but that's what we have every day but the message is a simplistic you have been trained good logical rational person crazy man and misinformation is rife dismissal and denial of well documented accusations and evidence is part of genocide the listening post provides a critical counterpoint challenging mainstream media narrative at this time on al-jazeera it's impossible to underestimate the size and scale of the economic crisis it's not just about the billion trillion dollar debt it's not just about the banks it's not just about the government real. averred a jew in the war crimes trial of former bosnian serb military leader. accused of

genocide. and sammy this is al jazeera live from dollhouse so coming up the lebanese prime minister is back home sadly the attends independence day celebrations more than two weeks after his shock resignation in saudi arabia. i lived very well and. i believe this is a generation of. celebrations as zimbabwe embraces a new era without president robert mugabe and the tension shifts to the former vice president who is expected to be sworn in as a bob ways a new leader. u.n.

war crimes tribunals is set to deliver its verdict in the trial of former military leader had come alive which he was the commander of the bosnian serb army during the conflict in the early ninety's malaria chiz charged with genocide over the massacre at srebrenica and more than eight thousand muslim men and boys were killed shortly will cross over to david chase through since revelator first let's get the view from the hague you can see the picture in the middle there of the call that's when the barker is standing by live for us so neve take us through what's going on in court today. or somebody were expecting proceedings to take place and begin very shortly this is a a big historic moment obviously for the alleged victims of radko melodic but also for the prosecutors and all of the legal teams that have been involved in this lengthy trial. faces in total eleven counts against him nine of crimes against humanity of war crimes and two of genocide he's accused of waging an

unrelenting. cases of ethnic cleansing against people in bosnia who were of known serb ethnicity over the course of the ninety two to ninety ninety five war he was on the run for sixteen years at the end of that conflict he was finally arrested in two thousand and eleven his trial began a year later lasted for here is ending in december of last year and now the crucial verdicts were expecting the judge to possibly give a sixty minute to ninety minutes summary of all of the charges. he faces before delivering that final verdict we expect the sentence if that is the way in which this trial is going to be delivered similar taney asli it has been a very long twenty two year wait since the end of that conflict and now looks as if it's nearing its final moments and knave it is expected that some of these

charges at least will be up held right. well on the whole the the assumption is that many of these charges will be up held the guilty verdict will be given when it comes to the actual sentencing while we wait to hear exactly what the judge has to say the prosecutors are pushing for the maximum sentence we know that in the previous trial over adam encourage it shit who was jailed for forty years last year but a similar kind of sentence is expected this time around we have to of course wait for justice to do its course but the assumption is with the weight of evidence against mr lederach that this trial will be coming to an end with a very firm guilty verdict on many of those charges just to reiterate eleven in

total ninety nine counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes two of genocide . let's leave it there with neve barkha continue the conversation with david chaytor he's standing by live for us in srebrenica of course that's the place where the genocide happened memories still fresh despite the passage of years what does this moment mean for the relatives of some of those victims. they're gathering here at the moment watching a live feed from the hague they are hoping to get some closure some catharsis and to their suffering but if you look at the graveyard around me at the moment this is the main memorial to that genocide there is still more than a thousand bodies missing somewhere in those hills behind me somewhere in the forests there finding fresh bones fresh skulls just about every week there are many

families here who will not be satisfied with anything more than a life sentence formal adage and genocide because they say they have had a life sentence they've had their loved ones taken away from their fathers the hosp and sons nothing can bring them back and at the least they hope they will get some sort of revenge in justice in the hague that's what they say but in the end nothing can compensate for what to these people have suffered in this valley if you if you come here if you drive here you pass the spot where so many people were killed there hardly market you just drive past them without even knowing unless you did some research it is extraordinary and the suffering cannot stop it will not stop there's a sort of tunnel of depression over this whole valley politically psychologically and spiritually a tunnel which still has no light at the end because you've got to remember that essentially after the dayton accords this conflict was frozen and in the serb

communities further down this road they don't consider it genocide they have been a belittling the whole process in the hague they still have very strong support from the outage and so imagine what that's like for the mothers who are gathering here at the moment they still live in houses they were forced from their victims were taken from they had to fight to get back there is still so many houses in this area that was stronger than the war they're still standing and standing empty. and it's a haunted valley and nothing is going to stop that at least they'll have a verdict in the hague they hope that will be a guilty verdict on the charges of genocide and those genocide verdicts of course don't just cover this the most serious the biggest massacres since the second world war but also the concentration camps the detention centers the rape centers that they had all across this country and it's very important for them that everybody

get some sort of justice for this and that's why they feel that there should be a life sentence formula which on those charges of genocide david thank you for that talk about getting some justice let's listen in now to what's going on in the courts in the hague claims territory in bosnia and herzegovina through the commissions of the crimes charged in the indictment including genocide persecutions extermination murder. in your main act of forcible transfer and deportation second. sarajevo j.c. which had the objective of spreading terror among the civilian population through a campaign of sniping and shelling as charged in the indictment including through murder acts of violence the primary purpose of which is to spread terror among the

civilian population and and lawful attacks on civilians third they serve the. j.c. the objective of which was the elimination of force to mushrooms into going. through the crimes trial it's in the indictment including genocide persecutions extermination murder the in your main act of forcible transfer and deportation forth. hosted sticking. the objective which was taking and. to prevent nato from conducting air strikes against military targets sort of crime of taking host the choose as a war crime in addition the prosecution charged with having

planned instigated. and or aided and abetted the crimes in the indictment finally it also charged to accused as a superior pursuant to article three. seven three of the statute. listening in there to the court proceedings going on in the hague relating to the charges which were at colma laddish the former leader of the bosnian. army during the war in the former yugoslavia in bosnia in particular in the ninety's is facing some of those charges as the judge was reading out their range from conducting a campaign of terror to elimination of the bosnian muslims to hostage taking and we understand it's probably a little while until we get to the point where those charges are either held and

dismissed we'll bring you back into these proceedings when we get further into them now the prime minister sadly it is back in beirut two weeks after announcing his shock resignation while in saudi arabia has been attending lebanon's independence day celebrations president michel aoun has refused to accept the prime minister's resignation believing it was done under duress and previously said how do you with being detained by saudi authorities they are denies the accusations about what has more from beirut. the presence of prime minister. president michel aoun and the speaker of the parliament betty was cool for. unity this comes against a backdrop of the political crisis that was triggered by the surprise resignation of. that while he was in saudi arabia i mean the message today was basically

that lebanese tend united behind their leaders but the hours to come later are going to be very crucial for the country we expect things that how do you need to meet with president bush and that's where the president is going to have to renounce his resignation that's going to be good news for labor but how do we insist on stepping aside that could plunge the country into further instability and uncertainty i think all the political leaders now want to keep. the prime minister for the you know. this is a delicate moment for everyone and also for a country which is surrounded by. places like syria where violence continues and he also there's this message by everyone in lebanon that we should stay away from interfere went into political affairs of lebanon they say that this should respect the will of the lebanese people. a lebanese politics involves

a balancing act of various groups and religions there are eighteen religious sects represented in parliament under the political system in place since one thousand nine hundred nine the president must be a maronite christian the prime minister suddenly muslim and the speaker of parliament a shia muslim sad and how do you he is a saudi ally he's heads the sunni majority political party called the future movement party hezbollah is also represented in parliament and led by has. hezbollah is backed by iran and viewed as a terrorist organization by many countries including the united states and saudi arabia. georges malbrunot zero is a reporter for le figaro specializing in the middle east he joins us live from paris so good to have you with us howie is back in lebanon what do you think happens next it will need president michel aoun only we learn to tell him what is he going to do either him intense his

resignation or he comes back and remain as prime minister. from what we heard i heard this weekend while he was in paris from a close friend of sorry telling me that is going to maintain is resignation for a while and president michel aoun will probably. a new government to be formed until the next elections which are going to take place in may there is the question whether these elections can be and dissipated or not but i think this is the scenario that. will keep on on the resignation for one one simple reason it when he said as you know that he's going to resign from saudi arabia he made clear speech saying that we should disturb. the original

crises that is to be refrain so we haven't seen in the recent weeks or days any change on this position except perhaps the speech of a sudden assad two days ago when he said that u.s. forces are ready to withdraw from iraq is it enough or sorry read to change is mine hundred sure but we have to wait for a while and to listen what is going to say to president michel aoun. stand by his resignation what does that mean for the stability of the country then . it means that lieberman will come back to his. kind of usual game to political crises. about to form a new government and of course it could be source of instability but i don't see

any reason for a huge instability for for simple reasons neither as nor probably saudi arabia or israel as interest now to inflame made the situation so we'll have to in the original players. iran france united states will enjoy coming months to in order to to find a kind of new equation to refrain. from its activities. in iraq which probably will be the case in syria also perhaps or in yemen this is the request which have been done made made by by the france and saudi arabia but we will see if this request will be met but what i will get in a new period of. vacuum institutional vacuum in lebanon which is not the first time as you know really been known as been without government until last year and there

will be crises there will be talks it will be negotiations between the regional players and from these talks would see if we can get a new road map for lebanon or not or i will leave it there for now and so i just my bruno. so the sound of cheering and dancing in the street the resignation of president robert mugabe was a moment to celebrate across much of zimbabwe thousands of people filled city squares as news spread mugabe was stepping down after thirty seven years in power and in the coming hours the man likely to replace him and the cinnamon gang will be returning home is expected to be swiftly sworn in as involved ways new president how to reports from. jubilation on the streets of harare across the country that robert mugabe rule for thirty seven years while to liberation was maybe even days. news demagogy was stepping down came as both houses of

parliament sat in an extraordinary session to debate the president's impeachment the speaker suspended the session and told m.p.'s that he'd received a letter. mugabe wrote that he was resigning with the media's effect voluntarily in order to facilitate a smooth transfer of power. to the crowds outside those who was many thought they'd never have ever since i was born i have never seen this day i've. been here we have been out. there when. you went to. bury. you mugabe's departure comes an emotional week after the military first took to the

streets intervening in party politics over his succession it likely means that this man. will become zimbabwe's interim leader i had of elections in. the exuberant now some a cautious about the future and a person who's been proven by where you live to use. since. i live. and politicians i. would wish. to trouble me a couple through these demonstrations and words from god was to play the game fairly if it is not well to play the game fairly we will touch him on you also we are sick and tired. soon. i had for decades been a faithful mugabe lieutenant described as a president close to the army and nicknamed the crocodile if you would describe him

as a democrat. many are right to wonder with. the much difference in the past on this night and finale. no one knows what's going to happen next it's a new dawn for the country for a people who have only known one leader since one nine hundred eighty. has more now from. day one with. this gives you an idea of how many people are feeling. relieved that the days are gone and people are looking forward to what the future brings. may bring to the country will he improve the economy he's expected back in the country and when. people want to hear from.

the. people around and employed with. jobs one of the that's how most people make a living selling bits and pieces trying to look. people. these are people with degrees some of them just can't find work some. people. and. the man brings some kind of consolation improve the economy. of the people. of the. now the u.s. navy says one of its planes has crashed in the pacific ocean is on its way to the aircraft carrier wrong dragon which is currently in the philippine sea search and rescue operation is underway defense minister says eight of the eleven crew and

passengers have been recovered it's unclear whether they're alive rafi is the forty four crew on board a missing argentinian submarine or running close out of oxygen raised when a u.s. aircraft searching for the sub spotted white flares over the atlantic the argentinean navy says it's unlikely to have come from the vessel which disappeared a week ago rough seas and strong winds have hampered rescue efforts so far. the united nations command says north korea violated the anstice agreement where its troops shot and chased the soldier was defecting across the border the defector remains in a south korean hospital with gunshot wounds after the incident last week kathy novak has more from seoul extraordinary video of a soldier risking his life to escape from north korea at around three in the afternoon he's seen driving a truck past

a checkpoint on the north korean side of the demilitarized zone or d.m.z. on the heavily fortified border fellow soldiers are shown running after the truck which becomes stuck the defector then gets out and runs towards the border known as the military do you mark haitian line or m.t.l. just meters away soldiers from the k.p.a. or north korean people's army open fire hitting the defector it's thought five times one even chases him over the border before returning to the north korean side . the key findings of the special investigation team are that the k.p.a. violated the armistice agreement by one firing weapons across the m.d.o. and two by actually crossing the indio temporarily the defectors body is seen lying motionless on the south korean side of the border then soldiers from the joint u.s. and south korean security battalion are seen crawling towards the injured defector

to drag him to safety it's rare for defectors to try and breach the joint security area pun when jum tour groups on both sides of the border regularly visit though the u.n. command says no tourists were there when the shooting happened. the north korean soldier remains in intensive care in a south korean hospital where he's regain consciousness and his wounds are no longer life threatening a doctor treating him says the surgery revealed a parasitic worms he'd only ever seen in textbooks giving an insight into the dire conditions north koreans face and the kind of life this defector was fleeing kathy novak al jazeera soul. now talks are taking place in the russian city of sochi which could determine the outcome of the syrian war turkey which backs syrian rebel groups and president bashar assad's allies iran and russia are there groups opposed to us and our meeting in the saudi capital riyadh it follows as said surprise visit to russia on monday for talks with president vladimir putin and on the ground

attacks on the besieged rebel held suburb of the syrian capital have intensified in the past week killing more than eighty civilians the volunteer group syria civil defense says more than two hundred airstrikes have hit eastern also since last tuesday so a binge of aid has more from gaza into the turkey syria border. more children wounded in near strikes and. strictly reviews for any of the jets in the sky before they begin driving in her child in duma peers to be. in with rob or another he has had homes in the theme routine. this is why rescuers continue to ask what updates on aircraft activity while they drive. activists say artillery or mortar shells triggered unexploded munitions left behind by cluster bomb attacks syrians in the besieged suburbs say the bombardment has

been relentless. from the rubble of the homes and apartments some survivors emerge . as dawn breaks it's clear that many of the dead remain buried. in the early hours we closed the store and when harm fifteen minutes later a missile hit was a different kind of missile in another missile over there killed people and then there was another one people are still under the rubble. it's been a week since the syrian government and its allies increased attacks after the fighters took over the largest military barracks in the suburb of damascus. syrian state media say military forces are carrying out what they call intensive strikes against terrorist positions. that's not for the civilians of. the ask if the baby's in these shrouds were terrorists. there's a flurry of diplomatic activity in saudi arabia and russia involving turkey iran

and the syrian opposition but in the war of attrition which has gone on for more than six years syrians besieged on the front lines do not believe anymore statements which say that the war may be coming to an end. the other. two planes have landed in yemen's capital for the first time since the saudi led coalition tightened its blockade sixteen days ago it have prevented aid from being delivered despite increasing pressure from the un and humanitarian groups the un has said more than thirty flights carrying aid have been cancelled it's warned millions of people face starvation. now haitians have been protesting outside the u.s. president's floor of their estate over a move to change their immigration status donald trump's administration is scrapping the program that allowed nearly fifty five thousand haitians to live and work in the u.s. they now have an eighteen month window to prepare to leave the u.s.

on their went to newark new jersey where there's a large haitian community to get their thoughts. mary belle flores at the beauty salon she own skating ready for another day at work she came to the u.s. from her native haiti over thirty years ago and is now a u.s. citizen but many of her haitian friends are not so lucky a two thousand and ten earthquake in haiti killed more than one hundred thousand people and left millions homeless in the immediate aftermath within sixty thousand haitians came to the u.s. he's keeping extreme hardship at home you were granted temporary protected status to stay in america legally. that order has been renewed every year since your quake but the trumpet ministration says it won't happen this year but the haitians will be deported leaving many people like misspell floor worried and sad and it's hard it's tough it's when you.

don't think it's right those people are poor. a life is difficult the city of newark new jersey is home to thousands of haitians who have laid down roots and i have families here. many haitians will be affected by this decision to have children that were born in the united states and us citizens those parents now face an excruciating decision go back to haiti and leave their children here take their children to haiti leaving the only country they've ever known or stay here in the united states but have to live in the shadows illegally the trumpet ministration says the original law allowing haitians into the u.s. was always meant to be a temporary benefit and that the conditions in haiti have improved enough for them

to return home but haitians here don't see it that way most of them are hard workers who is working to what we. sometimes jobs that doesn't even pay right but they do it because family taking care of and some of them went to school got a degree. as for miss bell floure she says many of her friends who could now be deported are too scared to come forward and are now looking for another country that might take them in gabriel's on doe al-jazeera newark. now pop music fans who were teenagers in the one nine hundred seventy s. are mourning the death of one of their biggest titles david cassidy. his career. decades he starred in the popular t.v. show the partridge family. he was the number one singer and famous poster boy for

young girls worldwide but his fame declined with cassidy's struggled with alcoholism bankruptcy and dementia he died from kidney and liver failure in hospital in florida aged sixty seven. and let's take you through some of the headlines here now to syria now the u.n. war crimes tribunal is delivering its lengthy verdict in the trial of former military leader. he was commander of the bosnian serb army during the conflict in the early ninety's and is charged with genocide over the massacre at srebrenica where more than eight thousand mostly men and boys were killed. prime minister sadler how daily is back in lebanon two weeks after announcing his resignation one in saudi arabia here tended independence day celebrations in beirut and is later expected to meet president michel aoun. has more from beirut this is going

to be crucial. to commemorate you know. we have no indication whatsoever about sat. next to me. after an all night party it's quiet again on zimbabwe's streets after president robert mugabe announced he was stepping down people are now awaiting the return of emerson who is due to fly back to zimbabwe in the coming hours. the un's accusing north korea of violating the armistice agreement that ended the korean war by chasing a defector across the border the soldier was shot as he crossed the frontier he was rescued by south korean soldiers who dragged him to safety the u.s. navy says one of its planes has crashed in the pacific ocean is on its way to the aircraft carrier ronald reagan which is currently in the philippine sea search and

rescue operation is on the way japan's defense minister says eight of the eleven crew and passengers have been recovered but it's unclear whether they're alive seventeen sailors have died in two accidents this year while working for the fleet . the headlines it's earth rise next so stay with us here on al-jazeera. al-jazeera. and for you.