the, the dw news like that from berlin tonight, a landmark court ruling in favor of swiss and senior citizens accusing their government of not doing enough to stop climate change. european court of human rights today, he said that switzerland's failure to act against global warming is a violation of human rights also coming up at the wins top port. lawyers today argued that german support of israel does not violate international law. iraq was easy, differently. it's suing germany, claiming proline is helping is real, commit a leg genocide in garza and violent crime and germany rising sharply with many of the suspects coming from other countries. the increase fueling

a debate on company immigration wall and the father of the god particle as died at the age of $94.00. tonight we'll look at the legacy of businesses, peter higgs and how his discovery re shaped our understanding of the world. the library going to our viewers watching on cbs in the united states and to all of you around the world. welcome. 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 had argued their governments in action on climate change has put their lives at risk. it's a landmark decision that could influence legislation all across europe. and it could give a boost to activism, say that their governments are failing to tackle global more of these women have

made climate history some 2500 swiss pensioners through their own government because it's handling of the climate crisis put their health at risk. the european human rights question, strossberg funds ruled in their favor. a landmark decision cementing the idea that governments, claimants and action can violate human rights. as the step is to talk, this is the best they. yeah. that's we have the right thing history. as a result for standing, 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 journal. see, some of the applicants use their own medical records to support the case. they said that he waits, 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. and as a result, they concluded that this was government failed to meet emission targets and that it

should have examined the associations complaints. these is what the ruling will be communicated to switzerland and it will have certain measures that switzerland will have to perform to do more. but the plaintive stress, the ruling isn't only for their benefit. yeah, i'm using the other bits at all when all the affected, not on the older women, it's been proven that they're out a greater risk, but it's important that everyone is kid phones. that's should all they can sort of to be. i was told 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 suit his own government for not taking significant steps to fight climate change. but the court ruled both cases as in admissible and 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 all taking the government to court holdings. there was some responsible for their actions and this as a result of this can meet in no way that we, it seemed backs. this means that we have to fight even more since the beginning because in the time its emergency, everything is that state. the effects could be felt in courts across europe, or even the world. what would it be here in the studio now is our senior climate reporter, louise osborne louise, these swiss women say that this is the historic rule. it is it. i mean, it's really important ruling alignment case if we, as we've heard many times now, it's the 1st time an international court has ruled, but weak climate policies can violate human rights. and that is a huge thing. the court even went as far to state that you're paying convention of human rights, encompasses protection, but the state for serious adverse effects of climate change on lives,

health wellbeing, a quality of life. so it's really holding governments responsible for the quality of life of their citizens. when it comes to climate change, this is, this is ruling, it's the voice, the authority here is more of a more a one, isn't it? i mean, we're not talking about the court being able to force to switch government to do anything. but what exactly will happen now that this ruling has been ended down? so there is the expectation, the swift government will re examine its climate goals. and it said that it would do that. the court said that they were worsley, inadequate as they are. um, there are no limits that has been set by the switch government for example, in terms of the amount of emissions that it wants to reduce. and it has failed to meet some targets in the past as well. so the, the european court a few minutes, right? so it's really saying that the switch government needs to do something about that. but more importantly, this case also opens doors to other cases and makes other countries vulnerable to,

to the kind of cases that we've just seen in white, switzerland. and there were other cases that were, were what, thrown outright portugal, france, and most people don't think of the switzerland, it as being the place where you have i, i guess the, the least being done to save the environment. i mean, this is how to my wife switzerland. uh, got through was the case. i mean, but with 2 other cases, a court as well once again, one against portugal and 52 other european nations. the other one against, from those 2 folks thrown out perhaps because switzerland is so small and this was such a detailed look at what they've been doing. and perhaps because these women could also prove that there was, you know, an impact on their life. as a result of the climate change and the adverse effects that we're seeing. so the through that feeds extreme weather that we are seeing is uh,

heat waves of flooding. all of these kinds of things. i mean, we sold today, for example, but this is the 10th month in wrote that there has been a record set for for sheets. so perhaps all that aided doesn't always make the senior citizens are particularly vulnerable to these and easy ways and we expect more and more heat weights to take place as we get closer to summer. this ruling is of course for switzerland and also for the entire world, isn't it? yeah, of course. i mean switzerland has that it will re examine its own goals. but actually, if this does have much, why the ramifications not only for the $46.00 countries that are part of the council of europe and so under the jurisdiction of the european court of human rights. but also for countries all over the world that are still not doing enough to tackle climate change. and there are cases that we are seeing happening already . um, it'll stray leah for sale a through beyond that that will be coming up and that have been watching to see what this result would be so that they can take those cases further which may have

to prove another time is, is it ironic that a group of swiss senior citizens, women were able to get a court ruling that credit tomb baird and a young generation of columbia activists have not been able to do the did. did that striking, i mean the, i think the, the use i to best have driven a lot of the action that we've seen, you know, before for us to, to back took to the steps of the swedish parliament. we sold very little about climate change and not a lot of action taken against that. so, you know, maybe these court cases wouldn't have happened if it wasn't for those actress. speaking up to begin with, we've always wanted to have you here in the studio excellent meals as thank you start. let's take a look now and some of the other stories that are making headlines this hour. we're going to stay with climate change for a moment. the european union saying that march was the hottest march on record,

and the 10th straight month of record high temperatures, temperatures exceeded the pre industrial average by $1.00 degrees celsius, assigned to say that the heat is down to rise in greenhouse gas emissions. the former colombian president and tell volatile already, but is to go on trial is accused of tampering with witnesses in an investigation into his involvement with right wing paramilitary groups are dba, maintains that he is innocent in a legal battle that has already lasted several months south africa's electronic record has given former president jacob's lead me to go ahead to stand and next month's general election. he was previously barred because of his criminal record. sumo will now represent the new in k opposition party running against the ruling african national congress. the amc, the party that once live with germany has presented its defense at the

international court of justice to the accusation that it is facilitating genocide in gaza. nicaragua is seeking to stop german weapons exports to israel, 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. germany has learned from its post posts that includes the responsibility for one of the most of or if it crime since human history, joshua the. 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 on not placed on fact and the let me only supplies on the basis of detached scrutiny. the scrutiny, the only respect but far exceeds the requirements of international law. it all cued if in nicaragua has grossly distorted the quantities and purposes of balance 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 of a subordinate or defensive nature. position is israel's conduct in gaza. it's

central to this case, and germany questioned how the quote can rule without israel's presence to allow it also lash down to 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 the only that's how must not comply with its obligations. but it also renounce has any responsibility in the most center comment of the judges must now decide whether to impose emergency measures to holtz german onto exports. to israel was, we heard germany has rejected it. wrong was allegations, is this in line with its policy towards israel? i put the question to our chief political editor, mikella customer says it is, that's the sort on. so basically the done inside argue today that there was an i quote, no basis. in fact, no of the accusations made that in this quote,

alleging that germany was the policies assisting in what the correct were called a genocide or let's of the taking place in gauze of right now in that very question of whether that wasn't the inside was already in this quote, in january when south africa took proceedings against israel, and the very same court did not come to the conclusion that there was a genocide actually happening. at the same time, it obliged israel to take steps to prevent the side from happening. so clearly a recognition that there was a very serious humanitarian situation to say the very least. and we also sold the tubman farm and this to come out today commenting on these proceedings and highlighting the commitment of the me towards israel. it's right to defend itself against the act of terrorism on october 7th, by how mosque, but also speaking of durham in these efforts to basically count to what she

described as a di lemme posed by how mos shielding behind civilians that is following also israel's line of argument saying that it must ad will sit in the face of such difficult conditions. at the same time, we see that continued criticism and as full. so you and security council resolution that cool for an immediate hold to the pricing that we're seeing happening, that that was the w's because they're reporting they are the united nation says that the bodies of $38.00 migrants had been recovered from a ship wreck of booty. children are among the dead and at least 6 people are missing. local authorities are helping a group of survivors. the boat was carrying about 60 migrate, so each year, thousands follow what is known as the eastern route from africa through human to saudi arabia on to europe. as yvonne indigo,

the international organization for migration says, the boat which sink was travelling in the opposite direction to most of the migrant traffic ticket list. what we now know is that this particular vessel was leaving yemen for give the t. now what we have is a situation where you have tens of thousands of migrants who leave the coast of the regions they leave to gucci, trying to get to saudi arabia to cross over the board with the evidence 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 border so they were returning. so what we have is mixed migration flows. that is african migrants who tried to leave the whole of buffer cars cross via 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 what might go through the phone of africa, primarily somalia. and if you're p a to a now trying to get back to do booty may be to try again. maybe some of them to try and reach the countries of origin. so that was yvonne indigo. the international organization for migration there in nairobi. the german government is promising to get tougher on criminals after new data, it shows a sharp rise in crime. in 2023 criminal acts were up 5 percent on the previous year . violate crime reached a 15 year high. and the 3rd of the suspects are not german citizens. this statistic is driving calls for better enforcement of immigration law. the german police haven't been busy, busy in use. the increase in violent crime, in particular, is

a big worry for the government. 2023. so over $214000.00 reports of violent crime, a considerable rise of 8.6 percent from the previous year. most significantly, that's been a 13.5 percent surge since 2022 in violent crimes. committed by people without a 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 increase of staff who get there is no justification or excuse for the violence when you get in 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 cab side of

a position. parties are using the for goes to cold waterfall migration policies such as types of 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 photos, the police because of all, it's also true to people who are seeking protection in our country and should susan, non german people who stay here, do they have a risk factors lies that make criminal offenses more likely to regardless of their origin for the type of trying to come in. okay. i think these include, for example, lack of education. they don't economic insecurity. so for experiencing violence either phone, one positive take away is that the number of crimes solved in germany has grown more than half dw political correspondence. i mean young 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 of crime is going off on types of crime that but the continuing high level of that and would migration to gemini means that the proportion of people in the population with without gym and citizenship is increased. and so among them, the numbers committing crimes is also going to add to that the fact that the people from disadvantaged groups are often more likely to commit crimes and is a migrant more likely to be living in difficult economic circumstances, also often and difficult living conditions if they're in the solemn hospitals or a section centers where there may also be crime, some of them have experienced a domestic conditions like war and violence in their own country. so that may be part of the great background. why they're more likely to commit crime. and i think

also there is a problem that's acknowledged in germany with poor integration of many of these people that to might be part of the context in the government is promising to get tougher on those who commit crimes. and that includes increasing the number of the poured patients if need be. and how realistic is that option? as yeah, well the german government has, in fact a relatively recently changed the low to make it easier to deport people who are convicted of multiple crimes during just one year. so if they've done a lot of crime and it shows the space of time at the can be more easily deported. there are problems though, for instance of the question of countries of origin. sometimes somebody is, or the country of origin is not clear, or it might be a country like syria with jim, and he doesn't send people back to. so i think there are limits to this. well, the interior minister, that's the phase of cooling and no tolerance policy. i think it may in the end come

down to just cutting red tape and speeding up some of the bureaucracy rather than that, you know, any kind of new policy or, or changing policy in this. i mean, there are some who look at needs to districts and say that they paid only a vague picture of reality in, in germany. why is that? yeah, well these statistics record really a crime is that the police have processed a so that's crimes they know about. so obviously edit suspects that they've been able to identify. there are many areas of crime where you would be able to say that their effect, the right real right of crime is a little hard. for instance. as the types of sexual crime often go unreported and then much harder to investigate. for instance, uh than that. so the old re fax, or all the simpler cried. so there's a discrete degree, i think of distortion in these numbers. having said that,

the government does use them to sort of track trends in crime. and they point out that, you know, as the population grows, that just all more absolute crimes, a more crime is committed in absolute numbers. and they also say that germany is still in international comparison, a safe place. us. our political correspondence, simon young, is the latest tonight here in berlin. simon, thank the british and physicist as to predicted, the gone particle, peter, pigs, his dog was 94. in 1964, he proposed the existence of a particle explaining how matter formed after the big bang. 50 years later of history was confirmed and the higgs falls in part of what was named after him, higgs was awarded the nobel prize in 2013, his work earned him a place in the textbooks, the physics textbooks alongside albert and stuff. and

i'm drawing tonight by dr. allen walker, he and the late peter higgs bug shared a passion for physics in the shared a long friendship. doctor walker. it's good to have you with us tonight. first and foremost, our condolences do you on the loss of a colleague and a friend to the general is among us. what made peter higgs a titan among scientists, especially among physicists, p to actually construct to the theory um for a different reason. there was a problem that some to understand the physics of the nucleus and the decay of it. we have how it goes exchanged, which were massive and not really in this area. it wasn't comfortable and credit. so to get these particles mass people latched onto what he done and actually

found a way, well that visit the, the theory was calculable. but the articles that were exchanged with massive and these were the so called w is that both phones i, they were part of the, what we would now call the standard model. and the w is that's with the mechanism by where they go. the mass was not completely understood until the expos on itself was found in voltage. it will announce the 4th of july 2012. but up to that time, peter become what was known as a rock star of physics at handy was celebrated even before it was found. but quote, to use out 3 predicted it, it indeed was found, didn't change the problem, did it? let me just ask you, did he change what seems theory was confirmed by me?

that must have been a must have been, you know, one of the greatest moments of his professional life. did it make a difference as well? as he was so shy about to the, to actually refuse to call it the he expose them and everybody else was doing that . and i remember him calling it the scale of both of which is a technical term. but looking forward to using the with 6, and indeed he continued to do that. i remember to call you coming back from a conference in the united states and saying, hey, peace a, you'll save us a piece of said, well, it's not all about. and the like, slowly led to say this done as michael goes on, but eventually i did hear him occasionally say the exposure, but what he did 8. what's the name? the got us a call. yeah. and why did you hate that? i mean, you and you were friends with them as well. was a religious man. i mean,

did the turn a guard part of the didn't sit well with him as well. first of all, he didn't pieces. these are not gnostic. so is, is not really a believer, is it? well, but that was the only thing that to you. so take the ability to, to a states is which was mystic goal until up with his badly. and i remember he got the hate mail because it was called a golf possible, but he didn't like that. so. ready it was something that didn't resonate with him at all. um, he was settled for the expose and i think rather than to go to the doctor it's very, very yeah, yeah, a modest man who certainly deserves the respect, particularly among his colleagues. and we appreciate you taking the time to explain that to us to tonight dr. ellen walker, joining us from edinburgh. we appreciate your time to get our condolences to you on the loss of a collie and a friend the late peter dix. thank. thank you. then you're

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