and australian filmmaker james ricketson has appeared in a cambodian court for what is likely to be the final day of his trial he is charged with endangering national security after flying a drone after over a political rally if found guilty faces up to ten years in jail. government experts from around the world are meeting in geneva to discuss the future of so-called autonomous weapons systems also dubbed killer robots these systems can operate and kill without human guidance critics are calling for these controversial weapons to be banned. germany's armed forces already make use of semi autonomous weapons this air defense system can seek out targets on its own. for now soldiers still have to give the order to fire but fully autonomous weapons are being developed they can select and attack targets without humans at the controls. their highly controversial supporters say the new weapons are needed in modern warfare and will help people make ethically responsible decisions. warfare is becoming so fast right now that human beings are not capable of making intelligent informed decisions li

filmmaker who flew a drone over an opposition party rally in cambodia has been jailed for six years james ricketson was arrested last june and charged with espionage as the rest came amid a wider crackdown on freedom of expression by prime minister when sens government. about a thousand farai protesters have staged another demonstration in the eastern german city of chemists police say the rally was tense but not threatening or marked by violence like a protest earlier this week at a nearby venue politicians met with local residents some of them saying officials are out of touch. get lost they chant. demonstrators are out in force again in chemnitz they're protesting against the town hall meeting with saxony state premier but some in this east german city want to engage with him. it's mostly in foreign small i want to talk to him about my feeling that many politicians don't know anything about their citizens anymore and don't know what's going on i saw a report that he was shocked by what's happening here but how can that be if he is our state premier so management is the president for them and. th

filmmaker who flew a drone over an opposition party rally in cambodia has been jailed for six years james ricketson was arrested last june and charged with espionage his arrest came amidst the wider crackdown on freedom of expression by prime minister hun sen's government. in australia the catholic church has rejected a recommendation that priests break the secrecy of the confession to report child abuse and inquiry found thousands of children have been sexually abused between one nine hundred sixty in two thousand and fifteen in australia sixty five percent of them in church run institutions leading catholic clerics about to end a history of cover ups. ugandan pop star turned opposition politician bobby wine has reportedly been stopped from leaving the country after being rearrested at entebbe international airport his lawyers as wind was heading abroad to seek treatment for torture injuries allegations of wine was tortured during an earlier detention prompted widespread protests. well next month india is planning to introduce what aims to be the largest health insurance plan implemented anywhere

filmmaker who flew a drone over an opposition party rally in cambodia has been jailed for six years james ricketson was arrested in june last year and charged with espionage is arrest came amid a wider crackdown on freedom of expression by prime minister sends government. approve the international space station has been repairing a small leak in the soyuz transport ship thought to being caused by a small meteorite the initial solutions were surprisingly low tech i assess command alexander against a first plug hole with his finger before two russian cosmonauts taped it up the league lead to a drop in pressure. for the days of changing clocks backwards and forwards in the spring and winter and spring and autumn here in europe could be numbered the european commission is today proposing an end to the switch between summer and winter time across the union the decision comes after an online poll found that a majority of respondents didn't want to turn the clocks back an hour in the dark months furring instead to stick with summer time all year round. flipping commission president john claude younger say

rights watch has blasted a committee in courts conviction of an australian filmmaker for spying james ricketson was sentenced to six years in prison after flying a drone over an opposition party rally of a sixty nine year old has been detained without bail since his arrest last year he maintains his work was purely journalistic. guatemala's president to shut down a u.n. anti corruption commission in the country president says he will not be renewing the body's mandate when it expires next year they could mention the has been behind many high profile corruption investigations involving politicians and business people last week the supreme court allowed a request to strip the president's immunity from prosecution to continue for a vote in congress. and large parts of the venezuelan city body kibo has been left without power after next electrical substation exploded overnight the city is a major hub of venezuela's oil industry once wealthy it suffered from years of under investment in infrastructure amid the country's economic collapse the government has called the explosion an act of sabotage and

the australian filmmaker james ricketson has appeared in a can both be in court for what is likely to be the final day of his trial he was charged with endangering national security after he flew a drone over an opposition political rally more than a year ago if found guilty he faces up to ten years in prison. thousands of fans are expected to line up in detroit over the next three days to pay their final respects to seoul legend aretha franklin singer's body is lying in state ahead of a private funeral on friday the seventy six year old died earlier this month from pancreatic cancer. while washington has told united nations judges that they have no jurisdiction to rule on american sanctions against iran the statement comes a day after hearings began at the international court of justice where iranian lawyers are demanding that the u.n. court lift the sanctions imposed by the u.s. washington argues that it has a sovereign right to protect its national security from what it describes as iran's nuclear threat. well meanwhile every day arraign ians are finding it difficult to cope with t

rights watch has blasted a cumbered in court's conviction of an australian filmmaker for spying james ricketson was sentenced to six years in prison after flying a drone over an opposition party rally the sixty nine year old has been detained without bail since his arrest last year he maintains his work was poor purely journalistic. shelly's catholic church has rejected proposed last forcing priests to report sexual abuse of children revealed during confession the decision will put the country's biggest religious group at loggerheads with the government a five year long and corey had recommended that priest face criminal charges if they fail to appeal port abuse. rescue workers in man law are struggling to reach thousands of stranded people days after a dam burst which sent torrents of water into at least eighty five villages four people are now confirmed dead and more than sixty thousand were forced from their homes many are angry that they weren't warned about the dams imminent collapse when herr reports from neighboring thailand. repair work is underway at the dam site to try to stem the flo

australian filmmaker who flew a drone over a political rally in cambodia has been jailed for six years james ricketson was arrested last june and charged with espionage his arrest came amid a wider crackdown on freedom of expression by the government of prime minister hun sen. the european commission is to propose abolishing the switch between summer and winter time it comes after an online poll found that a majority of european union citizens wanted to get rid of daylight saving. deal or no deal trade talks between the u.s. and canada and without agreement leaving u.s. president donald trump to proceed with mexico on financial correspondent in new york has the details also coming our businesses in saxony where anti migration protests continue all beginning to worry about their image and a famous watchmaker says it's time to speak out. and if you have trouble falling asleep at night this year's consumer electronics fair. might just have the thing to get you snoozing. this is your business update on how an arm free in berlin glad you could join me now after as we know it's a three way deal between the