>> welcome to o france 24. we are live from paris. courtternatatnal crimininal orders the release of a man after seven n years in custody. alleged warial for crimes. another day, another battle for theresa may. heads to the house of commons later on.

the scale of defeat could determine if she stays or goes. tensions continue to simmer. a canadian citizen has been given the death penalty for drug smugglining. also coming up in our businesess update, we will be l looking a t what thehe brexit vote might men for the value of the pound sterling. we will tell you all about it in this addition. -- in this editition. judges from the international

criminal court have granted provisional release after over seven years in custody. allies h had been on trial since 2016 for alleged war crimes. he refused to accept defeat. judges ruled it failed to satisfy the burden of proof. the chief had to say a little earlier. hereby decides th prosecutor hahas failed t to satisfy the burden of proof too ththe requisitee s standard as foreseen in article 6 66 of thee rome statute. grants the defense motion for acquittal for all charges.

mediate release of subjeject to anyy, request by t prosecutor under subparagraph i of this article. we e can bring in douglas herbert. what does this mean? >> it is a setback. a real target is rececently. open in 2002. at the time, i it was seen as on dictators.k

we have seen the first country to withdraw from the court. is a notion of international criminal justice and being abable to hold people responsible for thehese types of more crimes. nations accuseded or in the crosshairs of this court invoked national sovereignty. jojohn bolton called it an effective and dangerous. others accuse it of being a tool of imperialism.

it has b become momore fragigila sense. is still seennion as its largegest block of defenders. those e coming under scrutiny of the court are those most vocal in their conondemnation n of it. the philipippine president has announceced the philippines are going to withdraw. why the court was going to be looking into that country's .rackdown been ar putin has never memberer of the court.

possible war crimes inin connectition witith thehe decado wawar in georgia. bese most inclined to scathing inn their condemnation. saying it doesn't want americans brought beforore the court at a all. becoming more of a difficult proposition in today's climate. it is good to have you. thank you very much.

3000 deadt there is people before any court in the court before the national -- taken bycoast, the president and the national assembly. before national jurisdictions, therere is no precedence for the crisis. it is total imimpunity. by thisrere deceived

judgment. the judges say the prosecution failed to prove their case. >> they decided, the fact of the , this principle has been -- during the year to -- the most responsible, the person and the people who have to say something to the troops committing some crimes. it is difficult to prove. if a crimesay that

has been committed by their troops, all they half to stop those crimes is to persecute those responsible for the tribes. the way they tried to persecute ,he more responsible people there is n no written proof in this case to prove that. >> thank you very much for joining us. will head to parliament later on. british mps are all but certain to reject her deal. the scale of the d defeat could determine if theresa may heads to brussels to secure more

youanteeses or if it delays britain's exit from the block. despite her bebest attempt, this are not looking good for theresa may. goodings are not looking for this prime minister. her deal is going to get voted down. and thisrotesters other theresa may hovering around outside parliament hours before this vote. come outre as she has of what is a titanic looking ship about to hit an iceberg. worried about her fate. according to which newspaper you , you have the scale of the

defeat that is being looked at. than 100be less fewer votes? is it worth the former? we could conceive she would fight on and she could possibly go wednesday to brussels to try get concessions and changes in the eu withdrawal deal. a humiliating defeat, the leader, jeremy corbyn, is going to call for a vote of no-confidence. we think he would not win it. 1930 gmt.around there will be amendments that could change the nature of that eu withdrawal. will happen, what are

theresa may's options if things do not go her way? >> her options are to go to brussels and try to get some concessions.er it does not look like the eu is minded to do that. , historic a huge proportion defeat, this is the very reason she became party leader, prime minister. she is trying to push this. she says it will be a complete breach of trust, of betrayal. if there is a vote of or the opposition leader to be respectful in that request, we are in a whole different scenario. if and when she is defeated, it

is really bad for her tonight, rejected by opposition mpmps and over 100 of our own conservative mps. she has to come to parliament by monday, by which she needs to come up with a plan b for brexit and how the u.k. would leave. 29th of march. consider her options. downing street is not denying she could resign if it is a huge defeat. >> anything can happen. thank you for that update. diplomatic tensions between ottawa and beijing conontinue to simmer after a chinese court handed a canadian national the death penalty for drug

smuggling. canada has issued a travel warning to its citizens, warning them of the risk. italy looks back at why the relationship got so icy. to reduce a 15 year sentence, but is s facing a more dire predicament. >> the defendant has been given the death penalty. his personal property will be confnfiscated. fororhas s been convicted attempting t smuggle over r 200 kilogramams of methamphetamines from china to australia. the timiming and the speed of te retrial prompted just intraday -- prompted justin trudeau to

cause it arbitrary. >> it is of extreme concern to all of us that china has chosen to begin t to arbitrarily apply aath penalty in cases facing canadian. media rejecects the accusasations. sourrial has exacerbated relations. theecember, canada arrested chief executive o officer of huawei. she has been accused of circumventing u.s. sanctions against iran. consultantss and michael's babble were arrested in china on suspicion of endangering the state. the accused weight behind bars. his life is on the line. his lawyer says he will appeal

again. some of thek at other stories we are trying for you. of gdansk has succumbed to his injuries and died. dividedht a deeply country together and plunged gdansk into shock. byinitiative was proposed the french president in response to the yellow vests movement. letter to the french nation, macron said he wanted to transform the anger of the country i into solutions. were sprayinglanes salt powder and calcium chloride and cao and ice neath clouds to

force it to rain. of millions of hindu pilgrims are taking part in the largest religious gathering anywhere on earth. 100 million people are expected to congregate for the bathing at the confluence of three rivers in a northern city of india. cleanses sins and brings salvation. >> it feels wonderful. you get to see all of the holy men in the same place. >> i have never been here. it is crazy. i like it. it is intense. fantastic.e looooks all of the rubbish h has been cleared. the e intings make the city look brand-new. >> the international criminal

court orders the release of a man after seven years in custody. he and his ally werere on trial for alleged war crimes. another daday, another battle fr theresa may. mps are expected to vote against her brexit deal. tensions between ottawa and beijing continue to simmer. accused china of politicizing the case.e. you are starting out with the watatchedat are closely and what happepens out of westminster. >> the currency m market, that s where wewe see t the reaction or the twistst 2.5 years to

and turns in this story. had moments of hope where we saw the sterling rise. lookedno deal scenario likely, we saw the sterling fall. let's delve into possible market reactions. i am joined by richard perry. we expect the vote in the house of commons to be defeated. how shouould we expect markets o react? days,the last fewew

sterling had b been rising on te possibility we could be moving towards a scenanario where you coululd see an extensision. that i is one of t the reasons e are seeing g sterling running. theresa may is going to lose this vote. how the s size of the defeat cos in wilill determine the next stp that played out in the political field. is herential scscenario defeat is goining to be l large, over 10000 vote. until will nonot be open renegotiations of the current deal. there needs to be a rehash. being able to her get a rehash through parliament is very low. f fall. will ultimately

i think we couldld ultimately se the sterling decline being brought into from the markets. brexitt ending in this drama. what range are we talking about? i see mentions of the pound going as low as $1.12. >> you look at probabililities, maybe 20% of that happens. parliament doeoesn't have an agreement and thehey fall i inta technical no deal brexit. movement to prevent

that from happening. the ball would roroll pretty quicickly. and -- howow they move now, theresa may has three days to come back with comments on how she reacts to this defeat and then it will be whether the labour party votes no confidence. it is unlikely to win. yoyou could get duu p defectiond away from the party line. see you are going to get sterling back in the paritiy area againstst thehe dollar. there is s a possibilitity of a general electionon. the electing scenario in 2019.

>> when ththey withdraw an agreement, there has to be another set of negotiations afterwards. are we going to be writing a sterling roller coaster -- are we going to be rididing a sterlg roller coaster for years to come? you have thehe tray deaeals to renegotiatate after that. it is going to be a long-term scenario that plays out.t. this is the first important atge of getting the u.k. out the eu and principipal and thatt goes for the praractice of gettg a trade deal sorted out and then they can move on. it is going to be a long-term project trying to implement this brexit vote. >> t thank you very much. click sell a lot to look out for. we will see what happens.

figurures germany, new have shohown a slowdown n in its economy. since 2013he slowest last year. the economymy expanding b by jut 1.5%. germany may have technically entetered recession that have seemed to ease. factory production in germany has slumped. are good signs of german economy. hundreds ofy, flights have been canceled o ovr strike actction. >> eight airportrts acrcross germany, 200 thousanand passengs ha b been fectcted.

>> german airport security workers want 20 euros an hour, not 14 to 17 euros thehey get at present.t. the 6.4 percent pay increase falls will support. negotiations have stalled. had nineployers have days since their last industrial action to make a better offer. they have not done so. . hope this is a signal to them further strike action cannot be ruled out. >> at least 220,000 travelers are hit by cancellations and delays. passengers were urged not to come unless they were certain of flight. the intnterests of a few pepeoe

are being put above the us.rests of >> it is notot the first time there has been a strike, but i have to go catch a train. >> or can managagement payy negogotiations resumume next w . a look at the stock markets. the ftse 100 started ok. gains beingng raised. a similar picture in paris s and frankfururt. ththe brexit vote willll be bigs for the markets l later. >> we will keep an e eye on tha, stephen. thank you. a quick breakak. stay with us.. there is newew news coming up. emmanuel macron tries to turn anger from the yellow vests

movement into solutitions.

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