and so it was felt safer to hold the trial here in the hague. e human rights groups regret the narrow focus of the trial, but say that this is an important moment for special justice. >> we hope that it sends a strong warning to other leaders in congo or still day. we hope that he had loud and clear that justice may catch up with them one day. and we hope this will stop the crimes. >> the icc is often criticized. both for focusing only on africa, and for failing to bring more prominent leaders to justice. but for those who felt so powerfulless and neglected by the outside world for so many years the trial is very welcomed development. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, the hague. >> we'll be reporting from yemen in just a moment. stay with us where pro government forces have stepped up their battle. their real goal, to gain control of the capital. the only way to get better is to challenge yourself, and that's what we're doing at xfinity. we are challenging ourselves to improve every aspect of your experience. and this includes our commitment to being

barnaby phillips is live for us at the hague. what do we know other than him pleading not guilty, barnaby? >> the course session got under way a couple of hours ago. we heard from the chief prosecutor and she made a strong and compelling case of the atrocities that bosco is accused of. they were graphic, some of the details. horrific murder of small children. the way in which many girls were recruited by the u b.c., the rebel force, that they had a senior position in, and were used for the sexual gratification of the soldiers, handed from one soldiers to another. he listened throughout, pretty calmly, dressed in a grey suit, a silver tie, looking swarve. when he stood up to deny the charges, he was calm. his voice was very, very quiet. we had to strain to here him say he's not guilty of all the charges. >> it's going to go on for a long time. what is likely to happen next. >> well, the prosecution will carry on throughout today at least. probably until the middle of the afternoon, 3 o'clock or so in holland. we hope to hear from b

also ahead - congolese rebel leader pleads not guilty at a war time-trial in the hague >>> wars and economic blockades could make gaza uninhabitable in less than five years >>> hundreds of students in africa protest over the university's language of instruction. 11 syrian refugees tied off the coast of turkey, five missing after their boat sank. three children are among the victims. they were trying to make the short but dangerous crossing to the greek island of cos. the turkish coast guard is continuing search operations in the area >>> in austria police freed 24 afghan teenagers crammed inside a van, which had the doors weld the shut. they were discoveredly police in vena. the romanian drive arrested as he tried to run away >>> in hungary, refugees are denied access to the railway station, police are preventing anyone without a valid e.u. visa from entering the takes. many stay they want to board trains to germany. andrew simmonds has the latest. >> there's a firm resolve among the people to stay and not give in. every time a train leaves for germany and austria, they gather in bigger numb

. >> reporter: the congoleze pleads not guilty in the hague and warns that it could make gaza uninhabitablen less than five years. >>> south africa rugby team going to the world cup after a court case over the racial makeup of their squad is dropped. ♪ thousands of refugees are still being denied access to budapest's main rail way station. in the live shots of a number of refugees, you can see there they are milling around outside that station, hungarian police are preventing anyone without a valid eu visa from entering the building, andrew simmons is at the train station in budapest and joins us from there now and these refugees have now been for a long time, what is the situation like? >> that is right, it's two days laura and the situation if anything the resolve is firmer than ever, it ebbs and flows, the situation here with demonstrations, very loud and then you the moving other side of the station and then going down to what is known as effectively a transit zone which has been around since this crisis started, now it's fuller than ever. but the situation gets more tense as well. ther

and so it was felt safer to hold the trial here in the hague. uman rights groups regret the narrow focus of the trial, but say that this is an important moment for international justice. >> we hope that it sends a strong warning to other group leaders in congo who are still today involved in various crimes. we hope that they hear loud and clear that justice may catch up with them one day, and we hope t to stop the crimes. >> the icc is often criticized both for focusing only on africa, and for failing to bring more prominent leaders in justice. but for many in the eastern congo who have felt so powerfulless and neglected by the outside world for so many years, the trial is a very welcomed development. barnaby phillips, al jazeera, the hague. >> now norway has started accepting convicted criminals to a jail in the netherlands because it has run out of room in its own prisons. there are a thousand prisoners waiting to be placed in cells. we have this report. >> this is the jail in the north of the netherlands. >> until recently its cells housed 300

former congolese rebel bosco is appearing at the international criminal court in the hague. he's facing 18 charges, including murder, rape and recruiting child soldiers. >> andrew simmonds is at the train station in budda pest. let's join him from there. tell us what the situation looks like now. >> right now, there has been yet another demonstration, but there's a big matter amongst the syrian refugees. continuing the demos, keeping up the momentum. right now there's a situation where the syrians are taking the lead and a lot of afghans as well are demonstrating in large numbers. the situation is the minister, the prime minister, says that economic migrants, as he terms them, will have to be sent back, and says that hungary will not be part of a quota system if the european union wants to follow. they'll not have deputies staying here. what will happen is there'll be a draconian set of measures put into play. that will e tabled in parliament on thursday, by friday it's likely there'll be new laughings meaning many, many refugees are turned back at the border. sent straight b

there was always a big debate as to whether this trial should be happening in the hague or in easterngo, so that people there could see justice being done, could see the war lords who have reeked such havoc in that part of the world being held to account. one of the reasons the trial is here, is because there was considerable intimidation of prosecution witnesses, and it was felt for safety better to hold the trial here. >>> in syria state television is reporting a car bomb attack in the government strong hold of latakia. it says ten people have been killed and 22 others injured this it says the biggest attack in the city since syria's war began. >>> at least 18 turks are amongst 20 workers who have been kidnapped by masked men in baghdad. they were taken from a construction site earlier on wednesday. the prime minister says he is in contact with iraqi officials about the investigation. >>> the red cross says it is shocked and app polled by the killing of two of its workers in yemen. gunmen attacked their car whilst they were traveling between two houthi controlled areas. last week th

this report from the hague. reporter: he was sometimes closing his eyes while listening to a long list of atrocities -- murder, pillage, rape, conscription of child soldiers. 18 charges we have heard today, and this makes it the biggest icc trial ever in history. after having listened to the stood upbosco ntaganda guilty." not he is seen as a key figure in in ongoing mineral war eastern congo. he would have ordered his troops , soldiers of the lpc, to hunt the people who are living nearby the goal lines -- gold mines. back in 2002 and 2003. the prosecutor from the icc hopes with this trial to end impunity in eastern congo. the defense hopes to prove the innocence of bosco ntaganda and will do so, start doing this by tomorrow. after that, the first witness we can expect is the 15th of december. frenchhere in the capital police have arrested a man in his 30's after eight people including two children were killed in a fire in an apartment building. investigators believe the blaze in paris' 18th district could have b

. >>> former congress lease rebel leader bosco is on trial at the hague for war crimes. arges against him include murder, rape and, recruiting child soldiers. barnaby phillips sent us this update from the hague. >> reporter: bosco also known as the terminator has a notorious reputation as one of the warlords who has wreaked havoc in eastern congo for almost 20 years, but the chances against him here at the i.c.c. pertain to a specific period, 2002, 2003. 18 charges crimes against humanity, war crimes, sexual crimes, he denies them all of the trial is likely to be a slow and intricate process, 88 witnesses have been called by the prosecution, there are, of course, the logistical challenges of bringing them over from eastern congo here to the netherlands. over the next two days, what we are expecting are opening statements and including a statement from bosco himself, he denies all of the charles against him. >>> the u.n. special rapporteur on freedom of expression has condemned the sentencing of three al jazerra journalists in egypt. bahar mohamed and mohamed fahmy were gi

and a feared congolese warlord goes on trial in the hague. >> hello, france, germany, and italy have called on their european union partners to create a strong respond to the immigration crisis. they've called for a fairer distribution of refugees throughout the continent. many continue to die in attempts, 11 syrians including three children drowned when they are boat sank. refugees and hungar hungary are thousands were blocked from boarding trains to their destinations. at the macedonia border several hundreds refugees broke through a cordoned area. there were over a thousand refugees waiting to carry on for their journey in serbia and later on for hungary. >> the demonstrations have becoming more heated. one minute the group is in the demonstration and then scuffles broke out. it's the demonstrators themselves. they're getting closer and closer to direct conflict. no police as one group tries to calm the situation by forming another line between the police and the refugees. eventually the police pushed forward clearing the road and the demonstrators backed off. it didn't come to all

the terminator pleads not guilty in a trial in the hague. >> we have sports for you coming up. the rugby team clear to go to the world cup. >> refugee crisis continues to dominate across europe. now calling for a review of the way that the european union deals. between them the countries have taken more than half of those who have sought refugee in the past year and now are calling for a fairer distribution of people around the continent. in hungary where thousands of refugees are still being denied access to the railway station the frustrations are boiling over. the refugees want to board trains to travel into germany. but they have stopped issuing tickets for those who are without passport or visas. >> the demonstrations have become more heated. scuffles have wrote brok broke out. the demonstrators themselves, the police are standing by, but it's getting closer and closer to conflict. >> no police, they chanted as they try to form another line between the police and refugees. eventually the police pushed forward clearing the road and the demonstrators backed off, and it did no

he's on trial at the international court in the hague accused of killing 800 people between 2002 and 03. we have this report. >> he was a feared warlord who went by the nickname of the terminator. now in an international court he only has had. >> it took 15 minutes to read 2008 all the charges against him, gruesome crimes. >> do you plead guilty or not guilty to each of those 18 counts you are charged with? >> not guilty, she said. the prosecution alleges he ordered his troops to rape and murder and even carried out killings himself. >> the humanity demand justice of such. justice for the independent lives lost, ravaged and destroyed. >> he's being charged only with crimes that took place from 2002 to 2003 in etori province. they do not have the fund to investigate further. they had hoped to hold the trial i in its own country but there were concerns of safety for the witnesses. so it was held in the hague. >> we hope others hear loud and clear that justice will catch up with them one day, and we hope that this will stop the crime. >> the icc is often criticized. both for focusing onl

he was known as the terminator, but he is now on trial at the international human court in the hague.e was a feared militia leader in the democratic republic of congo. prosecutors say that the warlord was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of people. >> auster into gond -- oscar says he's innocent on all counts. the trial could take years, they want to hear from at least 75 witnesses. one woman brought up a particular massacre. a man finding the lifeless body of the seven-month-old daughter, repeatedly shot in the head. since 2002 he fought a brutal and bloody war in the east of the country for power and control of the goldmine. -- gold mines. he is charged with murder, rape, sexual slavery and recruiting child soldiers. >> in 2009 the accused murder of became a general in the congolese army. he's with the rebels seemed more important than justice. he then left the congolese army as new rebel groups fought for power in the country. fearing for his life, he turned himself in. brent: how much attention is the case attracting in africa? i asked our correspondent. edith: the trial has

he listened to the charge against him at the international court in the hague and identified himself. >> it is me. >> i'm from the taureg tribe. he was born 40 years ago and i'm a graduate of the teacher's institute in tic timbuktu. and i've been a silver servant since 2011. >> with links to al-qaida they occupied the city of timbuktu. they set about destroying a number of tombs and mosques which offended their own strict interpretation of islam. hundreds of years of history smashed into dust. according to the prosecutor, he was a zealous member. he could become the first man to be tried for war crimes committed against buildings and culture, although human rights groups hope that courts will examine other allegations against him and his colleagues. >> indeed, the atrocities included rape, sexual slavery against others. and to take into account the credible evidence provided within the national system about these further scopes of crime. >> timbuktu suffered badly during the occupation. he will next appear in court in january 2016. the icc hopes that a case against him might deter oth

the united states worries about international law in terms of the hague, who might be brought -- and l they -- if for some reason actions were instituted in the international court of justice in the hague against iraq,ent bush, 43, about as some would like it. i had people that i know wanted to see tony blair be brought to justice as they do find it at the hague. the united states would not recognize that for a second. would they? >> it depends on the treaty. >> if they brought -- >> in the example you give, the answer is, you are right. the -- could the icj interpret a treaty that was signed in such a way that mexico had to have a new proceeding in respect to a death case involving some messing -- mexican nationals that committed murder in texas. that read to several proceedings in the international court, our court, a complicated case about the status of that foreign decision under our domestic law. it led to a lot of dispute. courtt led to several proceedings in the international court, our court, a complicated case about the status of that foreign decision under our domestic law.

. >>> former congolese rebel leader is on trial at the hague for war crimes. arges against him include murder, rape, and recruiting child soldiers, barnaby phillips is life for us at the hague. barnaby, tell us more about him and what he has allegedly done in the past. >> reporter: he had a checkered career in the awful chaos that has blighted eastern congo for almost 20 years now. he participated in the original rah bell i don't knows against the former president and he was a warlord in the early 2,000s, the charges against him pertain particularly to the period two noun two, 2003, in the eastern province of. [ inaudible ] but he carried out in a very active military role long after that. at one point he was actual live general in the congolese army, following. [ inaudible ] with the administration, he later broke away again and rejoined other rebel forces. he handed himself over to the i. g.c.c. had been on the run, if you like, from the i. g.c.c. for some seven years, he handed himself over at the american embassy in rwanda, next door to congo, for reasons w

just saying, help me through this, the united states worries about international law in terms of the hague, in terms of who might be brought. >> yes. >> rose: and will they -- and if for some reasons actions were instituted in the international court of justice in the hague against president bush, say, 43, about iraq, as some would like it -- i mean, i had people i know wanted to see tony blair be brought to justice, as they defined it, at the hague. the united states wouldn't recognize that for a second, would they? >> well, it depends on the treaty and it depends on what they do. >> rose: does it? yeah, because, actually, we have -- >> rose: if they brought -- in. >> the example you give, the answer is you're right. there are other examples that might come close. could the i.c.j., one of the cases here, could the i.c.j. interpret a treaty that we had signed in a way such that mexico had to have a new proceeding in respect to a death case involving some mexican nationals who had committed a murder in texas. that led to several proceedings before the international court, our court, it was

barnaby phillips joins us live from the hague where the trial is taking place. it seems he is going to wash his hands of any responsibility of any of these charges. what have you been hearing there today? >> reporter: he spoke for about half an hour this afternoon, laura. calmly, quietly, in swahili. and he said he did not recognize the picture of him that the court had been presented with during the morning and yesterday eaves dense. that he was a professional disciplined soldier who lead men in uniform. he was not a criminal. let's hear a little bit of his testimony this afternoon. >> translator: as an officer i have always fought with people in uniform, i have never attacked civilians. on the other hand, your honor, i have always protected them. >> and what have you been hearing from the prosecution team? >> earlier in the day, we heard from lawyers speaking on behalf of witnesses, and they were paining a very disturbing account of the militia fighting in the province in eastern congo, back in 2002. for example, they spoke about one girl -- i think she was 15

yang, the philippines filed with the hague, and the chinese have refused to engage in that complaint. yang: because the philippines signed on to it, and china made it very clear that such disputes or similar disputes should be solved by the parties concerned, and we would not participate in any kind of adjudication, as you have mentioned. china made this very clear. not this year or last year. actually, about 10 years ago. china made its position very clear, so i believe it would be good for everybody to keep its word and to do what they have promised. betty: when you look at the disputes in the south china sea, the chinese sending navy ships off the coast of alaska when president obama was there, and the military parade commemorating the anniversary of the ending of world war ii, some look upon that as increasing military aggression by the chinese. mr. yang: first of all, let me say that the anniversary of the chinese people's war of resistance against japanese aggression and against fascism has been welcomed by the world. the purpose of the celebration is to bear in mind history, to

catherine wambua-soi has more in his trial at the hague, beginning on wednesday. >> the gun fire stopped years ago. the car ran deep. in the democratic republic of congo. 150 people were killed in 248 hours, 6.5 years ago. people you talk to here know who to blame. we are sure what happened is under the control. we want the law to take its course. >> this man survived the massacre, saying a rebel group from the national congress of the defense for the people recruited young men, when they wouldn't join, they shot him. >> this is where they shot me, the bullets shattering my bone. this man showsize where a brother was killed. >> they were in the house when the shooting started. one of them went outside to find out what was going on. that's when the rebels found and killed him. >> this is the chief of staff of the rebel group. accused of taking charge of the operati operation..reputation as a brutal commander, followed here. survivors and relatives that lost their loved ones hope there'll be justice one day >>> u.n. special repertoire on freedom of expression condemned the sentencing of th

. >> barnaby phillips reporting from the hague. joining us is simon adams, executive director for the global center. with the responsibility to protect. crimes accrued of are horrific. this is a man whose has been a member of a number of armed groups. guilt aof massacres, rape, recruiting child soldiers, killing men, women and children. it's good that he's ended up in handcuffs in the hague. it's bringing attention to a conflict that does not get much attention, even though it has killed many in the world. what do you hope gets out of the trial? >> this is a deadly conflict. we don't know how many people have been killed. all estimates say somewhere in the vicinity of 3.5 billion. it's been going on for 20 years. groups emerged. going back to being rebels. he led a group. he made a peace deal with the government. in the army. he was responsible for protecting people that it would be praying upon. another armed group. he's on trial for a specific series of crimes perpetrated in the early part of this new century, and he hopes it gets

speaking at the hague the intention was to protect. barnaby phillips has been listening to the testimony. >> we heard from lawyers for the witnesses appearing later in the trial. they painted a chilling picture. what the militia was doing in a province in eastern congo. in 2002 to 2003. they spoke about the rate of gills in their teens, and spoke about how they were forced to dig their own graves before being buried alive while distraught family members looked on. later we heard from him himself. he spoke calmly for 20 minutes. he said he did not recognise the picture of him, which the prosecution was putting forward that he was a ruthless killer. far from it. he said he was a disciplined soldiers, and led men under scright command to the province. this is what he had to say. >> i have always fought with people in uniform. i have never attacked civilians. on the other hand, i have always protected them. >> what happens now in the trial? the court adjourned until september 15th, when we expect the first witnesses to appear. all here are

he listened to the charges against him at the international court in the the hague and identified himself. >> i was born about 40 years ago, i'm a graduate of the teacher's institute in timbuktu, and i was a silve simple servant for the mali government beginning i in 2011. >> they set about destroying tombs and mosque hundreds of years of history smashed into dust. he was a zealous member. he could become the first man to be tried for war crimes submitted against buildings and culture although human rights groups hope that courts will examine other allegations against him and his colleagues. >> these atrocities including rape, sexual slavery and forced marriage amongst others. we believe that it's important that the international criminal court to take in account the credible evidence provided within the national system about these further scopes of crimes. >> timbuktu in its day the center of islamic learning suffered badly during the occupation. he will next appear in court in january 2016. the icc hopes that the case against him might deter others who destroy cultural treasures in othe

exile for the last 25 years, crimes committed in africa, away from the international tribunal in the hague. by giving a voice to the voiceless this trial may bring an end to crimes commiton the continent that too often remain unpunished. at a tribunal before the trial, they say they speak for the dead, too scared to visit the past haunted by unspeakable acts. they want their pain and loss recognized as crimes against humanity so that perhaps others whether in chad or anywhere else, might muster the courage to speak out and seek justice. nicholas hak, al jazeera, da dacca. >> world forestry committee has been meeting and anna mote is there. >> this is a sawmill on technological of one of ghana's forest reserves. we have to film secretly. these workers don't want their activities exposed. they are organized, often arms groups who go into the forest to cut down trees illegally. according to the forestry commission, more than 80% of the timber sold within ghana is from illegal sources. the owner agreed to talk to us if we hide his face. >> for what it is to any place the police can get you, ca

why is it happening via the french initiative and not via the hague? >> that's a good question. crimesre very serious committed by the assad regime. gue cannot takeha the case is because syria is not a state party. it would have to be referred to the criminal court. that should have happened years ago, but unfortunately, rock that is -- unfortunately, russia is blocking that move. that leaves us with not a lot of options. 14 syria aren't doing anything about what's going on there -- doing in syria aren't anything about what's going on there. courts of other countries can investigate crimes that shock the conscience of humanity by their seriousness, their gravity. laura: realistically, what are the chances of this case going anywhere? >> these investigations are very hard. it is not like french investigations -- investigators can go to syria. they have to investigate through witnesses that can be found abroad. one thing that is going to need to happen is that one of the suspects of these very serious crimes, the people involved in torture, would need to be in france in order to be

this is the first time that an african is being charged by africans in africa away from the hague. at stake is the opportunity to set a precedent by making uniform justice accessible to all. by giving voice to the voiceless. this trial may bring an end to crimes mitted on the continent that too often remain unpunish unpunished. >> in the trial, they say they speak for the dead and those alive who are too scared to revisit the past. hauntehaunted by the acts. they want him to to be charged so that others might be willing to speak out in justice. >> north and south korea have gun talks reuniting families separated by the korean war of the 19 50's. negotiators will make arrangements for those who are allowed to meet their relatives. >> the severed family ties. i came here in sincere hope that they tell my story so that the family in the north can see my face in their village. >> guatemala is going to have a run-off election after three leading candidates split sunday's presidential vote. the tv comic jimmy morales has made it through to round two, but it is unclear who he will be facin

get a chance to go to the hague or witness such an event. >> all sorts of discussion about the roll of african countries, and african leaders held to account with international justice. this is the first time ever here that an african nation is holding the leader of another african nation accountable for their crimes. how do the people feel about that? >> overwhelmingly everyone is positive about the trial today. but just a week ago, before the trial restarted earlier this week, the senegalese press was critical. human rights watch came here with a small army of lawyers. they flew in victims from chad. and although this advocacy role was very important and instrumental in having the trial take place, for some of the press, they were kind of taken aback, seeing all these white middle class lawyers telling them about this trial. i got to talk to the presiding judge at the tribunal. and for him it's important that he gets a strong defense. here is an opportunity, he says, to set a model so that other leaders can be tried on the continent and here in senn gam. >> that's the big picture,

barnaby phillips has been listening at the hague in netherlands. >> we heard from lawyers for the witnesses appearing later in the trial, and they painted a chilling picture of what bosco's militia was doing in 2002 to 2003. they spoke about the widespread rape of young girls in their teens, and how some were forced to dig their own graves before being buried alive, while distraught family members looked on. >> later we heard from bosco himself, speaking calmly for about 20 minutes in swahili. he did not recognise the picture of him, which the prosecution was putting forward, that he was a ruthless killer. far from it. he said he was a disciplined soldiers, and that he led men under strict command in the province. this is what he had to say. >> translation: as an officer i have always fought with people in uniform. vi never attacked civilians. i have calls protected them. >> so what happens now in the trial? well, the court has adjourned until september the 15th, when we expect the first witnesses to appear. the experts here warn that this trial could go on for years. >> the philippines cla

barnaby phillips has been listening to the testimony at the hague. not only you listening to it, but this was broadcast, too across the congo, and people who were his victims were able to hear it. the first time he has ever given an account of himself, yeah? >> reporter: sorry, david i'm getting a different voice. could you repeat the question. >> just tell me a little bit about the fact that was not only was this broadcast in the court, but it was broadcast on local radio stations in his own country, and this is the first time he has given an account of what he says he did. >> reporter: yes, that's right. and just to put it in this context, yesterday and this morning, the prosecution has been painting a very harrowing picture of what he and his militia had been doing. for example, this morning, we were hearing from lawyers for witnesses, and they were saying that some of those witnesses include girls in their teens who had been passed around from commanders to commander used for sexual favors. they included relatives who had been forced to watch fami

between 2002 and 3, speaking of the hague, he says his intention always was to protect people. abie phillips has been listening to his testimony, and has the latest. >> we herd from lawyers from the witness whose will be appearing later in this trial. and they painted a chilling picture, of moscow's militia is doing in eastern congo in 2002, to 2003. they spoke about the widespread rape of young girls in their teens, and they spoke about how some victims were forced to dig their own graves before being buried alive while distraught family members looked on. but later, we heard from bosco himself. we spoke calmly in sway healey. he said he did not recognize this picture of him which the prosecution was putting forward. he says he was a disciplined soldier, and he led men under strict command. this is what he had to say. >> i was in office. i have always fought with fearful uniform. i have never attacked civilians. i have always protected them. so what happens now? well, the your honor has adjourned, that'ses when we expect the first witnesses to appear, but all the experts are wa

by africans for crimes committed in africa, away from the internation international tribunal at the hagues will set a precedent making universal justice accessible to all and giving a voice to voiceless it may bring an end for crimes on the continent that too often remain unpunishled. at a conference before the trial three say they speak for the dead and those alive but who are too scared to revisit the past. haunted by unspeakable acts. >> translator: they want their pain and loss recognized as crimes against humanity so that perhaps others whether in chad or anywhere else must do the courage to speak out and seek justice. nicholas hawk, al jazeera. >>> the indian army has upheld a life in prisonment sentence for two officers and soldiers and court marshalled for killing three unemployed men in indian kashmir in 2010 and said they were afghan any fighters and triggered problems across the region. moldova put up tents and demanding to know what happened to more than a billion dollars missing from three banks, the former soviet republic is one of the poorest nations in eastern europe and w

but, as you said, the philippines has brought a case against china in the hague and the international tribunal for law of the sea, on the claim itself and the second issue is whether the tribunal has jurisdiction to even youjudge t case. and we have supported the philippine right to take the claim to the international tribunal and, in fact, we've praised them for doing so. and yet we're not a signatory to the treaty itself. and if you shift to the arctic, if you look at the outrageous claims that russia has made in the arctic ocean, they're making those claims under their interpretation of the law of the sea convention. and when we criticize them for those claims, they say that we have no standing to do so. and, you know, the -- the -- i would submit that most of the rest of the world who also has signed off on the treaty would probably share that opinion or at least part of it. on the other side, you know, we have agreed as a policy to follow the precepts in the united nations conventional law of the sea. so, we have that for us, but we're not a signatory to it. and, again, i would s

. >> he's supposed to have masterminded the takeover of the french embassy in the hague, exchanging thessador for an imprisoned japanese red army terrorist and $300,000. >> when you speak with him, he claim only political and ideological positions, but, in fact, he likes money lots. >> carlos is also sought in the bombing of a crowded paris drugstore and a bazooka attack at an airport last january. >> carlos maintained his cover as a playboy. he had learned to use women for safe shelter, to store weapons. >> he was a womanizer. he wanted to stay in the nicest hotels, have caviar and champagne. that was part of the romanticism of being a terrorist during that era. >> he wants to be loved. but if he's confront, he doesn't hesitate to kill. he was very violent. and everybody knows that. >> when paris police moved in on carlos last july, he killed two of them and then disappeared. >> the plastic smiles on the face of this new police unit in bavaria protect the anonymity of the first squad to be specifically trained to fight terror groups. >> what happened between '72 and '76 in germany and

afghan is judged by africans for crimes committed in africa, away from the international tribunal at the hague. >> at stake is the opportunity to set a precedent to make justice acceptable to all. by giving a voice to the voice lift. it may bring an end to crimes on the continent that often remain unpunished. at a media conference. they say they speak for the dead and those alive, but are too scared to revisit the past, haunted by unspeakable acts. they want their pain and loss recognised. as crimes against humanity. so that perhaps others, whether in chad or anywhere else, mite muster the courage to speak out and seek justice. >>> app minnesota dentist that shot cecil the lion returns to work on tuesday. wall streeter palmer shot him with a bow and arrow in july. in an interview with the associated press yesterday he said: palmer believes he acted legally. cecil's death triggered a protest outside palmer's office. >>> 60 large wildfires burning across the country. the biggest fire grew. it covers 148 square miles. the blaze began over a month ago during a lightening storm. and the drought is

other similar reports around the same time were coming in from the hague. distrustful british managers ordered them to do everything they could to frustrate guys like him. officials in london prohibited war materials to be exported to the colonies. once news of this prohibition reached new england in december, outraged patriots decended on arsenals and powder magazines across the region, hauling weight muskets, cannon, and ammunition to secret locations. in boston, a general responded by redoubling his own efforts to secure munitions storage. these culminated on april 1875. once the shooting began, the continental congress had to address its army's truly staggering needs. private gun ownership was more widespread in british north america than in any colonial region in the western hemisphere. careful samples of inventories from massachusetts and south carolina for example, suggest that on average about half of white households possessed at least one firearm. a very rough back of the envelope guesstimate, and no one got an trouble guesstimating about numbers o

speaking at the hague, he said his intention was to protect people. e 41-year-old is accused of rape and using child soldiers. >> as an officer, i have always fought with people in uniform. i have never attacked civilians. on the other hand, your honours, i have always protected them. >> now, there are more trees growing around the world than scientists thought. a lot more. according to a new report, there are more than 3 trillion trees on earth, eight times the previous estimates. scientists examined the identity in 400 places. humans are felling 15 billion a year, and planting 5 billion to replace them. researchers warn that if deforestation conditions, in 500 years we'll cut down the last tree. the man that led the count is from the yale school of environmental studies, saying the earth lost half of its trees at the hands of mankind. >> we suggested that we had a lot more trees than previous estimates suggested. that's not to suggest that we find new tries or carbon. it just means that we used newer techniques, and newer information to provide a rob

another character of the time that has been caricatured as alexander hague. what is your view on him and hasn't changed much when you do the research? >> he is a tricky guy. his own aid chuck wardell said to me that hague is pathologically ambitious. he was a brave soldier but a great political soldier more than anything else. he was constantly being vaulted over the other generals and he played a lot of double games. he was kissinger's chief aide but would sell out kissinger when he was with nixon and sell out next and when he was with kissinger. he could play all sides of the street. there was some question about whether hague was really loyal to nixon preview may recall when when -- and ehrlichman were fired in 1973 hague comes as the chief of staff and for the last 15 months there some evidence of hague being not entirely loyal to nixon in this period. i don't really know the extent of it because i think hague was playing a lot of games, keeping his options open but hague is a guy you would like to work or you but he was brilliant, smart, tough, great at s

crimes against humanity right here on the couldn'tment, away from the international criminal court of the hague, making universal justice a reality here on the continent, so there's a lot of people watching this trial closely, not only people here in west africa but throughout the world. despite this attention, the former dictator does not recognize this court. back in july, he started screaming, saying that this trial was a masquerade. the judge ordered security forces to drag him inside the court. literally, five dragged him into the court and pinned him to the chair as the court read out the names of hundreds of witnesses that will speak on this trial. -- >> sighing his lack of cooperation, what does this then mean for the trial? can it still go ahead the way that it's meant to, the way that they want it to go? >> exactly. whether or not he's here doesn't change the fact that this trial will go ahead. it's important for them to be here. they want to see his reaction as all the victims stand in the trial, it's not just the victims watching this closely, human rights activists want to see this

now, i suspect that given the body language of the hague summit in the netherlands last year but i suspect president park in prime minister abe can get all of the better body language but they did at that particular meeting but i think engaging in the conversation, whatever those points may be, that the diplomats can work through, that's the beginning of a solution to the problem. i don't think you're going to have a prepackaged comprehensive solution prior to summit, but a thing to have a good understanding of what they want to go. >> just a quick response. i have a lot of faith in the creativity of the intelligence of korean and japanese diplomats coming up with a pretty good substantial agenda for both countries. won't be a very hard thing. in terms of the risk i think the real risk for korea and japan in an era in which come in a region where we've seen rising uncertainty and some rising threats, the risk is allowing korea-japan relations to continue to deteriorate in the face of that reality. it is the risk, and i think what we now have, thanks to some reflection on the part of the ja

first time african is being judged by africans in africa away from the international tribunal at the hagueit accessible to all and giving a voice to the voiceless this trial may bring an end to crimes committed on the continent that too often remain unpunished. at the conference before the trial three say they speak for the dead and those alive but who are too scared to revisit the past, haunted by unspeakable acts. they want their pain and loss recognized as crimes against humanity so that perhaps others whether in chad or anywhere else, might muster the courage to speak out and seek justice. nicholas hawk, al jazeera, dakar. >>> the world's forest disappearing faster than they are regenerating and at the current rate there will be no rain forests in 100 years, these are alarming statistics but leaders at the lead forestry forces are hoping to get decline and have 40% and 4 billion hectors of trees and almost a hector of forest is cut down every second, that added to up to nearly 18 million hectors, that is roughly the size of portugal last year, russia topped the countries that lost the

if necessary, the german government added, it would take this case to the international court at the hague. if germany to that case, britain's law offices warner privately, it might will win it. in 1929 and the most important decision related to mandates, the league did, the council ruled that mandatory powers were not sovereign in territories under league oversight. so the period of germany's league membership proved the mandate system's most innovative period. in the foreign ministry determination to use the system to reassert german power, to do so by upholding league norms of economic liberalization and anti-annexation, can we see foreshadowed the international order that would emerge after 1945. .. this is in the baghdad. >> the effort to limit imperial power was over by the mid-30s. the mandate system turned out to be an exception. why was this the case. the last part of the book is about how it came apart. again, the simplest explanation is hitler's obsession. in 1933 hitler took german out of the league. all reside immediately. there is more to it than that. even before germany lef

suggested south africa because of truth and reconciliation, some of that in the balkans because the hague played a role in some of that -- >> yeah. >> rose: -- where you think that a country has faced up to its responsibilities in a way that it's cleansed itself of the implications and the consequences? >> i think the nation -- >> rose: is it germany? germany. because if you think about horrific the holocaust was, how horrifying the nazi era was, it's kind of shocking to imagine that we now have this regard for germany, this respect for germany that we would not have expected to have this soon after world war ii. >> rose: yet, at the same time, in the news and past week has been japan, and the prime minister, in part -- in part -- apologizing for all the atrocities of the japanese government not just against american soldiers but against the chinese population. >> yes, yes. you know, i think, if i'm going to be a decent -- >> rose: so here is a prime minister who could not say "i'm sorry see because of the politics. >> yes, that's because nationalism and our national identities are too mu