we know that he has to notify them of their -- of his movements and also that he will be receiving these spontaneous visits from department of corrections officials. he will have to serve community service and undergo anger management courses until december of 2029 when his sentence is officially over. and should he violate any of these orders and these conditions around his parole, he will be sent back to prison, ana. >> this has been a dramatic case from the beginning. how is steenkamp's family responding to his release? >> reporter: yeah, you know, we heard today from reeva steenkamp's mother. this is an incredibly difficult time for them, though they respect south africa

daniel de simone, bbc news, pretoria.s us that our idea of these planets might be wrong. a study reveals that earlier images of neptune may have been enhanced to show details of its atmosphere altering its true colour. instead of neptune being rich blue and uranus green — the planets are both shades of greenish blue. stay with us here on bbc news. take care, bye—bye. hello. after such a wet week, i can bring you some better news in the weekend weather forecast — because, although it will be colder, it is also going to be drier. now, not completely dry — still a few showers around, a few bits and pieces of rain, particularly as we start saturday across northern and eastern areas where we have had a fair amount of cloud. but this slice of clear sky spilling in from the west — that's been allowing temperatures to drop, with some frost and fog, and ice to start saturday morning, with so much water around. where temperatures have dropped to freezing or below, we're likely to see some ice. some of the fog could be slow to clear

daniel de simone, bbc news, pretoria.nd the lawyer representing reeva steenkamp's family. thank you for joining us on the programme. i am looking at some of the comments made by mrs steenkamp and she says she welcomes the positions made by the parole camp that she asked has there been justice for reeva? has oscar said enough time? what is your assessment?— said enough time? what is your assessment? ~ ., ., ~' assessment? well, we need to work with what we — assessment? well, we need to work with what we have. _ assessment? well, we need to work with what we have. our— assessment? well, we need to work with what we have. our south - assessment? well, we need to work| with what we have. our south african legal system says that if an offender has saved a certain portion offender has saved a certain portion of their sentence they are eligible to be considered for parole. and once they have been considered for parole, the parole board takes into account all of the information that has been placed before them and then they make

the former paralympian left the attradgeville correctional centre on the outskirts of pretoria withoutle is that he does not talk to the media. it's thought he's now at home, with reports suggesting he is staying at a house owned by his uncle, in the upmarket waterkloof suburb of pretoria. as you can see, several police vehicles have been parked outside the residence. let's take a look at the background to this case now with daniel de simone. commentator: oscar pistorius is champion! | oscar pistorius, convicted murderer, today leaves prison on parole. he was once a paralympic and olympic superstar nicknamed the blade runner. his victim was girlfriend reeva steenkamp, a law graduate and model. pistorius murdered her on valentine's day 2013 by shooting four times through a locked toilet door at his home. his trial absorbed the world. pistorius claimed to have shot reeva by mistake, thinking an intruder was in the house. i got to the bed and then i realised reeva wasn't there. at first only found guilty of the equivalent of manslaughter, he was convicted on appeal in 2015 of murder, with