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away from buildings. They say safety is a concern. They also allege that vandalism has taken place. A lot of those accusations the students do deny. The judge in the case has yet to rule, but says that safety will be top of mind in that decision. Linda. >> Linda: thanks, albert. >> Reporter: you're welcome. >> Linda: and turning to the situation in gaza now. There are new moves to kickstart cease-fire talks between israel and hamas, even as israeli forces defy a U.N. court order and international pressure by continuing their assault on rafah. [shots fired] israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu insists the ground and air offensive in the city must go on. That's to root out militants. But behind the scenes diplomatic manoeuvres are under way in paris to bring about a truce that will end the bloodshed and see a new hostage release. Journalist irris makler is keeping an eye on those developments in paris and joins us now from jerusalem. So, irris, what more can you tell us about the latest efforts to finally get to some sort of a deal? >> Reporter: well, at the moment it just talks about talks. But it is significant, linda. What we've seen is an announcement in the past few hours that there was -- there were these meetings in paris between the cia chief, the israeli chief, the qatari prime minister. They say that talks will resume. Next week there's talks between the same three parties and also egypt and then hamas will be brought in. So that is I suppose optimistic, because we haven't seen any talks on this issue for more than two weeks. It's significant false because of the i.c.j., the international court of justice, orders to israel to stop fighting and particularly to protect the civilians in gaza. And because that order was some 24 hours ago. In that time, we have seen continued fighting. Israel says it is finding more tunnels, finding more weapons of militants. The hamas-run health ministry in gaza says in that period, there have been dozens more casualties. Dozens more deaths of palestinians. If there were to be talks and if there was another way to solve this issue, this deadlock, it would be very welcomed. >> Linda: irris, providing aid was central to the world court's ruling against israel. What can you tell us about any advances there? >> Reporter: there has been a breakthrough brought by guess after a conversation between U.S. president joe biden and the egyptian president. Aid will be able to enter from egypt via the israeli crossing point of shalom. That's significant. Usually that aid goes in from rafah. But for the past 19 days, since israel entered rafah on may the 6th, no aid has been going in. You know, israel and egypt blame each other for that. But in a way, it's not significant who is to blame. What is important is that there are hundreds of trucks lining up on that border at the moment. Aid is not getting in, fresh food is rotting there. This is a huge advance. The important thing once the aid gets in, will it be able to be distributed. Will it be able to be distributed to the some 900,000 people estimated to have moved out of rafah, to tents in an area called almalosi on the coast. Very small area. They need the humanitarian aid. I guess that's the aim right now. >> Linda: thanks for this, irris. That's irris makler in jerusalem.

>>> Well, rescue crews continue to search for hundreds of people feared buried by a major landslide in papua new guinea. Friday's early morning landslide swept away dozens of homes and covered many highways and buildings under mounds of mud and rock. The slide hit a remote area about 600 kilometres northwest of the capital port morseby. Dominic valitis has the latest. >> Reporter: the massive landslide hit papua new guinea's isolated enga province around 3:00 A.M. local time on friday. Several villages in the area were affected. Hundreds of homes were buried. And it's still not clear just how many people were killed as a result. But there are reports today that more than 300 people died in just one of those affected villages. So the authorities are certainly warning that the number of dead is expected to rise. We have been seeing more footage coming in from the scene today. Desperate images of villagers digging through soil for survivors. It is a heartbreaking scene to watch and extremely dangerous for those on the ground. Because the area is still very, very unstable. Now we understand that some emergency workers have arrived at the scene. But as you can imagine, they are facing some considerable challenges on the ground. Here's chris jensen, the national director for the charity world vision papua new guinea. Take a listen. >> At this stage with such large amount of debris, I think, you know, it's obviously they're looking at the worst-case scenario. We've got large amounts of teams from the provincial authorities, as well as national government authorities doing assessments, carrying out analysis on what exactly is required as we look at responding. >> Reporter: part of the problem is that enga province is an isolated place. It's several hundred kilometres from the capital of papua new guinea. The conditions on the ground in the affected areas are giving emergency teams real problems. Officials say that the debris caused by this landslide is in some parts about eight metres deep and covers more 200 square kilometres of land, including a large stretch of the only highway in and out of enga province. Dominic valitis, cbc news, london. >> Linda: an unknown soldier who served during the first world war has begun his journey home. These are some of the scenes from a ceremony earlier this morning in beaumont-hamel, france. Members of the canadian armed forces personally accepted the unknown soldier's casket. Premier andrew furey was also in attendance with his family and so was our reporter heather gillis. She'll have a report on the next phase of the journey coming up a bit later on cbc news network. [surfer rock plays] [giggling] Ahh! Announcer: Son of a Critch. Watch free onCBC Gem. Kevin and Sarah have one of the world's largest collections of souvenir plates. [crash] They also have a teenager, so they got their plates insured. But they don't have life insurance. Kevin's worried his diabetes will make it hard to qualify, and Sarah does not like medical exams. So we got them some new plates to tell them about Canada Protection Plan. Canada Protection Plan hassolutions for both the healthy and hard to insure. With no needles or medicalexams required on most plans. You'll get great coverageat a price you'll love and there are no paymentsin your first month. Anybody between18 and 80 can apply and there are greatmember benefits including rewards for activeliving and giving back. As part of the Foresters family,your coverage is backed by our excellentfinancial strength. Contact your advisor or call now to get a no-obligation quote in minutes. Canada Protection Plan. Protecting what matters most... you. [crash] ( ) ( ) The infiniti qx60 exemplifies modern luxury. With powerful suv performance, three rows of comfort, and a sleek-yet-daring design. ( ) Lease a 2024 qx60 from 0.99% apr for up to 24 months. Visit INFINITI.ca. ( ) It's coming. Check for anyone who needs help! Will do!

[scream] They found another body. Recognize him? Never seen him before. The obvious theory is that our killer used the flood to cover their tracks. I'd be careful if I were you. I did not know what my future would look like. The energy wasn't set up for me to thrive in. I didn't realize how formative 25 to 30 would be. I was so excited when they said I got to do an interview with you. Announcer: q with Tom Power. Available now onCBC Listen or wherever you get your podcasts. >> Linda: well, it's been a tough week for the israeli government and especially for its prime minister benjamin netanyahu. It started with an arrest warrant request by the international criminal court and ended with the u.n.'s top court ordering israel to immediately halt its offensive in rafah. In between three countries announced they'll recognize a palestinian state. For a closer look at everything that's happened this past week, we're joined by laura blumeen feld, a former senior policy adviser in the U.S. state department. Currently a middle east analyst at the johns hopkins school for advanced international studies. And she's in washington. Thanks for being with us today. >> Interview: thank you, linda. >> Linda: a lot to unpack here. I want to start with what happened yesterday. The international court of justice calling on israel to end its military operation in rafah. Israel has vowed they say, quote, no power on earth will stop it from protecting its citizens and going after hamas in gaza. I'm wondering what you think this ruling changes when it comes to israel's war efforts? >> Interview: absolutely. Well, look, the court can't enforce the ruling, you about the united states can. The court of opinion matters at the white house. And clearly from an operational point of view, and if you look at it as surgery, this is an an arthroscopic attack on rafah than a bone saw. The united states can moderate israel's behaviour and we have some leverage, because nothing speaks louder than weapons and they're heavily dependent on america for weapons. >> Linda: as we mentioned, this isn't the only thing that's happened this week. Going back to earlier in the week, the top prosecutor at theismat thei.c.c. Said they would seek arrest warrants for netanyahu and his defense minister. How significant was that from your perspective? >> Interview: I think it's fascinating. Look, from the outside looking in, this is flat-out bad. Unprecedented rulings. From netanyahu's view, it's a little more nuanced for several reasons. First of all, he was undergoing attacks from inside his own war cabinet domestically, politically. These rulings rally even his opposition around him. Sort of rallying around the israeli flag. The second thing is it validates netanyahu's point of view, which is the world hates israel no matter what it does. We need to proceed in order to survive. I would rather be alive and hated than loved than dead is his flosscy -- philosophy. Being a kind of bad guy for where netanyahu is sitting, it's not a bad thing. He hinted towards the treaty with saudi arabia recently, countries don't make treaties with the weak. This is all about since october 7th, proving that israel can be strong again. And the dramatic attack on october 7th. >> Linda: we also had signals from other it countries like spain, ireland and norway, who said this week that they would recognize palestinian statehood. Some viewed that as a signal of waning global support for israel. How much of a blow do you think diplomatically this was for israel? >> Interview: well, one thing I learned in the state department, where we unsuccessfully tried to negotiate peace is timing is the fairy dust of diplomacy. The timing of this announcement didn't really have much effect on the ground in rafah. And it just depends on what happens next. If the united states can pull out the cease-fire and then roll that into what our original goal was, was greater regional integration, more prosperous middle east, that's what we were

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