provisional ruling on a case against israel, a case of genocide, the judge in the court did a super millinery rulings. i think we might now be able to take a little listen to what the judge had to say earlier. at to what the “udge had to say earlier. , , , . earlier. at the present stage in the proceedings. earlier. at the present stage in the proceedings. the earlier. at the present stage in the proceedings, the court earlier. at the present stage in the proceedings, the court is earlier. at the present stage in the proceedings, the court is not - proceedings, the court is not required to ascertain whether any violations of israel s obligations under the genocide convention have occurred. such a finding could only be made by the court at the stage of the examination of the merits of the present case. at this age are making order on the request for an indication of provisional measures, the court s task is to establish whether the acts and omissions complained of
rights genocide convention, the plausible rights connected in this proceeding, namely rights connected in this proceeding, namely the right of palestinians in the gaza namely the right of palestinians in the gaza strip to be protected from acts of the gaza strip to be protected from acts of genocide and related prohibited acts and the right of south prohibited acts and the right of south africa to seek israel s compliance with the latter s obligation under the convention are of such obligation under the convention are of such a obligation under the convention are of such a nature that prejudice to them of such a nature that prejudice to them is of such a nature that prejudice to them is capable of causing irreparable harm. during the ongoing conflict, irreparable harm. during the ongoing conflict, senior united nations officials conflict, senior united nations officials have repeatedly called attention to the risk of further deterioration of conditions in t
when 150 russian missiles and drones were launched at cities across ukraine. our ukraine correspondent james waterhouse gave us this update from kyiv. the kremlin promised that these drone attacks by ukraine wouldn t go unpunished, in its words, and it hasn t hung around in its response. a day after launching more than 150 missiles on cities across ukraine, we are told by authorities in kharkiv, in the northeastern city, also close to the russian border, that a medicalfacility, residential blocks and other public spaces have been hit, including a hotel that our team was staying at four days ago. and itjust reminds you of the risk that city s civilian areas face. and you don t necessarily need to be close to the border or the front lines for that threat to go away. it is a threat that faces the whole of ukraine. and we ve seen this, the more than 70 launched by kyiv earlier today, on the south eastern belgorod region, around the city of belgorod, and nearby, where kyiv has sai
ukraine has come back to normal life quite fast after the deadliest air attack on its territory on the 29th of december. ukrainian has confirmed that altogether 120 ukrainian towns were damaged by russian missiles and drones. ukraine is counting its dead. at least 39 people were killed during this assault on all main ukrainian cities. and many other locations across the country. ukrainian military intelligence said very clearly if russia tries to attack ukraine during the wintertime, when the weather is the coldest in this country, and to disrupt their power supply, water supply, disrupt their power supply, water supply, to the main cities, if it attacks the civilian population, there will be a response. there will be retaliation. the ukrainian media reported sighting military intelligence, but drones were launched targeted near locations in russia. ukrainians are preparing to meet more war, which can be more difficult and challenging than the previous two years of their figh
seen as a stronghold of hamas. israeli warplanes have also been pounding the three urban refugee camps in the centre of the territory. this is an area from which tens of thousands of people have fled in recent days. and one local health official there said that 100 people had been killed by israeli bombings injust the last 2a hours. and he said that the local hospitals really overwhelmed by the numbers of casualties that were coming in. now, israel says it s not limiting the amount of aid that is getting into gaza. and it says that earlier in the day it allowed a four hour humanitarian pause in the fighting. but at the same time, there is this complaint from the un that it s really woefully inadequate , the amount of aid that is getting into gaza right now. and it has said that mass delivery of aid remains impossible because of the ongoing fighting. we ve also had fresh warnings from un health officials about a rise in outbreaks of diseases among newly displaced people. yola