have you on the programme. let s begin by reflecting on that preliminary ruling from the international court ofjustice last week in the hague. you in the south african government were hailing it as an historic victory. but i would put it to you that a few days later, it has changed nothing. would you agree? it is indeed a historic victory. it has affirmed an international rules based order, which has also brought to an end to israel s exceptionalism when it comes to the gaza strip. and we believe that the state of israel will have to be put under pressure by the international community, by the multilateral forums across the globe, including the un, to abide by the. ..by the court order. and indeed, as you have said, the.on the ground, the situation has not changed much, but we believe that with time the needle will definitely move for the benefit of the children of gaza and the elderly women and women in general and all the people that are based in gaza. you were the opening
minister, it s great to have you on the programme. let s begin by reflecting on that preliminary ruling from the international court ofjustice last week in the hague. you in the south african government were hailing it as an historic victory. but i would put it to you that a few days later, it has changed nothing. would you agree? it is indeed a historic victory. it has affirmed an international rules based order, which has also brought to an end to israel s exceptionalism when it comes to the gaza strip. and we believe that the state of israel will have to be put under pressure by the international community, by the multilateral forums across the globe, including the un, to abide by the. ..by the court order. and indeed, as you have said, the.on the ground, the situation has not changed much, but we believe that with time the needle will definitely move for the benefit of the children of gaza and the elderly women and women in general and all the people that are based in gaz
that s concerning beijing. live from our studio in singapore. ..this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we begin in the uk, where after debating all afternoon and into the evening, mps have voted in favour of the latest version of the government s plan to send some asylum seekers to rwanda. that s despite some tory mps rebelling and pushing for changes to make the legislation even tougher. prime minister rishi sunak argues that the rwanda plan will deter people from crossing the english channel in small boats from france. our political editor chris mason reports. the ayes to the right, 320. the noes to the left, 276. the sentence that tells you the government has won. after all the noise, the numbers. the rwanda plan lives on. this is what all of this is all about. the government has promised to stop the boats. the numbers are down, but migrants keep coming. this was dover this morning. the rwanda plan is ab
health issues for two british royals. issues king charles is to be treated for an enlarged prostate. catherine has had abdominal surgery. and china s population is shrinking for a second year in a row. we ll take a look at why that s concerning beijing. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it is newsday. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. it comes hours after the houthi said, they targeted another cargo ship in the red sea. and thatis cargo ship in the red sea. and that is a spokesperson says the us owned ball carrier was struck by a bomb cowering drone in a direct hit. this map appears to show the vessel changing course and a past few minutes, the houthi s have said they will carry on attacking ships in the red sea in protest against israel s bombardment of gaza. that s despite a us decision to return them to the list of global terrorist organisations. tom bateman explains what the resignation rather means. well, what