so you. do something for your country but you're still the black you're. for germany starting december tenth. this is did every news live from berlin to rock of love it's known as the butcher of bosnia is guilty of genocide and war crimes the u.n. tribunal sentences the former bosnian serb commander to life in prison for atrocities he committed during the bosnian war also coming up. a new day

and a new leader for zimbabwe supporters of incoming president emerson god what are lighting up the streets of harare to welcoming welcome him back home after robert mugabe stunning resignation on tuesday is due to be sworn in as president on friday. and i north korean soldier defects to the south we have the footage of his daring escape as he crosses the border under heavy fire. on little rock it's a pleasure to be with you about the former bosnian serb army chief accused of leading the massacre of eight thousand muslim men and boys has been found guilty of war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide judges at the u.n.

tribunal in the hague have sentenced mothers to life in prison let's listen to the presiding judge reading out the ruling earlier today. the chamber finds. guilty as a member of first joint command enterprises of the following counts count to genocide count three persecution the crime against humanity all the atrocities committed by this took place in the early to mid one nine hundred ninety s. during the bosnian war let's take a look back now at his role in that conflict. srebrenica the small town in eastern bosnia-herzegovina has gained infamy as the scene of a war crime in july nine hundred ninety five bosnian serb forces massacred more than eight thousand men and boys here they were acting on the orders of radical melodic the former army chief following the collapse of yugoslavia he made plans to

create a greater sabria together with the right of one carriage the bars political leader melodic carriage divided the walk of war between them carried it gave the orders mullard it carried them out former head of the british army and ex nato general some mike jackson was at the time commander of the allied rapid reaction corps in the balkans and got to know all right cool melodic passionately. he was ruthless trowbridge the obvious one his. own hard poorly. their scene is without a doubt the panicle of melodic just cruelty in july one thousand nine hundred ninety five his troops forced to we enter srebrenica which had been declared a safe haven under u.n. protection in front of the cameras here sure bosnian muslims that nothing would happen to them. shortly afterwards his forces expelled the women and girls and killed the men and boys. in this support it came face to face with melodic that

summer and she was bussed out of town as soon as he walked into the bus i covered my head like this. today she can only endure the trauma. was that during that last offensive my father and my brother were killed it seemed to me like my whole world collapsed apart from my children and my husband these two were the most important people in my life. for survivors like innocent and their relatives this verdict has delivered the justice they've been hoping for. extern a scene there i'm not folding the breakup of yugoslavia and the unspeakable atrocities perpetrated during the conflict defined the mid ninety's and frank often reported

on events from bosnia at the time so it's very invaluable to have you here on this a very specific day the slow wheels of justice finally caught up with what happened they felt a lot of guilty of war crimes of genocide put this in perspective for us how important what is the significance of this sentence basically very slow wheels and date after twenty twenty two years where he would acknowledge off to that for now what happened about instep and it's one thousand nine hundred ninety five and who was the main person responsible for the this world is not only important for the balkans but also for international justice let me bring you back to nine hundred ninety three when the international criminal war crimes tribunal for the former he was lucky i was founded now we have another international criminal tribunal the i.c.c. in the hague which means the basis of all this started in one thousand nine hundred three and it's going to continue the fact that the international community was able to bring this the trial to a man means that the international community and the united nations are ready the

knowledge days in the twenty first century even after such a long period of time to finalize such a trial and bring justice to first of all the victims here in the balkans all right and of course the most important people in all of this are of course the survivors the relatives the loved ones of those who perished is there any solace for them what was their reaction to this verdict that was looked at had a look at the pictures broadcast life from poster child which is a step and it's a memorial on the spot on the ground found by the united states at the time by the clinton administration. i had the feeling that there was a certain feeling of joy of happiness of relics a sheen after all that pain but one shouldn't underestimate the fact also doubts. a lot of these them and organizing themselves in a group called a version of scotland it's. they are full of sadness of the special because of the fact that the resoled of the military successes of not its troops at the time is

there and this is the. entity that the put because and they have to live there because hope and it's all forms a part of this is that a village forms a part of this serbian dominated and to take and so i have the feeling that they are mixed feelings even today mixed feelings you were there in the mid one nine hundred ninety s. you were a reporter in bosnia share some of your experiences with us significant day i feel right of course all these memories are coming back on such an important important day. i have a right there shortly after the fall of stepan it's i was assigned for german press and radio there and i was one of the only ones on the base of the united nations at the time where the version of stop and it's a half a rifle was emergency help to organize by the international red cross and of course u.n.h.c.r. and of course this is something even as a crisis reporter you don't want to say to you often in your career this was in the

heart of europe where we had where we had scenes that we knew as a post-war generation in western europe from the second world war and from the points and experience all parents told us and that was again and this is something up probably won't never never never forget it all right frank often ring in on that meant to say verdict passed on by the i c two i to today thank you so very much for having me thank you. well now to some of the other stories making news around the world. the presidents of russia turkey and iran say they've agreed to keep working on the peace process in syria russia's vladimir putin said the syrian government is committed to a peace process and free and fair elections well earlier this year the three countries helped negotiate a partial truce between syrian forces and the opposition.

lebanese prime minister said hetty says he is putting his resignation on hold after the country's president asked him to reconsider how did he attended independence day celebrations in the capital after returning to lebanon late last night it's nearly three weeks since he suddenly announced his resignation while in saudi arabia. and in saudi arabia heavy rains have triggered flash floods in jeddah stranding motorists and causing school council a sions in saudi's second biggest city well the dozens of people were plucked from vehicles trapped in the water and more have the rainfall is still expected. international airplanes and ships have joined the search for an argentine submarine that went missing a week ago but experts say that oxygen levels on board may have dropped to critical levels the argentinian navy says the ship's oxygen would last one week if this was

still intact. doesn't bubba now where former vice president emerson god has arrived home in preparation to take power after robert mugabe's shock resignation as president crowds have gathered outside the headquarters of the ruling zanu p.f. party to welcome. earlier he took a private jet from an airfield near johannesburg shortly after meeting with south african president jacob zuma and god was expected to be sworn in as an bob ways head of state on friday and a little earlier i spoke with nick he is the chairperson of the u.k. chapter of zimbabwe's ruling party i asked him if with emerson god at the helm sunapee if we'll have to change. not out of all that returns from mission what do you leave well to your direction then you leave. your. relationship

with most of what is i was discussing and it's probably obvious to me when he wants all of you in the country there is one. statement that will you just petition and when you say you disposition it means them continually with what just been so definitely want to be seen to date right now. yes custody in your way of doing things. well also not well it's not going to be. all right that was nick i'm gonna chairperson of the u.k. chapter of zimbabwe's ruling zanu p.f. party all right i'm back here in germany failed coalition talks have catapult at this country into major political uncertainty president to find out their steinmeier has been meeting with his heads of the with the heads of the country's main parties to take stock of the situation steinmeier says he wants to meet with leaders of the far right populous alternative for germany as well as the left party

to find common ground all right now we want to go to that dramatic footage that has emerged of a north korean soldiers defection the picture show him racing across the border under fire from former comrades the soldier is now recovering in a south korean hospital this is one of the most heavily guarded places on earth and this is a north korean soldier about to make the most dangerous and dating decision of his life to defect to the south. as he career's past a north korean checkpoint his comrades raise the alarm and give chase. over the bridge of no return the driver is within touching distance of freedom. regime soldiers make one last bed to catch him. just metres from the white

demarcation line disaster struck as he crushed his jeep the unmanned soldier had to make the crossing on flute with his pursuers firing forty bullets at his back. one even crosses the border before retreating a violation of the armistice agreement start two minutes later the badly injured soldier is seen amongst a bed of leaves and for red imagery shores host south korean soldiers crawl to his . doctors say he is in recovery. all right now some soccer one of the champions league match up tonight features oneness league champions of byron munich they've already reserve a spot in the sweet sixteen of the champions league and now they are expected to steamroll over belgian club under left in brussels as they attempt to take first place in their group. well that can accords with by and stick it to the knockout

stages already signed sealed and delivered the focus now is on topping that group helped by the goals of robert levin dusky they've won eighteen a rare wonder coach chip hind has. established as the mantra of i don't think the team will relax just because we've already qualified for the next stage call if it's it on the food i think the team will want to keep moving forward and europe won't allow them to relax to listen to circuits and when it's up for us to train that. scored a brace in the weekend victory over. and scoring shouldn't be a problem against great whipping boys anderlecht but if by and do you want to win the group it's likely that i need to put four goals past leaders paris as your man on the final match day to batter the french side head to head. if you want to look ahead to the game against perry says. then i have to say we also want to win that game. because psychology plays

a big role in football. donegal it's all that even and elects coach was asked how by and will fare against p.s.g. . i think they can beat p.s.g. but they would need to beat them for no but being germans they always believe they can. pass for the match at hand recent history favors by and the last time they played and lacked in brussels they won five nil. all right thanks so much for spending part of the day with us we'll be back at the top of the hour helena is up next. frankfurt. international gateway to the best connections and road and rail. located in the heart of europe you are connected to the. experience outstanding

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