Brazil orders Vale, BHP and Samarco to pay $9.7 bln in damages for dam disaster. World Court rules Israel must prevent genocide in Gaza, falls short of ordering a cease-fire. Kenya High Court rulin...

A federal Brazilian judges ruled the miners Vale, BHP, and their joint venture Samarco must pay 47.6 billion reais in damages for a 2015 collapse in southeastern city Mariana that killed 19 people and severely polluted nearby rivers. In separate comments, Vale and BHP said they were not informed by the judiciary on this decision. Samarco did not comment. The judge wrote in legal documents that the money would be put in a state fund. The companies can appeal to the decision. (Reuters)

The UN’s highest court ordered Israel on Friday to take all possible measures to prevent genocide against the Palestinian people. The World Court judgement came in response to a full case submitted from the South African government on Dec. 29, accusing Israel of genocide after continuing to claim more than 20,000 lives on their military campaign in the Gaza strip. The court ordered Israel to submit a report with one month on the steps it’s taking and claim to have jurisdiction rule in the case, not dismissing it despite Israel’s request to do so. (CNBC)

Kenya’s National Security Council has been ruled by a Kenyan court against their plan to send 1000 police officers to a worsened my crisis in Haiti, where gang violence killed nearly 5000 people and displaced around 200,000 people last year. The UN Security Council backed Kenya’s offer to lead a multinational security force to combat Haitians multiple crises, including gang violence. High Court Judge Chacha Mwita said that under Kenyan law, authorizes could not deploy officers abroad without ‘reciprocal arrangement’ with the receiving government. (CBC)