Minister xijinping outlining the countrys to ties. Ahead of an election year, labours keir starmer sets out his partys key messages. Hello, im Annita Mcveigh welcome to bbc news now, 3 hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. South africa has filed an urgent request to the International Court of Human Justice in the request to the International Court of humanjustice in the hague request to the International Court of Human Justice in the hague asking that the court all delete in order israel to halt its offensive in rafah and do more to protect its civilians in gaza. In its findings, south africa described rafah as a last refuge for palestinians in gaza and said israels assault on a population meant that new measures needed. It is the latest intervention by the South African Government and its legal case against israel. It argues that on top of direct military attacks, israel is starving palace unions in gaza by Obstructing Access To Food and fuel and medicines. Israel, meanw
Outside mariupol in ma nush, they appear to show more than 200 new graves, rows and rows, in fact, of mass graves. one ukrainian official in mariupol says that russians are driving truck loads of corpses to the site and dumping them. this official calls this, quote, direct evidence of war crimes as well as attempts to cover them up. president zelenskyy says tonight that mariupol continues to resist russia despite everything the occupiers say. president biden said today that there is, quote, no evidence yet mariupol has completely fallen. perhaps referencing the few remaining holdouts in that steel plant. as biden announced $800 million more in weapons for ukraine, including dozens of howitzers, nearly 150,000 rounds of ammunition, and more tactical drones. and he also directed this vow at putin. he will never succeed in dominating and occupying all of
His great grandfather who founded the country. it is possible the north is planning an underground nuclear test in south korea. activists in syria say two towns are under attack by the military. the government plans on pulling back troops from em battled areas where the regime says it eegs a truce deal. the cease-fire agreement, which is supposed to take place today is seen as perhaps the last chance to keep the country from sliding toward an all-out civil war. you are starting to see images, john, of mass graves across syria. this is, my god, it s looking like the ball kins in the 1990s. i m drawn to what the west was saying about gadhafi. how long do we allow it to