Israel insists it follows international law after Gaza ruling

Israel has insisted it abides by international law after the United Nations' highest court ordered it to take steps to prevent acts of genocide in Gaza. The International Court of Justice in the Hague stopped short of demanding an immediate halt to Israel's military operation but instead ruled it should do everything in its power to avoid killing or seriously harming civilians, deliberately preventing births or creating intolerable living conditions in Gaza.

Also in the programme: we reflect on a series of protests this week by German farmers over plans to cut fuel subsidies; and we speak to the British novelist Kate Mosse who is often confused with the supermodel with a similar sounding name.

Joining Julian Worricker on the programme are Gaia Vince, environmental journalist and author and Michal Ovadek, lecturer in European politics at University College London.

(Picture: Gilad Noam, Deputy Attorney-General for International Affairs, and lawyer Malcolm Shaw during a ruling by the International Court of Justice on January 26, 2023. Credit: Remko de Waal/EPA-EFE/REX/Shutterstock)