the first appearance of alfred in front of the international criminal court here at the hague as you say was was a procedural one the three judges sitting here basically confirmed his identity they established the language in which he is to understand the proceedings as they are unfolds and they outlined essentially the charges against these basically amounts to war crimes and crimes against humanity i can list some of them for you now or he is basically alleged to have been involved in these crimes between december two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and fourteen when he was the commander of one of the militia groups part of the anti balika movements which was opposing the seneca rebels many muslim rebels who had taken over the capital bangui at the time now. accused of murder torture cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion as you say lists of children under the age of fifteen years child soldiers essentially displacement of the civilian population and destruction of the advers

just a few days ago reportedly killed at least forty people yet tom's extradition to the international criminal court in the hague is thought to be the first from ca our prosecutors say they're determined he won't be the last rob matheson al-jazeera. geoffrey nice is a former international criminal court prosecutor and he joins us live via skype from canterbury in england good to have you with us suggest free what in your opinion why in your opinion is is this referral so significant. checking the by the route prosecutor the yugoslav tribunal or the international criminal court this is extremely important because states transferring people to the court for the court to exercise its jurisdiction doesn't happen that regularly the more it happens the more of the legitimacy of the court is control and of course more people the more it will be that those who are wanted by the court will fear that they will be transferred and that will have an overall possibly a no rule deterrent effect this particular transfer coming from this on happy and long troubled region is particularly important for the message it

he gave a talk at the international criminal court and said we should have a supranational extraterritorial assets. and that the icc should be an model, ca ta lyst and that the icc should be an model, catalyst for that court. we are working, colleagues and i are working, colleagues and i are working with president buhari and his advisers to advance this concept. you don't share the view of presidentjuncker dummy that the icc was supposed to address the whole world but has ended up as a court to try to try africans? that is fair. pa rt try to try africans? that is fair. part of the problem is security council members can veto an investigation. so the chinese don‘t permit an investigation into north korea for example. hopefully with this court, with the treaty in or outside the un, that would be dealt with more effectively. and the united states, your own country, the administration is not particularly fond of the idea of the international criminal court. i will put to you what the national security advisor said back in september 2018, we will not co—operate with the icc. we will provide no a

fighting just a few days ago reportedly killed at least forty people yet extradition to the international criminal court in the hague is thought to be the first from ca are prosecutors say they're determined he won't be the last rob matheson al-jazeera well jeffrey nice is a former international criminal court prosecutor he says this case has a wider significance. it's worth bearing in mind that this transfer comes first follow it comes following an investigation by the prosecutor a photogram suitor herself it wasn't a referral by the state concerned it wasn't a referral by the security council so that shows her doing her job independently in the way that people often fear i.c.c. prosecutors do not do second as some of your viewers may remember only a few weeks ago trump the president of the united states of america and bolton is security advisor made very very strong statements seeking to terminate the international criminal court altogether and indeed threatening that prosecutors from the court if they stepped foot in america when they were concerned with american commission of crimes would be arreste

a former militia leader in central african republic is appearing at the international criminal court in the hague alfred is also known as ram they was a senior leader with the mostly christian anti baloch a movement and this is the scene live at the hague the international criminal court there you can see. yet at home watching events where this is rory challenge he's our correspondent there live at the hague and rory tell us specifically what tom or rambo is actually accused elf. well he is accused a century of war crimes and crimes against humanity the initial proceedings which kicked off a few minutes ago here in the hague are likely to be short and fairly procedural this is his first appearance in front of the three judges of the pretrial chamber number two at the international criminal court what they are going to do is identify the suspect himself workouts they languish in which he is going to understand proceedings and also outline the charges against him now these basically boil down to. torture deportation you know sort of crimes against the civilian population enlisting child

we also know the international criminal court is still investigating what you did in 0peration protectiveutiny being brought to bear on israel goes right through the international community and runs the risk of tarnishing israel's reputation in a very significant way? here's an idea, i would relocate the international criminal court to the outskirts of gaza forjust one week and feel what the citizens of israel, of sderot, feel when they're attacked by 530 rockets in one day. for heaven's sake, let me be clear — we have no claims whatsoever for gaza. let them live their lives. we've pulled out of gaza, we pulled out our army from gaza, we handed the keys to mahmoud abbas and these people have decided to shoot at us. when they stop attacking is the day there will be peace. we have no claims... we don't want anything from them, we just want them to lead their lives and let us lead our lives. they're not doing that. as long as they continue attacking us, we will fight back, regardless of the hypocrisy of the international institutions, which are just a big home of hypocrisy. i understand you

he's in very different circumstances appearing for the first time before judges from the international criminal court in the netherlands a preliminary hearing for his forthcoming war crimes and crimes against humanity trial this is the first time that the central african republic has extradited someone to the international criminal court to face charges for their involvement in the recent conflicts and as such it represents a significant step for the country in dealing with the violence but how he got here is something of an accident late october the militia leader turned m.p. was detained in bangui after firing a gun inside see a palm and only after this on november eleventh did the i.c.c. publish its arrest warrants and he was hastily extradited a week later all this has reaffirmed for some the suspicion that there's a degree of opportunism in how the i.c.c. works i think what we've learned to about the r.c.c. in the last sixteen years is that it's a much less impressive institution than many people hard and it lacks resources it also lacks knowledge of complex conflict zones in africa and as a res

but i'm not asking you about the international criminal court anymore. we are fighting back.of all the legal shackles. yes, i want to remove them, because i think it is immoral. it's profoundly immoral to show your second cheek to an enemy who is trying to kill you. no, but mr bennett... all i'm saying is the heaven sakes, stop tried to kill thejews. it is simple suggestion. that is all they need to do. it is a simple suggestion, but it is not an answer in any way to my question. my question was about the idf chief of staff gadi eizenkot rebuking you for criticising the army's own military advocate general. the chief of staff responded by saying "never mind what mr bennett says, the military advocate general is part of the idf strength." so your contention that the idf is fighting with one hand tied behind its back is denied even by the idf itself! the idea of the mission is to win wars, to beat our enemies. our goal as the political level is to provide them the freedom of action to go and do the job and i think that if thejewish state wants to be here 50 years from now on, 2

a politician in the central african republic has to face war crimes charges at the international criminal court alfred also known as rambo was a senior leader within the mostly christian commitment its fighters attacked muslim seleka rebels who seize power in two thousand and thirteen matheson reports. nearly twelve months gunfire rang out across parts of central african republic muslim rebels accused of committing atrocities after seizing control in late twenty thirteen were targeted by armed christian groups known as anti baraka now five years later the man accused of leading one of those christian groups is facing trial at the international criminal court. known as rambo independent and impartial investigation has produced evidence on the basis of which we allege. is criminally responsible for several counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the central african republic fifth this amber twenty thirteen. of twenty fourteen i.c.c. prosecutors in the netherlands accuse us at home of leading forces which carried out murder and torture as well as attacking civilians and using

of war crimes in the central african republic the man known as rambo appears before the international criminal court. international for. pushing into western parts of. western side of france into the southwest approaches of england pushing into wells. to the really heavy rain is now making. it's way across the iberian peninsula so more lively downpours coming through here by saturday that weather weather will swept across southern france snow over the us maybe twenty to thirty centimeters of snow fall some some heavy rain to into parts of northern italy pushing over towards the a vatican push for the race here it is lousy dry but it's pretty cold temperatures around minus three celsius that fall kiev subzero in moscow as well by sunday the cloud in the rain returns to a good part of italy much of the balkans eastern areas generally drive but milder there fullbrook rest of the rabbi celsius well father night seven right there for london and paris as we go through sunday nights is more wet weather pushing into that western side of the other disturbed weather pushing across spain and portugal will also

it with the news from out syria still to come on the program facing trial the international criminal court examines the violence that tore apart the central african republic britain's prime minister fights back against growing calls to rethink the brig's it deal. at its core find out why the crowd was booing one of tennis's young best young players. it's never happened before in the history of the apec summit until now leaders attending the meeting failed to agree on a final communique after today's meetings in papua new guinea the asia pacific economic cooperation summit was less about working together and more about individual statements under tell us reports from port moresby. international summits usually end with bland communiques not chaotic scenes and the prime minister being bundled out of the conference room who peter o'neill papua new guinea's prime minister had just been telling reporters about the success of the apec summit he'd been hosting and trying to leave without taking questions on its dramatic failure but leaders are not being able to agree on even the plan this languag

and with people across the country an institution's who might use the international court system special as international criminal court and other court systems to try to bring some justice and the impunity in this kind of killing that evidence has to be clear and compelling and we're still not quite there yet but most people who've looked at the evidence around the world seem to feel that there is a link to the crown prince's office certainly and possibly to him and countries have started taking action symbolic action like the american sanctions on eighteen saudis and more serious action like some of the europeans stopping arms sale and this will continue the saudi crown prince meanwhile has embarked on what is being called a brotherly tour head of his expected appearance at the g. twenty in argentina next week quite interesting running what's happening in tunisia right now do you think do you think he faces a serious legal threat. he certainly is faces a serious legal threat it's not clear of that legal status going to get anywhere and i think he's going to find other threats like this using the legal systems a

the international criminal court here in the hague his legal representative stood up to basically say that it was that soames fundamental rights that had been violated that he had been essentially arbitrarily detained in benghazi in october following an incident in which it's on find a gun inside the country's parliament he was kept in the presidential detention units. now his lawyer here says that he was tortured and beaten with a bust of a rifle there and it was only once he was transferred to the hague that he actually found out any of the charges against him and therefore the judge here at the i.c.c. has rights on the rome statute to protect the defendant's rights and that he wanted the you know the judge to listen to this the judge said that these were matters that shouldn't really be dealt with orally that the defense team had to put them into proper legal files that was should be submitted and they would be dealt with in due course what are the charges that he's facing what is he a legit to have done. well basically they amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity he is al

a central african republic militia leader and politician has told the international criminal court he was beaten and tortured after his arrest last month alford yeah catawba also known as ron but has appeared at the hague for war crimes he was a senior leader of the mostly christian movement his fighters attacked was him seneca rebels back in twenty thirteen or chalons has the latest from the hague. well alfred's first appearance at the international criminal court here in the hague was short and procedural just thirty minutes or so long the three judges confirmed the suspects identity they also establish the language in which he is to understand proceedings as they are told and state outlines the charges against him he specifically accused of being involved in murder torture cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion in this mince of child soldiers and displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first time that anyo

well alfred's yeah it's omes first appearance at the international criminal court here in the hague was short some procedural just thirty minutes or so long the three judges confirmed the suspects identity they also established the language in which he is to understand proceedings as they are old and state outlines the charges against him he specifically accused of being involved in murder cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion in this mints of child soldiers and displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first time that anyone involved in the recent conflict has ended up here to face charges it's going to be some time before the actual trial proper gets underway the judge said that it wouldn't be until april thirtieth of two thousand and nineteen that things really will swing into full action here at the i.c.c. a feel croc is an africa analyst and author of distance justice the impact of the international crimina

while obama was on trial at the international criminal court in the netherlands his wife simone was released from prison in august following the advice to granted by president ouattara which acquitted her of crimes against humanity. despite that the international criminal court is seeking her arrest it's a rare occasion to see inside her home receiving people publicly since her release from prison she's made only a handful of statements calling for peace and reconciliation it's a change of tone from the former first lady. president to our promises justice for all but the work of the truth and reconciliation commission appears to be stalling after it published a report accusing the government of overlooking war crimes allegedly committed by watch her supporters charges they deny the government says it gave soldiers who staged two mutinies last year twenty six thousand dollars each for supporting ouattara during the civil war no compensation has been paid to victims of murder torture and rape crimes which remain unpunished. in very close to victims and no one is up to dead to have that for us

conflict brought here to the international criminal court to face trial all right charles thank you. still ahead on al-jazeera will millions more be spent in new york can be enough to keep homeless students off the streets and back breaking work on the fields but rich with world war and white iran some from industry is thriving despite u.s. sanctions. the weather doesn't look too bad for japan over the next couple of days laws each ride with a high pressure dominating proceedings here so we'll be essentially set a laboratory of high pressure the moment it's just located around the korean peninsula but a little system making its way towards the yellow sea will bring some wet weather in sioux north korea some snow there into north korea as well also seeing some some of that wet weather as we got one into saturday before japan dicksee largely dry cold enough there would be eleven celsius there for tokay that sweeps through as we go on through sunday dry a brighter weather coming through in a tad warmer take at around fifteen celsius but some cherry rain will eventually push in for the e

failed africa analyst and author of distant just says the impact of the international criminal court on african politics he says the i.c.c. isn't actually doing a good job at brain high profile suspects suggests yet it's all me is in effect a middle ranking actor in the violence in central african republic that there's no doubt that he's charged with extremely serious crimes but but within central african republic he's not considered one of the big fish and so the suspicion around his case is that we're seeing something that we've seen with many of the other i.c.c. cases across africa which is that the court is going off to suspects who are available rather than those who are potentially the most responsible for these crimes in fact the i.c.c. only issued an arrest warrant for you tom when he fired this rifle in the palm and he was then arrested by the car government so he was in jail and therefore he became a viable and then we saw the i.c.c. issued this arrest warrant it's not clear that the i.c.c. has been focused on him for a long time it seems like he might have turned up in the

he's in very different circumstances appearing for the first time before judges from the international criminal court in the netherlands a preliminary hearing for his forthcoming war crimes and crimes against humanity trial this is the first time that the central african republic has extradited someone to the international criminal court to face charges for their involvement in the recent conflicts and as such it represents a significant step for the country in dealing with violence but how we got here is something of an accident late october the militia leader turned m.p. was detained in benghazi after firing a gun inside cia ours parliament's only after this on november eleventh did the i.c.c. publish its arrest warrants and he was hastily extradited a week later all this has reaffirmed for some the suspicion that there's a degree of opportunism in how the i.c.c. works i think what we've learned to about the r.c.c. in the last sixteen years is that it's a much less impressive institution than many people hard and it lacks resources it also lacks knowledge of complex conflict zones in africa and as

later the man accused of leading one of those christian groups is facing trial at the international criminal court. known as rambo independent and impartial investigation has produced evidence on the basis of which we allege. is criminally responsible for several counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in the central african republic with fifth this amber twenty thirty and august of twenty fourteen i.c.c. prosecutors in the netherlands accuse yakka tom of leading forces which carried out murder and torture as well as attacking civilians and using child soldiers has been subject to u.n. sanctions since investigations began but that didn't stop him being elected to parliament two years ago he was arrested last month after a gun was fired in parliament during a dispute between york at home and another m.p. . char welcomes this transfer to the i.c.c. it's a strong message to the leaders of armed groups as the political dialogue with the african union approaches. central african republic has suffered years of violence u.n. forces have recently been on the streets of the capital bangu

known as bramble accused of war crimes in central african republic appears before the international criminal court. thank you for joining us more details are emerging of turkey's investigation into the killing of saadi journalist. al jazeera has learned that his murder was planned twelve days in advance to investigators are advising phone calls made between the saudi consul general a leading member of the so-called hit squad and a top aide to sarge arabia's crown prince that speak to simcoe correspondent in ankara so soon and what are we learning from the analysis of these phone calls of the alleged suspects. well foley it was again al jazeera that first announced that announced about those nine hundred four calls between the military and. saudi arabia and four of them was done with solid than who's the privates a top aide of mohamed bin salman the crown prince the most important line here is that during during the fall and talks between the three and saudi. the security officials here identified a third voice so when some of those katharina speaking to metry he was also spink speaking to a second

caught up with him he's appeared at the international criminal court in the hague he's facing war crimes charges for his time as senior leader within the mostly christian movement its fight is attacked muslim seleka rebels who are in twenty fifteen. is the first suspect in central africa republic's current conflict to appear before the i.c.c. rory chalons has more from the hague. well alfred soames first appearance at the international criminal court here in the hague was short and procedural just thirty minutes or so long the three judges confirmed the suspects identity they also establish the language in which he is to understand proceedings as they are told and stay outlines the charges against him he specifically accused of being involved in murder torture cruel treatments mutilation intentional attacks against the civilian population intentional attacks against buildings dedicated to religion in this mince of child soldiers and displacement of the civilian population this is a step of some significance for the central african republic it's the first time that anyone involved in the

at the international criminal court the rest of the former warlords known as rambo is being hailed as a victory for ca our weak government but fighting between former muslim seneca fighters and armed christian groups continues to divide the country nicholas haq reports from bungie. putting up a fight and resisting arrest a member of parliament tom also known as rambo is head of the christian and a militia group in banking he's now being extradited to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity done at the international criminal court. earlier he fired gunshots in parliament after the muslim president of the national assembly was voted out by mostly christian m.p.'s. this is the state of democracy in central african republic a coup few years ago led to violence but an elected government has been in power ever since the country remains divided both politicians and militia groups are accused of for mentoring sectarian violence tearing apart muslim and christian communities that once lived peacefully together. i spoke to legislators say your job is to pray my job is politics no

politician from the central african republic is due to face war crimes charges at the international criminal court. also known as rambo was a senior leader of the mostly christian movement its fighters attacked muslim seleka rebels who seized power in twenty thirteen yes that's has accused of killing civilians rape and recruiting child soldiers his extradition to the hague several days ago was the first from the central african republic. president donald trump has threatened to close the border with mexico if his administration decides its neighbor has lost control of its side thousands of asylum seekers from central america are gathering in the mexican border city of hoping to cross into the u.s. john heilemann reports from there. the day starts with the battle to keep clean but it's hard when you're sleeping rough with five thousand three hundred other people got to try and get washed because it feels weird being dirty all the time. easier said than done in the sports complex hardly turned into account privacy doesn't exist or even shelter up to some of the rainy season is just beginning and tho

personally driven by the president of the thirty who is now facing prosecution of the international criminal court and many families just want a proper investigation into the death of their loved ones. as this report from cebu in the central philippines. was. grief has come into the town police say five people were killed in what the police describes as the one time big time operation a raid that sweeps through communities for illicit drugs and other petty crimes. maybe i remembers how the police barged into their home at dawn looking for her husband he told me don't be afraid there are no drugs in our home they won't do anything. but and her children were made to crawl out of their home while her husband stayed inside the police then shot her husband dead. the police are reassures residents that operations here are meant to restore safety in very communities but that's not exactly what many people here feel they tell us they have never been more afraid the recent spate of killings here on scene in recent years. across the province drug related killings have gone up to cebu may be one of the most

under almagro created a tribunal which recommended to the international criminal court that they investigate vends way la which -- they said there is reason to believe that they are guilty of crimes against humanity and bring the case of venezuela before the international criminal court and they had and they had justices on this tribunal. and five latyib american countries and canada have formally presented this case to the international criminal court. [applause] >> that's what has to be done. we have to take new and creative actions to hold these regimes accountable and to mobilize support and support the people in these countries and hopefully liberation is going to come from them. >> thank you for your tireless effort. what makes you optimistic, we could leave this conversation being depressed or kind of down. these bad folks are real bad people. and they will do anything to stay in power. what makes you optimistic? ms. ros-lehtinen: i'm so optimistic and carl mentioned this group in nicaragua and bringing all of these factions together. everybody united and that's the key to success. i'

being extradited to face charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity done at the international criminal court. earlier he fired gunshots in parliament after the muslim president of the national assembly was voted out by mostly christian m.p.'s. this is the state of democracy in central african republic a coup few years ago led to violence but an elected government has been in power ever since the country remains divided both politicians and militia groups are accused of for mentoring sectarian violence tearing apart muslim and christian communities that once lived peacefully together. i spoke to a legislator say your job is to pray my job is politics now is peacefully ensure that all who commit crimes are punished and that muslims can travel safely outside of their enclaves but the government and the un chose another path and look at the carnage. twelve thousand u.n. peacekeeping troops are trying to prevent the sectarian violence from turning into a genocide yet fighting between fourteen militia groups is intensifying caught in the middle of this escalating crisis are the people of central a

would prevent that from happening and to protect the saudis so the likelihood of an open international criminal court looking into it is unlikely so again yes you have to be slightly more creative in how you would ensure a guarantee pity and generally that's through working with national prosecutorial authorities and legal groups such as our group that works for ensuring individuals are held accountable in national courts to happen i think your experts thank you thank you. the u.s. president has complicated teresa mayes efforts to garner parliamentary support for her that agreement donald trump a suggested the deal could hamper trade between the u.s. and u.k. theresa may says she's achieved the best horse steel possible so negative ones us live from london so tell us more about what donald trump's been saying. and as if it wasn't enough that prime minister may had faced that bar show of opposition from politicians in parliament on monday now she has this to contend with these comments from president trump say see that in effect that if she does insist on sort of maintaining those close links that it'

the trial of a former militia leader from the central african republic has opened at the international criminal court in the hague alfred yet the tom is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity known as colonel rambo he led a militia that targeted muslims in the c.a.r. five years ago. a group of armed separatists to storm the chinese consulate in the pakistani city of karachi killing two police officers and two civilians police say that all three attackers were also killed during an intense hour long shoot out china is now asking pakistan to tighten security for its citizens in the country. the moment of the attack the blast and inserting gunshots can be heard throughout crashes clifton neighborhood the attackers where wearing suicide vests and carrying hand grenades they came in a car loaded with explosives and tried to storm the building but pakistani police gunned him down before they could enter it eyewitnesses describe the horror that unfolded. they had huge question which they were carrying in their arms they detonated the grenades created a very small. and then you cannot imagine it

will seek an international investigation whether that's through the united nations or the international criminal court we're not quite sure i mean if the international other rights groups have said that cannot should not only pursue this but it is turkey's obligation to do so in order to ensure that justice is served. to resume a standing firm as politicians who are. conservative party want to bid to remove her as british prime minister it's in response to her draft divorce deal to withdraw britain from the european union breaks it hardliners say the deal makes too many concessions to the e.u. and violates sovereignty by treaty northern ireland differently from the rest of the u.k. china how reports. a prime minister in battled on multiple fronts but one determined to keep fighting i believe with every fiber of my being that the course i have set out is the right one for our country and all our people by the media she was asked if she was in denial about the chances of her breaks a deal success you're in office but not in power said one journalist if there is a leadership contest will you contest it a

will seek an international investigation whether that's through the united nations or the international criminal court we're not quite sure i mean if the international other rights groups have said that turkey not should not only pursue this but it is turkey's obligation to do so in order to ensure that justice is served. well some breaking news coming in from the u.s. for republican and democratic u.s. senators have filed a bill seeking to suspend weapons sales to saudi arabia in response to the war in yemen. not just hours after the u.s. has also without sanctions on seventeen of the saudis involved in the killing mike hanna our correspondent joins us now from washington d.c. let's just start with our breaking news real political pressure now on the white house coming from a bipartisan selection of politicians. indeed yes this bill has now been introduced in the senate called the comprehensive saudi arabia accountability and given act it deals with yemen and saudi its role in the war there and in particular strikes said to us support for those ongoing operations but it brings in as well the murder o

, i think it's a terrific thing the oas created this tribunal which recommended to the international criminal court that they investigate venezuela where they said there is reason to believe they are guilty of crimes against humanity and bring them before the international criminal court where they had justices on this tribunal and that has now been sent to the criminal court and you have five latin american countries plus canada have now formally presented this case to the international criminal court. [ applause ] >> amen. >> that's -- that's what has to be done. we have to take new and creative actions to hold these regimes accountable and then to mobilize support and to support the people in these countries because ultimately the liberation will come from them. >> ileana, thank you, again, for your tireless efforts. >>> thank you, dan. >> what makes you optimistic? you could leave this conversation being depressed or kind of down because these bad folks are real bad people and they've just -- they have -- they will do anything to stay in power. what makes you optimistic? >> i am so optimistic.

while i was on trial at the international criminal court in the netherlands his wife simone was released from prison in august following the advice to granted by president ouattara which acquitted her of crimes against humanity. despite that the international criminal court is seeking her arrest it's a rare occasion to see inside her home receiving people publicly since her release from prison she's made only a handful of statements calling for peace and reconciliation it's a change of tone from the former first lady. president to our promises justice for all but the work of the truth and reconciliation commission appears to be stalling after it published a report accusing the government of overlooking war crimes allegedly committed by ouattara supporters charges they deny the government says it gave soldiers who staged two mutinies last year twenty six thousand dollars each for supporting what hard during the civil war no compensation has been paid to victims of murder torture and rape crimes which remain unpunished. in very close to our other victims and no one is up to dead to have th

president including the former vice president jumpier bamber who's just been acquitted by the international criminal court you might remember for war crimes opposition parties had agreed to unite behind a single candidate that is the businessman mansion for you but the deal collapsed after two key opposition leaders holdouts politicians. and felix she said keep have signed an agreement now forming an alliance to make she said i'm sorry she said could be from the u. p.d.s. party their candidate is. to elections as you know. we must. we. did today you. want to decide. today. is the president of congo so exactly who is felix or katherine sawyer has more in him. after his father. died in february last year felix she said cady to go over the reins of the largest opposition party the union for democracy and social progress. his father had come second in the twenty eleven presidential election and the young like to see katie hopes to capitalizing on that legacy and popularity himself and his father then favoring the same flack street cop. but unlike the old that she said katie who had decades of experience both

known as ram the accused of war crimes in central african republic appears before the international criminal court . and on peace summit with all of the day's sport as france and croatia take to the court in this year's davis cup final all of the latest from low for you plus plenty more later in the program. the u.s. is turning a blind eye and europe is not doing enough that's to his foreign minister a western leaders response to the murder of this jamal khashoggi may have a lot to cover so lou is accusing them of protecting their own interests instead and he specifically cold out u.s. president donald trump for refusing to take action against all those involved. there are a number of questions that have not been answered the whole world wants answers to these questions the explanations given by mr trump saying i will turn a blind eye whatever happens is on acceptable before everything else we have to remember that there was a life lost here well this came just hours of the president made comments once again supporting the saudi crown prince mohammed bin salma and he denies he had any past in the.

sure the international criminal courts. secures a chance to meet a problem is of course all the time in the security council in the me i'm our government is supported by china is protected by china. you know it has been and that i mean sadly the structure of the u.n. security council is such that people can have this abuse in detail. waited waited protect their vassals in different parts of the works so there it is important the pressure is applied don't china to china understand that you know having a situation like this on its own zones that it isn't acceptable and actually will undermine its own regional interests after all in which it has already dismissals a deterioration in you know this or relationship or it's the plans it had in the region for its relationship with bangladesh this will cost them i mean after all we do have the other end routes in that the i.c.c. has taken on the crime of laws transfer of population that i mentioned earlier there have been targeted sanctions imposed by certain countries and the u.s.

and a central african republic militia leader a politician has told the international criminal court that he was beaten and tortured after his arrest last month alford also known as rambo's appeared at the wall at the hague for war crimes he was a senior leader of the mostly christian anti balika movement is fighters attacked muslim seleka rebels in two thousand and thirteen those are the headlines going to bring you much more on all of our top stories in twenty five minutes time that's when i will have the news out for you to join me then i for now. we must retain full control. in the least nine hundred fifteen early one nine hundred sixty region both britain and france were exercised by how they might divide up the ailing ottoman empire between them so the allies ultimately win the first world war. but when they suffered a serious defeat at belittling britain looked at alternative ways of attacking the ottomans and undermining their support for germany. but now the audience on a victory might be able to provoke uprisings in. india and egyptian muslim populations that so far they've

and international criminal court and i understand people's sense toift national sovereignty and whatnottitutions like the united nations and the international criminal court allow the united states and other civilized nations to come together and say we will not stand for these kinds of human rights abuses and separate that, for example, from our economic interests. >> sean: this whole region doesn't believe in human rights. >> rachel: agreed. >> sean: not like we're picking a bad nation in saudi arabia that violated. >> capri: they should all be held accountable. >> sean: they are all violaters, they are all abusers so we're going out of the bag who is the bad? >> julie: yes, there is violations going on left and right. leaders of countries should be held account being. that's. >> capri: that's the tool. >> rachel: there is education camps. >> lisa: as a points of a factual matter, president trump there have been sanctions against 17 individuals tied to the khashoggi killing, so it is inaccurate to say that there has been nothing done. you can make the argument that those sanctions wer

while obama was on trial at the international criminal court in the netherlands his wife simone was released from prison in august following the advice to granted by president ouattara which acquitted her of crimes against humanity. despite that the international criminal court is seeking her arrest it's a rare occasion to see inside her home receiving people publicly since her release from prison she's made only a handful of statements calling for peace and reconciliation it's a change of tone from the former first lady. president to our promises justice for all but the work of the truth and reconciliation commission appears to be stalling after it published a report accusing the government of overlooking war crimes allegedly committed by watch her supporters charges they deny the government says it gave soldiers who staged two mutinies last year twenty six thousand dollars each for supporting what or during the civil war no compensation has been paid to victims of murder torture and rape crimes which remain unpunished. in a very close to our other victims and no need to have that for us to

twenty wounded a former militia leader in central african republic has appeared before the international criminal court in the hague tom also known as run the faces war crimes charges he was a senior leader with the mostly christian and the movement the united arab emirates is reviewing a request for clemency from the family of a british academic who was given a life sentence for spying the u.a.s. ambassador to the u.k. has defended the judge's decision matthew hedges was a resident to buy a force him a waltz researching the u.a.e. security policies after the arab spring. the u.n. special envoy to yemen is in the port city of the data after holding talks with his the rebels in the capital sanaa pro-government forces backed by the saudi u.a.e. coalition have been trying to seize the data from the rebels for months those are the headlines. nisha has fascinated me ever since i was a teenager. it is stunning strange warm and man acing all at the same time. i moved to shortly after my wedding day sixteen years ago my husband and we had been a guitarist in a punk rock band and i was the singer. wonderful car

need to be investigated by an independent commission, and that they look forward to the international criminal court going through preliminary examination of the drug war to see if there are indeed crimes against humanity caused by preside rodrigo duterte in the war on drugs. laura: this morning president trump said yet again that a government shutdown is possible if lawmakerson't give him the money for his border wall with mexico. one person who kno a thing or abtwt border security is janet napolitano. she served as president obama's secretary of homeland security and before that was governor of izona. i spoke to her earlier.pr thident threatened to close the border with mexico because of the number of migrants trying to cross. is that a good idea?po ms. tano: no, it is not a good idea. you have to recognizethhat mexico isecond leading trading partner of the united states. we are mexico's number one trade paner. there are literally millions if not billions of dollars of commerce that have to go through that border on an annual basis, plus hundreds of thousands of people crossing through the ports o