the, the dw do's live for berlin tonight, a landmark court ruling in favor of it, as with senior citizens, accusing the government of not doing enough to stop climate change. european court of human rights today, so that switzerland's failure to act against global warming is a violation of human rights also coming up tonight at the wins top court lawyers today argued that german support for is real, does not violate international law. the garage was these it differently, it's solely germany claiming berlin is helping is real commit alleged genocide in golf. the

library golf is good to have you with us on this tuesday. it is the 1st court ruling of its kind today. europe's top human rights court ruled in favor of a group of swiss pensioners who argued that their governments, in action on climate change has put their lives at risk. as a landmark decision that could influence legislation across europe, and they could give a boost to active as you say, their governments are failing to tackle global warming. of these women have made climate history some 2500 swiss pensioners through their own government because its handling of the claimant crisis put their health at risk. the european human rights courts and strossberg funds ruled in their favor. a landmark decision cementing the idea that governments clements in action can violate human rights. as the step is to talk, this is the best they. yep. that's we have the right thing history. and as i pushed on the way i understood it, switzerland has done too little,

took up the time of crisis and violated human rights. that's a nice victory bagley's. i do not see. some of the applicants use their own medical records to support the case. they said that heat weights which has become stronger and more frequent with climate change are especially risky for them as elderly women, 16 of the grand chambers, 17 judges voted in favor of this with women's associations. as a result, they concluded that this was government failed to meet emission targets and that it should have examined the associations complaints europe that'd be at the ruling will be communicated to switzerland and it will have certain measures that switzerland will have to perform to do more to name and more, but the plaintive stress, the ruling isn't totally for their benefit. yeah, i understand all of it at all when all affected, not only all the women, it's been proven that they're out a greater risk. but it's important that everyone is kid for the that's good. all they can sort of to be. i saw that this was the associations case wasn't the only one the court considered today. 6 young people from portugal suits 32 european

countries because increasing climate extremes, like the wild, far as in portugal, make the planet unlivable for future generations. a former french mer also suited his own government for not taking significant steps to fight climate change, but the court ruled both cases as in admissible on procedural grinds. still the one when of the day to change the future of climate litigation is the 1st time a powerful court has ruled on climate change. and it could set a precedent for more people taking that government to court holdings. there was some responsible for their actions and this me as a result, this can meet in no way that we get feedback. this means that we have to fight even more of the beginning because in the time it's emergency, everything is that state. the effects could be felt in courts across europe, or even the world. christina void is a professor of international law at the university bondsville. i asked her about the significance of this route. it's a, it's a, it's

a very important indication that governments have to step up their game in order to protect human rights and governments all over the world and new as well uh, legally responsible to take appropriate measures to protect human rights. and in order to do so, we're now told they also have to take ambitious climate change action, big using greenhouse gas emissions to net 0 by 2050, having effective measures in place to get there and to ensure that they actually reach that goal. so that link is very important for decision makers for lawmakers, for implementers, but also for other quotes proceedings world wide. and it can have very important repercussions and other quotes, but also other international quotes. and then many proceedings ongoing, which i kind of waiting for that judgment from staff book that we have now. or let's take a look at some of the other stores that are making headlines around the world. we want to stay with climate change for a moment. the european union says that march was the hottest march on record,

and the 10th straight months of record heat temperatures exceeded the pre industrial average by $1.00 degrees celsius assigned to say, the heat is down to rise in greenhouse gas emissions. global warming authorities or warning of more flooding to come in southern russia of water levels in the euro river are still rising probably the collapse of several dikes. thousands of had to leave their homes near the border with context on the former and columbia and president, alvaro, you, levi, is to go on trial. he's accused of tampering with witnesses in an investigation into his involvement with right wing paramilitary groups already, but maintains that he is innocent in a legal battle that has already lasted several months. the south africans electoral court has given former president jacob zuba the go ahead to run for next month

general election. now he was previously barred because of his criminal record. zoom will now represent the new m k opposition party. he will run against the ruling african national congress. the amc, the party who used to live with germany has presented its defense at the international court of justice to the accusation that it is facilitating genocide and gossip. nicaragua is seeking to stop german weapons exports to is real, claiming that these weapons potentially are being used to commit genocide. germany rejects the accusation, saying that it is trying to balance its responsibilities to both israel and the palestinian people. israel security is that the core of german foreign policy, that is how germany justified it's don't support of israel as it rejected in nicaragua, as accusations at the i. c. j. durham. and he has learned from its post posts that

includes the responsibility for one of the most of the crime since human history the show. but despite that history, nicaragua says germany's military support of israel is in breach of the genocide convention. germany is israel as 2nd largest supplier of arms, and nick rog with says those experts are enabling is riley forces to commit to potential acts of genocide in gaza. application in the gym and he says, the accusations i'm not placed on fact in the let me only supplies on the basis of detached scrutiny. the scrutiny only respect but far exceeds the requirements of international law. this is argued, isn't nicaragua, has grossly distorted the quantities and purposes of berlin's palms, exports to israel. and if we look at what has actually been license for export to israel under this framework since october 2023, we see no artillery shells,

no munitions. nearly all experts the exports involve what is known as of the military equipment. typically all the subordinate or defensive in nature position is israel's conduct in gaza. it's central to this case and you have any questions how the court can rule without israel's presence to allow it also lash downs that nicaragua for focusing on israel's actions too. but ignoring those of from us fire. unlike nicaragua, german who's not blind to the fact that thomas also has obligations under international humanitarian law including towards the civilian population in gaza. but only does how much not comply with its complications, but it also renounces standing responsibility in the most significant manner. the judges must now decide whether to impose emergency measures to holt german onto exports to israel. united nations says that

the bodies of the 38 migrants had been recovered from a ship wrecked off your booty. now children are among the dead and at least 6 people are missing. local authorities are helping a group. it's a vibrance, the boat was carrying around 60 migrants each year, thousands fall, the what is known as the eastern route from africa through yep, into saudi arabia and onto europe. yvonne, indigo. the international organization for migration says that the boat, which saying was traveling in the opposite direction to most migrant traffic. take a listen. what we now know is that this particular vessel was leaving. yeah, man for get to see. now what we have is a situation where you have tens of thousands of migrants who leave the coast

of the region. they leave degree g trying to get to saudi arabia to cross over the board with the evan to saudi arabia. in this particular situation, what we have discovered, what we have found is that these individuals maybe didn't make it, they couldn't quite get across the board to so they were returning. so what we have is mixed migration flows. that is african migrants who tried to leave the whole nebraska cross the many border hoping to get to saudi arabia to find jobs. and then we have those who don't make it to try to return. and in this particular incident and situation, it appears that these were my goods through the whole of africa, primarily somalia. and the few p. a 2 are now trying to get back to do. it may be to try again. maybe some of them to try and reach the countries of origin. and that was even intake of the international organization for migration in nairobi.

the german government is promising to get tougher on criminals after new data shows a rise nationwide in crime overall crime in 2023 was up 5 percent of the previous year. violent crime reached a 15 year high and a 3rd of the suspects are not german citizens, and that is leading to calls for tougher enforcement of immigration laws and better integration for new comers. the german police having been busy, busy in use, the increase in violent crime in particular is a big worry for the government are 2023. so over 214000 reports violent crime, a considerable rise of 8.6 percent from the previous you most significantly that's been a 13.5 percent surge since 2022 in violent crimes. committed by people without the

german passport. non german defenders accounted for 24.4 percent of all crimes committed despite making up only about 15 percent of the population. the government tough promised action to tackle the increased staff who get there is no justification or excuse for the violence was pretty good. and here to the principal of 0 tolerance supplies in the case of for an offenders in addition to the immediate consequences under criminal law. and this also means that they must leave germany much more quickly than was previously the care of that side of a position. parties are using the for goes to cold waterfall migration policies such as tied to border controls and multiplications. the head of the german criminal police rejects claims that people from other countries are inherently more criminal, emphasizing the importance of improving integration for, for the nose race. because of all, it's also true that people who are sick protection in our country and stroke sue,

who non german people who stay here and do they have a risk factors, lives that make criminal offenses more likely to regardless of their origin, for the type of trying to come in, okay, and i think these include, for example, lack of education. they don't economic insecurity. so for experiencing violence either one positive takeaway is that the number of crimes solved in germany have grown more than half as well. are political correspondence, i'm young, he told me why the number of suspects without a driven passport. why that number has risen? well brand, you have to look at the overall context. old crime is going off on types of crime. but the continuing high level of fame would migration to germany means that the propulsion of people in the population with with outs, gym and citizenship is increased and so among them, the numbers committing crimes is also going back to that. the fact that people from

disadvantaged groups are often more likely to commit crimes and in a migrant more likely to be living in difficult economic circumstances. also often a difficult living conditions. if they're in the asylum hospitals or a section centers where there may also be crime, some of them have experienced a dual magic conditions like war and violence in their own country. so that may be part of the grant background. why they are more likely to commit crime. and i think also there is a problem that's acknowledged in germany with born integration. and many of these people that to might be part of the context. so many young beer, the british visits peter higgs is dying. he was 94, his theory of a mass giving vertical what's known as the higgs falls in or gone to particle when him a nobel prize back in 2013. he used groundbreaking theory to explain how the universe

has mass is work. ern him. a place alongside albert einstein and mex plug in the textbooks up to date. i'll see you at the top of the hour with more of old news followed by the day the votes. people have to say the let's why we listen to based on the reports. every weekend on d, w, ecuador, governments, done to tv channel during your life, broadcast in the netherlands, police describe it a torture chamber.