Transcripts For ALJAZ NEWSHOUR 20240714

In the outskirts of the capital monrovia painesville is a suburb president george where you wouldnt usually have cause to visit residents mind the streets here arrived in attempts to calm crowds and office uproot for. Those here we sat down with at. Least 2 guys you know 5 times he said. I dont even say. We. Just. Heard that we are with our government such that there are the root of islam is a minority religion in liberia here in painesville support a strong not grumble but valid wave played my say of the people that we get up to do. Their best in now weve got to not be as a lone wolf or. An outpouring of grief for innocent lives lost chela ballasts aljazeera. Still to come on aljazeera the price of u. S. Sanctions is dashing hopes of jordans Construction Companies planning to cash in on rebuilding syria and. Iraq. And its quest. South african gang rape victims traumatic story and why shes still fighting. Hello again or welcome back were here cross parts of turkey over the next few days we do expect to see an increase of clouds and possibly an increase of rain as well not looking too bad on our satellite image right now but as you can see temperatures are quite warm and thats also going to lead to some instability which is going to really bring those thunderstorms to play so here on thursday expect to see 30 degrees by the time we get to friday notice more clouds across much of the region temperature dropping for ancora to about 25. 00 aleppo at 33. 00 and beirut at 30 degrees for you well here across the gulf it is still going to be very sticky in the morning that means humidity is going to be up very uncomfortable for many locations for doha we do expect to see 38 degrees and really kind of staying in that general area as we go towards friday as well over here towards its 27. 00 but notice the clouds down here towards amman and with that we could be seeing a shower to force a low at 29. 00 degrees but temperature wise it is going to be cape town that sees the temperatures are well above average for this time of year look at this 29. 00 degrees is our expected high here on thursday a lot of clouds in the forecast also going up the coast to durban unfortunate the 29. 00 is not going to stay by the time we get towards friday we do expect to see you dropping down to 20 but if you want the sun what the heat you want to come up to johannesburg with a temperature of 28. 00. Whether sponsored by qatar and. This is a dialogue let you decide not to have children to say that its what the take is really human survival everyone has a voice that must start with our community because of course this is a debate and its a heated one it will be asia and literally be able to do a ph d. And ideally join the global conversation with people i think if only they knew what is happening to we were muslims they will be with us and they will be outraged on aljazeera. This is al jazeera a quick reminder of the top stories this hour saudi arabia has presented its surface is undeniable evidence iran sponsored attacks on its all facilities to iran denies involvement the u. S. Says it will increase sanctions against iran. At least 27 people were mostly children have been killed in a far as an Islamic School in liberia it happened in a dormitory students for sleeping police are investigating the cause of the place. And canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has apologized after a false on mars and wearing brown face makeup to a party in 2001 the picture was published in the School Yearbook or worked as a teacher if ace is a tight National Election next month. President trump has visited the latest section of the border with mexico which is being built in california trump says the barrier is impenetrable and is being built at breakneck. Beads he hopes on 800 kilometers of the war will be completed by the end of the year during his visit the president said a National Emergency is still in place along the border and mexico could face tariffs if it stops helping stem the flow of migrants it really is virtually impenetrable any walls that were put up would get knocked down very quickly very easily this wall is not something that can be really knocked down i guess anything can but it is a very tough and it goes down 6 feet its 3 and 4 feet wide the concrete you see it right here its exposed. Well an independent watchdog will investigates the u. S. Government seizure of private land to build that border wall trump has authorized those involved in the project to seize land securing using tech liberations of the law known as Eminent Domain this gives the government the right state private property for public when it comes to National Defense Trump Administration has defended its use of the law and says all Property Owners will be fairly compensated the u. S. President is promising to completes more than 800 kilometers of fence and before next years election but so far only 96 kilometers been belts well they are fresco is a former Deputy Assistant attorney general in charge of immigration at the u. S. Justice departments he says the independent more stock findings will be crucial. Then maybe 56 are uncovered by the report of the lost on them those facts can be used in litigation if not of the wifes dog in another will actually change anything happening with regard to the mortgage or all but it can be grief the ability of right to live a day job i think the that can only increase by anything that the watch dogs find that the report was improper or was an advert for a. Prize or property along the furthermore i think the wall a is not only just a controversial issue Problem National immigration perspective but from the local Land Ownership or think that in fact that texas is a very libertarian and from the same point of when the government wants to start coming in and taking private on our land to build the wall is a bar that has been in a way where private landowners feel that their rights are being trampled upon this is going to lead to a major headache or react over all the limiter. Who will have to rise to the defense for their can do and even though politically it might be robbing popular in the general Republican Party to have a border wall or create quite a conundrum and well have to see moving forward whether its taking a private land that happened in a way that is still compatible with the Republican Party value because usually considered after the Republican Party. Argentinas senate has approved an emergency food law as the countrys economic crisis continues it follows weeks of mass protests and plays by social movements to address growing poverty and unemployment to these a burra ports from the capital. Cleaning this parking greater when i say it is is the only way these women have of making a living theyre part of a social movement that helps poor people around the country find a job and also that. Were a cooperative that provides a service to the municipality we started 12 years ago its the only jobs found there paid by the argentine government around 130. 00 a month. Some people call us lazy because we depend on the government but we work and we provide a service we also do courses and go to school. For the past several weeks the center of one aside as has been repeatedly paralyzed by organizations demanding more government help. Devaluation of the peso currency has had a strong impact on the price of food and social movements say they do not have enough. Social movements were born after the economic crisis in 2001 and they stayed and they play a role in keeping the streets active they copy whole labor unions operate in argentina and they are an example of what happens when politics reaches the streets amy a better sequel is the leader of the mend named after the wife of argentinas former president one but on he says hes organization is playing a crucial role in preventing the situation in the country from going out of control. Social movements are part of the solution because we work where the state does not some people want to demonize us because we block a road but thats not everything we do we are the ones preventing people from running to supermarkets and looting. Part of their movement she says she worked all her life even though she lived in a slum shes been able. To buy a home but now she can hardly pay the bills and. I have to pay electricity and gas and we can barely buy food i have worked all my life and whats happening to us is humiliating. Since taking office. Eliminated the subsidy and Utility Services in an attempt to regularize an economy that has been in the red for years people here tell us that the economic crisis in argentina has an enormous impact in their lives they also say that thanks to social movements they at least have a drop the problem is that in the past they used to be able to feel their fridge with food while now its almost empty. And thats why many are on the streets these days demanding the government does not look away. One of. The European Parliament members have overwhelmingly voted in favor of another brics its a lay but only if britain requests one and it comes with conditions u. K. Parliament passed legislation last month for some Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask for a delay if no agreement is reached with the e. U. Despite thats johnson is sticking to his promise that britain believe on october 31st with or without a deal you case departure from the e. U. Has already been delayed twice. M. P. s in south africa have held an emergency meeting but how to tackle rising violence against women president syria ramaphosa has admitted there is a crisis forming process urging use voles also been demands for a states of emergency. Figures show sexual offenses and general murder rates have been rising significantly in south africa over the past decades last year Police Records an average of 58. 00 murders every day sexual offenses including great have risen almost 5 percent this year according to the w. H. O. The female murder rate in south africa is almost 5 times the global average one woman every 3 hours rachelle demands a lives in johannesburg she suffered sexual abuse and horrific violence from an early age most are mother in a brutal attack she spoke to aljazeera about her ordeal and appealed for action to protect women and children your family asa sizes society asa sizes. The girls i think gang raped with a cut of my nipples at 16. My the man that. That troubled me from 6 to 9 he was living my parents home and he broke my nose and my mom was a rock and assuming that. You know when my nose was peeling my mom was murdered in 2009 asking pleaded to do with us pleading was structured she bled to death here now and thats my fight youve been abusing youve been raped and theyve taken away interesting thing of you theyre not taking away. Your body they take no height so that i can invade so much pain but i have kids and i need to keep them strong. And this is my story in the sniper. You know thats too weird for those kids probably kids for kids you know weve been. Asking day and its worse. And in southern nigeria there have been protests over the deaths of several women in hotel rooms by an apparent serial killer women dressed in black rallied for a 2nd day in the city of Port Harcourt demanding justice for the Killings Police say 8 women have been strangled in hotel rooms in rivers state in the past 2 months but activists claim up to 20 women have been killed. By Construction Companies in jordan hoping the end of the war in neighboring syria when it eventually comes will be good for business but the threats of u. S. Sanctions on them are dashing their hopes of restoring business ties broken by the 8 year long war under schapelle reports from amman. Cement is an essential Building Block for just about any construction project jordanian factories produce millions of tons of it each year but the plants here are only operating at about 50 percent capacity local demand in the building industry simply isnt there as the jordanian economy struggles so jordans builders are looking outward hoping to reenter neighboring countries cut off by conflict with. The rebuilding and exporting a port and it is in syria that will provide a huge number of Job Opportunities in jordan but no one can get into the city or market because of the sanctions and other obstacles. Whenever the war ends in syria reconstruction should mean contracts worth hundreds of billions of dollars but with syria being an international outcasts there are few International Investors willing to fund the rebuilding projects there still jordanian contractors are trying to be the 1st in line to go back in for joint investment projects. We the privacy and we cooperate with businesses anywhere and everywhere were trying to avoid the political issues but at the end of the day we are affected by politics for jordanian firms hoping to profit from reconstruction projects in syria from rebuilding hospitals schools and other infrastructure there are considerable obstacles despite being right next door a former trade minister told us that he and other jordanian Business Leaders were warned by the u. S. Government not to go back in syria and work or face u. S. Sanctions the Jordanian Business Association says it was briefed by u. S. Officials earlier this year about the cesar syrian civilian protection act the proposed u. S. Law which would sanction any non american providing construction or Engineering Services to the Syrian Government its passed the house in washington and is up for debate in the senate. Could help in rebuilding syria so if we were not. Good to see you i mean. I would say 10. 00 or proposal from the syrian side but directly the jordan a contractor we are then happy to help in the reconstruction of syria while intended to punish syrias government for attacks on civilians u. S. Sanctions actual or threatened are crippling syrias ability to trade and rebuild and the potential for companies in jordan to make money by helping repair and rebuild their broken neighbor and or chapell aljazeera im on. My 16 year old climate activist press as a member of has ordered us politicians to listen to the scientists at a congressional hearing in washington while in farmlands near the city over on a italian artist diagram brown created a giant portraits of the Nobel Peace Prize nominee it marks the brogues appearance at the United Nations Climate Action summit next week. This is al jazeera these are the top stories saudi arabia has presented what it says is undeniable evidence iran sponsored attacks on his Oil Facilities tehran denies involvement the u. S. Says it will increase sanctions against iran. I did well be airing some very significant sanctions on to iran and one morning well be announcing it over the next 48 hours and while there are many options as you know well there are many options and theres the ultimate option and their options are a lot less than that i will say a word a very powerful position or right now were in a very very powerful position canadas Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has had to make an embarrassing apology just a week into his Reelection Campaign thats after a false rumors of him wearing brown face makeup to a party in 2001 the picture was published in a school year proved while the then 29 year old trudeau works as a teacher i attended an interview gala the being was arabian nights they dressed up a lot in costume and put makeup on. I should have been. Should a known better but i didnt. And then the other story. At least 27 people will sleep children have been killed in a fire at an Islamic School in liberia it happens in a dormitory and students were sleeping these are investigating the cause of the blaze israel 2nd election this year has failed to produce a clear winner with more than 90 percent of the votes counted the sense of right blue and white party led by benny gantz has 32 seats open minister Binyamin Netanyahu slick could parties just behind on 31 weeks of Coalition Talks and are likely to try and form a new governments. European Parliament Members have overwhelmingly voted in favor of another breaks its late but only if britain requests one and it comes with conditions the u. K. Parliament passed legislation last month forcing Prime Minister Boris Johnson to ask for a delay if no agreement is reached well thats you up to date news continues here on aljazeera after the street they were this. Is their oh were going to give to the people will be attending a workshop we listen im supposed to explain apologize for someone its also terrorizing we meet with global newsmakers and talk about the stories that matter does iraq. Taking the Climate Change fight to the courts what is destroying the environment was considered a crime against humanity i for me ok im really could be alive and here in the stream as we continue our week of shows in association with the covering climate now initiative to join us in our live you tube chat or on twitter. Parts of the amazon rain forest last years in the arctic are melting and governments are failing to take meaning for steps to curb Climate Change as the crisis grows more diet some activists are hoping to force the hand of companies and officials by suing them into Environmental Compliance where than 1300 climate related lawsuits in 28 countries are currently working their way through the courts some plaintiffs are seeking money to cover damages from hurricanes and other disasters others are fighting to protect Natural Habitats and a few groups one environmental harm to be declared an International Crime alongside offenses such as genocide. In the past courts have swiftly dismissed such cases saying judges should not let a slate from the bench critics also argue that Climate Change is a global problem and not the fault of any particular group about as Public Opinion shifts on this issue the tide may be starting to turn so joining us to discuss this is joe joe metz out from strood in the United Kingdom joe is the director of ecological defense integrity and cofounder of stop eco side change the law we also have where there is. An expert on climate litigation is a lecturer in law at the university of brighton in the u. K. And finally we have many pods and im jane up from. India shes an independent journalist who covers International Environment issues welcome to the stream everyone i want to get started with our community so we need people watching this show and already sending in their thoughts from the get go because this is a topic that takes a lot of interest so this is a comment we got from dr amanda cabrero shes a legal officer at the u. N. Environmental program and heres what she told the stream we are following close on to come to a difficult site but also want to remind everybody that there is no need to wait for it beside laws in order to have a strong legal action against environmental crimes most countries already have legislation to fight and violence of crimes whats been happening as being pretty free of predicting is environment but whats missing is. For cement working to engage Police Makers to raise those issues on the political agenda. All of the public and Civil Society is also essential to really make this collective shift that we need. So george ill give that one to you is there are the laws on the books as she mentioned they just need and forcing what then would equal side tools do what they accomplish so its actually the enforcement aspect that i would really hone in on there shes absolutely right that there are plenty of environmental laws but they dont have the strength of criminal law criminal law draws a line that civil law is simply cant do a criminal law is what our 1st 12 culture if you like uses to define whats acceptable and not acceptable in that sense you know you wouldnt apply for a permit to your government for a business thats going to kill people because theres a deep moral acceptance that killing people is wrong but we dont yet have that about the way that we treat nature and if we were to actually criminalize damage to nature we would start seeing that moral acknowledgment come through and of course the enforcement because you see individual criminal responsibility if you talk about. A criminal act like murder every knows what that means but he talk about eco sideman it happened in the context of india give us a few examples of what that could be considered to be to your environment well it could have side that is already in the forest or on orders and then youre leaving or treated water into or what a body is only your dog being released which what you would. Do much for clothes or all of that does ignore sorry. But a number of them are good laws. But the government is the last offender is unsealed let said the minister is the one who leads the most untreated resistance but what about these and Industries Come next well when the lady who called me remember when she said we need to. Make policy makers aware that its absolutely got it and its not that the policy makers are not completely unaware theyre not but for example in the news c. Span mining many of those who shows a lot of it about that expect that theres a logical disaster in the making but often before the station the said ok done the deliberately so that the industry script landed i say its as difficult it is being as the finger of blame is in for you as it is obviously its the Indian Government has responsibility taken we just bring into the conversation here by a young man called mason bearing he is one of a number of Young Alaskans who are suing the u. S. Government because of the impact of Climate Change havent listened to have why he explained this and how he explains it in a pocket of earlier this year lets have a look. I remember very distinctly asking the question help me understand whats behind your need to do this and i said you know mom i have used every avenue of civics that i can think of that i can use i have lobbied i have organized i have written i have marched and when young people have been not given the seat at the table that is quite literally determining the future that they will inherit and its being entirely determined by you know people in power no matter their intentions or how good their intentions might be they do not have to be here to experience the consequences of the planet that they leave us. Just wondering if for no reason as a novel to aware of Climate Action if youre saying thats happening more and more and more where citizens at the lot of enough with it we are going to the courts what do you make of that. So i think it you know that comment you hit that rather that plaintiff hit the nail on the head because what he was trying to distill there was the idea that weve exhausted legislative avenues exhausted lobbying avenues and its not just in the United States as is true in the European Union as well and one of the only things we have the left and its a source of political forcing that has a lot of moral power its the law. We wouldnt be doing it. If you could just go to your state legislature and make changes through normal mechanisms so i think hes precisely right on that in terms of eco side i think its really interesting to think about what that 1st comment about the number of laws on the books of course we have a lot of laws on the books in some countries criminal laws that might help us fight environmental harm but its jojo mentioned one of the biggest issues we have is that most of our environmental laws are premised on the permitted destruction of the environment theyre premised on wastewater discharges theyre premised on allowing polluters to do things in certain permissible amounts and so while we do have lots of laws on the books that could help us fight Climate Change a lot of the structure of environmental law also operates against preventing harm and i think thats something thats quite easy to miss. So i want to bring this in picking up on what you said that this is one person on twitter who says this isnt the way it should be done this is what should happen c. E. O. s and government ministers would be held personally criminally responsible for any eco side that they cause for happen under their watch best this is unnecessary and powerful steer for how we treat the planet we love and live on so theyre talking about c. E. O. s and government ministers and im wondering if you think that is who is responsible are we talking about the heads of chevron and b. P. Or are we talking about governments because for you you were part of a lawsuit against the u. K. Government. So i think whats crucial about this is theres no one solution in the realm of public law or the realm of private law its not the responsibility lies squarely with the state were squarely with a set of corporate emitters. You need the combination of both kinds of liability and but at least potential liability because otherwise youre going to have shifting of the blame around youll find a government liable for something and have them shift a lot of the onus on to the private sector and what you really need is a rigid regime that allows you in the appropriate amounts to find liability on both kinds of actors so we have this conversation here its quite clear where the tests are coming from not clear how would you get this done so stop ecocide is going to judge over a long stay and they kind of laid it out in a couple of seconds have a law is like a pyramid soft law like the Paris Agreement is on in forcible it cannot protect us civil law where we find most environmental regulation also does not protect us Suing Companies is expensive and difficult corporations simply budget for it and continue to pollute only criminal law can stop the harm 124. 00 states are parties to their own statute the governing document for International Criminal law any signatory head of state can propose an amendment when 2 thirds of states sign up it becomes law there is no veto no time limit and all state parties however small would have an equal vote this is the legal fastlane. So looking at that it makes wonderful sense if you really cared about the earth but as a Major Corporation as a government why would it be in their interests to sign up for an International Law that would actually question their judgment many have explained how many instances just an injury alone where the government was responsible for the terrible things that were happening to the environment allegedly i should say i think what were dealing with here is the huge disconnect between the economic structures by which we live and the reality of how we depend on the world around us were not ultimately here were not fighting Climate Change light the anyone try to fight on negotiate with the hurrican what were fighting is a mindset what were you know if theres a struggle here its between a way of looking at the world that treats the earth as an infinite resource which we already know categorically that its not. And which treats Economic Growth as some kind of you know happiness in itself that we should all aspire to when you know the simple logic of the situation doesnt follow that path and you know we lost touch with the reality that we depend absolutely upon the nature the land the planet on which we live and from which we get all our resources all of food and everything and so you know what were really looking at here is is a mindset and actually when we change when we approach. The idea of making eco such an atrocity crime were putting it there on a level with were basically saying if you destroy the environment its like continue no its like committing a massacre and you need to take responsibility for that and so you know when you say you know were criticizing. The way that governments operate yes but thats actually fundamentally whats going on and thats what the entire Global Climate mobilization everyone from. Rebellion to correct. The youth strike you know everybody is beginning to realize that that is what we actually are dealing with so i want to bring this home from youtube someone says that it is overdue this conversation is overdue to stop those responsible for creating pollutants to enter the environment to then be held legally accountable but there are ideas among our Community Members on why it might be overdue want to bring in a video commenter a barrister and a solicitor benjamin and he explains this is really all about the money the main challenges i see it that faces those of us who want to criminalize the destruction of the global human life support system is that the very people who are responsible for writing laws are in this case also the people responsible for the 2 for the that we are seeking to criminalize every government in the west subscribes to neo liberalism the liberalism prioritizes corporate profits above Everything Else in the world corporations profit mostly in one way by destroying human life support system were asking government ministers to write legislation that would criminalize their own conduct were asking criminals to prosecute themselves theyre reluctant to do that its an absurd situation many of it is absurd in the way he lays it out there what what do you make about yes i think and you know i would like to say that the near especially with social media coming in is start think a bit of a big girl in india and i also would like to see more that was. In india we have a. Girl court rules them. When the ball the ball the sea otter. And ill hand in glove with the destroyers that. Give them the best spot of the forest for ivan and the law but. What does and what the blue collar the farthest the lower they get the harmless out of there they become my parents and lead over to the post as if a license so yes you can leave it that but Public Opinion then i think is. Important follow stories put pressure on the people who elected. Democratically and people of all to listen to the public and i would agree with with menopause maps a loosely about the power of Public Opinion making a difference and i would also say that the reason that our campaign focuses on the International Criminal court is its one of the few if not the only Global Legal Forum where the small states which have the absolute strongest incentive to take full with this little have as much voice as the polluting big guys if you like so were working with pacific small island states who are already suffering at the sharp end of Climate Change that already going underwater theyre already suffering a huge additional number of Severe Weather events per year which have a massive impact and so they actually do have an incentive as states to take forward allure of this kind and so its not completely hopeless this idea that potentially you know youre asking the criminals to regulate themselves what youre actually looking for is you know all those small states that have the courage to move this forward because once that happens once somebody has the courage to propose this we have a huge Civil Movement here that will then have a huge lever for their own governments and when you look at. Of course. You know what i think what benjamin pointed out is incredibly important and it goes to that deep structure of the law being promulgated by those who have been really complicit environment environmental destruction. However we do have a lot of stories about the loss transport of potential through piecemeal improvements like the clean water act in the United States like the water framework directive in the European Union town you know the game with rats in the United States some of its they roll back just recently. And they said at thats just the beginning were going to rope some more back so that if it was a criminal offense maybe that law would stick. Yeah i think thats absolutely true and i think im interrupting the you know i guess i shouldnt really be there in that but i just want to push back a little bit because in United States if you cite that as an example just recently just in the last 2 weeks some of the clean water act has has as we roll back let me put this to you i want to put this case to you and im going to do it via some extreme weather video from pakistan so i want to show you some flooding and i want to put this case to you it was a successful case of ask the guy he is a farmer in the south punjab meat in region of pakistan he took his own government to court to say that they were threatening his livelihood his life because of Climate Change because. Water and food and energy or if that was in secure. I and he won the case which is interesting because how do you say that your government is responsible for something that is happening around you that its very hard to say what the flooding what is your phone of the Food Insecurity that is your for how do you do that. So the meat of the live garri case boils down to a piece of executive policy the national Climate Change policy in pakistan which is a whole suite of administrative measures meant to combat Climate Change now it goes back to something i think our 1st commenter mentioned which is that we have a huge enforcement gap and where the gari succeeded was in arguing that undue delay. In terms of enforcing this executive policy was unlawful that you are not allowed as a government to simply sit around and pledge this sort of poultry political commitment and not do anything about it so its a real Success Story there and i think it plays on a history of enforcement litigation where environmental litigators and of course its worth pointing out that look garrie was not just a farmer he was also a law student he had the power of narrative on his side as well. And i think thats an important current of litigation but theres Something Else you know looking in the footnotes of legal history in terms of eco side means we can go a step further than simply these sorts of Environmental Enforcement cases and thats the fact that we did within the rome statute have something called article 26. 00 in the ninetys during the draft and then just remind everybody the rome statute. The rome statute is what creates the International Criminal court. And what during its drafting stage there was actually a provision on eco side that was essentially included and not only was it included one of the salient debates was not whether eco sidings was something that should become actionable but rather how we deal with the intent element of eco side and delegates from belgium i mean their early ninetys yeah absolutely yeah. Youre absolutely right because theres a difference here with the other 2 from from other atrocity crimes and if youre going to commit if youre going to go to war on somebody effectively you kind of have to have the intent to go to war on somebody whether whereas with you what we are really looking at is a situation of what we might call in you kayla recklessness in other words youre committing an act where youre intending to commit the act but you know not necessarily expressly intending to kennedy decide but on the intent side of things what were looking at is knowledge of the fact that you should have known that you act with going to lead to eco thud so in that way yes it is a little different and and i think that that would actually be the the premise on which it would be included as an atrocity crime would be as a crime of recklessness or negligent 50 like of ignoring the knowledge that you should have had so judge i dont care point i take your point there but i want to raise it with another point with another legal mind in fact this is donald hes a law professor and here is his state. But in change is real and it should be addressed but the courts are not the appropriate forum for finding relief from it the facts are funny its abatement our constitutional separation of powers commits policy making decisions to the legislature and elected branches now the courts creating retroactive criminal or civil liability furthermore from a comparative institutional competency perspective the electorate are simply better at this task theyre capable of taking in evidence making perspective rules weighing competing composing considerations having Public Participation having rigorous transparent and open debate the courts can do none of this furthermore the legislators can be held accountable if they get it wrong courts going on so does your he says the courts arent the best place for this what would you say back to him. I would say that actually its not the courts that make these decisions if you were going to if you were going to add he confided to the rams that that wouldnt be the court deciding to do that that would be the heads of state and their dedication and presumably influenced by their electorate and they would be the ones that were would be debating this and ultimately putting it into International Law or its not the court itself that the that if i could jump in there. Well you know thats a really interesting proper sori alexa jesus but i think the fundamental issue with it is no one is saying the courts are an official solution no one is saying that in light of what we know about Political Administration across jurisdictions that somehow the quickest or best way to solve any of the harms that come about as a result of Climate Change is through a judicial system i dont know anyone who takes that proposition terribly seriously but its a mechanism of last resort because our more efficient mechanisms have not your worked and were running out of time i guess im going to ask you this not to put you on the spot but a good spot if you could take if we actually had an International Criminal law a home again so environment what would be the 1st case that you would take this is a sentence really. Go ahead what would be the 1st case for you where in the world do you think we need this international are right the 1st. Thing that was is what people who are muslim in india i think the polish should be actually. What should may the better the seas of the men father and this is ok all right what would you be using this International Criminal law if it comes into being i will be terribly original here i will wholly agree farmers in the global south absolutely all right and you copy that but thats ok jojo what would you be using the Ecocide International control for when if it comes into being. You know what im going to slightly thought that that because i mean there are many that i could name all right but i think the real power of to is that once you actually see it appearing over the horizon you know with once you get to the point where a state is prepared to say we believe this is an atrocity crime youre actually going to start to see a transition period youre going to change in peoples you know moral conception so ideally in my ideal world i would see nobody in the dock because of the time meet of actors because by time it actually got ratified by everybody people the press. This is would have changed so much that you actually would have stopped the hall which is the ultimate intention all right judge i thank you so much for that. We will end that conversation that thank you judge i thank you thank you madam for helping us understand this idea about holding ourselves accountable and Major Companies and also governments for criminal law a coverage of the Climate Crisis continues on the next episode of the strain is the climate apocalypse upon us or is there still time we will find out on thursday thanks for scaring us which i can i will see you next time. For the last 2 years these students have been collecting rubbish every day its helped clean up the campus and helped build some of its facilities for every 2 kilos of Plastic Waste they collect this School Receives a brick made of plastic and cement. For some activists this may not be the most ecological way to eliminate the problems of plastic but this is seen as an immediate solution to the growing problems of landfills across the Country Waste can now be used to manufacture building materials. They say to really know someone must walk a mile in their shoes. 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With a known better and embarrassing for some from the past threatens to derail the canadian Prime Ministers Reelection Campaign. At least 27 people are killed in a school far near the liberian capital most of them children. And why dreams of a boom may go bust for jordans builders planning to cash in on rebuilding syria. Saudi arabia says it has undeniable evidence that iran was behind an attack on its all facilities which cuts its script production i spy 50 percent as a News Conference the Saudi Defense minister display day it said was from the aftermath of the attack it says a total of 25. 00 drones and missiles were launched at the 2 war plants riyadh now says it will take its case to the United Nations but yemen city rebels who say they carried out the attack kept dismiss the saudi narrative. Well the u. S. Secretary of states might impale use in saudi arabia for talks called the attacks an act of war and blames terror on President Donald Trump has ordered additional sanctions on iran hes yet to announce the specifics but told the measures substantial to iran denies any involvement and says trump is just escalates in an economic war against its citizens well well get the live response from iran shortly but 1st heres alex gets up with us with more on what saudi arabia has said about the strikes on its all plants. Fragments of drones and cruise missiles this was the evidence the saudis said could iran was behind saturdays attack on iran could tell if hes going to get this attack did not or did you need from yemen. Despite the on this front to make it so their collaboration with their proxy anybody engine to create this false narrative is clear secondly that that was a launch from the norm and was unquestionably sponsor of beit jala this attack was not a game just because of soviet soviet article also get aid yeah it wasnt all sold to the international community. But the Defense Ministry briefing in riyadh also left many questions for the foreign media command where exactly were the attacks launched from an f. And how did saudi arabia sophisticated air Defense System not spot the missiles leaving Critical Infrastructure unguarded but some defense analysts were skeptical the attacks were launched from iran the satellite images appear to show that some of the strikes came from the northwest this becomes an increasingly more likely scenario that most of these flying devices were. Launched from the area area between. Iraq and iran were i dont think is likely is that the iranians were launching up from their own territory and using always in their own devices because that is something that can be traced. And investigation will eventually show where or where the launch was moments after the saudi briefing the rebels held a News Conference of their own in sanaa dismissing the saudi version of events claiming responsibility for the strikes the who the spokesman stressed that the damage from the attack was extensive and gave this warning to saudi arabias close ally the u. A. E. Saudi arabia and the United Arab Emirates will regret this if our leadership issues orders to the armed forces to launch an attack in the coming days or months on the u. A. E. They will seriously regret this we have tens of targets within the pie in abu dhabi that can be hit at any time on. The who say theyve developed new weapons that can now reach targets far beyond their borders but theyre calling on the Saudi Led Coalition to stop its bombing in yemen or face further attacks alecs the topless aljazeera. Said big joins us now live from tehran. In the every near response to the saudi press conference and the threat of more sanctions from the u. S. Well there hasnt been much out of iran in response to the press conference because theyll be looking on at that press conference and theyll say that this was an attempt to Garner International support an opposition against iran that press conference was held in the english language and questions were taken from English Speaking media but when push the saudis were able to definitively say that the missiles and those drones came from iran that those locations on launch locations were from iran and iran has always maintained that they have not been they were behind these attacks they say that is the hutus the hootches rebels in yemen have accepted responsibility but ron says this is a conflict between yemen the hutu rebels and the saudis and the saudis have been embarrassed by this attack now divides reach the foreign minister here did respond to respond to Donald Trumps tweet saying that this should be a substantial increase of sanctions against iran develops the reef treaty doubt that said that this was an economic escalation of economic war against iran and called the economic terrorism and said that this was an admission that the United States was targeting ordinary citizens here in iran but between the Banking Sector and the oil sector the sanctions that hit this country and people here will be saying whats really left what more can the United States do but iran has warned the United States Swiss Embassy which is the go between they are not behind the attacks but there will be an Immediate Response if the United States does attack iran lots of moving parts there are said given the events of the last 24 hours do you think there will be a military response. Well iran has said that if there is an attack they wont just target the source of that attack and thats an indication that iran is saying that they recognize that the saudi arabia and United States if they do carry out an attack but the United States has bases around the middle east and iran is prepared to target those but its also a throw to countries in the region that have relations with the United States but also with iran to say to them look maybe you should get involved and talk to United States and call the situation down because it puts those countries in the middle east that may host u. S. Bases or assets but also have relations with iran in a very difficult position because essentially they also may become targets if a conflict breaks out so for people here they think its very unlikely that a conflict will break out but the prospect is always there considering the language coming out of saudi arabia and some of the comments from your secretary of state mike who said that this was an act of war a setback life for us there in tehran thanks very much for bringing us up to date so the news now in just a week in saying his Reelection Campaign Justin Trudeau has had to make an embarrassing apology the canadian Prime Minister who has cultivated an image of progressiveness was forced to make a Public Statement after a forceful marriage of him wearing grown face make up the picture taken in 2001 was published in a School Yearbook while Justin Trudeau worked as a teacher it was taken at the schools annual dinner where he was already facing a tough reelection fights before this incident canadians go to the polls on top or 21st. I attended an individuality where the theme was a lady in nice. Dressed up in a latin costume and put makeup on. I shouldnt im. Sure the known better but i didnt. And im a sort of. Well stephen chases National Correspondent for the group a mail newspaper and hes covering that Reelection Campaign he says the picture will hurt cheetos chances of reelection its a bit of a bombshell for just exploded a few hours ago and so its created a. Moment of political crisis for that for the leader and it sort of has basically thrown his campaign plans off track of the moment this is a country of immigrants we bring in 300000. 00 immigrants every year mr trudeau in one when he faces here is something that suggests hes not who he says he is hes been very politically correct leader who is a master of. Political correctness and of chapping diversity in also suggesting that hones are racists so this this instance where he talked about. This dismissed this must unfortunate conduct this wasnt something that happened when it was a child or when he was a teenager or when he was in college this is when he was 29 years old so hes got its a bit of a challenge to his brand and voters who are undecided and there are a lot of undecided voters in the selection are hes going to have to convince them this is just a blip in his past and its not indicative of a more widespread sort of hypocrisy on his part. The taliban is claiming responsibility for a Suicide Attack that killed at least 12 people and left Dozens Injured in southern afghanistan a car bomb exploded shortly after 6 am local time outside a hospital in khaleds the capital of Zabul Province after the hospital is believed to be damaged. Well pakistans Prime Minister in montcalm says hes going to ask the u. S. President to resume peace talks with the taliban leaders will meet next week at the Un General Assembly made the comments. A key Border Crossing between afghanistan and pakistan called hisor has more from talk of. The budget on a Prime Minister had promised that he would be working on improvement of trade with the neighboring countries one has gone into landlocked country that depends on budgeted on for its logistical supply line richard also a lifeline for the u. S. Led Coalition Forces there daryn of running done any peace deal between the dollar bond and the United States will also go for philip did the movement of trucks and ammunition and white deal military cargo through the type of and through fog athon but also riyadh being tortured by the local head there did a major step which would likely do improve trade between the 2 countries because drug goods on both sides do not have to wait overnight in order to get clearance to be able to move it released. And it really helped how didnt go run who come to project on a daily basis to seek medical attention and how its produced and budgets done. This with save us a lot of time earlier it would take us 15 days on the afghan side of a corridor but with this decision it will take 2 days for that and it will also help on the pakistani side and we wont be staying overnight you know more for the custom clearance. Before if we had to carry a patient from afghanistan to pakistan the patient had to suffer and sometimes died due to long waits until the border reopened in the morning here indeed a major step by the lord will also depend on ward