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>> the former fall cayenne serb goes on trial in the hague accused of master minding the worst massacre since world war ii. and tackling the deepening euro crisis. and a cease-fire but upping the violence they are trying to prevent. welcome to "bbc world news." i'm peter to bey. and jokes at the white house. >> let's take you live to the heart of our top story so far today. what's going on so far in the courtroom in the hague.

20 years after, he is being accuse of masterminding the worst massacre in europe, thousands of men and boys. for 16 years he was one of the world's most wanted man. he faces 11 charges, including genocide, crimes against humanity and in the past hour the lead prosecution counsel, mr. groom, has been saying it's very important to keep what happened in the balkans in the 1990's in a broader context. we'll stay with the pictures as that goes on. there he is listening in on what's being said about him and the charges against him, 11 charges in all. >> explain to us what they have been doing for the past hour. >> well, the prosecution has

been outlining begun outlining the crimes that ma lad itch stands accused of. but there was an interesting moment as they came back from a short break in which the judge warned him not to gesture to those in the public gallery where there are of course victims of the bosnian conflict gathered. he said there had been inappropriate action and called on him to remain focused and not to interact with the gallery in an inappropriate way or he warned a screen would be placed between the court and the public gallery. so the prosecution had been outlining the case against general -- the general. they are in many ways sketching the caronnology of what happened in the -- in bosnia and went back to the eve of

independence in 192. the war crimes covers the entire brevt of the bosnian conflict until 1995 when the peace agreement was signed. >> stay with us. for our viewers just joining us is at the moment the opening statement from the prosecution, mr. groom. we're also seeing closeup shots of various statements that were going around within the serbian or bosnian-serb leadership as we continue to have the situation put together for us. because there was a relationship between the leadership in the balkans at the time, and he was famously found living a secret life not long ago in that area and there was a relationship between he and rad costume ma lad itch.

just looking at the level, the depth of detail here, peter, they are going into every little nook and cranny of what happened so violently for so many years. yes, immensely complex. that's why these things take so long. there was a reference to the seizure of notebooks by the police from a home of the general in belgrade. saying the choice by ratko ma lad itch had been chosen as the commander of the bosnian serb

to help achieve the goal of the bosnian serb which ultimately resulted in genocide. >> thank you peter. at the hague. what's going on in the hague is not the only prominent case being held there. charles taylor is expected to address the international criminal court which recently found him guilty of war crimes in the neighboring sierraly-on-, the first to be convicted there and his last to have his say before he is sentenced later this month. france and germany have pledged to work together on solving the european debt crisis despite beinged a odds on how to do it. with fresh elections in greece likely to be on the way. >> for 10 days greece's

president has tried and failed to get the party leaders to do a deal. that the latest meeting he told them greece's latest stability has caused people to withdraw 700 million euros from the banks and there's great fear, and that fear could turn into panic. but his warning wasn't enough to stave off another election next month. the state of banks is not the only thing causing alarm. they say it's time to get ready for the country leaving the euro, and that that would be quite messy. >> we certainly don't hope so. but we have to be prepared for anything. as i said, with endorsement by the conservative party, we thought we had covered all the potential angles and clearly that was not the case. so we have to be technically prepared for anything. >> germany's chancellor merkel and the newly-elected french

president stepped out together. once they negotiated the red carpet, they both said they wanted brees to stay in the euro. >> i'm also in favor of us saying to the greeks that europe is ready to support growth greece, which is in recession can go back to growth. >> while francois hollande emphasizes the need for growth, angela merkel has stressed austerity. but they could attach a growth pact to it. >> angela merkel was quite open maybe not to a renegotiation of the treaty, but an addendum or another agreement dealing with growth. >> greece will hold its election in four weeks' time. it's being said not as a

referendum but a way to stay in the euro. >> france has not only a new president but also a new prime minister. jean mark attend and official ceremony in the prime minister's office. his expertise is likely to be useful in discussions with germany on the euro zone. so here we have a new prime minister as well. how does that shift things there? >> well, it's here in paris, throughout the course of the day we'll hear from him who he

wants to be in his government. so late in the afternoon, there's phone calls to be made. we'll find out whether it contains old heavyweights like martin o'brie, the former party chairman. or whether they will be looking at new faces, people more associated with his campaign team who came to prominence. >> and when he talks about greece and talks about greece and growth in the same sentence, what does he mean in as much as he's not talking about growth based on spending borrowed money. so where is he going? >> it's not clear. at this meeting with angela merkel yesterday, they deferred any tough decisions. i mean that was clearly the decision that there would be no sort of entry into the details

of mases there. the purpose of the meeting was to show publicly that they can get on, that they can work together and they will strive find some sort of moats op ran dye as far as greece and as far as getting the growth, the way to do pit was left completely vague. >> markets bumping along just schisming. >> absolutely. i think it's quite clear and fair to say the alarm bells were once again triggered yesterday based on the collapse of these talks and everybody knows they have basically a month to wait before the next elections. that's a month of uncertainty and the euro zone leaders continue talking openly about greece exiting and that is sending shock waves.

it's interest to -- interesting to note that some 900 million has flown out and that's greeks preparing for the worst. they are going to want to hang on to those euros or stuff them under the mattress. this triggers other things. the investors demanded by italy and spain could pay to borrow money. spain is now having to pay 6.5% to borrow money on the international market. these are rates that are long-term unsustainable. these countries can't pay back or struggle to pay back their debt. the asian markets fell on the back of all this and the euro, i have to say back to a four-month low against the dollar.

we have not seen that since january. that's the asian markets again but i say -- good order that. you can see they are very concerned there indeed. more in about 20 minutes' time. >> we'll see you then. >> more turmoil for china. transition of the country's leadership. a group of the country's elders issued a letter calling for the removal of the chinese top security official. our correspondent is there. michael, how significant is this? >> well, i think first of all, this is an open letter written to the chinese president hu jintao written by a group of veteran party members, but they hold no real senior positions from that province and perhaps are not very influential, so in that respect it's not turmoil at the top of the communist

party. but to say openly these kinds of things is unusual here in china, and as a party, the communist party here the china might suggest that there's a growing discontent with him within the parties' ranks, and they certainly wouldn't want to see that. he's someone in charge of china's police force and a very senior position. one of nine people who run this country. and for people to be openly suggesting he step down or be removed from office, whoever they are, that is a significant event. >> but there is an overlap between this and -- so the fact that they have written this letter and it's in the public, that in and of itself is audacious. >> yes, he was the former politician stripped of his post

a couple of weeks ago. he was expected to be promoted in a once in a decade leadership change later this year. those calling for the current one's dismissal -- they say he supported the policies of bringing back the mount a dome era and policy feelings towards that time in china. they don't want to see that happen. they think he ought to go in order to make sure that doesn't happen. >> thank you. you're watching "bbc world news." still to come. the flight records are discovered could it give light to the russian aircraft crash in indonesia? in kenya, one person was killed and five were injured in an attack on a nightclub in mum bassa.

gunmen opened fire and threw grenades from outside the building. >> it was this mum bassa nightclub, the bella visita that was the target of the attack. police say gunmen tried to force their way into the club but was prevented by security. according to the red cross, they shot the guard in the chest and he later died and then they threw grenades injuring five people. >> from the evidence, from the evidence we have gotten so far, it appears they were three russians, and all of them were near this road. >> the kenyan government hasn't yet blamed any group for carrying out the attacked and there hasn't been any claims of responsibility. but recent attacks have been blamed on the so mali militant

group, al shabad. they are opposed to kenya's military president in this. >> i heard a blast followed by smoke and fire. i wanted to run away but i couldn't tell whether it was a car or what, but i saw a metal object rolling. >> they say it seems this could does country's tourism industry to suffer. >> the mexican author has died at the age of 83. he was one of the most prolific writer. his most fame occupancy works were the deaths of antonio cruz and socialized with the latin-american boom. his work broke with traditions. you're watching "bbc world

news." i'm peter. these are the top stories. the bosnian former bosnian serb general ratko mladic is facing war crimes. and greece and france pledge to work together to solve the euro crisis. >> coming up in sports in half an hour's time. roy sets one out for the england squad. will there be a place for the former captain rio ferdinand? >> i can honestly say i made a mistake, but at the end of the day, i think it's wrong for anyone to call me a cheat. >> in his first tv interview since his failed drug test came to light, he tells the bbc he made a mistake and david beckham reveals his love of

indicators on his recent -- love of carrots on his recent trip to the white house. >> breivik continues in oslo today. he's arrived in court. four are giving their accounts of what happened at the hands of breivik at the youth camp. a search party has found parts of the black box from a russian aircraft that killed all 45 people on board. they were on a flight with potential buyers and journalists on the flight when they lost communication with them. >> indonesia special forces showing off their discovery. they have been looking for the back box ever since the russian-made jet crashed into

the side of the mountain last week. they just found cockpit recorder not the flight data recorder. >> i asked the controllers in the field and all the rescuers, especially the teams from the military and police to continue searching for the flight data recorder and also to continue the evacuation process. >> this rescue operation has been challenging from the start. the wreckage of the plane was strewn all over the side of the mountain. workers had to scale the side of this cliff using climbing equipment and ropes to get to the bodys on board. many had been torn apart by the impact of the crash, making them harder to identify. they say without the data recorder it will be hard to determine why a brand-new plane crashed into the side of the mountain. >> that's all i can say. there's some zheants take

two-five years. if they don't find data recorder, it might take longer. >> indonesia investigators say it will be weeks before any analysis of the cockpit flight recorder and made available to the public. russia's offered assistance and indonesia said while it welcomes the help the investigation will be very much indonesian-led. >> u.s. peace workers have been caught up in the violence they have been trying to prevent. at least 21 people were killed in an attack. >> the observers were patrolling the town in the north of the country. amid reports of a deadly government attack on a funeral progression. [gunfire] >> suddenly the front of the convoy took a direct hit from a bottom. it sent panicked people

running and damaged three of the four u.n. vehicles. the monitors tried to organize a safe exit reportedly with the help of rebel fighters. each side blamed each other for the attack. they waited for news. at least one very important thing was clear. >> out observers in my mission are safe. some of them are in different places, but all are safe. >> the number of observers have been increasing rapidly deploying on more patrols and setting up in more cities. some places they do help calm things down, but they are powerless to calm things down. concerns about their safety are growing. >> it's obvious that the mission is there to help the people of syria and obviously anything that interrupts their work and endangers the lives of

the u.n. personnel is something that we would condemn. >> ahh! >> things don't look good, but the u.n. hasn't yet admitted defeat. they still argue the situation would be even worse without them. "bbc news" at the united nations in new york. >> wrapping up some more top stories, the united nations warned more than half of the population of sudan faces food shortages because of conflicts with sudan. they say more than 5 million people are at risk and the shutdown of oil production has had a devastating attack on the economy. >> and the blind activist has telephoned for help from a hospital. he's been at the center of a diplomatic row. he asked for sanctuary last

month. >> the vatican said it received an apology from an italian company that depicted pope benedikt kissing someone. president barack obama welcomed the l.a. galaxy squad to the white house on tuesday to congratulate them on winning their first major league soccer cup in november. among them, the star of the sight, david beckham. we report from washington. >> america's champion footballers traded boots for suits for their date with the president. but the dress code was formal but the mood was not as barack obama took aim at the l.a. galaxy piece youngest star. >> we also have a young up and comer on the team named david beckham. i have to say i gave david a hard time. i said half the teammates could be his kids.

we're getting old, david. although you're holding up better than me. >> the 37-year-old england learnman smiled but the president wasn't done yet. >> he is tough. in fact it's a rare man that can be that tough on the field and also have his own line of underwear. [laughter] >> this is what tickled the president. brand beckham undies as advertised in america on super bowl sunday. back on the pitch, he remains major league soccer's highest-paid star having earned $6.5 million last year, and a trophy to boot. little wonder david beckham could afford to take a joke. "bbc world news", washington. >> soon a home detection kit to

detect the virus that causes aids. a panel has recommended a home test to be approved for sail. the product uses a mouth swab and gives the results in 20 minutes. if aproved it's expected to cost $60. it's estimated 1/5 of the 2 million people in the u.s. now a $250,000 are not aware that they are actually infected, however the test is not 100% accurate and some advisory members said the packaging should carry a warning about false results. >> a man who was paralyzed in an accident four years ago is able to move his hands thanks to pioneering surgery. here you can see the 71-year-old performing simple actions. he hasn't been able to walk or move his hands since his spinal cord was damaged in 2008. surgeons spent hours rewiring

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