that's a legacy of when british troops were here, scottish troops, during the british mandate period. they made their way in up manger street, into manger square, and it is there where speeches are given and dignitaries meet the archbishop before midnight mass takes place tonight on christmas eve. the crowds have turned out in the hundreds for the day. but numbers are much lighter than previous years. that's because tourism has taken a severe dent here because of fears over clashes that have taken place in the last few weeks in the occupied west bank, ever since donald trump announced that the us officially recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. and all of this, whilst there is a severe diplomatic stand—off between the palestinians and the us, the palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, who will be here tonight, will be talking about the fact that he will not accept any

high court has ruled british troops breached geneva conventions in iraq we look into that after this. join me every thursday on the alec simon shore and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. that's the problem in this new reality is there will be no resting in peace there is no death anymore people will pay to make sure that their death is final that their death is complete that all their d.n.a. is scott. hello again the u.k. high court has found that british troops were in breach of human rights conventions abusing civilians during the iraq war with more on the outer ring. specifically we have seen four iraqi citizens being awarded damages in cases against the actions of the ministry of defense during the iraq war in the way these people were detained and now the court has decided that these four iraqi citizens are going to be awarded eighty four thousand pounds with thirty thousand going to just one of those men and the reason for this is the judge has ruled that the actions of british troops in the way they were detai

reports an important ruling by the high court here in london the judge had found that british troops and their detention of these people had acted in violation of the geneva conventions as well as the human rights act citing cruel and inhumane treatment as well as unlawful detention the judge here in london said that the assaults quote involved the gratuitous infliction of pain and humiliation for the amusement of those who perpetrated them and quote now we have to keep in mind that this comes just ten days after the international criminal court found quote reasonable basis to understand that british troops had been involved in war crimes when it came to the detention of iraqi citizens. now the reason this is important is because this could be seen as a test cases when it comes to over six hundred similar cases similar claims currently ongoing in the way these claims are going to be handled moving forward we also have to remember that over three hundred claims were settled out of court by the ministry of defense that had paid out as much as twenty two million pounds and in reaction t

high court has fun the british troops where in breach of human rights conventions abusing civilians during the iraq war on the sea it brings the story i'm not writing. specifically we have seen four iraqi citizens being awarded damages in cases against the actions of the ministry of defense during the iraq war in the way these people were detained now the court has decided that these four iraqi citizens are going to be awarded eighty four thousand pounds with thirty thousand going to just one of those men and the reason for this is the judge has ruled that the actions of british troops in the way they were detaining these people were in violation of geneva conventions as well as the human rights act citing cruel and inhumane treatment as well as unlawful detention the judge has said that these assaults quote involved the gratuitous infliction of pain and humiliation for the amusement of those who perpetrated them and quote we have to say that this comes just ten days after the international criminal court found quote reasonable basis to understand that british troops might have been involv

british infantry. this battlefield, the from your battlefield in new orleans. what is this? this is the canon jackson used for this is the protection of jackson's troops. what was over there? the british. outnumbering us, 2 - one. what he did after that still has historians befuddled. all give it away, we won. although the revolutionary war ended in 1783, the british never truly accepted america's victory. in fact, it resulted in another war. the war of 1812. and, things were not looking good at start for the united states. >> we were so weak he couldn't challenge what they called the british navy. 6000 americans became prisoners on board british ships. >> our country does not really have a standing army. as a show the navy but yet we declare war because we want to stand up for ourselves and send everyone a message. early on the message was we are weak. we start off very badly. we've got just the worst generals. washington is burned to the ground. our president can barely escape. they set it ablaze and come out and raced back to their ships. >> that seems to mobilize america. >> people thought i may not have been part of this work but our country could

dollars in damages he was found to have been beaten by british troops and subjected to what are called harsh interrogation techniques including having insults and personal abuse shouted at him. being deprived of sleep and also being made to wear blackened out goggles and ear defenders during his interrogation. the judge said that those homes of practices were routinely used in iraq at that time despite being illegal now all of those claimants will receive monetary damages a total of almost a thousand cases have been brought by british lawyers representing iraq he's now around a third of those those cases have been settled already out of court but there was still over six hundred cases remaining unresolved including the four that were judged on on thursday and it's expected that this judgment will actually set a precedent for some of the other cases because there were similar legal issues at stake and it's clear that beyond this very is the possibility of cases against british soldiers in iraq going on for many years because just recently the chief prosecutor at the international crimin

british infantry. the premier battle in the battle of new orleans. that what is in this is a cannon jackson used. what is the protection? that's the protection of jackson's troops. what was over there, the british. outnumbering us, two to one. what jackson did after that still has military historians befuddled. i will give it away. we gone. >> although the rev news lay war officially end in 1873. never accepted the. resulted in another year the war of 1812. things were not looking good for the start for the united states. >> we were so weak we couldn't any other country. challenge the la via sons i 6000 became prisoners on british ships. brian: country doesn't have army shell of a navy. we declared war because we wanted to stand up for ourselvesstselves and send everybody a message. early on the message was weak. >> we start off very badly. we have the worst generals. we no plan. brian: washington is burned to p the ground while the president barely escapes. >> a blaze come out and race back to their ships and leave. brian: that seems to mobilize america, people thought. i might not have been for this war, but our country could be destroyed right now. we have t

elements in the sultry this is in some ways even more sinister the canary reports high court rules british troops are guilty of true despite alleged government attempts a cover up simple version here that the british army were responsible for human rights violations in iraq this is bubbled up a number of times there's been some evidence for this before but the real problem here is you go to war on freedom and human rights and then you violate in the cells that's at the heart of this story action for this is the international criminal court investigating british troops abusing unlawfully killing and that's the point these people don't mess around with conjecture they talk about fact and they identify these facts arguable as well they have to say oh you're against everyone today are you going to go to the press ministry you are the i.c.c. one of the things that is in arguable is president and him changing the politics geopolitics of the philippines and the and the south china sea and usually all we hear about is he's a terrible because he's reputed to join or away from the u.s. but what's this are

ten days after the international criminal court found quote reasonable basis to understand that british troops might have been involved in war crimes when it comes to detaining iraqi citizens and the reason this this ruling is important today is because it's seen as a kind of test cases to see how similar claims could be handled in the future moving forward and there are over six hundred claims such as these currently ongoing and we have to keep in mind that also over three hundred claims were settled out of court by the ministry of defense who had paid out as much as twenty two million pounds and we do know that when it comes to this latest ruling the ministry of defense have said that they are studying this judgment. from the appreciated if you stay with us for the next fifteen minutes or so on that story of the bridge from the u.k. as well rebellious lawmakers the. major. to the already strained talks just ninety seconds away. this manufacture consent to stick to the public well. when the ruling classes protect themselves. with the fine. be the one percent. nor middle of the room six. trump

time wrote to you to say please write a letter to the british people to convince britain that british troops are doing good in afghanistan. there were no no no no no he didn't do that had he asked me i would've written to the to the british people and the truth of conveyed my sentiments on the military front i think given he's off off nato and the us and allies in afghanistan and also conveyed to britain to the mothers in britain. that . the purpose was to send their sons to afghanistan. for the mothers of consent we highly appreciate but that's not what's happening on the ground in afghanistan. as their children are dying in afghanistan sort of thousands of for people there for war is not the way forward there for bush and must start. as a country deeply involved historically in that part of the word for peace and. for it issues here that would bring parks them closer to afghanistan and us closer to box. and that's it for one of your favorite shows of the season we'll be back with a whole new episode to going on the ground on wednesday the seventeenth of january till then keep in touch by s

ten days after the international criminal court found quote reasonable basis to understand that british troops might have been involved in war crimes when it comes to detaining iraqi citizens. the reason this this ruling is important today is because it's seen as a kind of test cases to see how similar claims could be handled in the future moving forward and there are over six hundred clean such as these currently ongoing and we have to keep in mind that also over three hundred claims were settled out of court by the ministry of defense who had paid out as much as twenty two million pounds and we do know that when it comes to this latest ruling the ministry of defense have said that they're studying this judgment. brian baca from the coalition gave us his he's on the case well the soldier's job should not be to violate people's rights it should not be to commit war crimes or crimes against humanity if those are the soldiers' jobs then yes the u.k. should never again do it will will the u.k. government be held accountable will it be a deterrent if the only way for accountability to work is for

theresa may pays tribute to british troops at home and abroad in a christmas message.vereigned —— has scorched an area greater than new york city, brussels and paris combined.

teh concord, and bedford militias gathered in the morning, and when they saw the number of the british troops, they decided to pull back. the colonials would come into concord, and then they would enter into the northbridge area and across the river. they would gather in an area around the health which is , behind me to the left. the main column of the british army enters concord, and approximately 120 soldiers are dispatched to go towards the farm. another additional 90 soldiers are sent to guard the bridge and the roadway. we are leaving northbridge parking lot right now, and we are on our way to the farm. it is just under two miles. it was not in the center of town, certainly out a little bit. of april 19,g colonel barret was not in the farm. he was already out gathering the concord militia. this area would have been devoid of a lot of trees. some of the houses you see are modern, but some are closer to the period. most of the people if they had farms outside the town, they would have an out building supporting the farm. so, the building coming up on my right is the barret farmhouse. so, w

year. , 13,000 anglo indian troops beaten-down by disease and starvation, had been forced into surrender and mesopotamia. humiliation made all the worse by the fact that british general townsend had offered the ottomans a one million pound ransom for the safe passage of his troops, and offered the ottomans refused to consider. -- an offer the ottomans refused to consider. then there was the ingrained prejudice toward eastern campaigns. chief of the imperial general staff, william robinson, was loathe to commit against the ottomans. eastlieved that the middle was a peripheral campaign to the great struggle going on in the thatrn fronts, the battles the dardanelles and mesopotamia he saw as black holes that swallowed up entire british armies for no of sensible purpose. he was adamant that british forces in the middle east should cease any pretense toward aggression, and adopt instead, the security of the suez. and the oil fields. then came movement. politicians,bound but from a british general in the field. in late summer 1916, the war cabinet appointed lieutenant frederick stanley maude. he took command of the mesopotamian force. immediately, he began to organ

people in palestine the signing was soon followed by the so-called battle of jerusalem where british troops defeated the ottoman turkish army which had controlled jerusalem for centuries after nearly thirty years of british colonial rule the state of israel was created in one thousand nine hundred forty eight after the so-called war of independence with west jerusalem captured effectively dividing the city in half with the historic and religiously important east under jordanian control that changed in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and the six day war between israel and arab states israeli forces seized large areas of territory including east jerusalem hopes were raised in one thousand nine hundred three with the signing of the oslo accords which ended the first intifada or uprising and laid out a framework for the creation of a palestinian state those efforts ended in two thousand with the start of a second uprising were jerusalem was the frontline of riots and suicide bomb attacks the israeli government began building the separation wall in two thousand and three and continued to a

theresa may pays tribute to british troops at home and abroad in a christmas message. in california, the deadly wildfire that has destroyed hundreds of homes is now the largest in state history. the thomas blaze has sovereigned —— has scorched an area greater than new york city, brussels and paris combined. i will be looking back at the year in politics. good evening and welcome to bbc news. nearly 200 people have died after a tropical storm struck the southern philippines. the country's second largest island, mindanao, bore the brunt of the storm which caused flash floods and landslides. one village has been completely buried. andy moore reports. clinging to the neck of his rescuer, a young boy is carried across the floodwaters. there was little sign of official help here, just villagers doing their best to rescue each other with fragile ropes. in a country used to devastating storms, this took many by surprise. the authorities said too many people had ignored warnings to leave coastal areas and river banks. many of the casualties were on the main southern island, min

dollars in damages he was found to have been beaten by british troops and subjected to what are called harsh interrogation techniques including having insults and personal abuse shouted at him. being deprived of sleep and also being made to wear blackened out goggles and ear defenders during his interrogation. the judge said that those homes of practices were routinely used in iraq at that time despite being illegal now all of those claimants will receive monetary damages a total of almost a thousand cases have been brought by british lawyers representing iraq he's now around a third of those those cases have been settled already out of court but there was still over six hundred cases remaining unresolved including the four that were judged on on thursday and it's expected that this judgment will actually set a precedent for some of the other cases because there were similar legal issues at stake and it's clear that beyond this there is the possibility of cases against british soldiers in iraq going on for many years because just recently the chief prosecutor at the international crimi

been supporting the fact the isis and al-qaeda linked rebels in syria but we're told here that british troops served your country and this country valuably by by liberating helmand province well at that time they did help and we are grateful for what britain has done for afghanistan it was a must see much much softer version of what the united states did but him and is not with the afghan government today it is back with the taliban they're for. most of it is now they're all weathered almost most most of that therefore we must come to a conclusion that bombs and military action especially by foreign forces will not bring us peace or an inch to extremism. there has to be two things here one. within afghanistan afghans must evolve a mechanism of our own we the afghan people to reach out to everybody specially specially the taliban who are from our country who are the sons of foresight to seek a settlement second this afghan effort must be helped by everybody the united states must become because our pursuit of partner with the region and with the bigger region with the big countries in the regi

theresa may says british troops are making the world safer by combating terrorism at home and abroad. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the evening standard columnist, rosamund urwin, and the telegraph's women's editor, claire cohen. very good of you to be here at this time of year. we at grateful. tomorrow's front pages: the observer reports that children from poorfamilies are more likely to need emergency treatment for conditions like asthma and diabetes compared to their wealthier counterparts. the sunday times says that theresa may will abandon a manifesto pledge to overturn the ban on foxhunting in the new year. the mail on sunday details how the british army is spending millions of pounds of taxpayers‘ money to scrap its ‘be the best‘ motto, because of fears it's elitist. britain's christmas food and drink exports are at all time high according to the sunday express, with brexit a main catalyst the paper says. staying with brexit, the sunday telegraph reports how borisjohnson and michael gove have criticised hmrc for

time rude to you to say please write a letter to the british people to convince britain that british troops are doing good in afghanistan. you're a no no no no no he didn't do that had he asked me i would've written to the to the british people. that would have conveyed my sentiments on the military front to nick davies of nato and the u.s. and allies in afghanistan a lot also conveyed to britain to the mothers of britain. that. the purpose for which they send their sons to afghanistan.

the sun leads with british troops being asked to use gender neutral words — dubbing it the pc brigadel help fight dementia. so let's begin. good that you have joined us for the rest of the festivities. what else would you be doing! just stuffing yourself with cold turkey! talking about some of these stories seem to have been reheated! well we end the year as we began talking about brexit. tell us about, we will talk about that in a moment. but first the case of laura plummer. jailed for taking drugs into egypt. so she's 33, she comes from hull city, she's 33, she comes from hull city, she went out in october to see her partner and she was arrested on suspicion of trafficking drugs at the airport. she was found with 290 tramadol tablets in her luggage which she claims were for her partner who suffers from chronic back pain. tramadol is a very heavy duty pain reliever which you can only get in this country in prescription. herfamily only get in this country in prescription. her family obviously devastated, she has been in a jail ina communal devastated, she has been in a jail in a commu

the sun leads with british troops being asked to use gender neutral words.s says a stroll in the garden could help to fight dementia. thank you for being with us dementia. thank you for being with us to beginning with the time and a distressing story about the use, potentially, of the internet for the abuse of children. it is a horrible story but it is no real secret that abused children have appeared on youtube. the brazen part about this, the new part, is that now paedophiles are emblazoned in the videos with any mail addresses. people can get in touch with them. —— e—mail addresses. a legal expert is questioning whether or not this would be illegal. in a sense, you are putting children for word and there is always a danger of what might happen after that. it is an opinion but any right minded person will think that this needs to be closed down and closed down quickly. if in any way google will not do it themselves it needs to be done for them. yes. and to be fair it does say that most channels were shut down but only after the newspaper contacted youtube.

it's a reminder that british troops are still serving in iraq, rebuilding the country, and others aroundhat doesn't stop for christmas. dan johnson, bbc news. one of london's busiest railway stations has been been turned into a shelter for the homeless. rail workers and charity staff have served a full christmas lunch to rough sleepers are euston station. volunteers worked overnight after the last train left on christmas eve, transforming the station concourse with decorations and tables. our news correspondent, caroline davis, has been at euston station for us. welcome to euston station, where christmas celebrations are infull swing. of course, this isn't your normal monday. if it was, the departures board that's looking pretty blank in the background would be quite depressing. but this is the first time that euston has been transformed in this way to help the homeless at christmas. all the homeless down there are getting a four—course and some goodie bags. it is being done with the help of network rail's idea, and streets kitchen, who prepared the food, and the support of st mungo's, t

theresa may pays tribute to british troops at home and abroad in a christmas message. in state history. the thomas blaze has scorched an area greater than new york city, brussels and paris combined. and leon bernicoff, star of the tv show gogglebox, dies at the age of 83.

where the british troops doing great in philadelphia? mr.brookhiser: yes, philadelphia is the second largest city in the english-speaking world. likes the high life. partieshave a lot of and festivities. i have a friend who used to be the editor of the new york times books, tom lipscomb, and he belongs to the society of cincinnati. he is a descendent of a revolutionary officer. a lieutenantwas from virginia. and he was at valley forge. and top -- tom lipscomb told me that every time he got a chance he went to philadelphia for the parties because that is where the action was. army isalso the british well-organized. thieirw, they have quartermasters, their medical operations -- it is all up and running and works more or less or less. and one of washington's tasks during the revolution, and it takes much more time than the actual battles, but it is creating all of this. creating this mechanism of how you support and supply troops. and this is a constant worry for him. -- af his first clothiers man responsible for uniforms -- the problem with th

troops reached damascus in october, just ahead of the hashemites. several months later, the british hand in northern syria over to its french ally, the anglo-french agreement -- as the anglo-french agreement had stipulated. in 1920, britain agreed to incorporate the buffer declaration into its mandate over palestine -- the belford declaration into its mandate over palestine. why were there contradictory promises? the british asked themselves the same question. have gotten into an muddle."nary model -- belford wrote that. perhaps we should not be so harsh. britain's objectives in 1917 was to win the great war. statesmen were willing to promise anything to anyone who might give them an upper hand in the conflict, and grow the empire in the process. at the same time, it's not hard attitudes.nge of racial, cultural, civilizational, the privileged european interests, over self-determination of asian and african peoples. thank you very much. [applause] >> i'd be very happy to entertain questions. >> thank you for a nice presentation. it's my understanding that there was, was it a bit of a

people in palestine the signing was soon followed by the so-called battle of jerusalem where british troops defeated the ottoman turkish army which had controlled jerusalem for centuries after nearly thirty years of british colonial rule the state of israel was created in one thousand nine hundred forty eight with west jerusalem as its capital effectively dividing the city in half with the historic and religiously important east under jordanian control that changed in one thousand nine hundred sixty seven and the six day war between israel and arab states israeli forces seize large areas of territory including east jerusalem hopes were raised in one thousand nine hundred ninety three with the signing of the oslo accords which ended the first intifada or uprising and laid out a framework for the creation of a palestinian state those efforts ended in two thousand with the start of the second uprising were jerusalem was the frontline of riots and suicide bomb attacks the israeli government began building the separation wall in two thousand and five and continued to approve the construction of

theve british troops, of course the alarm goes out, this is the famous ride of paul revere, bu he was one of dozens of riders and didn't even get as far as many of the others did, but they managed to alarm the countryside. there was a confrontation that takes place in lexington, massachusetts, and then a few hours laterth at the old north bridge in concord. that's the fuel that you see rs playing out behind, we've actually animated a period engraving of thatce fighting at concord bridge. that's, again, a place, concord, massachusetts, that every american should visit at some point. you can stand on this ground today. you can seed, the house that stands up on the farm up above the river, it still stands there today. these are all objects which are witness objects to that, whether it was a piece of wood that literally is one of the diagonaf braces from the bridge over the river on april 19th, 1775. that actually came out of the river in the 1950s. it was right there where the bridge sat. there was only one bridge made of oakak that ever stood on tha site. the river kind off changed cour

ditch and charles taylor and now the international criminal court in the hague is looking into british troops ledge to war crimes against detainees chairing the iraq conflict i received three years after u.k. troops officially pulled out of iraq the only thing the chief prosecutor has said that there is a reasonable basis to believe that british soldiers unlawfully killed prisoners during the portrait acted us led to war. powers and in investigations of these crimes which where they. cannot be done that is it was. the in the cases where where it came to the fact that it was. intended as a signatory to the room statute the u.k. is one of the founding members of the i.c.c. but despite being one of the driving forces behind the creation of the court when it comes to allegations directed at britain itself the u.k. says there is no need for the i.c.c. is involvement we are confident that our existing efforts to investigate allegations preclude the need for any investigation by the i.c.c. . i had the british government sixty million pounds iraq historical allegations team was shot down earlier this

to get their arms around this new empire is to build for thes and station more than 10,000 british regular troops in north america. not necessarily to oppress chinnist chinnists. that's a very expensive prospect. no one is thinking, we should continue to tax british taxpayers to pay for this, american clonists have enjoyed this victory, we should ask them to contribute, the idea comes up and it passes through parliament of what becomes known as the stamp act, and this is actually a depiction on the wall here of the design of that stamp. this is a stamp you put on a letter of taxation. it was a stamp placed on paper, you can see an original example here actually, this is a london newspaper, in the lower right hand corner, you see that design that's been stamped on that paper. that was a design, that meant a tax had been paid on that paper, and the newspaper would be printed on it, this would apply to parchment that would be used for legal documents, it was on playing cards, and so this was the design for the stamps that would have been used in america to help pay for those british troops that were