Australian Asylum Center in Papua New Guinea. And the pope visits the scope of a typhoon cut shore by a day, because of more bad weather hello. U. S. And israel are describing it has scandalous and a tragic irony, but the process of war crimes in the occupied palestinian territories will begin at the International Criminal court. The i. C. C. Will decide if a formal inquiry should be launched and will look at the crimes on the gaza strip, and could result in charges of people. More from the diplomatic editor james bays. Over 2,100 dead. 100 of them children. The war in gaza made 2014 the deadliest since 1967. Now the first stage of an illegal process that could see war crimes charges launched. The treaty that governs the International Criminal court a declaration was signed from june 2014. The chief prosecutor of the court launched a preliminary examination of events from that date. Effect an initial inquiry to see if it will launch a formal investigation. In a statement she said from
Prorussian separatists in the east. Hundreds of thousands protest against Charlie Hebdo magazine, this time in russian controlled chechnya. Hello its been a violent and tumult oust day. In yemen. A ceasefire is now holding. Earlier 9 people were killed near the president ial palace. While the president is safe in sanaa, earlier convoy came under fire. More from yemen. The fighting is being heard from blocks away. Government forces and Houthi Rebels have been battling near the president ial palace in sanaa since early on monday. The symbol of who wields power in yemen something thats hard to know at the moment. The information minister describes the scene as utter chaos. To be honest, i dont think any single party is under control of sanaa. There are places where state is under control places where houthis are under control. Army are responding to his command and that is why both ministers of defense and interior are in this committee. There are people who wear the uniform they do not o
Chechnya against the french satirical publication Charlie Hebdo. Plus a movement against the Pegida Movement. We begin in yemen according to a government spokesman the president ial palace is surrounded. After hours of fighting in the capital between houthi fighters and government forces. Earlier the houthis seized a arm base killing 9 people. Fired on a convie convoy carrying the Prime Minister. The shia rebels took over the capital in september making them yemens de facto top power and raising tensions across the political spectrum. Reporting now from a aden. Battling near the president ial palace near sanaa since early on monday. The symbol of who wields power in yemen something hard to know at the moment. The information minister describes the seem as an utter chaos. To be honest, i dont think any particularly party is in control of sanaa. Places where the government is in control where the heutle hughts houthis are in control. Defense and interior were there in this committee but
Soil. We begin this news hour with developments out of yemen where shia Houthi Rebels have surrounded the home of the president. They are calling on the president to appoint a Vice President from their group. They also want hadi to integrate hewthy fighters into the army and Security Forces. Our correspondent has more from yemen. Reporter the general Peoples Congress in a statement said its leader and former president had sent a letter dated on december 19th to the current president , demanding him to cancel the u. N. Sanctions against the former president as well as two houthi members. Also in that letter apparently former president called on hadi to call for early parliamentary and president ial elections to end the Current Crisis and achieve national unity. In a separate development, they declared they are closing down the airport and the sea ports. Forces that are local fighters here deployed around aden to try to prevent any infiltration of any armed men. Lets talk to a visiting s
Fighters. Going to the polls to see about the future without the euro. A community that has already turned its back on the currency. Hello. Separatenists Eastern Ukraine have begun a battle for mariupol. It has seen little fighting so far but if separatists capture the city, it would be a Strategic Asset giving them access to the sea. From ukraine, Charles Stratford reports. Reporter sirens ring out across the city a walkway of more attacks. This amateur video shows residential apartments their windows blown out across the road from another building in flames. A womans body lies amidst the rubble. The body after man close by. Ukrainian soldiers patrol the streets. There is a lot of damage to residential buildings and to the market. They hit the moment when people were buying groceries. You can see the bodies lying over there. Strainian military says prorussian rebels launched rocket attacks on the port city of mariupol. Its of great strategic significance of both sides. It lies on the