it hasn't broke out over an issue of this significance in the balkans. so i think that we have all matured. i think that we're moving in the right direction despite the profound differences that we have over the issue of the status. i think that we are now trying to resolve this issue using exclusively the... >> rose: you actually believe you can reverse the direction it has been going? >> we believe that a solution is possible. >> rose: let me turn to the mladic case. there has been much speculation that elements of your government had to know, had to have seen photographs of where he was as he was in hiding but he had supporters who protected him. it is said that even serbian army, certain elements of the serbian army, had to know. >> well, this government got in fice in julyf 2008. and i can assure you... i mean, i speak on behalf of this government. this government of serbia has never donenything of that kind this has been always a very, very high priority. cooperation with the hague tribunal has always been a very, very high priority of this governm

well for more insight on the balkan conflict in the crimes committed during it let's now talk. about the shoes communications director of the peace dividend trust joining me in new york thank you very much for being with us here on our to you know. that it is in the dark alongside with relevant heritage does this now mean the crimes of the balkan conflicts are resolved. actually no i wrote about a piece about this that the balkan crimes have not yet been resolved in the huffington post earlier this week one of the outstanding crimes is being committed by croatia where property return has not taken place in that former you can stop republic during the war the wars about to grant rights a million people were displaced included in that war a number of former serb residents in in the crane a region of croatia while bosnia and serbia were forced by the international community to restore those property rights to people who were forced out of their homes property rights to former residents in korea namely the serbs were not well have been crozier all of gaza and allow those displaced

things historically you will see the last twenty years in the balkans we have seen so many walls and so many divisions among ethnic groups and religion's that we have a historic opportunity actually more than that we have a historic responsibility to make sure that war will be impossible in the balkans and the way you make war impossible in the balkans is by bringing in neighbors in the west and welcomes into the european union and nato that achieves two things two very important things first it provides for a common framework of laws and regulations to allow for the development of each society secondly it builds on the community of values that europe has in terms of security when your advice. together with everyone around you you don't fight you don't waste money and you don't waste resources. protecting each user you also forget to your neighbors you actually invest your money and your resources in tackling the contemporary challenges of security that we have and these challenges today are quite different from the way they looked in the nineteenth century of the twentieth century.

that was balkans a story in your bush on knowledge sharing his thoughts on how the upcoming trial of aracoma linage will pan out but still ahead for you here in our see the british political marriage that's on the rocks to find out how deep the split in the u.k. its coalition is and how big the public discontent after the government's controversial decisions and painful reforms also. shaping the future thousands of russian kids diagnosed with cancer are given new hope with a new state of the art hospital bill to help fight that seems. but first nato is extending its operation in libya another three months the alliance chief says the decision is meant to signal to colonel qadhafi that the coalition is determined to fulfill the u.n. mandate to protect the libyans but independent journalist james corbett says nato is not telling the truth about its campaign. maybe surprising one on one end that gadhafi has held up as long as specially given the extent of the onslaught against him and the attempts to assassinate him and the killing of his son and grandchildren and i think that was perhap

shows accused of genocide as a potential witness in their own investigation into what happened in the balkans conflict lodge appeared in the war crimes court for the first time this week calling the charges against him monstrous and of noxious a former bosnian serb army chief has been indicted on eleven towns of the new york times including the murder of eight thousand muslims it's forever need some the next police hearing will take place in a month's lot of has been on the run for sixteen years and was arrested in serbia just over a week ago is extradition was touted by the e.u. as a key objective for the country's membership but ask us to be as our reports that you dream. doesn't appear to be any closer. still waiting for the green light service arresting extradition of former bosnian serb army chief outcome luggage was one of the key conditions for a chance to get one foot and the european union's door a potential membership could mean billions of dollars worth of grant aid and for struggling serbia it's a lifeline but what two official belgrade is a step closer to the e.u. is actually a n

balkans historian a boy shallots told r.t. but another trial is not an effort to bring justice but to justify that his intervention in the post-war iraq ninety five we wanted just part of the entire set of political and police need to really get the case if you live is wrong trying to demonstrate that everything that happened in the balkans unity ninety's was a grand conspiracy to you know really police want to change crowd putting all serious and all should be untrue if you still call to peace or be is the aggressor in any country or crimes you are justified neutral vention that newly formed e.u. community in one thousand and two when you great guys the breakaway republics of creation see news and concedes the problem is when the media intervened in ninety five and we're going to something for civil war boston and we don't want the bullshit or all of these things build up as justification sic you will you can use food and great can just because these are evil people and well we're going to paint them as evil people you have t

balkans it took fifteen years just recently we saw iraq. finally turned over by the serbs so these things take time in addition to take time right now it's been several months of an international action to protect libyan civilians. in the balkans serbia they took a year of bombing so i don't see that half of the media future right here in russia or the parliamentarians say we're witnessing a you know a poll or policy where one country's position is mirrored by international organizations and courts is this fair in relation to libya well again international course they operate in their own independent way they're observing the situation on the ground in libya making an assessment and in their view khadafi and his government his regime have engaged in human rights violations at a level where he should be indicted and be tried and that is their. ok but some critics argue that there's little concrete evidence to support the course but with the i.c.c. make a move in the first place make a move like this if they don't have that evidence. i don't

balkans political analyst thanks for being on the program thank you. still ahead the british political marriage that's on the rocks we find out how the split of the coalition is and how big the public discontent is after the government's controversial decision to painful reforms a report coming up tonight also. nato is extending its operation in libya by another three months the alliance chief says the decisions meant to signal colonel gadhafi that the coalition is determined to fulfill the u.n. mandate to protect the libyans but it depends journalist james corbett says nato is not telling the truth about its campaign. might be surprising on one end that gadhafi has held out this long especially given the extent of the onslaught against him and the attempts to assassinate him indeed the killing of his son and grandchildren and i think that was perhaps not foreseen in the original action that was a proved by nato the idea of protecting civilians by bombing civilian populations is on its face ridiculous and in itself exposes that this is not about humani

balkans ask mark us which draws parallels between the hague tribunal and guantanamo bay and where there is a danger of the role of winning out over ramadan. but the tribunal doesn't need you to. actually engage with his own defense which of you need a tribunal needs to be you seem to be sitting there for symbolic reasons he's sitting there the overview of the world is focused on him all the accusations are the wall of noise is against it because this tribunal you should remember is not a court it is a tribunals with all the dubious i talk quasi legal procedures that involve the one time obey or bureau where people are held for years without trial waiting for trial when they're when they're going is known in advance in fact is even worse than the guantanamo bay of europe because at least they're in the guantanamo bay the judges know what the rules are at the hague tribunal this kind of court the rules are worked out as they go along and always at the expense of the serbs. but as for the killing of civilians this is going on part of as we reported later this hour told the soldiers have cl

well balkans a story a new boy told r.t. about them a lot of strides i was not an effort to bring justice but to justify nato intervention in the bosnian war in truth in one thousand nine hundred five. but it is part of the entire set of political and. then the if you want this trial you want to demonstrate that everything that happened in the balkans you know if you know it was a grand conspiracy so you're not really putting watching struggling all sure and all should be and the additional efforts to get richer and the perpetrator for crimes you knew were justified contravention that newly formed e.u. community in one thousand and two when it recognize the breakaway republics of the news and see the trouble is when nato intervened in ninety five and in going to stop people and civil war in bosnia and we go all the bullshit go all of these things is justification secu what we do school and when to just because these are evil people will repeat them as evil people you have to put them on trial run girls and emotions and it's

well we can now get more insight on this story from historian from historian specializing on the balkans it's not expect very much indeed for joining us here in r.t. will some of question the strength of the evidence will help again record an adage what's your. evidence has always been dubious showed watching war reach a point where if you can actually go to. all the hyperbole that consume converse facts and do this all cheap and i've often wondered why people have a tendency to exaggerate instinct beyond belief. just because this is known function of the war propaganda that there was in one of the first fortune these shooters fought with cameras as opposed to candidates. because you sorry to interrupt but you're saying aid saturation but does that mean. that actually some people have been laying that a massacre of a thousand muslims occurred to prevent one of the the death of america and what we're going to do to this way here is the evidence today how some people were actually executed syrians who do think there should be experts and forensics experts in this and researchers. turning o

. >> what's important precondition for lasting reconciliation is the balkans establish the full truthde of the 1990s. first and foremost we expect the trial will bring up the truth. >> ultimately how was he caught? where did they find him? >> he was -- his last hiding place was in a small village in northern serbia and he was found after we came across a piece of information leading to his arrest. >> there is a report this morning from his attorney that he's been suffering from cancer since 2009. was actually treated in ray serbian hospital and had chemotherapy. do you think that should play any role whatsoever in how he is prosecuted. >> i'm not that much of a legal expert to be able to answer that but i'm sure a u.n. court set up in the hague is going to deal with it in an adequate man sdmrer how important has this been, the fact he's been captured and after 16 year, this extensive manhunt that he's finally being brought to justice. >> the last few years have brought about a total change in the balkans. right now i would be able to say the relations in the balkans have never been be

mark has been working as an advisor to various bodies to crimes commit in the balkans. very being with us. we understand that mr. mladic has delayed entering a plea. what does it mean in terms of legal terms and what happens in that process. >> under the ictys, under the court statute, he'll have 30 days to inform the court whether he'll plead guilty or not guilty to each of the 11 counts. if he does not provide position to the court, the court would automatically indicate that he is pleading not guilty so he'll have the 30 days to make the determination. but at the end, the court will in essence say he will be pleading not guilty. he'll do what we wants. but the court proceedings will continue as scheduled. >> the interesting, i guess, legal and defense position is there's a discussion now between the responsibility -- command responsibility versus direct responsibility. give us an idea of what that means. >> a very good point. you heard mladic suggest earlier that he didn't know the crimes were being committed. and so indicting him under this concept of command respon

this is not balkanization. it's common sense. i urge my colleagues to preserve states' rights, support this amendment. thank you. i yield back. the chair: all time having expired on this debate, the question incurs on the adoption of the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from california. those in favor say aye. all those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the noes have it. mrs. capps: mr. chairman, i ask for a recorded vote on this amendment. the chair: pursuant to clause 6 of rule 18, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from california will be postponed. if is now in order to consider amendment number 9 printed in part a of house report 112-111. for what purpose does the gentlewoman from new york seek recognition? ms. hochul: i have an amendment at the desk made in order under the rule. the chair: the clerk will designate the amendment. the clerk: amendment number 9 printed in part a of house report 112-111 offered by ms. hochul of new york. the chair: pursuant to house resolution 316, the g

mediterranean, though, we're going to see plenty of thunderstorms developing here across italy, much of the balkans into poland and also the ukraine, experiencing plenty of thunders weather. temperatures look like this in europe today. 28 degrees in moscow with plenty of sunshine. stays warm and sunny in kiev as well. thunderstorms will affect warsaw today and looking more comfortable in berlin, 22 degrees with partly cloud skies. here's your extended forecast now. >> that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi. hope to see you back at the top of the next hour. a 4

muslims who was not accepted as happily by serbs bringing back bitter memories of the violence the balkans had to go through in the one nine hundred ninety s. the collapse of yugoslavia was accompanied by a feast struggle for territorial control and by much bloodshed the largest massacre since the second world war is associated with chain you're all right each in one thousand nine hundred five the bosnian serb forces on the east command attacked the un controlled town of srebrenica with tens of thousands of bosnian civilians according to the us. tribe you know more did she spoke thousands of women and children and or did the execution of more than seven thousand men and boys she wanted by the international war crimes tribunal had been on the run for sixteen years before his arrest and extradition to the hague. the event caused huge protests in serbia with thousands coming onto the streets of belgrade claiming that han didn't want each over to the hague tribunal was treason many said serbia would prefer their own courts to deal with the case so best arrest and extradition of the former bosn

region, bringing lots of unsettled weather to the ukraine, also showers starting to spread into the balkanss well and the rain will remain put in western russia. now a new system coming in from the northwest is going to be bringing wetter and cooler weather for the british isles so heavy rain expected in the southeastern corner here, some showers and thunderstorms will erupt across france, northern spain as well and the heavy rain pushing into norway as well, but temperatures will remain warm in the iberian peninsula, much of central europe again, 37 degrees in madrid today, 28 in berlin, very warm in paris as well at 29 degrees but turning much, much cooler for places like london, 23 degrees for your daytime high. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. thanks for joining us.

areas showers as well, and still looking at lots of thunderstorms to develop for italy, parts of the balkans especially greece, croatia into romania especially as the day heats up. it will stay dry and sunny across much of spain and portugal, 30 degrees in madrid today, 22 in lisbon and warm sunshine in london at 24 degrees. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> and that's all for this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. we'll be back with more of your updates.

husbands and sons were slaughtered by his troops could not stand the sight of the butcher of the balkans in sarajevo. >> we don't expect much from this trial because it will last a long time, but i wish him good health long enough to hear the verdict and to be sentenced for what he has done. >> the court session lasted only 100 minutes. his next court appearance is scheduled for july 4. >>> germany is moving closer to make its exit from nuclear power a done deal. parliament is expected to pass legislation next week to shut down all 17 nuclear power plants and the country by the year 2022. the german chancellor spent part of friday meeting with leaders to make sure that everyone is on board. b>> the chancellor courted state premiers to try to win broad consensus for the nuclear policy turnaround. merkel even agreed to amend the initial plans and allow a gradual exit from atomic power rather than proceed with their proposed two-stage shutdown. >> 2011 hand out 2022 will not be the only dates for switching off plants. it will be step-by-step, to be completed by 2021. >> the first shutdown a

in order to strengthen these industries and issues, it is important that we support balkanizing. many of these issues on affordable housing, just as importantly, we need to organize our small businesses as well. we need to support each other by creating a more vibrant local economy. create networks, share best practices, and hope that the city and port create a cohesive policy is that will support their industries. i am proud that the majority of businesses are located here in district 6. when you walk around our district on any given day, you can smell the coffee that is being produced. you can walk up howard streets and visit the sisters that produced their own stationery for weddings and birthdays and other special events. there are many immigrant owned garment manufacturing businesses. many of you carry rickshaw bags. other products are produced locally in san francisco. i am proud to honor the organization. the director is here today. she will talk a little bit more about the organization. all week long, they will be hosting free tours of their member businesses. i would enc

bringing unsettled conditions again, light to moderate thundershowers occurring widely across the balkans, italy through to southeastern spain. heavy rain particularly for places like northern italy, into the alpine region. 24 degrees in vienna, looking at a risk of thunderstorms here. 25 in rome, looking thundery, good spells of sunshine, very warm, 29 degrees in paris and then 25 in berlin. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> our lead story this hour, prime minister naoto kan said on thursday that he will step down after prospects for rebuilding the disaster-hit areas and stabilizing the fukushima nuclear power plant become clear. however, opposition party leaders and even some ruling party members continue to demand kan's immediate resignation. >> translator: after handling the disaster recovery and making sure that the nuclear crisis has been resolved to a certain stage, i wilhave fulfilled my duty as prime minister to the japanese people. then i would like to pass on my responsibilities to the younger generation of democratic party lawmakers. >> kan is believed to have

as well it's going to help produce those active thunder clouds over italy and across much of the balkans. dry weather returning to france. it stays dry and good spells of sunshine across the southeast corner of the uk but a little windy over toward the north here, 20 degrees in london today with sunny spells. paris is going to be 21 degrees. vienna coming in at 23 looking much cooler in berlin at 18 degrees but over toward the east stays very hot, 27 in moscow. 30 in kiev. all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> our lead story this hour the operator of the fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant says it has detected high levels of a radioactive substance that tends to accumulate in human bones. tokyo electric power comny made the announcement after analyzing soil samples taken on may 9th at three locations about 500 meters from the number one and number two reactors. the utility detected up to 480 becquerels of radioactive strontium 90 per kilogram of soil about 100 times higher than the mimum reeding at fukushima prefecture following nuclear tests carried out by foreign countri

said by skillfully spinning a series be magical tales you have managed to bring the tragedy of the balkan thumping into our living rooms with a bittersweet veracity. the book is is written in english and about to be published in serbo-craot. what do you think the people there will make of it? >> it's meant a lot to me sffment severalÑi people from t area have come to readings. it always means a tremendous pament -- amount to me to get their support. but above all the fact that is -- it will be translated means that my grandma who doesn't speak any english can read it. i'm so excited for that. >> tea obrecht. now our main news again. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court says there is evidence colonel gaddafi may be using rape as a weapon against his opponents. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold, get the top stories from around the globe and click-to-play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu. newm

ahead of this, though, high pressure system will keep conditions dry across poland, down towards the balkans. but as we head towards the mediterranean, we will run into this heat and moisture. again, southern italy as well as greece will be in for some afternoon thunderstorms. athens coming in at 28 degrees. some showers will affect kiev and also moscow as well. but bright spells of sunshine in vienna, warming up to 30 degrees. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> and that wraps up this edition of "newsline." i'm catherine kobayashi in tokyo. do stay with us. ccccccccccccc'ca

countries into germany, still looking at lots of thunderstorms to develop for italy, parts of the balkans especially greece, croatia into romania especially as the day heats up. it will stay dry and sunny across much of spain and portugal, 30 degrees in madrid today, 22 in lisbon and warm sunshine in london at 24 degrees. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> our lead story -- >>> more workers at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant are being pulled off the job because they might have been overexposed to radiation. japan's health and labor ministry says six workers could have received doses above the allowable limit of 250 millisieverts. tokyo electric power company gave the ministry an update monday of its latest round of checks on plant workers. the ministry says the amount of radiation exposure was nearly 500 millisieverts for each of the six tepco employees in question. the maximum allowable dose for nuclear workers in japan was raised to 250 millisieverts from 100 after the crisis started. an additional 94 workers have been exposed to between 100 and 250 millisieverts. in

calm throughout much of italy as well as the balkans. much of spain and portugal will escape the rain as well. warming up to 31 degrees in madrid with plenty of sunshine. looking rather cool though in london at 17 celsius. vienna coming in at 24, looking quite showery here. all right. here is your extended forecast now. >>> our lead story this hour, at the crippled fukushima daiichi nuclear power plant, leaking water is threatening to delay full operation of a system to decontaminate highly radioactive water which is key to bringing the plant under control. tokyo electric power company or tepco had been planning to start full operation of the water treatment system on friday. it has been carrying out test runs. but a u.s.-made device to remove a radioactive materials, mainly cesium, stopped running on thursday. the utility company says it's examining the cause and trying to fix the problem, but it adds that suspension may delay full scale operation of the water treatment system. the highly radioactive water is building up at a rate of 50

still to not account for the missing cash a former bush administration official and author of the balkan marriages failure in iraq michael o'brien claims the money was lost under general petraeus as watch. all of this stuff was going on while david petraeus was the commander of the multinational security transition command in iraq or min sticky you know four and zero five and this is the same period of time that one hundred ninety thousand a k forty seven zero nine millimeter pistol pistols purchased by the us government for the iraqi army national police disappeared i also want to say that i have a personal friend i will mention his name who was a very senior u.s. american finance and budget official during this period of time and he told me that when david petraeus was there there was no accountability at all for american money and david petraeus continued to spend the iraqi money six months a year after the c.p.a. the coalition provisional authority had been shut down in june of zero four. iraq also leads our top stories from around the world and at least eight people have been killed

system that will continue to spread plenty of showers, watch out for pockets of heavy rain across the balkans, eastern europe as well but for the central mediterranean essentially staying dry, looking summery out here, spain and portugal also looking at good spells of sunshine, the heat waves finally starting to ease as well, 33 degrees in madrid, cooling off considerably in london and paris as well at 22 celsius, but on the other hand, things really warming up in central europe, looking at 29 degrees in berlin and 28 in vienna. all right, here is your extended forecast now. >>> our lead story this hour -- tokyo electric power company resumed their operation to cool down the reactors at the fukushima daiichi nuclear plant on tuesday, but it says it found minor water leaks in a newly installed cooling system. tepco said it traced the leak to a joint connecting plastic hoses near a pump injecting water. it did not check the possibility of a water leak before starting the system on monday. tepco's so-called circulating injection cooling operation is designed to decontaminate radioactive waste wa

another goal just fifteen minutes later a run in with the past and karate constantly rolling the balkans of the nets telecommutes he saw a glimpse of hope after their rivals alex article coring was sense all for a second infraction. however it's now mostly getting shelf put all those hopes to rest for his ninety eighth career goal for a three nil half and score. now look a lost the man themself twenty minutes after the restart however that didn't prevent them from getting one goal back shortly after that. veterans meet a less false powerful set piece smashing the crossbar then into the keeper's back and michael made sure the ball and adopt in the nets and they've already sealed the final score before one after a defensive blunder by looking mighty goalie can get a man had no chance in this one. else where defending champions in need fail to beat or even score against their girls they had to trust the stadium in st petersburg high flying on g. drew to pursue on the road across the insults told the ground the thrill away of victory over seats all four were back to back champions are all be

balkans i missed having. been partial towards an average of the hague is basically the americas beating. the people who actually try this is a good job just the prosecution not subject to the same laws as we accuse i mean the principle of all civilized countries who read all of our will be used and all those who participate in the legal process must be subject to the same laws of the he was no one is above the law. it was very well here everybody but everybody is a bob woodward album and you can use what's going through a poor example the bombing of radio television serbia in belgrade on the twenty third of ninety ninety nine now sixty people died as a result of good one being which happened to us blame the tribunal never actually did anyone at all without. some other news stories making headlines around the world to sell. the colombian president says a top insurgent commander has been captured across the border and as we know since they are the most senior. captured since two thousand and four states said pr