it is a compelling story of money first and justice and the passenger pressed of the mild mannered chagos ians makes all the more riveting however the recent international court of justice judgement on the issue gives an overlap should importance the hague court's conclusions were devastating every international judged by the single american phoned against britain indeed on the issue of the jurisdiction of the court itself the judgment against britain was unanimous but the real shaming of britain does not lie in the judgement and lies first in the evidence presented to the court not only with the islanders treated with inhuman contempt they were described as such as man fridays and tarzan's and the official british accounts of the time they were bought and sold like chattels for a disco in the plot us nuclear system all this in living memory from the country which still bore so both its role in the abolition of slavery. the second shame is even more damning and that is in the hard line rejection of the court's judgment the tweets from the court to be able to go and live with the foreign office were describing it as militant vizor they are non-mandatory in fac

much a force to be reckoned with it is rather an inconvenient truth therefore for the international court of justice with every international judges setting with the only exception of the american to serve up a searing indictment of colonial behavior and behavior not rooted in the days of convert to policy but within living memory where native islanders were dismissed as man friday's in official documents the government has italy dismissed the i.c.c. is really against britain as non-binding and that is cheap in the sense that no one is going to send a gunboat up the thames and chain is firepower in the house of commons but moral force is judged on the force of argument not on the argument of force but to night stands condemned not just as a country with a clue in your past but one unwilling to make proper reparations in the present and stands condemned already before the world court and shortly in all likelihood before the united nations itself. tonight the third generation of people cleared from the islands of papa home in the u.k. is measurable petty i mean minded an attitude entrenched as if the

as many as you've won it's my hands what are you afraid of the dialogue taking it to international arbitration to the international court of justice they could decide this international court of justice is not competent for this kind of question and the u.n. law of the sea they are competent but you won't take it to them either you want to put me in the bank of guilty people or i'm just asking why not. you're really funny. you've just reached a tax agreement with britain over gibraltar. so dialogue can get some results planted. unload with your broker who i said i would reckon i said with written about general greater getaway to women got something wrong with it you were concerned about tax fraud in gibraltar such right why not do more to prevent things like fraud and bribery and money laundering any way around can spain do more and we want. to do more. transparency international says that key european countries are failing to enforce the oh you see these and see bribery conventional which is one of the main instruments for fighting global corruption which is the question. and spain is one of the region where you can spin is one o

ask a direct question to me here i mean you see that you want to see me and mark tried international court of justice for genocide you on record saying it is a genocide crime is. genocide now what is stopping you from referring. to the international court of justice under article nine of the genocide convention i think the answer is obviously no we haven't done it but you are a government would help if handful training feeding providing health care why the government had of course we will do of course we were going really really like you know we're going to wrap this up but let's go to our audience raise your hands i want to bring you in as as many of you as i can go to judge we're here in the front i represent ahmed bin custom he was disappeared by the bangladesh special forces wrap in august two thousand and sixty with all the evidence points to this being done on the direct orders of prime minister sheikh hasina he's only one of hundreds have been disappeared these disappearances have been noted by un human rights bodies international human rights organizations the international press ok and forei

ask a direct question to me here i mean you see that you want to see me and mark tried international court of justice for genocide you on record saying it is a genocide crime is. genocide now what is stopping you from refereeing these keys to the international court of justice under article nine of the genocide convention i think the answer is obviously no we haven't done it but you've got a government which has its hand full. training feeding providing health care why the government had of course we will do of course we were going really really i like you know we're going to wrap this up but let's go to our audience raise your hands i want to bring you in as as many of you as i can go to judgment in the front i represent ahmed bin custom he was disappeared by the bangladesh special forces grab in august two thousand and sixty with all the evidence points to this being done on the direct orders of prime minister sheikh hasina he's only one of hundreds have been disappeared these disappearances have been noted by un human rights bodies international human rights organizations the international press a

standing in the dock of the international court of justice over the last few years culminating in a hostile judgment last month at the heart of the case britain as a colonial power stood condemned of a sustained track record of shame and injustice towards the families of two thousand people dispossessed from the indian ocean home in the one nine hundred sixty s. and seventy's it's a shame that looms large in the history of the shakers islands an archipelago whose tiny size and vast distance from everywhere amplifies a degree than just a suffered by its people these people were cleared from the islands by mixture of blackmail on building and by authorities who had their fate and trusted to their care they are injustices dating back to the british acquired the islands from france as part of the larger colony of malicious and for slaves to mozambique and madagascar to work on colonial coconut plantations they are injustices which continue to this day with third generations to go since who have made their home.

international ramifications of the u.k. being in the dock not just of world opinion but that of the international court of justice we stick to allan contests and nominated this president in exile of the islanders to former you can't pass it or about the diplomatic impact of the u.k. being five have acted unlawfully by the international court but first alex if you treat your messages and emails for sure couple of weeks ago in the trigger silence for quite a bit of reaction force from cripple who appealed the show to file in those isabel and beth troll isabel said home is where your heart belongs my heart by. launched the chigger silence and beth long said i forgot to mention we have not after compensation we should do seasons just want one thing to the top and back to our violence the media quite sent us a serious of of messages and facebook the u.k. government does not even recognize it did anything wrong and i hope to speak about isabel obviously maybe says lovely lady i hope of people get to go home and then my nephews to work there when he was in the navy he said was propaganda succulents did saying it was all necessarily

ask a direct question to me here i mean you see that you want to see me and mark tried international court of justice for genocide you on record saying it is a genocide. genocide now what is stopping you from referring. to the international court of justice under article nine of the genocide convention i think the answer is obviously you know we haven't done it but you've got a government which has its hands full training feeding providing health care why the government had of course we will do of course we were going really really like you know we're going to wrap this up and let's go to our audience raise your hands i want to bring you in as as many of you as i can go to judge we're here in the front i represent ahmed bin qassam he was disappeared by the bangladesh special forces wrap in august two thousand and sixty with all the evidence points to this being done on the direct orders of prime minister sheikh hasina he's only one of hundreds have been disappeared these disappearances have been noted by un human rights bodies international human rights organizations the international press and forei

ask a direct question to me here i mean you see that you want to see me and mark tried international court of justice for genocide you on record saying it is a genocide crime is. genocide now what is stopping you from referring. to the international court of justice under article nine of the genocide convention i think the answer is obviously no we haven't done it but you are a government would help if handful training feeding providing health care why the government had of course we will do of course we were going really well i like you know we're going to wrap this up but let's go to our audience raise your hands i want to bring you in as as many of you as i can go to judge me here in the front i represent ahmed bin qassam he was disappeared by the bangladesh special forces wrap in august two thousand and sixty with all the evidence points to this being done on the direct orders of prime minister sheikh hasina he's only one of hundreds have been disappeared these disappearances have been noted by un human rights bodies international human rights organizations the international press ok and foreign

believe russia nor china is either and actually a few countries have dropped out of the international court of justice so its popularity wanes i guess. and the country such as the united states in particular because it has such a an outreach of its own and its everywhere in the world feels that if there is any atrocities or alleged to trust there's a very trying but they will take the action but what we've discovered is that that generally doesn't happen particularly under the trumpet ministration and not the stand in the numerous reports of the killing the killing of civilians that we've seen also also in syria by by u.s. forces and u.s. led coalition's and. in a perfect world it would seem that based upon the old nuremberg tribunals and what have you have a problem world war two that you would need a court that that would take action if a country itself failed to do so and that seems to be there seems to be a backpedaling in that direction now. and at one point i recall that george bush and. dick. cheney and others who were involved in the iraq war of two thousand and three were basically. accused a

and legal implications for the united kingdom standing condemned last month before the international court of justice and now you're facing a full united nations debate on the issue but first to alex with your tweets your messages and e-mails before stop as i said and who makes a very interesting point she says be true then to watch the sudden thirty m. and all we got was trump trump trump no mention of what happened to the olives i'm unsure why a sandwich i did actually not a suspicion knowing my relationship with the president of the united states that perhaps he'd broken off his talks with chairman kim to knock off the first broadcast edition of our show. donald anything's possible dr katz says fantastic show tonight my son is half german from the east i believe scotland a germany of extremely strong ties i consider germany and my second home and seven anthea's says very good short tonight alec as always should get an interesting and informative keep up the good work well we intend to anthea and length illness and says best show yet elmar brok cured my heart and james most must soar right in all h

but they still do not have evidence solid enough to be admissible before an international court of justice and they lack support. celine by day knows libya well she's an expert on international law and a criminal investigator with twenty years experience tracking sexual violence in conflicts around the globe in two thousand and thirteen she helped draft a law intended to protect the victims of rapes committed under regime. that law has yet to be enacted. danos that war crimes will continue if the law does not intervene. she is determined to continue her fight. selene is going to meet the mad and ramadan. we are. a team it's not just me and the man that we have many libyans who. need to work outside on the ground and what we are trying to do we are trying to collect a lot of the criminalization of from this or and organizations as owns two thousand and eleven. since ok since two thousand and eleven and two thousand and eleven. there is sometimes not just militias. do the crime there is people rocking the. ministry of the minister frontier now we can deal with this gun. you know that recentl

to the international court of justice under article nine of the genocide convention i think there is obviously no we haven't done it but we've got a government which has if handful training feeding providing health care why the government had of course we would know of course we were going to lie like you know we're going to wrap this up but let's go to our audience raise your hands i want to bring you in as as many of you as i can go to judgment in the front i represent ahmed bin custom he was disappeared by the bangladesh special forces wrap in august two thousand and sixty with all the evidence pointed to this being done on the direct orders of prime minister shaikh a senior he's only one of hundreds have been disappeared these disappearances have been noted by un human rights bodies international human rights organizations the international press ok and foreign embassies when will the bangladesh government stop pushing the ridiculous line the disappearances are not happening and when will these men be released so they can return to their family. when disappearances happen it is d

but they still do not have evidence solid enough to be admissible before an international court of justice and they lack support. celine bonding knows libya well she's an expert on international law and a criminal investigator with twenty years experience tracking sexual violence in conflicts around the globe in two thousand and thirteen she helped draft a law intended to protect the victims of rapes committed under gadhafi regime. that law has yet to be enacted. celing by day knows that war crimes will continue if the law does not intervene. she is determined to continue her fight. selene is going to meet emad and ramadan. we are. a team it's not just me and the mother we have many libyans here and we have our needs work outside on the ground and what we are trying to do we are trying to collect a lot of documentation from this year and organizations as owns two thousand and eleven. since ok since two thousand and eleven and two thousand and eleven. there is sometimes not just militias. do the crime there is people rocking. the ministry of the minister frontier now we can deal with this k

israel as a government and note israeli ofofficial can ever be h held accountable in the international court of justice- sorry, international criminal court for potential war crimes. we do not hear the questioions about u.s. complicity. night.ome numbers last the u.s. is still sending $3.8 billion every year to the israel i military, unquestioned about what they do about it. if that money was kept at home -- that is real money in the real world. the same amount of money for one year could pay insteadad for 68,400 and infrastructure jobs, good union jobs to rebuild this country. it could pay for 367,000 veterans getting health care, or it could pay for 426,000 or hundred 55 kids to get into head start and get a real education starting at a young age. what is going to make us safer in this country are those who care only about this country, look at customers. amy: remi kanazi, icing on the snow palestinian or muslim comment in the mainstream media on television around this debate. does the result of this whole furor this week and the final resolution give you hope? >> it does because i do think the pales

changed to separation wall from security fence and saying it was declared illegal by the international court of justice because it illegally ceases palestinian land and stifles the movement. the last box insights the source for the information presented and explained 85% of the barrier has been built on palestinian land and sites that the land with israel rights as the source. in january of this year we sent the comments that we have pages and pages of comments and rewriting mac and specific to different textbooks. in january we sent those to the department of education and to the publishers of the textbooks. we are slowly beginning to receive some responses from those. a few people have responded but certainly not everyone. what will ultimately result from the initial response of thank you for sending us this information is still uncertain. to sum it up, there is a number of things we have learned. what is that textbook companies are vulnerable. textbooks are written and reviewed by generalists and not experts. we need to pay attention to the fact that because they are generalists we have to pay atten

of the international criminal court, answering the charge of genocide. but so far, powerful allies china and russia have provided important diplomatic protection. so for now, bringing to justicees against the rohingya people seems a long way off. the generals now say they will carry out an investigation into the allegations made against them by the international community. few believe it will be fair. this spectacle is now ending — a show of force for our cameras from an army that is unrepentant, undeterred and seemingly untouchable. 0n tracking this week stay with us on bbc news, still to come: when brexit‘s your bread and butter. we meet a political cartoonist working to a demanding daily deadline. let there be no more war or bloodshed between arabs and israelis. very good. applause so proud of both of you. applause with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa should be excluded from the 1970 competition. with great regret, the committee have decided that south africa should be excluded from the 1970 competition. chants streaking across the sky, the white—hot wreckage from mir drew gasps from onlookers on fiji. onlooker: wow! this is bbc news, the latest

of the international criminal court, answering the charge of genocide. but so far, powerful allies china and russia have provided important diplomatic protection. so for now, bringing to justicegya people seems a long way off. the generals now say they will carry out an investigation into the allegations made against them by the international community. few believe it will be fair. this spectacle is now ending — a show of force for our cameras from an army that is unrepentant, undeterred and seemingly untouchable. india's prime minister narendra modi says the nation is now an ‘established space power‘ after it successfully shot down a low orbit satellite. in a televised address, he said india is the fourth country after the us, russia and china to have carried out the feat. the annoucement came just weeks before indians head to the polls, in an election where employment is a big issue. the bbc‘s reality check team have been looking at how india's space industry is creating thousands of high paying technicaljobs that the country desperately needs. india has an ambitious space programme with a plan to send an astronaut into space in 2022. it would only be the fourth country to

of the international criminal court, answering the charge of genocide. but so far, powerful allies, china and russia, have provided important diplomatic protection. so for now, bringing to justicegya people seems a long way off. the generals now say they will carry out an investigation into the allegations made against them by the international community. few believe it will be fair. this spectacle is now ending. the show of force for our cameras. from an army that is unrepentant, undeterred and seemingly untouchable. let's take a look at some front pages from around the world. starting with gulf news, which is leading on brexit — the paper reports on theresa may's decision to step down as prime minister if tory mps back her eu divorce deal. the japan times leads with a story from india. it reports that prime minister narendra modi claims india has succesfully shot down a satellite with an anti—satellite missile, hailing the test as a major breakthrough in its space programme. and finally, the front page of the the south china morning post reports on the former president of interpol, meng hongwei, who has been expelled from the chinese communist party and finally, the front pag

of the syrian perpetrators facing justice? russia and china blocked the international criminal court from dealing with syria. so it's up to individual countries to act. there have been arrests of suspects in germany and france. austria has launched an investigation, and in sweden, a lawsuit has been filed on behalf of the survivors of torture. after norway came washington, and a briefing on capitol hill for senior members of the foreign affairs committee, who made sympathetic noises. >> these people in prisonve deserve to sur >> assad cannot now deny his crimes. a his criminst humanity. and he will pay for these crimes.s >> reporter: t how al shogre looked when he was finally released-- he thinks by mistake-- and was subjected to a mock execution. >> aim, shoot, poom. was thlast thing i hear. >> reporter: somehow he managed to escacross the border to turkey, and followed the refugee trail to greece, through centrae eund eventually to sweden, where he's had death threats from damascus. >> i'm the strong guy. i survived. you tried, you made me silent for three years in prison, and today, you are silent in this

justice. that's why she joined dries up a church organized volunteer group assisting the victims of the drug war but together they filed a suit with the international criminal court i c c against president to terror to himself for crimes against humanity since the philippines have withdrawn from the i.c.c. to terror to claims the court has no jurisdiction over him his administration will not cooperate with any investigation. human rights advocates are calling this a test case for the i.c.c. is relevance. we cannot allow. perpetrators together we will. most serious violations simply by the stroke of a pen we have to show a very strong. example of international justice by ensuring that this matter is fully investigated any. indictments should follow. that's also what hopes for. she wants to tear to his henchmen to pay for her son's murder. moving on to peru abiding by age old traditions the room live on artificial islands in lake titicaca one young woman has decided to break with tradition and people are following your example. lake titicaca impure room thirteen hundred kilometers southeast of the capital lima are the models floating islands home to the indigenous

justice. that's why she joined dries up a church organized volunteer group assisting the victims of the drug war together they filed a suit with the international criminal court i c c against president to tear to himself for crimes against humanity. since the philippines have withdrawn from the i.c.c. to terror to claims the court has no jurisdiction over him his administration will not cooperate with any investigation. human rights advocates are calling this a test case for the i.c.c. is relevance. we cannot allow. perpetrators together we with most serious violations simply by the stroke of a pen we have to shore a very strong. example of international justice by ensuring that this matter is fully investigated any. indictments should follow. that's also what hopes for she wants to tell his henchmen to pay for her son's murder. whenever she can muster the strength she lights a candle where he was killed. but i meant feel like he's here it's like he's here beside me i feel that the candle speaks to me sometimes the flame is catch sometimes it's restless i always feel his presence whenever i come here. and as night falls in the philippines the killing continue