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. >>> the international criminal court case against the kenyan president has been dealt a blow with keyvidence being ruled inadmissible. six witnesses have asked for testimony now to be withdrawn. now to my colleague catherine soi in the kenyan capitol, nairobi. charges against the president were thrown out just over a year ago. and now we have this witness testimony withdrawn, does that mean the case against him is probably over. >> reporter: i have been talking to many people here, people following affairs of the international criminal court, people who have been following this case as well. and they are saying there are two scenarios that are likely to happen, a, the prosecution could drop the charges. she has already said that -- ruled that this evidence was adz missable before the chamber reversed that position. she also said her case would be greatly weakened would these evidence. these six evidences directly link him to some of these crimes that they are being accused of. so she said her case would be gravely effected. she already has 29 witnesses who have already testified befor

. >> in december, the un general assembly voted to refer north korea to the international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity. the question is now on the permanent agenda of the security council. kim il sung square was filled with thousands of people in a government rally against the united states and the united nations. >> andrei lankov is a historian who has studied north korea for decades. >> north korea is a notorious human rights abuser. arguably, the world's worst human rights abuser. having said that, these resolutions have no impact whatsoever. because they understand: it's official now: if they lose, they are not going to be spared. so they are going to fight, and they are going to be even more repressive, not less. >> in seoul, kim ji-woo ("kim jee oo") - not her real name - told us she had been arrested and tortured by the north korean security police after she was falsely accused of being a spy. she said she defected in 2013 and that her family is still in north korea. ji-woo told us that when kim jong il died, many people had a secret hope his son would bring

. >> the international criminal court case against kenya's deputy president, william rousseau, is facing crimes against humanity. five witness he have asked for their testimony to be withdrawn. >>> island of bahrain, police and protesters fought running battles in a mainly shia district, in 2012 wrai bahrain quashed mass protests. quashed mass protest. >>> still to come. orphans caught up in the fighting in eastern ukraine. even though there's supposed to be a ceasefire. interwelcome back, top stories from al jazeera. the syrian president bashar al-assad has vowed to beat back rebels and retake the entire country. these comments made after international powers agreed to meet in munich. pope and paid rark kiddo, issued a global appeal facing persecution in the middle east. riot police in athens, week of demonstrations have been putting greece under pressure with its contractors. >>> haiti's parliament is due to vote for an interim president. former president, michel martelly, left without an election for his replacement. >> a have you du ritual lails hs the start. those who march are memb

. >>> key testimonies are ruled inadmitable at the international criminal court. >>> and tractors onir way to greece's parliament over protests over more austerity measures. >>> one of the most powerful men in fee foo once upon a time, given the foot by the world governing body. details coming up later in the program. ♪ >>> syria's president says he is confident that his forces will retake the whole of syria, but he has also said that negotiations are worth pursuing. bashar al-assad's words come as word powers discuss the implementation of a cessation of hostilities. despite this diplomacy in germany, the violence continues on the -- ground in syria, russia air strikes are reported to have killed 18 people in homs. 6 people died in air strikes east of damascus, and two more were killed in dara. >> translator: we have fully believed in negotiations since the beginning. however, if we negotiate, it does not mean we stop fighting terrorism. first through negotiations, and second, through fighting terrorism. >> zana hoda is in the turkish city on the border with syria, and she filed this

inis considered a war crime the international criminal court. doctors without borders put the blame on the syrian government and its ally, russia. clearly, the syria-led , or the russian planes, to be today a doctor or a nurse in the area is equal to being a criminal. >> the white house has condemned the attack and voice concerned about the -- and voiced concern about the escalating violence in syria. amountedys the strikes to russia carrying out a serious war crime. moscow says it's strikes focus on the islamic state group leader and >. >> we go to our london-based middle east analyst or russia has denied responsibility for war crimes, but has raised concerns about ankara's attacks. it has quickly devolved into a blame game. dr. it has, and it is getting quite confusing because the turks, you would think they would be attacking the russians and the iranians, who are hunting their allies against a side. -- against assad. turkey's going against the kurds, whereas the isis -- it isnst getting kind of confusing, as well as tragic, with the bombing

kony is an aggressive, messianic warlord wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity. hutson: kony leads a fierce band of a couple hundred remaining fighters who originated from northern uganda, but who now predate throughout congo and central african republic up into the sudans, and they commit mass atrocities. they'll take their machetes and systematically take apart a mother and feed her to her children. narrator: the lra killed tens of thousands, displaced almost 2 million people, and abducted over 60,000 children. they turned girls into sex slaves and boys into child soldie. the lra supports such atrocities by poaching elephants and trading ivory. much of kony's ivory comes from garamba national park in the democratic republic of the congo. hutson: garamba is considered to be at the end of nowhere. it is one of the last wild habitats. narrator: the lra raids the 1,900 square mile park with impunity and trades ivory for arms, ammunition, food, and cash. their trading partners include the armed forces of sudan. sudan is a country designated by the u.s. gov

. >>> the international criminal court case against the kenyan deputy president has been dealt a blowess testimony linked him to the violence in which 1200 people died. for more on what that means, catherine soi filed this update. >> reporter: the appeals chamber basically said that admitting such evidence would be unfair to the accused because the witnesses were not cross-examined. this is a big blow to the prosecutor -- or to the prosecution. the chief prosecutor said without the evidence her case is greatly weakens, because they directly link the defendants to some of the crimes they are accused of. she said the witnesses were bribed or intimidated by people associated with the defendants. what happens next? two things, either the prosecution drops the charges, something many say might not hatch, or the trial judges rule in favor of another case to answer -- no case to answer motion which was filed by the defense. the defense saying that there was no evidence against the two witnesses are not credible. the prosecution, of course, will be trying to argue otherwise. >>> there has bee

witnesses who were testifying against the deputy president of kenya in his trial at the international criminal courtsaid they don't want their testimony to be used. this concerns riots in 2007 in which around about 1200 people died. the court itself has made a ruling and agree with the witnesses that their testimony is no longer needed. let's hear from catherine soi. >> reporter: there are still scenarios that are likely to happen, a, the prosecution could drop the charges. she has already said that [ inaudible ] she already said that her case would be greatly weakened without this evidence. this -- these five witnesses that we're talking about directly link him to some of these crimes that they are being accused of. so she said that her case will be gravely linked. but she said it is unlikely to drop the cases. she already has 29 witnesses who have already testified before the court, but like she said these five were her strongest witnesses that linked these crimes to the accused. so it will be interesting to see what she does next. there's -- there was a case that was filed by the defense -- case

north korea's human rights violations, and recommended they should be referred to the international criminal court. but china and russia are against the move. kim jong-un said his country must send more satellites into space. he's calling on the country's scientists to use last week's rocket launch as a springboard to what he called bigger successes. it's thought to have been a cover for a missile test. >>> the korean workers party newspaper says kim attended a banquet in pyongyang on saturday to celebrate the firing of the rocket. they quoted kim as saying he decided to go ahead with the launch because he strongly believes in the country's scientists. he reportedly said struggling against what he called enemies trying to deprive the country of peace and autonomy will lead to the conquest of space. state-run media have been praising the launch in an apparent attempt to bolster kim's authority. >>> australia is agreeing with japan on the need for additional sanctions. japanese foreign minister fumioey tschida and bishop met in tokyo. bishop stressed the importance of putting pressure on china, whic

the african union's arguments that the international criminal court targets afghan world are unfair. the paper says that internationally recognised areas required to hand down justice. and concludes: sweden's paper: countries are limiting the refugee intake. the paper is the e.u.'s access to funds. and countries can't reap the benefits without paying their dues. the moscow times talks about how little trust and willingness there is to engage in action among the major players. it lambened that all sides disagree on what to do and russia and the west are verging on an arms race rather than working together. >> the berlin film festival is hosting a film where directors are not attending. they are children living in the middle east. >> reporter: strictly speaking, it's not a documentary. but it's probably as close as you can get to experiencing the refugee camp without travelling to the turkish syrian border. life on the border was fixed by -- was filmed by eight children living in syria and iraq in camps after fleeing the war and isil attacks. a group of filmed makers talking to the cam

>> there were efforts to undermine the international criminal court, there were efforts by african governments to threaten to withdraw. there were countries that had visiting heads of state or officials that were wanted by the icc and those countries refused to arrest them or they just let them go. you also had a very, very sad kind of rejection of obligation he, towards refugees and migrants and that might be the thing that dominated the news. but no countries have or many countries are guilty of refonment, which is basically, sending refugees back into danger or where they would be killed. that is threatening the united nations and our system and all of our interest to try change that. >> some of the countries that are included in this report might not otherwise appear had it not been with the way they dealt with refugees. you say the u.s. hasn't led up to its responsibilities but the question is how far can countries go? as we reported in the end of last segment, austria and the balkan countries have said they need to tighten their borders further. >> we are calling for an equal distributio

of war, if you want to use the terminology of war crime, if you want to speak about the international criminal court know they've got better lawyers than you do. so i'm saying to you, bring the discussion back to human terms. human terms. could we have possibly gained anything from bombing a hospital in 'kunduz, yaz, and when you bring it back to that point you don't open yourself up for the government saying if you really understood the law and understood the circumstances cid the capabilities, of course you would understand the decisions made at the time -- >> we have policemen who shoot 12-year-olds in parks for no reason at all.ñr and policemen who get off -- so, i see it very much as the same thing. if you are armed and you can do it, you do it, and nobody is ever -- there's no rep percussions, no consequence of that. and there isn't going to be any -- doesn't matter. >> host: -- >> well there, is consequence. it may be true there are policemen who kill civilians and do so without cause. i don't doubt it. but no one -- but many of those policemen, the utter majority of them, go to jail, and it

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those responsible were identified in the indicted by the international criminal tribunal of the of former yugoslavia. the first time that a global court was established to pursue war criminals to engage in a more substantial hunt. by 2011 all 161 of those indicted have thank captured or killed or surrendered or committed suicide. a manhunt was conducted in secret mostly. to involve special forces, the spy agency's even the tracking unit but the subsequent trials have set a precedent how authorities can bring justice to those responsible for mass atrocities and other crimes against humanity. experienced british journalists has pieced together this amazing story going on more then 200 interviews to obtain access to a secret british government document. to live in sarajevo in the mid-90s. and then to return to the balkans to report don kozak go. and then to be part of the team of the 2014 for a pulitzer for coverage of the edward snowden files. the butchers' trail has received favorable reviews with a gripping narrative style. calling the book he visited page turning account to say the fascinating tale is difficult to put down in the ree

criminal mischief and sentenced to restitution. the other pleaded not guilty and failed to appear for a court hearing. >>> investigators say a suspicious device found sunday under a rental car near the albuquerque international sun port was a hoax. police say a mechanic found the device under a rental car at a rental car facility during a routine inspection after the car had been returned. an atf spokesperson said the device looked like a pipe bomb but was not an explosive or a threat. the rental car facility went under lockdown until it was determined. customers went over to a dirt work. now they are trying to track down whoever made the device and left it there. >>> president obama plans to make his third pick for the u.s. supreme court after the unexpected death of justice antonin scalia saturday. republicans are quick to say they will block any appointment the president makes. 9news political reporter brandon rittiman looks at the options. >> reporter: when president hill, the senate has two options to block it, option one, hold the vote and reject the person. it only takes a majority which the republicans have. some presidential candidates prefer option two. >> it's called delay, delay, delay. >> report

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international databases. including court records. uber has been accused of not doing enough elsewhere. prosecutors in l.a. and san francisco last year said the background checks missed criminal records of 25 drivers. including one who spent 26 years in prison for second degree murder. and uber doesn't run fingerprint checks of potential drivers like taxi companies do. >> because uber does not use fingerprints, it can't be sure the information on the background check belongs to the applicant. >> reporter: one challenge, say tech experts, services like uber are growing too fast to thoroughly check everyone. >> you're not sitting next to the person who is going to hire you and looking them in the eye and convincing them to hire you. >> reporter: uber drivers themselves have been targeted. beaten by enraged or drunk passengers. some violence caught on camera. from ride sharing to home sharing, it's a brave new world. is no substitute for safety. >> so in this new economy of sharing, the question is whether simple arithmetic would suggest bad actors will get through, as they do in every business. in education, schools, in industry. as one uber rider said to me, i believe in what