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please report starts november seventeenth on g.w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin a court in cambodia makes an historic ruling nearly forty years after their crimes were committed to leaders of their brutal can their roots are found guilty of genocide the two men were on trial in connection with the deaths of nearly two million people during their g regimes reign of terror in the one nine hundred seventy s. . also coming up britain faces another day of turmoil as prime minister theresa may
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steps up efforts to defend her controversial breaks a deal but with members of her own party calling for her to quit can she survive and where does the country go next. i'm sumi so much kind of thank you for joining us it's being called cambodia's nuremberg moment in the last few hours two leaders of the camaro rouge regime have been found guilty of genocide by a un backed tribunals a corporal by accused sumpin and one chair who are responsible for the murder in slave meant torture and persecution of nearly two million cambodians between one thousand nine hundred seventy five and one nine hundred seventy nine it's considered one of the worst atrocities of the twentieth century the verdict is the first official acknowledgement that what the khmer rouge regime did was genocide is defined under international law. comes so. we can talk to our
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south-east asia correspondent boston heartache who is following the story for us hi boston what more can you tell us about these two men. well there are the two most senior figures of the career regime who are still alive . being the right hand man of pol pot pol pot of course the former leader of the khmer rouge who died in one nine hundred ninety eight and it was head of state under the clear rules so they really top tier and they were both already serving life sentences for crimes against other crimes against humanity that they were convicted of in previous trial and they both denied responsibilities for these crimes however and they weren't the only two who were indicted in this trial they were two other senior figures but because the trial dragged on for so long and it happened quite late remember that it's almost been forty years since the end of the
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regime those two other figures have since passed away so they're these are these two are the ones that the only ones that the court can still convict in this case to me how significant is this verdict. well you mentioned it what observers are saying is that it's significant in the way that it acknowledges for the first time that what happened under the was in fact genocide now this could also have implications for other countries take me in march for example where the u.n. is saying that what's happening there what happened there with the road in western ian maher that is also genocide so should there ever be a trial this could be basically a role this could function as a role model now it's also important for the many survivors of the c'mere regime you can see that if you look at the numbers over the course of this trial some
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eighty three thousand people came from all parts of the country just to spend a day in the courtroom and to see justice being served and many are saying that it's very important to them to see. that happening and that these crimes don't go unpunished even if it's just the top tier of the career regime who have to stand or will have to stand trial here so me just briefly if you can this trial has also been controversial why is that. it has been there have been questions why does it come so late as i said nearly forty years after the end of the khmer rouge regime and also why doesn't it go further there are other leaders who are being investigated a bit lower down in potential further cases but those cases are very unlikely to go ahead because prime minister prime minister who's been in power for thirty years and who always holds almost unlimited power in the country he strongly opposes that he says it would destabilize the country in
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a way so because you have to understand that it's he was a former member of the khmer rouge himself and many many who hold important positions in cambodia were involved with the khmer rouge as well so the question he the question he's asking is where would this end and that's a question that that many especially those of course who were involved with the khmer rouge are asking at the same time younger people in cambodia they want to move on about it but of course it's very important that this trial went ahead and that there was no impunity for these crimes that were committed because nearly one point seven million people are believed to have been killed between one hundred seventy five and one thousand seventy nine under the claire rouge regime so me all right our south-east asia correspondent bustin heartache for us thank you very much . british prime minister theresa may is stepping up efforts to defend her controversial brags that deal today may have said the country will be plunged into a deep and grave uncertainty if the draft plan is abandoned but she's facing
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a backlash from her own party and calls to be replaced so can she survive we'll get more analysis from london and brussels in a moment but first a look at how events unfolded yesterday. it was a tumultuous day in the history of bric said but more turmoil is likely to follow on thursday several members of parliament resigned on the hours after prime minister theresa may and nonce that her cabinet had agreed to the terms of the deal . the first and biggest blow was dominic robb quitting after only four months as bracks administer it but we do need to change and he's not the only one thinking this way resistance is coming from within may's own party reducing the chances of the agreement being voted through parliament it's eighty four and it's going up by the hour will vote against it is therefore mathematically impossible to get this deal through the house of politics. and if that wasn't enough may might
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be facing yet another challenge jacob riis mog a vocal hardline bracks a tear submitted a letter of no confidence against the prime minister but what we need is a leader who will say to the european union it is impossible to divide up the united kingdom it is impossible to agree to a situation where we have a perpetual customs union this is not wretched this is a failure of government policy it needs to be rejected this is nothing to do with. may responded to the chaos with another press conference demonstrating determination and dismissing calls to step down if we do not move forward without agreement nobody can know for sure the consequences that will follow. it would be to take a path of deep and great uncertainty when the british people just want us to get on with it this is a deal which does deliver that which is in the national interest and i'm i going to see this through yes. from
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a the clock is ticking next week she'll have to face e.u. leaders and without problem enter the approval of the brics a deal her days as prime minister could be numbered and we are delivering let's bring in our correspondents for more on the story barbara vessel is in london and max hoffman is in brussels good morning to you both max let's start with you in brussels the clock is ticking for theresa may what can she expect when she faces e.u. leaders next week well compared to what she's facing back in london it'll be a walk in the park no seriously she probably is going to have to face some criticism over the deal as well although you have to sort that out amongst themselves but we've heard in the last days that france for example is not at all happy about fisheries not being included in that deal in germany is worried about a level playing field meaning that companies in the u.k. and companies on the continent will face the same conditions if they are in the customs union later on but like i said it's
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a different animal than in london it's not her personal fate that's on the line here in brussels you have to squabble among themselves and go shit among themselves figure this out if they really can back the deal or not in the most likely scenario is that they will back the deal negotiated with three some of his cabinet meanwhile her political fate is on the line in london that brings us to you barbara she a truth that may sound a defiant last night and she has staked her survival political survival on the steel will she be able to see it through. we just heard max saying this is a different animal here in london and i tell you sumi it's a for russia's beast because rumor has it that the do you p.t. the northern irish union party that is propping up her government is ready to walk and sort of. go away from her government unless she is replaced and somebody else steps up as prime minister now that was certainly sort of blow up the whole
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the whole government here and make it impossible for two reasons made to go on and the second bad news is emerging last night as she had a talk with michael god of the environment minister one of the leading faces of the leave campaign in two thousand and sixteen he does not want to be breaks administer for anyone he doesn't want to own this deal and he might also be ready to walk from one thousand to resign so nothing but bad news this morning all right well we sent our reporter out on to the streets of london to hear what people have to say about the turmoil there let's take a look. chaos anger and confusion not just inside parliament but on the streets of london as well for the people here outside westminster complex a drama is anything but it done deal. thank you until recently. it was a possibility it is now we. must agree now it's our time
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to go back to the country give them a choice do you want this deal that the government's negotiated deal on say to remain within your opinion. is just ridiculous as a willing to kids i couldn't say. was the opinions and your opinion stay definitely say the original vote was made without all the information that people needed really to make the decision people's votes no. across the city it's all i saw in the case politicians and their heated bricks acho down and it's not just remain us who don't like the deal frank said tears on happy to. the politicians fart. and. some of them in the middle of the end of the day the referendum was a binary choice was winston churchill said
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a majority of one is enough. i voted to leave i'm not going to lie but right now i would stay we need to fight the threats that. the difficult compromises have and united the two sides have to be paid on the country breaks it is in remain assumed to be further apart than ever but on one thing they do agree this is not the deal they want for their country. our barbara we heard there this is not the deal they want for their country what exactly do people there say is the problem with this agreement. the problem is disagreement is that it pleases absolutely nobody is she has achieved a reason made the impossible the seemingly impossible to come back with a deal that is rejected from all sides opposition and many people in britain say this is not good enough this is still going to wreak economic damage and plus we don't really know what's in the range of men for the future all these are empty
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promises different six years say this is much too close to the european union it's pricks it in name only it doesn't mean that we're really leaving and that people in the middle middle are angry and confused about this whole rigmarole this whole chaotic image that the government presents at the moment at the moment iran are just past that as by here in the very early morning down at the thames and he yelled she's a goner she is off and that seems to be didn't loot the mood among many many people here in london and in the rest of the country that the reason may who's trying to ventilating on to battle on can trivially do it right max coming to you with that kind of opposition in london could we see the e.u. negotiate another agreement that has better chances of being approved by the parliament the british parliament the those are two different things first one will be renegotiated deal the german chancellor are going to macro made it very clear
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that she didn't see any grounds for the she says we have something that was negotiated that you agreed on and the british government agreed on so why should we go she added but even if they renegotiated it seems very unlikely that they would be able to offer anything that goes through in the house of commons and coming back to all that criticism we're seeing of the deal especially in the but also within the european union i think the german chancellor angela merkel said once if i get criticism from all sides means i did something right because it means i really found a compromise right our correspondents max hope in brussels and barbara vessel in london thank you both. not some other stories making news around the world north korean leader kim young when the has allegedly visited the test site of a new tactical weapon it was the state media's first mention in months of a new development in the country's weapons program and is likely to put
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a strain on relations with south korea and the united states. a number of people missing in california's devastating wildfires those double to more than six hundred local authorities say the death toll now stands at sixty three search and rescue workers are looking for remains as firefighters are still battling wildfires across the state. german chancellor angela merkel's recent announcement that she will be stepping down as the leader of her christian democratic party in december as fail to improve the party's image that's one of the main findings of a new survey by the german public broadcaster a r d meanwhile support for the social democrats has again dropped to a record low with many voters switching allegiance to the greens let's take a look at the numbers now if elections were held across germany this weekend the survey shows this is how things would stand chancellor merkel's conservative c.d.t. c.d.u. c.s.u. bloc is unchanged at twenty six percent the greens are flying high at twenty three percent they're up six percent the only party improving its ratings clearly the
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number two political force in germany right now the far right d. is down to what fourteen percent as of the social democrats the junior party in the coalition their one percent down only in fourth place a record low for the s.p.d. meanwhile the left party gets nine percent one down on the free market business from the f.t.p. is on eight percent down. so what do these numbers mean we have a political correspondent who's brought with us here in studio to tell us more about this one we saw there the greens are just three points behind the conservatives would it be too bold for them to dream of a green german chancellor it would certainly be a bold stream at the moment after all to be able to do that i would have to overtake the christian democrats are going backwards party and they hate the rise in recent months has been so steep at the moment it seems a pretty unlikely that they are going to take the christian democrats on the other hand there are people leaving voters leaving the christian democrats also changing
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to the green party the green party is not only profiting from the weakness of the social democrats so it's a completely impossible but at the moment it seems highly unlikely ok so that looks unlikely to hans now the new figures come into a battle for the c.d.u. party leadership there are three main candidates in line for the top conservative job whoever wins will have a good chance of becoming the next chancellor of the survey shows who german voters would pick for that job that merkel is going to leave after eighteen years let's take a look forty three percent would go for on a good come callen power or a k.-k. as she's called it she's currently marco secretary-general as a new party leader thirty two percent want the lawyer millionaire and former politician flee to mass to succeed merkel only twelve percent prefer the current german health minister spawn. you know hands looking at these numbers are self has kind of hand-picked a.k.k. as her successor this new survey shows she's a favorite among germans as well but what about in the party exactly that's the
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problem this is a survey of voters but in fact the new leader will be chosen by delegates from the party. organizations and those two groups are not exactly identical so it's not quite clear at the moment what extends to what extent and they'd come cut on by all of this is a difficult difficult the time christopher germans as well to what extent her support within the party is a strong as this shows the three kind of that's in fact presented their positions for the first time to a party congress or a party gathering last night and there to be a feeling i think in northern the northern german city of move back among c.d.u. members was fairly mixed a.k.k. did come out on top i think but there was also quite a lot of sympathy for the other two parties party kind of that's and i just basically can't you look at the survey around a third of city voters said that they thought that the party was too conservative
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the other another third said that the party is not conservative enough whoever takes the job as the head of the party how can they deal with that well this is the shows to what extent i'm going macro has positioned the party right in the middle of the political spectrum and has been very successful with that two of the major candidates that are being offered as alternatives are going to michael now like you to take the party much further to the right while the case is going to continue the policies of i'm going to go so it's unclear at the moment i think probably will have to wait and see all right our political correspondent hans brian thank you very much and. some sports news now the struggling german national football team scored three goals in a dominant performance in a friendly against russia twenty two year old leroy sunday grabbed the first goal in the eight the minute of the match to put the hosts in front the russian simply couldn't keep up with the germans nick last stimulus scored in the twenty fifth
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minute that was the second goal and then surgical nondairy added a third goal near the end of the first half germany holding on firm for a three no victory. our financial markets still have not digested yesterday's that he did break the debate christophe. quite a tumultuous. yesterday the british pound struggle to stay afloat in asian trading today after a substantial slide overnight investors fear that the political turmoil in the u.k. could see it crash out of the european union without a present deal prime minister theresa may said that she will fight to gain backing for a draft rights agreement but speculation is feeling that she could be ousted after members of parliament formally called for a vote of no confidence drugs mall until it is the highest since twenty sixteen now this is interest fear that without any breaks the deal in place supply chains might abruptly be cut when britain is due to leave the next march opposition to the
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nearly six hundred page withdrawal plan has been growing only three days after it was agreed. the prime minister is desperate for huge and damaging saia deep deep misgivings they all seem to have a beef with teresa mayes draft breaks a plan. but business owners see it differently. it's going to be straightforward and simple if the deal once the deal goes along there's going to be some problems. those problems might look like this a long line of trucks good sitting still costing money in time a disaster for any firm but the current arrangement would give businesses time to adjust to the post breaks it landscape at least until the end of twenty twenty that's because the u.k. would remain in the e.u. customs union until a trade deal is in place and it would abide by e.u. regulations that means goods traveling across the border won't run up against tolls or inspections business will keep moving more business leaders are speaking out in
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favor of the draft including the c.e.o.'s of air bus and major trade groups their take questions remain but the draft appears better than a no deal parts of the draft are still difficult for some to swallow the city of london will be limited to offering financial products and services already found in the e.u. it will still have access to the market but the same access as other countries but certainly at that does not appear to be anything within that three paragraphs that would appear to offer the u.k. financial services a better relationship with the e.u. than perhaps a handle the us and that's why many financial institutions have moved some of their operations to the continent. for more let's bring in orders meeting his chief economist of bear on bear bag in london and he joins me from frankfurt today all of our what's been the word in the city of london in regards to teresa mayes brags of proposed i think the word in the city of london is largely let's get the dog this
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may not be the best of the u.s. but it's much better than the alternative of chaos. now as this deal has been welcomed not only by the financial sector but also by other business leaders doesn't prevent banks and other businesses from pursuing their contingency plan c. that the prime minister and her plan don't seem to have the political goal backing . at the moment of course contingency planning has to go on nobody knows how this will end we see a chance of eighty percent that in the end the newbie to heart breaks it will be avoided but it is a tight issue of course banks need to continue their contingency planning and under almost any breaks it a few things will have to move to the continent anyway now mr mayor said that there will be no second referendum but can there be an exit from bragg's there will be no second referendum on the prime minister threesome a we think she
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will probably manage to cling to office but it is an open question the second referendum for us is say like a twenty percent probability i wouldn't rule it out but at the moment it does not yet look likely nobody knows what the question in the second referendum would be and how it would go so a second referendum would open the chance to reversing the breck said the outcome would not be much clearer than the current situation actually is how likely would be a second referendum i mean ms may is obviously opposing it but then the political pressure on her is mounting. i think the chances of a second referendum are about twenty percent at the moment there is a lot of uncertainty in london but faced with a choice between this deal and the unpredictability of the situation if the deal is rejected there is still a good chance that the reason may will get this deal through parliament for which of course she would need some opposition support now to let's consider there will
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be a break that one way or the other how much are other countries going to be interested in striking a trade deal with the u.k. seeing that there is also the e.u. of twenty seven countries the u.k. will find it difficult to strike significant trade the youth with other countries in the u.k. will probably basically be able to extend the current deal that it has with other countries through the e.u. to change and extend these deals so that the u.k. on its own has similar in the us with other countries but for the u.k. to expect to get very very different or even more at the end. with third countries than the d. that has now through the e.u. with the word that is a very very difficult if the u.s. on the trunk negotiates with the smaller u.k. i don't think the u.s. would be all that lenient despite all the history of special relationship august meeting chief economist of baron burbank thank you for talking to w.
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you're welcome. well that time of year again the clock is ticking only five more weeks until christmas and if you are particularly interested in your children being happy over the holidays it's high time to think about some presents here are a few ideas. it's christmas and santa showing off his brand new gun a nerf or laser gun mind you lots of fun although even center gets a little frustrated when his weapon jams. if your kids don't like guns this could be something for them the classic marvel run has been given a new look. high tech is hot this year including drones and the fourth night crew who are enjoying a second run as monopoly characters. a strike in his book airing this day he's available and i am the main man in the ring i'm. talking about fantasy harry potter
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