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Games well find out how breakdancing is preparing for its entry into the olympics. Now the International Criminal court is preparing to investigate alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories the chief Prosecutor Says this could include charges against israelis or palestinians. Believes war crimes have been committed in the west Bank Including East Jerusalem and the Gaza Strip Palestinians say the investigation has a long way to do while israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu insists the court has no jurisdiction to investigate while natasha going to joins us now live from west jerusalem natasha talk us through the significance of this and what happens from here. Well regarding the significance bear in mind that the International Criminal court which went on line in 2003 began trying cases looks only at cases of war crimes genocide and crimes against humanity and you have a prosecutor here saying that after a policeman area investigation she is quote satisfied that war crimes either have been i am quoting or are being committed in the west bank East Jerusalem and the gaza strip and she says that she believes that by launching a full investigation she has no reason to believe that quote the interests of justice will not or wont be served so this is the thing shes calling for a full investigation now however she is not ready to proceed because shes looking for guidance from a body described as the Pre Trial Chamber over the issue of jurisdiction she wants to know if in fact she can proceed because of the issue of palestine is or 0 would say that palestine is not a sovereign state and therefore could not launch a claim with the International Criminal court the prosecutor is asking for guided she says she wants to know if the territory that would be encompassed in this investigation includes the west bank East Jerusalem and the gaza strip and she says by asking for this guidance now she hopes that it will provide greater clarity in legitimacy once an investigation is completed here is where the wheels of the legal system move rather quickly it appears that though she is calling for a very quick answer from this Pretrial Chamber on this issue it could take up to 6 months. And it has i know that israel also isnt a signatory to the International Criminal court but weve seen some pretty swift reaction there from netanyahu. Weve seen swift reaction on both sides lets start though with the palestinian side because this is been a years long process about a 5 year long process since the palestinians sought redress from the International Criminal court and palestinians right now view this as a very positive step but of course they are cautiously optimistic the executive director of the Palestinian Palestinian Liberation Organization and then a showery released a statement saying that this is long overdue this investigation into what she calls injustice in the palestinian in palestine by quote the occupier she says that the palestinians have invested their faith in the International Criminal court and hope that it will be an independent venue where they will be able to have their quote calls for justice guaranteed she says that there is evidence that israel has committed a quote multitude of war crimes and she believes that in this case the International Criminal court has jurisdiction that she expects this process to proceed quickly and shes asking for the prosecutor not to delay meanwhile as you mentioned israel has had a Swift Response even before the prosecutor made her announcement the attorney general released a statement to journalists here the Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is calling this a dark day for truth and justice hes saying that palestine is not a sovereign state and therefore cannot go to the International Criminal court hes saying that israel to has valid claims to this territory and that thats being ignored hes also saying that that these issues were supposed to be resolved during peace negotiations with the palestinians of course peace negotiations have been stalled natascha going to end there for us and western assent thank you natasha. Well moving on to other news now and the British Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of Prime Minister barak bracks at bail it sets a course for britain to leave the European Union by the end of january the legislation sailed through last weeks selter after last weeks election gave johnsons party a huge majority paul brennan reports minister to move 2nd leading Prime Minister to move 2nd reading. There is a new mood in the u. K. House of commons the knife edge bracks it votes of the autumn ancient history the tension replaced by political inevitability and in front of the newly expanded ranks of conservative m. P. S Boris Johnson was enjoying the moment his free will recall the 1st act of this new parliament in its earliest days was to break the ice floes and find a new way through a new passage through the unsuspected oceans of opportunity this parliamentary majority means that Prime Minister Boris Johnson can now press ahead with his vision of brics it the new law will prohibit any trade talks extension beyond december 2020 and it weakens parliamentary scrutiny of the executive clause on protecting workers rights has been removed and a previous commitment to receive unaccompanied child refugees has also been watered down. Critics opponents say the changes showed the Prime Minister cant be trusted for only promises over the past few weeks that they are all the party to protect rights at work at the very 1st opportunity they removed the basic provisions they said would be part of this bill that does not bode well for freshman emphatic election victory the Prime Minister has little need to contemplate the critics or placate his opponents but he will have to consider the voters especially those who switched from labor and in his words lent the conservatives their support in the election the simple fact though is that johnson has the numbers with him the ice of the right 358 the nose to the left 234. 00. The bill his bill will become law in january paul brennan aljazeera westminster right now numbers of people in india defying a police baton public gatherings to demonstrate against a controversial citizenship and all rallies are being held in new delhi and elsewhere against the law that opponents say is anti muslim violence has erupted in several cities in order pradesh state and lock now officers were seen hitting people with sticks after a Police Station was damaged a cafe remains in place in the southern coastal city of london a row where at least 2 protest as were shot and killed during confrontations with police on fast day and in new delhi thousands have gathered outside the jail and thats one of the countrys largest mosques and theyve also gathered outside a university which already saw violent clashes on the weekend students there are calling for the new law to be scrapped submenus russia has more from new delhi. I dont think the government anticipated the length and breadth of this kind of a protest initially it was only the students who were protesting but as the government cracked down on the students people have been coming out saying that this is more than just a protest on the ca. Citizenship law but also on the freedom of expression and the need for people now they are seeing is to stand up for the constitution in syria thousands of civilians are fleeing to the Turkish Border following a dramatic increase in russian led attacks activists are appealing for taki to open its frontage to allow for safe passage 7 people were killed on friday morning one of these 19 civilians were killed on thursday shelling and as strikes and in the province of escalated in recent weeks and there are reports that Government Forces are preparing for a ground offensive to secure the main highway linking the capital damascus with the Northern City of aleppo. Now the man picked to become 11 on his next Prime Minister says hell work to form a new government within 6 weeks has promised to build a team of technocrats or experts in specific fields economists and protesters there are convinced that he is capable of lifting the country out of crisis the day of incest who deserves a chance. For him to come of as an independent technocrat im looking for a technocrat government that consists of independent ministers in order to serve our country in sort out our problems that we all know about i dont know everything and that is why i believe in teamwork im an engineer and the cabinet will include specialists in Economy Finance sociology in all fields of interest for all of us to work as a team in order to solve all the problem. Is not alone going to solve all of these problems. Turning back he is in beirut and he says protesters arent happy with the new Prime Minister designate. Im in an area of the saudi these people are very much supporters of. The outgoing Prime Minister and theyre very much against the nomination. They want their leader mr hariri to be the nomination but it should be strange in the world of lebanese politics blog did not make a nomination the nomination for mr came from the shiite bloc with the hezbollah and amal. Politics the structure of the constitution here is that the. President has to be the Prime Minister has to be a speaker of parliament has to be a shiite muslim so. I have to say this this is just a small section small crosssection of whats happening in beirut mainly the sunny population here that have come out and are protesting seems to be a big demand to take that forward to get them out of economic crisis mr hariri even though both men are from the socalled old order now the. Best part of 2 months a complete overhaul of the political system here they want the techno politicians to be they want the techno crutch to be in and they want a whole new look at the way politics is done here they believe that the economics of the past 30 years has to be done away with is too much nepotism too much corruption now theyre quiet now but they were earlier on throwing stones they were quite aggressive theres a very strong presence of police here and for the moment its quiet we understand the same as were going on in tripoli these people are very happy unhappy about the way things are going but equally people say there has to be an end to these demonstrations they have to have a parliament they have to have a Prime Minister and they have to start getting economic dire situation. Whether its. A strain already. Warned the west. Engine of course rushed. Failed mission boeings new style on a module go off course after launch. Well were into a quiet spell of days from the levant to afghanistan there is cloud looping around a long way north of the caspian as you can see but much of this is low temperatures and satellite is picking up on the high ground of irans about 13 degrees in terrorism acts 16. That sort of water throughout the levant with sunshine in the sky and admittedly cold bites particularly the high ground in Northern Syria and eastern turkey that cloud is probably no more than a trout it might prompt a shower or 2 but i dont think very much the ship is slowly wheatleys it blows down the gulf is kept temperatures in the low twentys even below that the most part thats typical now the Arabian Peninsula cloudiness is a possibility even possibly a shower in a man but i dont think so 30 in mecca thats the worst place on this map nowhere to tease for the sas as you might expect it to be the seasonal rains are in angola they have shown so the number a b. And botswana as you can see but i think the concentration of the next couple of days is more likely to be in these are from tanzania through d. L. C. Back to angola we might develop showers further south temperatures in the thirtys tend to charge to that particularly in places like souter and once again the eastern side of south africa. A bombarded city. Can be rebuilt. Its buildings restored. But can shattered lives be mended. Scars randy and traumas shaped mines children and survivors of mosul share their stories. I still tomorrow a witness documentary on aljazeera. Hello again youre watching out of there a reminder of our top stories this hour the International Criminal court as preparing to investigate and the war crimes in the palestinian territories which it says could lead to charges against israelis or palestinians palestinians say its the long haul israels Prime Minister insists the court has no jurisdiction. British m. P. s have backed the Prime Ministers brecks of bill by a majority of 124. 00 the u. K. Is now on course to leave the European Union on january 31st. And indias new citizenship law is provoking the protests thousands in the capital new delhi and other cities say the legislation is anti muslim 3 protesters were shot and killed and hundreds detained by police on. The us president has lashed out at a christian magazine the call for his removal from office the publication christianity today called trump quote very lost and confused and said he isnt morally fit to be president exit polls found that 80 percent of evangelical christians voted for trump in 2016 the president responded in a series of tweets accusing the magazine of being quote very far left. Turkeys president says he cant remain silent about libya and what he calls massive merrys backed by russia supporting the battle to capture the capital letter to better ones comments follow the internationally recognized government agreeing to close a military cooperation with Turkey Russia says its concerned about the czech sending troops to defend the cities under renewed attack from Khalifa Haftar his forces following 8 months of fighting now iraqs top share leader has called for early elections as soon as possible grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani said forming a new government is the only way out of the countrys Current Crisis protest against the government started back in october after political leaders failed to choose a new Prime Minister at mass demonstrations forced to step down last month. People Trafficking Campaigners say hundreds of women are being smuggled out of burundi every year to work as virtual slaves and middle east countries as catherine so i reports from the commercial capital are forced labor sexual abuse. Complaints. Every woman in this room has a disturbing story to tell their travels to the middle east to become Domestic Workers and this is a support group for those who time work. Who are on duty says she feels traumatized by what happened to her she used to human traffickers to take her to amman and saudi arabia on different occasions she says she was mistreated overworked and not paid in the years she was abroad. To night. I went there because my mom was sick and i needed money for her medication but they did not pay me and she died they did not even allow me to come for her funeral when i returned from amman life was still difficult so i had to try saudi arabia the treatment was worse the. Traffickers started targeting mostly women in broome after under arrest broke out in 2015 following a disputed president ial election and with a struggling economy life has become more difficult most of the women come from poor areas like this one in with that death bridge to get any kind of job to feed their families traffickers know this and take advantage of it. And to Trafficking Campaign is see an average of 300. 00 women are being smuggled out of the country each year the traffickers face a prison tom of up to 20 years if convicted more than 20 people smugglers are in jail and several job agencies have been shut down. The law is helping but then midstory a Good Environment for women to report many are often scared to do so especially if they have. Exploited the people will not be accepted. For me. Nora guro credit has just returned from saudi arabia after one and a half years just promised a salary of about 200. 00 a month but says everything ended up with the traffickers. I got sick and they would not let me go home i want to end the Hunger Strike and they finally gave me back my passport when i asked for myself the only nothing. Nora give us is life in the is now even harder than when she left for saudi arabia she sells pineapples making about a dollar a day she sees its hard to survive but hopes to never again be forced to make another desperate journey to the middle east catherine soy aljazeera would you grew up rudi a Belgian Court has sentenced a former a wand and official to 25 years in prison for his role in the one 994. 00 genocide 71 year old fabi an arrest i was found guilty of war crimes including genocide for ordering the murder of 11 citizens is the 1st person to be convicted of a genocide charge and belgium more than 800000 people mainly ethnic tootsie were killed during the massacre. And muslim countries are being urged to reform their Education Systems to keep up with the rest of the world and to produce teenage leaders such as climate activists cretan bag the girls when theyre on the 3rd day of a 4 day salad in malaysia policymakers and experts from 20 countries are discussing ways to improve peoples lives in the islamic world chinas president has wrapped up his visit to macau on the 20th anniversary of the handover of the former portuguese colony xi jinping praised the gambling hubs progress since it returned to chinese rule and he warned against foreign interference in both lockout and hong kongs internal affairs. Well you know this what i would like to emphasize is that after the return of hong kong macao to the motherland the pairs of the 2 special Administrative Region are completely chinas internal affairs which brooks no finger pointing from any external forces the Chinese Government the chinese peoples will to safeguard National Sovereignty security and development interests are rock hard we will never allow any external forces to interfere in hong kong and Macau Affairs well it appears 1st microsatellite has blasted into orbit to monitor Climate Change thanks to funding from china the 8000000. 00 craft who also gather mining and agriculture data ethiopia also plans to launch a communication satellites of dutch activists have won a legal battle to force government leaders to take action on Climate Change the Supreme Court to form a verdicts forcing the government to reduce Greenhouse Gas emissions by 25 percent by next year compared to 1900 apples government lawyers argued that judges shouldnt be allowed to dictate policy but judges said in action on Climate Change puts everyone at risk a strangely as Prime Minister has cut short his holiday in hawaii and apologize for leaving the country as the bushfire emergency there wessons fires an hour blazing every state and record high temperatures are contributing to whats described in New South Wales as a cat as a catastrophic lee high level of danger just a washington reports from sydney this is the personal cost of australias bushfire crisis 2 firefighters killed when their truck overturned after a tree fell onto the road like most of the thousands of men and women battling blazes across the strand here they were volunteers who put their lives at risk to keep others safe we do need all of these men and recognise was that there is there is no phone a person of our level or more of you than someone. But hes willing to put themselves on the lawn for the want of nothing in return no remuneration no nothing but other than to simply mike a positive difference in the local Community Across their home city in sydney flags flew at half mast we cant express enough our deepest deepest sympathy and condolences to the loved ones obviously still in shock as to whats occurred and these 2 brave young men who lost their lives represents for us the thousands and thousands of volunteers on the ground bushfires have been burning across australia for months but this week the combination of heat waves and strong winds is making the situation even more volatile. More than 100 fires are burning in astronomy as most populous state of New South Wales with dozens of homes have been destroyed as an Environmental Crisis unfolds the Prime Minister found himself facing hate over his decision to take a holiday to hawaii this week many questioned the appropriateness of the leader going on vacation when large parts of the country are on fire he told the sydney Radio Station the whole day was planned before the fires began because theres been such a horrendous event. That is understandably caused a lot of. Hes been forced to return home as the situation gets even worse authorities are warning the fire danger is reaching catastrophic levels just the washington aljazeera sydney. An American Woman charged with causing death by dangerous driving in the u. K. Says she will not return voluntarily to britain and secure less as the wife of a u. S. Diplomat who was posted to the u. K. She admits that she was driving on the wrong side of the road when she killed teenager harry done last august she then claimed diplomatic immunity and returned to the u. S. Soon after the incident. The u. S. Aerospace Company Boeing has launched its fast spaceship astronauts but not without a hitch 321 and liftoff arrive of starlight knew where all the skyline is designed to carry crew to the International Space station no one was on board for that fast debut test flight the following a failed to reach its required altitude to dock with the International Space station Jonathan Mcdowell is an astronomer at the hub of the smithsonian sense of astrophysics he says its an agent setbacks about being well apparently what happened is what it was far you said just to get into orbit it was pointed in the wrong direction. And so that added the right amount of loss today but not in the right way that did raise its orbit just enough that it didnt come screaming back down in a ball of fire and crash in the ocean so it is in orbit apparently but just not the right orbit and thats going to be tough because its going to make it very hard for them to reach the space station on this test flight so were just waiting for more details about this would be very bad if the rationals on board i think theyre going to have to figure out what went wrong it may be as simple as a Software Issue and thats easy to fix if its a hardware issue thats going to take longer and so that its going to delay getting belling to fly american nationalists on american rockets to the space station now you know space x. Has its own spaceship that theyre going to be testing in the next few months so theres a real competition going on here now with sensing and skateboarding getting and c. N. N. Thanks in a bid to add will use the pale the next in line for n. P. R. Is in is breakdown thing full restore points for lola in sweden. He is firmly established on the bright dancing scene in a veteran at the age of 12. He and his 6 year old brother a part of a generation that could see breakdancing breaking as its known complete an unlikely journey to the olympics with final approval for the paris 2024 summer games expected in a years time. Do you think you could be. Yeah. 16 around. And the books. Grading medals was reading. The practice. Is hosting the undisputed masters unofficial end of year World Championships competitive breaking is run by different from scattered across the globe but the license for the olympics has been applied by the World Sports Federation which usually organizes. This is always been a culture not a sports meaning our ruling body as such but with the boring bouncing federation taking its until impacts many of them breaking it could be forgetting its roots but then just part of it is if we remove what this dance is really about. Really represents what is that. From people in ghettos arrive from people that come from impoverished backgrounds we have to keep that part of alive and i dont think you could be that successful about really earning the respect of the community or of course for the people that really live in. The culture is also being lived in countries like new and cameroon these are some of the places in which the olympics could provide exposure and aspiration for breaking its competitive element just as long as going into the games doesnt make it all about medals. Money. On the commercial people know its not going to work because greeted will not run but if you do the right people behind you with a good job and people invigorated. Them about how but its going to be good the worlds down Sports Federation has already organized breaking out the youth to lympics with the help of the community it will find out if it wins the battle for the real thing next to somebody whole race aljazeera sweet and. Hello again this is al jazeera and these are the headlines the International Criminal court is preparing to investigate alleged war crimes in the palestinian territories which it says could lead to charges against israelis or palestinians palestinians say its a long while israels Prime Minister insists the court has no jurisdiction natasha going to aim has more from west jerusalem the prosecutor is asking for guidance she says she wants to know if the territory that would be encompassed in this investigation includes the west bank East Jerusalem and the gaza strip and she says by asking for this guidance now she hopes that it will provide greater clarity in legitimacy once an investigation is completed the u. K. Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favor of Prime Minister barak johnsons baxendale and sets a course for britain to leave the European Union by the end of january the legislation sailed through after last weeks election gave johnsons party a huge majority. Indias new citizenship law is provoking more protests thousands in the capital new delhi and other cities say the legislation is anti muslim 3 protesters have been shot and killed and hundreds detained by police on thursday. In syria thousands of civilians and fleeing to the Turkish Border following a dramatic increase in the russian led attacks activists are appealing for taki to open its from tear in order to allow for safe passage. The man picked to become lebanons next Prime Minister says hell work to form a new government within 6 weeks antigovernment protesters there arent convinced that hasa india is capable of lifting the country out of crisis deb insists he deserves a childs u. S. President donald trump has lashed out at a christian magazine thats called for his removal from office the publication christianity today says trump isnt morally fit to be president iraqs top cheer leader has called for early elections as soon as possible grand ayatollah Ali Al Sistani said forming a new government is the only way out of the countrys Current Crisis protests against the government started back in october. Well those are the headlines do stay with us here on aljazeera the news will continue after inside story. Catastrophic bushfires in australia reignited the debate over Climate Change with the government accused of not doing enough why was 20191 of the worst years on record globally for wives phys ed is there the political will to find a solution this is inside story. Hello and welcome to the program back to people bushfire is a common during the summer in australia but firefighters are calling this years conditions catastrophic at least 8 people have been killed since september including 2 firefighters who died on thursday when their truck was hit by a falling tree with a more than 105