news asia coming up 9 marcey leader rejects genocide charges at the hague on sun suchi says the accusations are incomplete and misleading when it comes to the military's crackdown on the hinge of muslims look at the reaction from human rights watch. and sticking with myanmar we take a closer look at a system of segregation that some compare to apartheid top and across wrong kind state. plus priests have kept track of them for centuries now this sacred ice ridges of japan's lakes could be melting away into history. i'm melissa chan welcome to g.w. news asia think you for joining us it's day 2 of the international court of justice is hearings in the genocide case against myanmar and the country's leader on sun suchi has spoken she acknowledged the possibility that the military could have used just a portion of force and that it might not have taken into account civilian safety enough but also said that these actions do not fulfill the definition of genocide. mr president it cannot be ruled out that disproportionate force was used by members of the defense of this is in some cases in this is a

running so you've covered southeast asia for about 2 decades i don't know you might have even met on sun suchi does her change surprise you at all . it surprises me a great deal. you know i met her 2 times in the 1993 in the period when she was released from house arrest but the reality is that the person i talked to then in the person i'm seeing in the hague seem to be 2 entirely different people. you know the sad thing is that she appears to be using this situation of their own as a vote gathering strategy to support her party in the 2020 alexion she's playing the nationalist card here there have been rallies all over me on maher you know saying they support her and and accuse the international community of basically making things up against myanmar the reality is that these crimes against the rowing i have been incredibly well documented by the end of the un and by others and the as we saw in there in her testimony was given in the hague later earlier today she doesn't have any concrete arguments against. myanmar has been accused of not going to the hague what is the outcome that the gandhi

on sun suchi has long defended me and mars 27000 crack down on their hinge or sane and target militants and shall do so again at the hague. and majority myanmar the scrutiny of the un's top court has stoked indignation. over there not just accusing one person in myanmar they're accusing the whole country we actually even leave everything that unsung suchi does will be ok. a decision from the hague over me and marse treatment of the ranger could take years a long and uncertain week for justice for people that have already lost so much. protests have erupted across india after the lower house of parliament overwhelmingly passed a controversial citizenship amendment bill also known as cab the proposed legislation makes it easier for religious minorities to obtain indian nationality but it explicitly excludes muslims opponents of the bill say it violates india's secular constitutions other fears an influx of unwanted asylum seekers in northeastern state protesters blocked roads as part of an 11 hour shutdown there were also rallies in the capital of delhi t w was there to get some reactions

refugee camps of cox's bizarre a woman who once represented hope is now a pariah the consensus here on sun suchi must answer for what happened to the rohingya. you will hear of our how was it wasn't it we pray to a law that we will get justice. she is not a good person we once prayed sincerely to god for her who supported her when she came to power she did no good for us she's a liar we hate her she did nothing for us she is responsible for the genocide she talks to does she really does it. from one doorstep to the next march testimonies of ruthless violence at the hands of myanmar's military. the other is another one of the 2 soldiers help me down while one of them rape me in front of my mother and 4 children. by searching our i show what i did not come with you my daughter was crying so they hit her on the head with a weapon out of there go to the time when i was alone hunger. i lost 8 of my sons and grandsons they were all but shot by the military. really thinking. the military burnt our homes relative we were a family of 18 and they killed 12 by burning them alive. there were more than 2000

on sun suchi has long defended me and mars 27000 crackdown on their hinges sane and target militants and she'll do so again at the hague. and majority myanmar the scrutiny of the un's top court has stoked indignation. although they're not just accusing one passing to me and mock they're accusing the whole country we actually believe everything that unsung suchi does they are. a decision from the hague over me and marse treatment of their could take years a long and uncertain wait for justice for people that have already lost so much. britain votes on thursday of this week that will likely decide the fate of bricks and the future of the world's 5th largest economy the country is divided and the choices reflect that prime minister boris johnson's conservatives or the socialist led opposition labor party as part of our election coverage we take a look this week at both parties the conservatives and labor tonight we focus on the conservatives they are leaving in the opinion polls but as many as one in 5 voters remain undecided. johnson i think he will do it think he's a man sway history

i mean mars leader on sun suchi has arrived at the international court of justice in the hague to defend me and maher against accusations of genocide well the case over the military campaign against the regional minority was brought by the african state of the cumbia sochi is due to speak on wednesday. leaders of russia and ukraine have agreed to implement a cease fire in eastern ukraine russian president vladimir putin and ukrainian president the lot of resilience he met for the 1st time to discuss the conflict centered on the don bass region it's currently held by russia backed separatists. france is into a 6th day of strikes on public transport and in schools all the industrial action is in protest against the government's proposed pension reform which would force workers to either retire later or face cuts to their pension funds. want to turn our attention now to new zealand authorities there have raised the number of people killed in monday's tannic eruption 6 people are still missing presumed dead and dozens are injured many with severe burns as search teams are unable to return to

us tonight from one peter we appreciate your time your insights helping us better understand on sun suchi thank you no problem thank you. british voters go to the polls tomorrow thursday for an election which could decide the fate of breaks it in in the unlikely case you haven't heard brakes of course is the country's exit from the european union which has not been implemented yet the conservatives are pushing a simple message promising again to do what they have so far failed to do to deliver as they say breaks it but today we want to look at the opposition labor party which is led by jeremy corbyn now their campaign has focused on the growing divisions in society and they're promising to give the british public a chance to rethink bricks. it's time for real change that's the message the labor party wants to get across to voters gerry corbin is pledging to nationalize utilities and pour money into public services and in years of austerity under the conservatives we've had 9 years in which 150 people have become millionaires in britain we've had 9 years during which 4000000 children are l

leaders defended her country against allegations of genocide at the international court of justice on sun suchi called the claims which relate to a military campaign against rainbow muslims misleading and incomplete can there be genocidal intent on the part of the state that actively investigate prosecute and punish is soldiers and officers who are accused of wrongdoing although the focus here is on members of the military i can assure you that appropriate action would also be taken against civilian offenders in line with due process there will be no tolerance of human rights violations in the rakhine or elsewhere in the room. with less than 12 hours to go before the polls open in the u.k. election party leaders have been crisscrossing the country making their final pitches to the verses the latest polls indicate the gap between the conservative and labor party is narrowing ahead of a vote that will determine britain's future within europe. protesters have clashed with the police in algeria a day before the 1st election since mass demonstrations began in february demonstrates a say the poll is

see that the delegations are walking into the courtroom now we've seen me and my state council on sun suchi who is leading the defense of me and the foreign minister of me and effectively the country's leader she has arrived in the building a short time ago as well we want to hear from her on choose day we expect her to lead the defense when me and my has it's session on wednesday the gambians as i say will open these proceedings in the next few minutes and the reason why this is going to be a relatively brief affair over the next few days is because while this is the start of a genocide trial which may take months possibly even years to complete the 1st order of business is that they gambians want the judges in the i.c.j. to order preventative provisional emergency measures basically ordering the government in the military all of me and to take measures to ensure the safety of the security to ensure the rights of the ring of people in iraq and also where i'm sorry things are going the court has just begun speaking and let's have a lesson call. that he will exercise his following impartiali

now myanmar's later on sun suchi is that at the international court of justice defending her country against allegations of genocide she called the accusations misleading tucci insists the military has been conducting a legitimate operation against armed groups and that action has been taken against the use of excessive force on tuesday as your g.'s sat through graphic accounts of mass murder and rape detailed against the military the allegations stem from the 2017 crackdown which forced more than 700000 mostly written jim muslims to flee to neighboring bangladesh and that the genocide intent on the part of the state that activity investigates prosecute and punish this in offices who are accused of wrongdoing. although the focus here is on members of the military i can assure you that appropriate action will also be taken against civilian offenders in line with due process there will be no tolerance of human rights violations in the rakhine or elsewhere in the i'm not the kind to day suffers an internal conflict between the buddhist alekhine army and me a mass defense services muslim

meanwhile on sun suchi told the court on wednesday that the accusations are an incomplete and misleading picture of the situation she added in the past hour the country's military justice system needed to be given the chance to work on your my requests the court to remove the case from its this in the alternative to reject the google requests for the indication of provisional measures submitted but again. this is a president and members of the court that concludes remarks observations. let's bring in our correspondent wayne hay he is joining us live from the hague is a strong case and representative from the gambia weigh in what's happened in court today. yes well we have now seen the end of the phase phase one really of what is potentially going to be a very long genocide case against me and we heard the closing arguments on thursday 1st from the gambia and now from me and bother me and my lawyers really spent most of the time during the closing arguments once again arguing legal technicalities whether this court has the jurisdiction to hear the case also looking at the interpretation o

from the genocide hearings at the international criminal court or shipping prize by many at home on sun suchi has come under criticism for her defense of the military at the hague the nobel peace prize winner and denied the torture mass rape and killings of the ring of muslim minority around 3 quarters of a 1000000 of whom fled the military offensive 2 years ago 6 to overcrowded camps in bangladesh a major earthquake has shaken the southern philippines in the same area struck by tremors in october the magnitude $6.00 quake was in devout province at least one child's reported killed when a wall collapsed and other buildings are reported to have crumbled trapping people in the rubble no tsunami warning issued but electricity supplies are disrupted and damage assessments are underway. police in new zealand have confirmed a 16th person has died from injuries in monday's volcanic eruption specialists who are in protective clothing returned to white island on sunday but so far failed to find the last 2 missing bodies scientists say the possibility of a 2nd eruption has receded but the island is sti

mislead the people and they're benefiting their political goals ok but when you talk about strategy sun suchi arguably doesn't seem to have much of a strategy i mean since the original exodus began she has maybe her critics might say clearly try to avoid actually talking about that's why what she's saying now is so significant no i don't think so because of what i what we're observing is she has. to pick up whether she'd follow the international standard of principle in politics or she followed the same method the military's doing like populism which is targeting muslims and look at the party situation in 2015 she didn't allow any muslim member of her party to stand up in the election during the 2 than 15 election and this is that this strategy is continuing now so that means the strategy is based on the muslim strategy n.l. also using that the same card into those in 20 years well and you can see now is very dangerously. so worried about that is her party is not promoting her image that the as if she's going to protect the nation from the from the from the attack from there any kind of issue

al-jazeera leader on sun so she is at the international court of justice in the hague defending her country against allegations of genocide she called the accusations misleading suchi insists the military has been conducting illegitimate operation against armed groups and that action has been taken against the use of excessive force on tuesday on tonsil she sat through a graphic accounts of mass murder and rape detailed against the military the allegations stem from a 27000 crackdown which forced more than 700000 mostly rolling of muslims to flee to name.