page and the other social media plan for the crime fighters tune in. now. the news . this is the w news coming to life from berlin. the military commander behind europe's only genocide since the 2nd world war hears today if he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. judges will rule on an appeal by reco blockage against his conviction for war crimes which include the $995.00 scrubber needs, some massacre that's per into the nickname the butcher. also coming out do not come do not come us vice president, kabbalah harris has

a blunt warning for would be migrant south of the us border on her 1st foreign trip in office. and the panoramic plastic fall out in the philippines face mask, then protective suits, are choking the oceans despite calls for better waste disposal. ah. hello, i'm terry martin. good to help you with us. a former balls the insert military commander jailed for europe's only genocide since world war 2 will hear today whether he'll spend the rest of his life behind bars. rock m luggage is appealing against his conviction for his role in the 1995 massacre of 8000 muslim men and boys in scrubber needs and other war crimes committed during the balkan wars. he was given a life sentence in 2017. after a un tribunal in the hague victims,

relatives of travel to the hague, to hear the verdict. a few kilometers north of chevron, its the genocide, memorial and cemetery, honor the victims of the $995.00 massacre. sure. so none of its last 23 members of her family, including her husband, his last words to her, take care of our children. when you get flavio broke up in the early 900 ninety's ethnic toy existence rapidly dissolved into ethnic conflict. foggy and has the governor became one of the most fearfully contested territories. a served crow at some bog. next vide for control. in july, 995 bosnian serb general radco melodic enter, trepner, and it's in the following days, at least 8000 pounds knack muslims were slaughtered. mostly men and boys.

the remains are still being identified by forensic scientists today, using dna analysis. melodic went on trial at the u. n. tribunal for the former yugoslavia. and in 2017 he was found guilty of war crimes and genocide for having committed these crimes. the chambers, census, mister, outcome, luggage to life imprisonment from aladdin has challenged his genocide conviction. and the appeal verdict will be the last in the case against him. 60 kilometers some sorry, a vo in his home town of colleena vick melodic still revere to the hero of you, held by many bosnian serbs person, correct. he's an honest man and honest commander who only defended his people. nothing else. i think he deserves to be released because he's not guilty of anything yet. can you send me those who lost loved ones in the genocide hope the

final ruling will confirm a lot of guilt for them. it's a question of justice, not just for their families, but for all human kind. let's bring in catalina listed here. she's a researcher with the global and european studies institute. lights the university, thanks for being with us this morning. dr. research. what are you expecting from the court today? do you think mr luggage has a chance of winning his appeal? and thank you. one cannot really predict the legal verdict, but i do not expect that. you know, of all the significantly alter the trial chamber decision from 2017. as a matter of fact, it is widely expected that the appeal chamber will confirm the law that was guilty on the charges of genocide is the plan itself, terrorizing civilians in, sorry,

abel, during the 3 years long seas and uphold the lifetime. are people there today aware of what happened? do they recognize this rubber needs to mask or as a war crime? generally, i think there is awareness. dead trusty was committed, but the general type charge is highly contested as a political charge. and mainly population would say that it doesn't amount to genocide. instead of talking about genocide a 3rd, yes, you would probably hear about, you know, what's in the 2nd world war atrocities. again, so rather than applying genocide to try to do the war in ninety's. and just finally the, the conflicts surrounding the breakup of the former yugoslavia they involved ethno nationalists movements that linger on in the balkans today. how dangerous would you

say those movements are nationalism and these movements have been dangerous and they flourish during the war? they've been static, part of regional politics the last 3, the decades. nevertheless, there is a disturbing trend of the rise of radical right mainly connecting through social media where anonymous users are celebrating genocide in bosnia and certainly in la ditch and cut it into heroes. inviting for acceleration of violence, terrorists and just bring it in, norway, and branch on current in new zealand were inspired by radical rights and the one kind of decision. and this rise, the practical rights is by no means some damage to welcome it is really connecting islam of public extra and is beyond europe. dr. rich rich. thank you very much for talking with us. that was dr. catherine, a research of lights, the university say look at some other stories making headlines around the world

today. police and 18 countries have made hundreds of arrests as part of a worldwide sting targeting organized crime networks. australian at u. s. police masterminded the operation. they say they gathered evidence after tricking suspects into using a messaging up controlled by investigators canadian police say the driver of the pickup truck who killed 4 members of a muslim family, acted out of hatred. and 9 year old boy was the only survivor after the attacker drove his truck into a family in the city of london and terrier on sunday. us stories ever covered, most of the rents and paid to russian based hackers who launched a cyber attack on the country's largest fuel pipeline. the crypto currency was recovered by a task force set up in response to ransomware attacks on critical infrastructure worldwide. based on our investigation and peruse presidential election is still too close to call left. his candidate head ro castillo, has taken

a slim lead with over 90. 5 percent of the boat counted is right wing rival k kofuji. maury is alleging boating irregularity. she has huge co c o supporters of stealing boats garcia's party rejects the allegations that i've given us vice president couple of harris has urged would be migrants to think again about trying to travel to the united states in the hope of a better life. harris is currently on her 1st foreign trip since taking office. she is now in mexico city for talking with president andre manuel lopez over a door on how to better tackle the root causes of migration, including poverty and political oppression. she travelled there from guatemala, where she offered a message of hope, but also some words of caution that are likely to disappoint many, who expected something different from the biden administration. on the, at the same time, i want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that

dangerous track to the united states, mexico board or do not come do not come. earlier i spoke to liz shook us policy analyst at the humble foundation i asked her if harris's message to migrants on this trip constitutes a turnaround from the by the administration's previously more welcoming tone. i'm not sure i would phrase it like that. you can both be more welcoming than the previous administration. also more focused on human rights when they do arrive in the country. but at the last segment showed there's been a massive uptake in migration. and not only is that kind of all work days, but this is incredibly dangerous, you know, the loss of life and the danger that they're putting women and children in it is kind of uncommon. we don't really even know the full scope of it. so i think it's prudent to kind of go to the source and say, this is both not an easy track,

it will not be an easy arrival. so don't just assume because of the, by the ministration that much is going to be different than, than the past decade. well, every year, hundreds of thousands of people do make the journey northwards from central america through mexico with the hope of crossing into the u. s. w, a reporter i you tore size travel to travel to the city of top of schuler in southern mexico, near the border to guatemala. it's one of the key arrival points for undocumented migrants from central america. danny rios travelled from honduras to mexico with her 2 daughters and 2 nephews. they've just been detained, a checkpoint in tampa, tula, and don't know where they will be taken as they arrived last monday. we've been hungry and slept in the park because we had nowhere to sleep just trying to hold on none. august sanchez has been running

a shoulder for migraines and half of july for 3 decades. she's noticed that since you as president joe biden to power more and more women are arriving alone with their children. it's a, you know, sometimes there's a button like in the north and a bottleneck here. we don't know what to do, but people are still coming in. a base. migrants are forced to seek asylum 1st and mexico before they can continue their journey towards the us. the authorities estimate will receive about $100000.00 asylum applications this year. that's more than doubled the number of last year. the paperwork used to take about 20 days to process. now it takes months. that's left thousands of migrants from haiti and central america stranded in top of chula struggling to survive several n g o say it's part of a deliberate political strategy to dissuade the migrants from leaving their countries. the un refugee agency says governments need to do more as

a one my, your we are calling for a greater effort from all countries. if worse, there's not just one country that has to deal with this situation by you get the nika we're seeing it across the region. and all the leaders have to be involved in getting started. danny and her family spent all their savings to flee the violence in their neighbourhood, and his father was recently killed by gang members. so people who killed the boy's father, a threatening us to. we don't want to go back to 100, you know, locked in this and, and worried about deportation. they feared they've invested everything just to end up back where they started. since the career virus pandemic began face masks and personal protective gear, saved lives, countless lives. but without a good waste disposal strategy, they can easily become a threat themselves to

a marine life. that's what's happening in the philippines were more and more face masks, and p, p. e shields are big being collected from the c bed on world oceans. day we have this report, it's becoming a tiresome routine. people go diving and bring back plastic trash when they stuff is. and now the pandemic is adding a new element to see pollution. like here in the philippines, the marine life has been able to take a break from us personally. however, they're getting inundated with a new source of trash, which is based face shield. and, you know, the bunny suits that people are wearing the masks only add to the plastic bags, diapers, and packaging materials that already apply local waters and residents say that means something needs to be done. i think we'll be seeing more of them more of the

face my i think we will be wearing face my for awhile for quite some time. so even the efforts of the local governments for establishment to actually segregate the search for that. meaning we need to provide a separate trash being for the b p. b, a new report once about the growing problem of ocean plastic pollution for the 5th of it comes from asia. the un is singling out the philippine, saying it's responsible for a whopping one 3rd of all ocean plaza. and finally heard of wild elephants have been caught taking a nap on their migration journey through south western china. the serene scenes are in sharp contrast. the habit caused by the animals since they were 1st spotted in april. officials have scrambled to ensure a public safety as they roam through populated areas and gobble croc. leaving

a trail of destruction is unclear why they have set out on their truck, which has captivated the public in china. coming up next our documentary channel dock film today focuses on the arab spring 10 years on. i'm terry martin for me and all of us here at the w. thanks for being ones who's young moroccan immigrants. they know the police will stop being that the route is not a solution. they know their flights it could be fatal. looking back is not an option.