that means. also, we are looking at artificial intelligence with al decoded. good evening to you. we are told rishi sunak is holding a full cabinet meeting as we go to air, as the uk and the united states prepared to launch military strikes against the goofy rebels in yemen. against the houthi rebels. grant shapps, the defence secretary, suggested yeterday that military action was imminentjust hours after us and uk destroyers in the red sea shot down a barrage of drones and missiles that were launched by the iran backed group. the government held a cobra emergency meeting this morning, along with a meeting of the national security council. in washington the national security spokesmanjohn kirby said it cannot be allowed to continue. are there any red lines or steps that the us would not take or would not be a part of that you could outline? no. do those red lines exist or you just wouldn t outline them? to talk about ar speculate about any potential future military operati
an ongoing threat of attack to israel, and while they are doing everything they can, they will argue, to avoid civilian deaths, thatis argue, to avoid civilian deaths, that is impossible, but what they are doing is carrying out a legitimate military operation and there is no specific intent to commit genocide. i imagine that ll be the argument they will make tomorrow. . , be the argument they will make tomorrow- tomorrow. certainly watch developments tomorrow. certainly watch developments in - tomorrow. certainly watch developments in that - tomorrow. certainly watch | developments in that case. tomorrow. certainly watch - developments in that case. oona hathaway, thank you very much for that. the us secretary of state antony blinken arrived in cairo today for a new round of talks on a possible prisoner swap. egypt, qatar and the us have served as mediators between israel and hamas. around half the captives taken by hamas were released in november, in exchange for some of their capt
counter productive and completely without any basis. is it does south africa have a case? that speaks to. let s speak to oona hathaway, a professor of international law at yale law school. what did you make of the presentation today? it what did you make of the presentation today? it was very powerful. presentation today? it was very powerful. they presentation today? it was very powerful, they really presentation today? it was very powerful, they really put - presentation today? it was very powerful, they really put a - presentation today? it was very | powerful, they really put a good case out, laying out the details of the argument that they made first in a written application that was over 80 pages that lays out the case. there is, in fact, both genocide and incitement to genocide and they mixed the sort of dry, legal argument with some visual, elements of a kind of show, the terrible situation taking place in gaza and they really tried to make the case and i think made a pow
survived. we really hope that she could hear some news from us, knowing that we tried to do anything to get her back, but we can t really be sure. and we tried not to think about what is happening to her, but how can you? how can you when you hear the testimony is? and the facts about what is actually happening right now in gaza? you can t not think about this. and we have to make it stop. i have heard the talks about you calling it a prisoner swap between israel and hamas. it is not a prisoner swap because she is not a prisoner. she is a hostage. just tuickl prisoner. she is a hostage. just quickly because prisoner. she is a hostage. just quickly because i prisoner. she is a hostage. just quickly because i am really tight for time, quickly because i am really tight fortime, butjust quickly because i am really tight for time, butjust quickly, there was some reporting that document she is a therapist, of course, she does yoga. there are children that are still being held by hamas an
do tomorrow in their defence? - measures. what does israel have to i do tomorrow in their defence? while, the are do tomorrow in their defence? while, they are going do tomorrow in their defence? while, they are going to do tomorrow in their defence? while, they are going to have do tomorrow in their defence? while, they are going to have to do tomorrow in their defence? while, they are going to have to show - do tomorrow in their defence? while, they are going to have to show that l they are going to have to show that there is not enough here for the court to determine that there is what we call a prima facie case. so basically that there hasn t really been enough here to establish a possibility that there is violation of the genocide convention. for genocide, you have to not only establish that there are genocidal acts taking place, but you also have to show specific intent, that is, you have to show show that those acts were taken with a specific intent to destroy a group, h