they told the international court ofjustice in the hague, that the three months of bombardment violated the genocide convention of 191i8. south africa also alleges, that israel had a genocidal intent against palestinians in gaza, nurtured at the highest level of state. israel has dismissed the case as atrocious and baseless. its lawyers will begin their response on friday. south africa is calling for an immediate halt to the israeli military operation. in court, lawyers outlined the case against israel. the material confirms the rights and issues and their violation. that israel has committed and is committing acts capable of being characterised as genocidal. you have heard from ms hassim about direct extermination of thousands of people and children of the palestinian population in gaza since the 7th of october last year. and south africa and the world together stand witness to the forced evacuation of over 85% of the population of gaza from their homes. and the herding of t
of scaled back celebrations because of covid. many parts of the world have already ushered in 2023 with dazzling celebrations. just seconds from now, the clock will strike midnight in paris, the city of lights, especially tonight. let s go live to paris right now. now let s go to times square. how is the crowd looking there, gloria? reporter: pamela, it s so exciting. six hours to go. the big crystal ball is being put up right now. i just want to direct our viewers attention right to the top of one times square. that is where the big crystal ball is coming up. you can see it on the screen. 11,000 pounds of waterford crystal. this tradition goes all the way back to 1907. that is when the first crystal ball went down to mark the beginning of the new year. people here are excited. they have been waiting for hours. six more hours to go. i want to show you some of the crowd here. people have been lining up, bundled up. they re excited. this is a really big moment. we re get
details about the suspect arrested in the brutal killings of four idaho college students. a source telling cnn police were tracking 28-year-old bryan kohberger as he drove across country from idaho to his parents home in pennsylvania around christmas time. the arrest comes seven weeks after those four university of idaho students were stabbed multiple times as they slept. a source telling cnn that dna found at the scene was entered into a geneology database and that helped crack the case. the suspect identified as a graduate student in criminology who made a chilling social media post trying to solicit information from criminals to try to understand how emotional and psychological traits influence decisionmaking when committing a crime. now now, i understand you just spoke with the suspect s attorney. what are you learning? that s right. he only has one attorney at this point. it s the chief public defender for monroe county, northeastern pennsylvania. his name is jason leb
Clashed for the second day running in central paris. The unrest was caused by a deadly shooting on friday at a kurdish cultural centre. Those are the headlines on bbc news. Now on bbc news, zelensky The Making Of A president. For weeks, Volodomyr Zelensky has been leading from the front as ukraine resists russias invasion. Explosion comforting the war s many victims, berating ukraines enemies. Sobs. And demanding more from her allies. A war that was supposed to last days has now lasted months. Russias advance has stalled, and in places it has been pushed back. Applause president zelensky is now lauded as the man of this moment. I think your leadership has been extraordinary. But it wasnt always like this. Before the russian attack, questions were being asked as to whether zelensky, a former comedian, really had what it takes to lead ukraine. In 2019, i was very sad, it was like a tragedy knowing that zelensky could become president of ukraine. I wouldnt say he had policies, he had dire
a batch of new transcripts. what did donald trump jr. tell the committee? plus, a message from moscow. nearly 70 missiles pierce the ukrainian sky in a massive attack. the target ukraine s energy grid. the objective to force war weary ukrainians to spend the holidays in the pitch black. and the united states revives a covid travel restriction for passengers traveling from china. that s what we re watching this hour. hello, everyone, i m amara walker in for kate bolduan. developing, the january 6th committee releasing deposition transcripts from 19 witnesses, many of them donald trump insiders. now, the list includes the former president s son donald trump jr., kimberly guilfoyle, the former fox anchor and trump jr. s girlfriend. stephanie grisham, alexa farah griffin, stephen miller, a former top adviser, christopher miller, the former acting defense lawyer and paula reid joining us with the latest. what did he tell the committee? a lot of news in this batch of transcri