his lawyers have told the high court in canberra that a jury later in the appeal court in the state ofmony of a single witness, one of those boys that cardinal george pell was convicted of abusing in melbourne in the 1990s, was according to the appeal court judge, a very compelling witness. now, lawyers for george pell say that it's wrong that the guilty verdict against him was relying on the testimony from the sole witness. his lawyers do conclude that the man's testimony was compelling, but they do insist it was uncorroborated. so the high court in canberra, going fore nsically court in canberra, going forensically through these details and as you say, this is george pell‘s very last opportunity to overturn his six—year conviction for abusing two choirboys. and, feel, this is the second day of two days of arguments. when can we expect a ruling —— phil? of arguments. when can we expect a ruling -- phil? judges could hand down their decision today. it is more likely their decision will be reserved, so we may have to wait a few weeks or even if you months or more for this decision to be

the scottish criminal cases review commission has decided the conviction can be referred to the high courtfor appeal for the 3rd time we had identified 6 graves for referring the case to the appeal court and the commission has gone on to deliver a damning indictment of the process and they believe that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred by reason of an unreasonable verdict and the grounds of non-disclosure pan am flight 103 was blown up over the scottish town of lockerbie in december 1908 it was on route from london to new york and most of the 270 victims were american the us relatives were satisfied when in 2001 former libyan intelligence officer abdul basset tell the girl he was jailed for life for the attack he always said he was innocent and some scottish victims' families have campaigned for years to clear him and find out who was involved on wednesday jim swire whose daughter was killed gave a written reaction read out by his lawyer for me this case is about 2 families mine and abdel baset behind their name are seen to lie the needs of 25 of the families in applying for a fur

his lawyers are hoping to convince the high court the jury hoping to convince the high court thejurystake. our correspondent is in canberra. this is george pell‘s last chance to overturn his conviction for child sexual abuse offences. he failed to challenge the verdict back in august in victoria's court of appeal, and now seven judges here in australia's high court will decide his fate. put simply, if the conviction is upheld, it means he will stay in prison and serve the rest of his sentence. but if the judges decide that they will overturn the conviction, it means that he is going to walk free. that, essentially, he is going to be acquitted. thejudges could also send the case back to victoria's court of appeal for review. george pell is currently serving a 6—year prison sentence after a jury unanimously found him guilty of sexually abusing two choirboys on saint patrick's cathedral when he was archbishop of melbourne back in 1996. the case shook australia, but it also rattled the catholic church, mainly because of how prominent george pell is. not only was he the vatican's treasure

pell‘s lawyers are hoping to convince the high court the jury hoping to convince the high court thejuryconvince the high court the jury made a mistake. we can go now to our correspondence shima halil in canberra for us. you are there at the high court, but has been argued so far? well, we have started hearing the appeal arguments of george pell‘s defence team, and the basis of the argument is, as you mentioned, that's the judges we re mentioned, that's the judges were wrong to uphold george pell‘s conviction, but that the jury pell‘s conviction, but that the jury was also unreasonable in the decision but they came to in convicting george pell. they argued, the lawyers argued, but they relied heavily on the testimony of one victim and that they ignored the evidence given by other witnesses, some of whom held official positions in the cathedral, others who we re in the cathedral, others who were members of the choir. the lawyers talked about compounding improbabilities, basically saying the jury failed to acknowledge what could or could not have happened in saint patrick's cathedral at th

he 1st appeal his conviction in 2002 but this was refused by scotland's high court the next year as the west started to rebuild trade ties with libya then leader moammar gadhafi accepted his country's responsibility for the bombing he paid compensation to the victims' families but all along some believed there was stronger evidence iran was behind the bombing months after $290.00 died when a u.s. warship brought down an iranian passenger plane. in 2009 he dropped his appeal and was allowed to fly home on compassionate grounds he had terminal cancer he died in 2012 mcgraw his family have always described him as the 271st lockerbie victim they say his last words were about fighting for justice now that fight has been given a new lease of life nadine barber al jazeera. australia's highest court is hearing a final appeal from a disgraced roman catholic cardinal over his sex abuse conviction the 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne george pell is serving a 6 year jail sentence for molesting 2 quiet boys in the 1990 s. they could gauge reports from canberra. the final step in a long cou

from the high court in the wrong way. then these 2 gentlemen should be taken back you don't know where they have been used and do we had the alledged of things while i was commuted malawi's constitutional court canceled the results of last year's elections in february citing irregularities parliament approved a bill to hold fresh elections in may but president putin with 3 has not signed it . is vowing to keep up the pressure saying he'll call on 5000000 people to shut down the president's official residences if he refuses to act. out of syria. australia's high court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced cardinal george pell who wants to overturn his child sex abuse conviction 78 year old former treasurer to the vatican was jailed for 6 years sexually abusing 2 teenage choir boys in the 1990 s. bell is the most senior member of the catholic church to be found guilty of abusing children. gage joins us for more on this from outside the course and can bring nickel or so this is hell's last option a state court already

survivors at the kids saying that they do not want the high court to order to end this decision and it was lost that so chose lawyer lawyers try to fight against this they went to the victorian court of appeal but they were actually not back in that appeal the judge's a great with the jury and found that the conviction should be up held and that's why we're at the michael today and the defense's arguments have really been based around the reliability of one of the witnesses and whether he was telling the truth going on. so what are the potential outcomes then from this 2 day hearing nicholas . well there are quite a few options of things that could happen here as you know in the audience we know is not a lot of cases to come to the high court so it's even though if we all are having a sitting day over the next 2 days here. the high court hasn't actually officially ringback said that they would grant special leave to see this appeal so what could happen then these cells to noon or tomorrow they could completely throw out this case and george go who would remain in prison for the rest of

defense laying down boy the cement sent it's really important to note here that the full bench of the high court isn't actually determining whether the jurors were right or wrong in convicting george of these child 6 offenses but whether the court the victorian court of appeal was in fact russia wrong but george pell isn't he today he's in prison so he'll have to wait until a little later in the day to see what is happening right his fight but supporters of he is on here as well as abuse victims and their supporters as well so what are the possible outcomes then and what happens from here. well there are a number of different options essentially even though the high court is hearing this today it hasn't actually officially blonde to especially eve of appeal for george pell and his label same i know that sounds a little bit technical but that means that essentially they could hear the only tuning arguments this morning in camera and just decided to through the case out which means that george joe would stay in prison as a convicted sex offender or they could grant special leave which means that t

he 1st appeal his conviction in 2002 but this was refused by scotland's high court the next year as thewest started to rebuild trade ties with libya then leader moammar gadhafi accepted his country's responsibility for the bombing he paid compensation to the victims' families but all along some believed there was stronger evidence iran was behind the bombing months after $290.00 died when a u.s. warship brought down an iranian passenger plane. in 2009 he dropped his appeal and was allowed to fly home on compassionate grounds he had terminal cancer he died in 2012 mcgraw his family have always described to us the 271st lockerbie victim they say his last words were about fighting for justice now that fight has been given a new lease of life nadine barber al jazeera. australia's highest court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced roman catholic cardinal over his sex abuse conviction the 78 year old former archbishop of melbourne george pell is serving a 6 year jail sentence for masting to quiet him in the 1990 s. they click age reports from canberra the final step in a long court pr

vote for a new speaker in a push to break the political deadlock yuli edelstein resigned after the high court ordered him to allow a vote on his replacement critics accused him of paralyzing parliament the caretaker prime minister venue minutes now. a court in london has denied julian assange bail the wiki leaks founder sought to be released over the risk of contracting corona virus in prison a songe is being held in the u.k. awaiting possible extradition to the us where he may face charges relating to the 2010 leaks over the wars in iraq and afghanistan. prosecutors in turkey have charged 20 saudis for the murder of journalist. the united nations investigator who led an international probe into the killing has welcomed the indictment agnes cullum are again as she us to release their findings on the crime scene and who has more from istanbul 18 months is to killing of jamal her shuki in a stumble along awaited indictment to kish prosecutors accuse the former deputy chief of saudi intelligence ahmed goss 3 and former royal qahtani of carrying out premeditated murder with a monstrous intent 18

the scottish criminal cases review commission has decided the conviction can be referred to the high court for appeal for the 3rd time we had identified 6 graves for referring the case to the appeal court and the commission has gone on to deliver a damning indictment of the process and they believe that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred by reason of an unreasonable verdict and the grounds of non-disclosure pan am flight 103 was blown up over the scottish town of lockerbie in december 1908 it was on route from london to new york and most of the 270 victims were american the us relatives were satisfied when in 2001 former libyan intelligence officer abdul basset tell the girl he was jailed for life for the attack he always said he was innocent and some scottish victims' families have campaigned for years to clear him and find out who was involved on wednesday jim swire whose daughter was killed gave a written reaction. for me this case is about 2 families mine and abdel baset behind the scenes a lie the needs of $25.00 of the families in applying for a further appeal 31 years after

by scotland's high court the next year as the west started to rebuild trade ties with libya then leader moammar gadhafi accepted his country's responsibility for the bombing he paid compensation to the victims' families but all along some believe there was stronger evidence iran was behind the bombing months after $290.00 died when a u.s. warship brought down an iranian passenger plane. in 2009 al mcgraw he dropped his appeal and was allowed to fly home on compassionate grounds he had terminal cancer he died in 2012 mcgraw his family have always described to us the 271st lockerbie victim they say his last words were about fighting for justice now that fight has been given a new lease of life nadine barber al-jazeera. is the lawyer representing the family joins me now from via skype thanks very much for being with us why has this gone through to the high court now. well we began this fight some 6 years ago and of course it's been over 31 years since a lot of people being which over 270 people from 21 countries lost their lives. mohamad out on the ground he was put under pressure when he

strelley is high court delays a decision on cardinal pell's last ditch effort to drop his conviction in a child sex abuse case. it is without question the world's biggest health crisis corona virus has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe and all nations are working to limit the further spread that includes the united states which has imposed a travel ban to most of europe for a month president donald trump in fact blaming the e.u. for some of that situation but he downplayed warnings of a potential recession in india there has been addressed a step taken the suspension of almost all visas to the country's $62.00 confirmed cases in india it will also quarantine all arrivals from 7 virus hit countries so let's have a look at the global picture you're familiar with this i'm sure from johns hopkins university the best snapshot we have at any one given time of 126000 just over 126000 confirmed cases with over 4600 deaths but always make sure of that green number if you can see it in the top right hand corner of 68000 which is the numb

britain's high court has found that the ruler of dubai sheikh mohammed al maktoum abducted two of hisbjected his former wife to a campaign of intimidation. in a series ofjudgments, the court also said allegations of physical abuse could be relied upon and overruled the sheikh's efforts to keep the findings secret. here's our security correspondent, frank gardner. extraordinary and damning allegations of abduction and intimidation committed by the by‘s ruler sheikh mohammed al—maktoum, published today by the high court in britain, and the details have emerged during a lengthy custody battle between the sheikh and his former wife princess haya ofjordan. here at the royal courts of justice, princess haya, seen here in white, is alleging intimidation by the sheikh, after discovering the alleged fate of two of his daughters. this court case is lifting the lid on what is alleged to have been going on in one of the more secretive ruling families in the middle east. allegations that include the forced return of two princesses, one of whom was allegedly seized right here in britain. 0ne sister

pell‘s lawyers are hoping to convince the high court thejury made a mistake, and his conviction should‘s last chance to overturn his conviction for child sexual abuse offences. he failed to challenge the verdict back in august in victoria's court of appeal, and now sevenjudges here in australia's high court will decide his fate. put simply, if the conviction is upheld, it means he will stay in prison and serve the rest of his sentence. but if the judges decide that they will overturn the conviction, it means that he is going to walk free. that essentially, he is going to be acquitted. thejudges could also send the case back to victoria's court of appeal for review. george pell is currently serving a six year prison sentence after a jury unanimously found him guilty of sexually abusing two choirboys on saint patrick's cathedral when he was archbishop of melbourne back in 1996. the case should australia but it also rattled the catholic church, mainly because of how prominent george pell is. not only was he the vatican's treasurer, he was one of the pope's closest advisers, though he has

timing of the offending lawyer lisa flynn who represents abuse victims is concerned that if the high court overturns his conviction it might stop other abuse victims speaking out. many survivors and victims. really people could come. despite being a convicted sex offender george pell is still a cardinal but so far the pope has declined comment until all avenues of appeal are exhausted that moment may not be far away now gauge al-jazeera camera. turned trains have collided at one of mexico city's busiest metro stations person died and $41.00 others were injured it's still unclear what caused the crash . antigovernment protesters have battled police is chilly monks 30 years of democracy while president sebastian pinera celebrated the occasion inside the presidential palace outside demonstrators demanded his resignation police fired water cannon and tear gas at the crowds of the capital santiago started in october as protests at the cost of transport has broadened to a wider movement against inequality. soybean farm is an argentine that will begin a 4 day strike on monday to protest against a

both clubs have settled a civil case just weeks before it was due to be heard in the high court.e victims came forward as a result of an investigation by our programme in 2017. our reporterjim reid has been following the case. this is about a man called ted langford who was a football scout in the 1980s and you can see him here in this grainy newspaper picture which is the only photo we have. he is the guy on the top left. we now think he was responsible, or suspect he was responsible for abusing dozens of boys in the 1980s. he was convicted back in 2007 and sent to prison for historical offences against four boys and was then released and died back in 2012. and he was linked to leicester and aston villa 7 that's right. he was a part—time scout for both. back in 2017, more than three years ago now, we spoke to a man called tony brian who was a former professional footballer who went on to play for leicester and other clubs and he told us how he was abused back as a 12—year—old. he said the reason he needed a sperm sample was so that the leicester city doctors could examine it to

australia's high court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced cardinal george pell who wants to overturn his child sex abuse conviction a 78 year old former treasurer to the vatican was jailed for 6 years for sexually abusing 2 teenage choir boys in the 1990 s. bell is the most senior member of the catholic church to be found guilty of abusing children he maintains his innocence. venezuela now and clashes have broken out between police and protesters government marched led by opposition leader one quite ill. called on his supporters to revive a campaign to oust president maduro meanwhile at the united nations high commissioner for human rights raise concerns about the west wing crisis in venezuela. has the details. police fired tear gas at demonstrators and get back as on tuesday the demonstration was organized by venezuelan opposition leader of one why don't let her out of my door attempted to negotiate with police who blocked demonstrators from marching to venezuela's national assembly building suicide mobilization social action symbolic acts of protest overwhelming protest ac

he 1st appeal his conviction in 2002 but this was refused by scotland's high court the next year as the west started to rebuild trade ties with libya then leader muammar gaddafi accepted his country's responsibility for the bombing he paid compensation to the victims' families but all along some believe there was stronger evidence iran was behind the bombing months after $290.00 died when a u.s. warship brought down an iranian passenger plane. in 2009 he dropped his appeal and was allowed to fly home on compassionate grounds he had terminal cancer he died in 2000. 12 mcgraw his family have always described to us the 271st victim they say his last words were about fighting for justice now that fight has been given a new lease of life. former hollywood producer harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault weinstein was convicted of the offenses by a new york court last month the allegations helped spark the global need to movement and more than $100.00 women have now accused the 67 year old of sexual misconduct back several decades weinstein has co

a 2nd day of hearings has begun in australia's high court where former vatican treasurer george pell is fighting to overturn his sexual abuse conviction serving a 6 year sentence for sexually assaulting 2 choir boys in the mid one $990.00 s. pella who once helped elect popes is the highest ranking catholic church official ever convicted of child sex crimes. a posthumous appeal for the only man convicted of the lockerbie bombing is to go ahead former libyan intelligence officer. my god he was found guilty of mass murder in 2001 for his involvement in the bombing of pan am flight 103 of the town of lockerbie in scotland is evolving ripples. mcgraw his family have long pushed to prove his innocence now 8 years after his death and more than 30 years after the look of the tragedy but got a chance. the scottish criminal cases review commission has decided the conviction can be referred to the high court for appeal for the 3rd time we had a dented fight 6 graves for referring the case to the appeal court and the commission has gone on to deliver a damning indictment of the process and they

south africa's high court cleared president. of misleading parliament over a campaign donation it was alleged that lied about a $32500.00 donation for his campaign to succeed jacob zuma as leader of the african national congress so he to miller has the details. the halting high court delivered a scathing judgment against the public protector the head of the anti corruption watchdog pussy syria in cavani accused president. of lying to parliament about a campaign donation he received 3 years ago when running for the leadership of the ruling african national congress judges rejected that allegation and also ruled against him cavani who wanted to investigate it for money laundering to the puppy put. in her powers in the manner that she did the business. we're following for the detail the reasons given above but his investigation into the seat of 17 complained when they felt better or safer feeding the. feather. that her report and the findings in the media. were invalid. the judges went on to say that the public protector didn't act

the best friend of dubai's princess latifa says she is pleased that a high court ruling has revealedhe country's ruler abducted two of his daughters, and subjected his estranged wife to a campaign of intimidation. almost 100 allies of the home secretary priti patel have written a letter defending her, after a series of bullying allegations. the duke and duchess of sussex have taken part in one of their last official engagements before they quit royal life later this month. good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. annita mcveigh. the health secretary, matt hancock, says the government is working with supermarkets to ensure that people staying at home because of coronavirus can be supplied with food. he told the bbc‘s question time programme that he was confident supplies would not run down. but the bbc‘s business editor says that a supermarket executive told him they haven't heard from the government directly and that staff are working "round the clock" to keep shelves stocked. the total number of confirmed cases in the uk has risen to 116. a woman in her 70s is the first person to

settled quite late in the day, just a couple of weeks before we expected the case to go to the high courtthe settlement, now the clu b terms of the settlement, now the club is formally accepting responsibility and nor have they issued a formal apology or even an informal apology put it there is another aspect which is important to the case put it when we first spoke to mr brian three years ago he told us to mr brian three years ago he told us he warned aston villa when he was a teenager about the behaviour of this scout and said he spoke to a man called dave richardson it was the assistant manager at the time and to graham taylor, who was the manager and went on to manage england. he felt through these conversations that he was dissuaded in some way from taking it any further and going public. in his words, he felt he was told to almost sweep the matter under the carpet. that is important because of some of the other alleged victims in the case? that's right, ted langford who was the scout was eventually sacked by aston villa because of his behaviour around young boys but we have seen doc

high court where former treasurer george pell is fighting to overturn a sexual abuse conviction he was jailed last year offenses dating back to the 1990 s. reports on camera. the final step in a long court process that's been followed closely across the world george pell the most prominent catholic figure to be convicted of child abuse wasn't in court he his final bid for freedom but some of his supporters and opponents were. running high and opinions divided and here. to be the voice of. the catholic church i hope resell upright the fact an acquittal of a a man of innocent man in late 2818 poll was found guilty of sexually abusing 2 quiet boys in the 19 ninety's he served one year of a 6 year prison term and has continued to maintain his innocence. lost an appeal last year to or the turn his conviction over the next for arguing to the high court that that ruling was unreasonable his team is focused its argument on the credibility of a witness and the timing of the offending lawyer lisa flynn who represents abuse victims is concerned that if the high court overturns his conviction it m

on appeal last year to are the turn his conviction over the next for days there arguing to the high court that that ruling was unreasonable his team is focused its argument on the credibility of a witness and the timing of the offending lawyer lisa flynn who represents abuse victims is concerned that if the high court overturns his conviction it might stop other abuse victims speaking out. many survivors and victims. people could come. despite being a convicted sex offender george pell is still a cardinal but so far the poet has declined comment until all avenues of appeal are exhausted that moment may not be far away now gauge al-jazeera camera. it's way some breaking news now just coming in from the w.h.o. where they rector general has announced the corona virus is now a pandemic so the corona virus outbreak which we have seen in recent weeks of affect most parts of the world is now considered a pandemic need barker joins us live now on set now i believe that he is still holding a news conference now where he announced it what did he say exactly and crucially what does it mean well in s

pausing the knesset had to be suspended the knesset last week then on monday he was told by the high court that he had to have a vote to see a replacement voted in by today by wednesday rather than exceed to that ruling he has instead resigned and said his resignation would only take place or be effective from 48 hours from now that means that any vote to replace him would be further delayed into next week and so now blue and white the main opposition party led by benny gantz is is called on him to have the vote anyway that the counsel to the knesset says the legal counsel says he would be in breach in contempt of the law if he failed to have this vote today nonetheless he is still refusing so it may well be that there will be another action another petition to the high court one has already been lodged by an ngo to try and force this through today and get this new speaker installed so this crisis hasn't been resolved just yet and that's just the crisis about the speaker so what one does where actually this leads the formation of the government i suppose just as much of a problem. well tha

now the israeli high court of justice ordered the speaker of parliament to allow the blue and white party to hold a vote on his replacement little steam has refused to convene the knesset and to hold a vote following swearing in of the new parliament critics a close ally of prime minister benjamin netanyahu it'll stay in his power lies in the government as the vote could weaken the prime minister and his hold on power earlier this month opposition leader benny gantz was asked to form a new government let's get more on this war correspondent harry forsett joins me now from west jerusalem it seems to be sort of a major breakdown in the functioning of israeli politics one wonders how it's going to get resolved. well indeed i mean you can start this i suppose anytime over the last year or so with 3 now inconclusive elections but certainly since last week when the speaker of the parliament a close ally as you say of netanyahu decided to try to circumvent efforts by the opposition parties who have a narrow majority in the parliament the knesset to try to replace him as speaker and thereby take

few people got the chance to hear it the 10 there are any 17 people allowed in the christchurch high court were this morning due to these coronavirus lock downs over the muslim community in christchurch the moms of both mosque who were the as representative to hear brenton's had cited guilty and acknowledged the crimes and the attacks in christchurch loftie a. 3rd now that has that message all of the charges we move straight we do not have a trial and during as was expected we moved straight through to seem to think and people will have the opportunity to cite their pace unlike today where with very few people were allowed in the courtroom the judges say that was a great symbol when the people will be allowed to give statements those people who have been affected by this personally what this is movie allowed to give statements in court with seem to think but seem to can die the diagnostic issues and co the lock down is right. mali's main opposition leader has gone missing in a suspected kidnapping say and his delegation have been campaigning in the central valley in town. northeast of the

the straightest high court delays a decision on cardinal pell's last ditch effort to drop his conviction that a child sex abuse case. it is the world's biggest health crisis of the decade the corona virus outbreak has now officially been labeled a pandemic as the disease continues to spread around the globe all nations are working to limit the further spread including the u.s. which is impose try a travel ban the most of europe for a month president donald trump blamed the e.u. for the situation but downplayed warnings of a potential recession. taking early intense action we have seen dramatically fewer cases of the virus in the united states than are now present in erupt. the european union failed to take the same precautions and restrict travel from china and other hot spots as a result a large number of new clusters in the united states were seeded by travelers from europe india has also taken a drastic step suspending almost all visas to the country there are $62.00 confirmed cases there it will also quarantine all arrivals from 7 virus hit countries there are now more than 126000 ca

in a new trial at the nagoya high court, the prosecutors argued the teenage victim was psychologically unable to fight back. the court agreed, overturning the not guilty verdict on thursday, and handing down the ten-year prison sentence requested by the prosecution. after the sentencing was announced, the victim's attorneys released their client's statement to the press. the young woman wrote, it was hard for her to fee people didn't believe she was sexually assaululted, but she hopes the experience will be easier for other survivors. rights groups of the victims began protesting the original outcome of the case last year. they're now demanding the gogovernment review the crimimi code. >>> over in the united states, disgraced movie mogul harvey weinstein has been sentenced to 23 years in prison for rape and sexual assault. the move in new york is being hailed as a lond mark victandmar the global me too movement. the court handed down the sentence on wednesday. that comes after a jury last month found weinstein guilty of sexually assaulting an assistant in 2006 and raping an actress in

britain's high court found that the le ofubai abducted two of his daughters and subjected ahis formerife ampaign of intimidation. in a series of judgments, the court also said allegations of physical abuse could be relied upon and overruled the skei-- ksheikh's efforts p the finding secret. here is frank gardner. ank: extraordinary allegations of adoption andntimidion publishe today by britain's high court. details emerge during a lengthy custody battle between the sheikh and his former wife, the princes of jordan. the princess described how she fled to btain aftwh describing the shake had done to two of his daughters. this court cases lifting the lid on what is alleged to have been secretive ruling families of the middle east can allegations that include the false return ofwo princesses, one of whom was allegedly seized right hereit in n. one sister was recaptured at sea to musical oin the coast of a -- two years the coast of india. this ttimony the court ruled as credible. >> it was constant torture. men when they were not physically beati up, they were torturing me. i was in solita

frank: extraordinary allegations of adoption and intimidation published today b britain's high court. details emerge durlengthy custody battle between the sheikh and his former wife, the princes of jordan. the princess described how she fled to britain after describing what the shake had done to two of his daughters. this court cases lifting the lid on what is alleged to have been going on in one of the more secretive ruling families of the middle east canns allegathat include the false return of two princesses, one of whom was allegedly seized right here in britain. onete sisr was recaptured at sea to musical off the coast of india- two years ago of the coast of india. thisrtestimony the culed as credible. >> it was constant tture. even when they were not physically beatinge up, they were torturing me. i was in solitary confinement. and there is no windows. when they switch off theit ligh, s pitch black. frank: two by--- dubai is sensitive about its international reputation. the queen paid ait v in 2010. a statement issued referred to "fact-finding judgment would inevitably only tell

the scottish criminal cases review commission has decided the conviction can be referred to the high court for appeal for the 3rd time we had a dental fight 6 graves for referring the case to the appeal court and the commission has gone on to deliver a damning indictment of the process and they believe that a miscarriage of justice may have occurred by reason of an unreasonable verdict and the grounds of non-disclosure pan am flight 103 was blown up over the scottish town of lockerbie in december 1988 it was on route from london to new york and most of the 270 victims were american the us relatives were satisfied when in 2001 former libyan intelligence officer. he was jailed for life for the attack he always said he was innocent and some scottish victims' families have campaigned for years to clear him and find out who was involved on wednesday jim swire whose daughter was killed gave a written reaction. for me this case is about 2 families mine and abdel baset behind their name are seen to lie the needs of $25.00 other families in applying for a further appeal 31 years after the event its

the high court has found the ruler of dubai abducted two of his daughters and subjected his former wifeallegations of physical abuse could be relied upon and overruled the shake buzz make efforts to keep the actions secret. extraordinary and damning allegations of abduction and intimidation committed by the by‘s ruler sheikh mohammed al—maktoum, published today by britain's high court. the details have emerged during a lengthy custody battle between the sheikh and his former wife princess haya of jordan. here at the royal courts of justice, princess haya, seen here in white, is alleging intimidation by the sheikh, after discovering the alleged fate of two of his daughters. this court case is lifting the lid on what is alleged to have been going on in one of the more secretive ruling families in the middle east. allegations that include the forced return of two princesses, one of whom was allegedly seized right here in britain. one sister, latifa, was recaptured at sea two years ago off the coast of india. before trying to escape, she recorded this video her earlier treatment by her fath

now, yesterday the high court in london found that the billionaire ruler of dubai — sheikh mohammed al—maktoumormer wife. in a series ofjudgements, the court overruled the sheikh's efforts to keep the findings of the case secret. sheikh maktoum has said that the judgement has only given one side of the story. the bbc‘s victoria derbyshire programme has been speaking to a friend of princess latifa and got her reaction to the ruling. i am very pleased with the news. i am happy that the reporting restrictions were finally lifted. and the whole world is now hearing the news that sheikh maktoum did kidnap two of his daughters. and this is now official and no longer an allegation. this is something you saw up close because you were on the boat with latifa in 2018 when she tried to escape dubai. she was taken back. what was that like? when that happened it was terrifying. it's probably one of the scariest experiences i've ever had. the boat was stormed by indian commandos who had machine guns, they were threatening to shoot us, it was extremely scary. and obviously afterwards latifa was dragged away

and intimidation committed by dubai's ruler sheikh mohammed al—maktoum, published today by the high courts former wife, princess haya ofjordan. the princess described how she fled to britain after discovering what the shake had done to two of his daughters. this court case is lifting the lid on what is alleged to have been going on one of the more secretive royal families of the middle east what the allegations that include the forced return of two princesses. 0ne that include the forced return of two princesses. one the whom was allegedly seized right here. 0ne sister, latifa, was recaptured at sea off the coast of india before trying to escape, she recorded this video her earlier treatment by her father's agents, a testament need the court ruled as credible. it was constant torture, constant torture, and even when they weren't physically beating me up they were torturing me. they would switch off the lights, i was in solitary confinement totally and there are no windows and lights on when they switch off the lights it is pitch black. dubai is sensitive about its reputation, it is a glob

one at the high court. —— attempted rape.was innocent of all the allegations against him including one charge of attempted rape, one charge of sexual assault with intent and other sexual assault with intent and other sexual assault charges. he had already been acquitted of a further sexual assault charge against the tenth woman after the allegation was dropped during the trial. that breaking news, alex salmond cleared of attempted rape and a series of sexual assaults including one with intent to rape after a trial at the high court in edinburgh. 20 more on that when we come back in the next few minutes, with all the latest on the coronavirus pandemic as well. now it‘s time for a look at the weather with louise lear. a lot of dry and subtle, springlike weather. an area of high pressure moving east into europe. however, this weather front in the far north—west will bring some rain and also some strong and gusty winds, gusting in excess of 50 mph, and some of the rain are fairly relentless over the next couple of days. also brin

straight is high court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced cardinal george pell who wants torturn his child sex abuse conviction the 78 year old former treasurer to the vatican was jailed for 6 years for sexually abusing 2 teenage choir boys in the $990.00 s. pel is the most senior member of the catholic church to be found guilty of abusing children those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after the stream stay with us. to al-jazeera let me talk about 2 of the biggest problems facing and they are the endemic corruption and we listen so if you replace china as an enemy of ours and that's really bad news we meet with global news makers and tweak about the stories that matter just 0. 5 for me ok and joy in the stream can you name 5 women autists most people cots but museums around the world are working to change that you can share your thoughts on why representation matters and i live chat on twitter. female autists remain dramatically under represented and undervalued in the industry a new social media campaign supported by 1500 museums around the world is

lost in appeal last year to or the turn his conviction over the next for arguing to the high court that that ruling was unreasonable his team is focused its argument on the credibility of a witness and the timing of the offending lawyer lisa flynn who represents abuse victims is concerned that if the high court overturns his conviction it might stop other abuse victims speaking out. many. people could come. despite being a convicted sex offender george pell is still a cardinal but so far the poet has declined comment until all avenues of appeal are exhausted that moment may not be far away now gauge al-jazeera camera. they are on al-jazeera let's take you to the headlines the health minister in the u.k. has become the 1st british politician to test positive for corona virus but in doris's not self isolating her she had been at an event at the prime minister's residence before her diagnosis still in europe than germany's chancellor angela merkel is warning the virus will test health care systems right across the continent but time was money 1st in the us you will start the have to unders

our scotland correspondent james shaw is at the high court in edinburgh.gan with alex salmond's lawyer gordonjackson running through all of the 13 charges that he faces and, in each case, mr salmond denied that a sexual assault had ta ken case, mr salmond denied that a sexual assault had taken place. he did add some significant detail in a couple of cases with regards to the charge of assault with intent to rape. he said there had been what he called a sleepy cuddle in the bedroom of his official residence in edinburgh and then the charge of attempted rape, mr salmond said there had been a consensual sexual encounter but not on the date alleged by the crown. in general, he has said that events have been reinterpreted and exaggerated. he said there had been fabrication for what he called political reasons, and he said that one woman, one complainer, had encouraged at least five others to make complaints against him. and that really sums up everything we've heard in the high court in edinburgh today. we should stress that alex salmond denies all the 13 charg

australia's high court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced cardinal george pell who wants toerturn his child sex abuse conviction the 78 year old former treasurer to the vatican was jailed for 6 years for sexually abusing 2 teenage choir boys in the 1990 s. bell is the most senior member of the catholic church to be found guilty of abusing children. now the corona virus might be the biggest global health emergency at the moment but dang a viral disease spread by mosquitoes is also a serious health issue in many countries has seen a major increase in infections in recent years with more than 100000 cases recorded last year in el fernandez has our report from colombo. 8 officials like itchin mother and girl on the prowl part of a larger effort to fight against a viral disease spread by mosquitoes he's part of the team releasing a different type of mosquito to fight it spread. the a.b.c. egypt carries the dingey virus which is infecting moshe lankans every year. the head of the national debt control unit says expanding cities have led to an increase in breeding sites it is. a bu

and intimidation committed by the by‘s ruler sheikh mohammed al—maktoum, published today by the high courth and his former wife princess haya ofjordan. here at the royal courts ofjustice, princess haya, seen here in white, is alleging intimidation by the sheikh, after discovering the alleged fate of two of his daughters. this court case is lifting the lid on what is alleged to have been going on in one of the more secretive ruling families in the middle east. allegations that include the forced return of two princesses, one of whom was allegedly seized right here in britain. one sister, latifa, was reca ptu red britain. one sister, latifa, was recaptured at sea off the coast of india before trying to escape, she recorded this video her earlier treatment by her father's agents, a testa m e nt treatment by her father's agents, a testament need the court ruled as credible. it was constant torture, co nsta nt credible. it was constant torture, constant torture, and even when they weren't physically beating me up they were torturing me. they would switch off the lights, i was in solitary confin

the halting high court delivered a scathing judgment against the public protector the head of the anti corruption watchdog pussy syria in cavani accused presidents a little more posa of lying to parliament about a campaign donation he received 3 years ago when running for the leadership of the ruling african national congress judges rejected that allegation and also ruled against him cavani who wanted to investigated for money laundering to the pub be prepared to go for. her powers in the manner that she did of this. we are formed for the detail the reasons given to. that investigation of into this indian complaint if they fail or if even. further. that harry potter and the findings in the immediate action contained in it were invalid. the judges went on to say that the public protector didn't act with an open mind and that her findings were irrational and unlawful that will add to speculation that bonnie has a political agenda something she denies president obama pours out denied the allegations saying they were baseless this is not the 1st time the public protector has lost a court r

our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon, is at the high court.panelled this morning. thejudge, lady dorian, said to them that the accused is a very well—known public figure, but that the role of the jury in this trial was to ask as judges, not detectives. at the politics is irrelevant, as is anything they may have heard about the accused in the past, and that they must reach a verdict based on the evidence and nothing else. for year's alex salmond dominated scottish politics and now he is on trial accused of multiple sexual offences, or alleged to have happened while he was serving as first minister and leader of the snp. speaking ahead of his indictment last year, he denied all the charges he was facing. indictment last year, he denied all the charges he was facinglj indictment last year, he denied all the charges he was facing. i am innocent and i will defend my position vigorously. alex salmond faces 12 charges of sexual assault and two of indecent assault. they date from 2008 until 2014. ten women are said to have been victims, some more than

australia's high court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced cardinal george pell who wants to overturn his child sex abuse conviction how does the most senior member of the catholic church to be found guilty of abusing children those are the headlines the news continues here on al-jazeera after inside story you can also check out our web site so al-jazeera dot com has more to come stay with us americans live side by side in 2 parallel universes the truck parts of america are getting in trouble here there is a poll out a few weeks ago that you had almost 30 percent americans believing they were on the cusp of civil war both sides accuse each other of doing things that are so blatantly wrong on the bottom line on u.s. politics and policies and their effect on the world. could the rivalry between afghanistan's leaders do rail peace efforts ashraf ghani and abdullah abdullah both say they are the president with peace with the taliban on the line come they settle their differences this is inside story. hello there is many were hailing a new beginning for afghanistan less than a for

by media and that his clients were victims of both the media trial and police torture the delhi high court again said that his arguments that there is no marriage that there is no no foundation for this now. that this is the 1st time and india that you know 4 people have been hung together and again the delhi gang rape of 2012 sort of some of the biggest protests that india has ever seen it was a watershed moment for many in the country which has a very big problem with rape with rape culture at least around 40000 rapes reported every year and that's you know just the ones that are reported and as i mentioned. all they have been changes to the normal you know a lot of women bought rights activists say that the real changes to society and to the judiciary haven't taken place and unfortunately we have seen all the terrible gang rapes and murders since 2012 including just a few months ago in the southern city of hyderabad right also brought in live for us and in delhi let's thank you. i talk coverage of a coronavirus pandemic and aid agencies are sounding the alarm about vulnerable refugees.