the khmer rouge was notably anti—vietnam ease. ways, it will be a slightly anticlimactic verdict, whichever way it goes. these two men are the only senior khmer rouge leaders to have been convicted. two others who were charged died before they were able to get to the verdict. so in a way this is just charges to get to the verdict. so in a way this isjust charges being piled on people who have already been sentenced to prison for life. but it isa sentenced to prison for life. but it is a moment, once these verdicts are m, is a moment, once these verdicts are in, for everyone to reflect on the value of these international hybrid tribunal ‘s, and on whether in fact any kind of justice tribunal ‘s, and on whether in fact any kind ofjustice has been served in looking into the atrocities under the khmer rouge. briefly, nearly $300 million has been spent in these trials, and only three convictions. have they really been worth it? that's a question, i think, that is currently being debated, and will continue to be debated for a long time.

against the two leaders of khmer rouge, nuon chea and khieu samphan. they are accused of carrying out a policy of targeting and eliminating two ethnic minorities in the country. the bbc‘s jonathan head is in bangkok. what is the latest on this? were expecting a verdict later today. these charges are part of a trial that were split into, because this process has taken so long. we've had a number of senior khmer rouge leaders die of old age before the trials were concluded or they can be brought to trial. these are the only two senior leaders to be ever brought to trial. they were found guilty of crimes against humanity back in 201a. so they are already serving life sentences. these are charges of genocide. a lot of people refer to the mass killings

to leaders of the khmer rouge guilty of genocide. life sentences for crimes against humanity the regime presided over the deaths of nearly two million people in cambodia in the seventy's and the british prime minister theresa may stepping up efforts to promote her controversial. despite a backlash from within her own party. it is the best deal the country can get from the european union and that the u.k. will be plunged into uncertainty if the deal is about. you're watching news coming to you live. coming up at the top of the hour. thanks for watching. the fact that. nothing is quite as it seems at hamburg. exhibits challenge our perceptions. and boggle the mind one look at the news. and you won't believe your eyes. your robot. body doubles. take off life football is a simple game football a simple game now not really a half completed images a ball for ninety minutes. to mr magical life talk about it one of them there are a lot of it seems it's difficult to understand if we will give you the answers every easter we'll try. to get six

who died in one nine hundred ninety eight and was head of state under the khmer rouge so they are really top tier and they were both already serving life sentences for crimes against other crimes against humanity that they were convicted of in a previous trial and they both denied responsibilities for these crimes however and they weren't the only two who were indicted in this trial they were two other senior figures but because the trial dragged on for so long and it happened quite late remember that it's almost been forty years since the end of the commit regime those two other figures have since passed away so they're these are these two are the ones that the only ones that the court can still convict in this case to me how significant is this verdict. well you mentioned it what observers are saying is that it's significant in the way that it acknowledges for the first time that what happened under the khmer rouge was in fact genocide now this could also have implications for other countries take me in march for example where the un is saying that what's happening there what ha

himself and many many who hold important positions in cambodia were involved with the khmer rouge as well so the question he the question he's asking is where would this end and that's a question that that many especially those of course who were involved with the khmer rouge are asking at the same time younger people in cambodia they want to move on about it but of course it's very important that this trial went ahead and that there was no impunity for these crimes that were committed because nearly one point seven million people are believed to have been killed between one hundred seventy five and one thousand seventy nine under the claire rouge regime so me all right our south-east asia correspondent bustin heartache for us thank you very much . british prime minister theresa may is stepping up efforts to defend her controversial brags that deal today may have said the country will be plunged into a deep and grave uncertainty if the draft plan is abandoned but she's facing a backlash from her own party and calls to be replaced so can she survive we'll get more analysis from lon

awaiting verdicts on charges of genocide, two former leaders of the khmer rouge on trial in cambodia. the world's most expensive painting by a living artist sold at auction. more than $90 million for this work by david hockney. hello to you. after a day of high political drama, another looks very likely today, as britain's prime ministerfights to save her brexit withdrawal deal. with the uk due to leave the european union injust four months, theresa may faced hours of hostile questioning in parliament, a series of ministerial resignations, and moves to unseat her as leader. she insists the only alternative to her plan is to leave the eu without any deal, or no brexit at all. the bbc understands that one of her most senior colleagues, michael gove, has rejected her offer of becoming the new brexit secretary, and is now also considering quitting her cabinet. this report from our political editor laura kuenssberg. on exactly the spot where theresa may took on the job of prime minister... the march of the brexiteers trying to walk her to the exit. what we need is a leader who will say to

guilty of genocide — the historic court verdict against two former leaders of the khmer rouge.an who claims she was groped by a leading member of the house of lords, says it's a disgrace he isn't being immediately suspended. sold! and a david hockney painting becomes the most expensive work by a living artist ever sold at auction. coming up in the sport on bbc news: a century from captainjoe root has put england in a strong position in the second test against sri lanka. good afternoon, and welcome to the news at one. michael gove insists he has confidence in theresa may as she pursues her brexit deal. the environment secretary was rumoured to be considering resigning from the cabinet, but has decided to stay on to help the cabinet to get "the best future for britain". this morning, the prime minister once again defended her brexit withdrawal agreement, answering calls from members of the public in a phone in on lbc radio. it comes amid speculation that a leadership challenge to mrs may is about to be launched by tory backbenchers. our political correspondent leila nathoo report

was the head of state under the khmer rouge they were both serving life sentences already for crimes against humanity that they were convicted of in an earlier trial but they deny any responsibility. for these for these crimes and they were indicted in this trial with along with two other senior figures of the clear regime but because this is already almost forty years after the end of that regime and the defendants are very old one hundred eighty seven and the other two have died when the trial was still in progress which took it took several took several years this trial so they were the last two that could have been or that could be convicted in this trial. now these third world long time in coming the courts work has been controversial hasn't it. it has for one because it's been such a long time since the end of the rule cambodia from one hundred seventy five to nine hundred seventy nine so it's been almost forty years until these verdicts and also because there are critics who are saying this should go further there should be more than more than these two or three people who wer

two former leaders of the khmer rouge in cambodia are convicted of genocide for the mass murder of ethnic minorities. taking a pounding. sterling suffers its biggest sell—off in more than two years, as political turmoil puts the uk's brexit deal in doubt i'll be speaking to a top trade lawyer about that draft agreement, and what it could mean for business. if it survives. a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and you can be part of the conversation, and let us know what you think about the stories we are covering, just use #bbcthebriefing. after a day of high political drama, another looks very likely today, as britain's prime ministerfights to save her brexit withdrawal deal. with the uk due to leave the european union injust four months, theresa may faced hours of hostile questioning in parliament, a series of ministerial resignations, and moves to unseat her as leader. she insists the only alternative to her plan is to leave the eu without any deal, or no brexit at all. let's go over live to my colleague david eades, w

when the khmer rouge seized power in 1975, —— when the khmer rouge seized power in 1975, it emptied thes and limitless brutality. they called it year zero. enemies of the revolution were slaughtered in huge numbers. the presiding judge found the defendants guilty on multiple charges of crimes against humanity and genocide against two ethnic minorities. the verdict pleased those who had come to watch the trial. translation: we are happy, they forced us to live without food and medicine. translation: i am the only child who survived that regime, they killed everyone else. they will end their lives in captivity but this complex judicial process has been slow and expensive and has only convicted three people. most of those responsible for cambodia's killing fields will never be called to account. jonathan head, bbc news. let's have a look at the weather. temperatures are beginning to fall away and we are seeing some dense fog out and about channels some tricky travelling conditions over the next few hours. there is also a bit of drizzle falling from the cloud in places so it will be quite a

well i think it's for one i think very significant for the average of the khmer rouge regime and i think you can see that if you look at the numbers over the course of the trial which tracked on for for a long time a three thousand people came to pen to watch it in person from the places around the country because they think it was important for them to see how justice . is being done at least to some degree because of course it's only two senior leaders who are standing trial here their war two more were indicted but they they died in the meantime because the trial dragged on for so long but there's also been a lot of criticism because people are said they have been called for more child more people to be investigated and indicted and also questions why is only coming almost forty years after the end of the khmer rouge regime now are we going to timor to plea not because the prime minister of cambodia when ten we've been in power for thirty years he said it would be stabilize the country and he strongly opposes any further trials in the old almost unlimited power and cambodia so it's ve

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atrocities of the twentieth century the verdict is the first official acknowledgement that what the khmer rouge regime did was genocide as defined under international law. and let's speak to farina so in phnom penh she is the deputy director of the documentation center of cambodia that's an organization dedicated to fighting for justice and the memory of the victims of the khmer rouge fair enough thank you so much for joining us on our program what does this verdict mean to the survivors. thank you for having me. all of this time stuff and the pace of the tribe. the dutchman. has of us in bali and he's three consummate against fox and what. a survivalist and their children and also the international community and all of the michael you know they have been bending will slowly love to see justice done and many of them. have it all in some of them i thought they don't see just his soul and is it's very important moment for us is this in the case of genocide the leaders of our community of genocide. do you think that this could set a precedent that we could see some further trials of commanders. if

we are happy that the government prosecuted the khmer rouge.ith two figures‘ — fetched 90 million dollars — around 70 million pounds. david sillito reports. portrait of an artist... christies, new york and expectations were high... the painting hockney‘s portrait of an artist, a pool with two figures and the bidding began at $18 million. 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 35, 38, 40... within seconds it was at 40 million. to understand why we need to go back to the 70s. the painting was the subject of a famous film about hockney, a bigger splash, a landmark moment in his career and his personal life. the figure in the painting was hockney‘s partner the artist peter slazenger, a painting of water and the end of a relationship. this one is actually their personal story because it‘s about his love and his loss of love and the love he is about to lose. it‘s also the culmination of this most famous series of paintings image after growing up in the gothic gloom of bradford, he embraced the sun glamour of los angeles. but quite why they became so sought—after is eve

the mystery to me is the ferocity of the khmer rouge and what motivated him to do the terrible thingshe did. is there any way that we can link america or vietnam to that? . >> my book is already too long if i brought cambodia than that would have been too much we should not be elated about cambodia but the khmer rouge was theth creation of hanoi. so both sides have plenty to be ashamed of what this was one of the things that was distorted because there is such a huge amount of material that everybody focuses on it. so this sticks in my mind to the degree which of policy to describe as communist are more totalitarian regime that all people like me ever try to do is to see things on both sides. >> i am directed to the generations of the men and women. so last ambassador in saigon that delayed getting people out. i am curious about the generational thing to take macarthur or bradley going back to the first world war taking lessons from the other generations and then you get the stubbornness built into the generations of men meeting military on both sides and it is a tar baby but they can

tribunal in cambodia are about to deliver a verdict on genocide charges against two leaders of the khmer rouge. nuon chea and khieu samphan are accused of carrying out a policy of targeting and eliminating two ethnic minorities. they have already been convicted of other crimes. the united states has imposed sanctions on 17 saudi officials for their alleged role in the murder of the journalist, jamal khashoggi. in saudi arabia itself, a government prosecutor is seeking the death penalty for five people charged with the killing at the saudi consulate in istanbul. you up—to—date on the headlines. now on bbc news, shaun ley speaks to senior us districtjudge mark wolf on hardtalk. hello and welcome to hardtalk. i am shaun ley. the corrupt go to prison u nless shaun ley. the corrupt go to prison unless of course they run them. how do you stop prime ministers and presidents lining their pockets with the country's well. usjudge mark wolf is lobbying for the creation of an international anticorruption court. mark wolf knows it well, helping unearth the links between the fbi and a notorious gangster in

tribunal in cambodia are about to deliver a verdict on genocide charges against two leaders of the khmer rougeon chea and khieu samphan are accused of carrying out a policy of targeting and eliminating members of two ethnic minorities. they have already been convicted of other crimes. now on bbc news, thursday in parliament. hello and welcome to the programme. cabinet ministers have quit theresa may's government over the draft brexit agreement, but the prime minister faces brexit agreement, but the prime ministerfaces mps brexit agreement, but the prime minister faces mps were three questions over her plans. —— three hours of questions. voting against the deal would take us back to square the deal would take us back to square one the deal would take us back to square one and the more uncertainty and division and theirfailure square one and the more uncertainty and division and their failure to deliver on the decision of the bridge builder we should the eu. but the labour leader rejects of proposals, and things are the leaders will do the same. the government must now withdraw this half baked d

two surviving leaders of the khmer rouge were found guilty of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimemes directed against c cambodia's vietnamese and cham muslim minoritities. from 1975 to 1 1979, the khmer rouge, led by pol pot, exterminatated up to 2 25% of te population of cambodia. in india, the powerful cyclone gaja has killed at least 45 people and damaged 100,000 homes after it battered the coast of the southern state of tamil nadu friday. tens of thousands of people took shelter in nearby camps while search and rescue efforts continue. in london, thousands of climate activists took to the streets saturday, in the latest action organized by the group extinction rebellion. 85 people were arrested at saturday's demonstrations, which shut down traffic on five major bridges in central london. over 60 people have been arrested during protests over the past two weeks, with more public actions planned. this is one of the demonstrators speaking saturday. >> having someone like donald trump coming into power and denying climate change, we are in a dire strait of events. someth

judges at the international tribunal in cambodia have convicted two former leaders of the khmer rougeing two ethnic minorities. now it's time to look at the stories that are making headlines around the world — and no surprises as brexit dominates many of the front pages. let's just take a quick peek at the financial times — and how the uk is waking up to what's been called the most important issue since the second world war. the ft says the prime minister is fighting for her political life, and her brexit plan. the times suggests mrs may is at the mercy of what remains of her cabinet. it says we might not have seen the last of the resignations whilst city am picks up on the prime minister's use of her cricketing hero geoffrey boycott as inspiration. the new york times highlights the potential for chaos with the brexit deal. underneath its front page photo of a dutch distribution centre it says there's now widespread uncertainty over imports such as holland's famous flowers. and one other story for you: the gulf news has the story that saudi arabia's public prosecutor is seeking the de

cambodia makes a historic ruling forty years after committing their crimes two leaders of the brutal khmer rouge are found guilty of genocide nearly two million people died during the regimes reign of terror also coming up germany's chancellor merkel visits the town of candidates in eastern germany three months after an.

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makes a historic ruling forty years after their crimes were committed to leaders of the brutal khmer rouge are found guilty of genocide two men were on trial in connection with the deaths of nearly two million people during the regime's reign of terror in the one nine hundred seventy s. . britain faces another day of turmoil as prime minister theresa may steps up efforts to defend her controversial breaks it deal for with members of her own party calling for her to quit.

didn't happen it continued to be a political process so you know our prime minister was former khmer rouge so he has every reason to interfere in this court and to narrate or to to make sure that the history of this court will be written that he controls so that is a very concerning element of the whole court in general the documents that that the court will generate and there are generating and who control those documents for a future generations in the writing of history or the rewriting of history that's a deep concern thank you very much very very saying human rights lawyer cambodia. thank you. u.s. senators are proposing sanctions on saudi arabia over the murder of journalist z. and the war in yemen the bill supported by both republicans and democrats seeks to block arms sales and prevent saudi warplanes from refueling us bases mike hanna reports from washington arrived today to call for an end to the u.s. involvement in the war in yemen while the issue of jamal khashoggi was not on the senate to gender today it was very much on the minds of senators it was the senate that invoked the

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leaders head out from the elysee palace, down the champs—elysees to the arc de triomphe for the khmer rougere, shortly. let's —— for the commemorative events that will be unfolding there, shortly. as mark was saying, extraordinary to see the french president and german chancellor side by side, those motors of european unity in this century we have seen since the conflict that ended, the armistice, that ended the first world war. conflict that ended, the armistice, that ended the first world wanm was a parable image yesterday of macron and merkel in the railway carriage. the german invaders of 1940 removed the railway carriage. it was destroyed in an aerial bombardment. so that is a replica that they were sitting in. the echoes of 1940 and the french humiliation and occupation of vichy we re humiliation and occupation of vichy were present for them, and it was extraordinary to see them sitting there side by side in a space that had been symbolic of so much hatred and pain between these two countries. seeing events at the men engaged in ypres as well, such a focus —— the menin gate. engaged i

were not requesting that every khmer rouge with a bloody hand it's tried that it's not reasonable that's not practical but what we are requesting and what we are saying is that three it's not enough for the lives of two million individuals but despite its flaws others say the court has delivered some justice however long that has taken florence italy al-jazeera. still ahead here. a long way to. try to redefine a kilogram. and some of the biggest waves in the business around the world event. all. that action in sports go away. howler unprecedented early deep snow these words can be attributed to this winter storm went up through the northeast through new york and washington leaving snow on the ground there's more snow to come for the northeast principi is going to be east encounter with a cold hasn't gone away so more through the midwest and this gray line here would suggest there's more snow to come invention the northeast corner proper winter sets in here high temperature of minus four in minneapolis on saturday minus two on sunday so that's the extent of how far down is going to push u

parliament the future of sri lanka's prime minister awaits the surviving leaders of cambodia's khmer rouge found guilty of genocide and. clapping back name on subsection of a report he gets money for applauding his fans will hear from him and support the. palestinian protesters have been gathering at the barrier fence between gaza and israel for friday protests despite calls to stay away this week organizers restraint off to a cease fire was agreed between palestinian factions in israel on tuesday the terms ended the heaviest fighting between the two sides since the twenty fourteen war batta did trigger a political crisis in israel's government with the defense minister resigning russian has a new secretary one day off to dominic robb resigned to protest trey's amaze draft agreement on the u.k.'s exit from the e.u. earlier in the day may took to the airwaves fielding calls from radio listeners in an attempt to sell her bricks a deal and also the criticism hitting her from all sides. this is not the deal of the future relationship with the european union the deal of the future relationship

tribunal in cambodia have delivered their verdict on genocide charges against two leaders of the khmer rouget first let‘s join victoria derbyshire to find out what she‘s got coming up in her programme at ten: good morning. we are on michael gove— watch today, should he stay or should he go? he did not say a word leaving home this morning, tight—lipped as how to describe them! also coming up, lord lester, accused of offering a woman a peerage 12 years ago in return for sleeping with him. he will not be suspended from the lords despite a recommendation from the committee that carried out an enquiry into the claims. we speak live to the woman who made the allegations, jasvinder sanghera, to get her reaction. join us sanghera, to get her reaction. join us later. thanks, victoria. the latest headlines are on the way, but first... now it‘s time for a look at the weather with simon king. a misty murky start, patches of fog but it will lift. staying cloudy for most parts of england and wales but a few brighter skies develop in western areas. best of the sunshine in northern and western scotland, per

tribunal in cambodia have delivered their verdict on genocide charges against two leaders of the khmer rougeption over the phased delivery of supplies. older adults are advised to get the flu jab by early december. the first few hundred migrants in the caravan travelling through mexico have reached the us border. many want to apply for asylum but are ill—equipped to negotiate the us immigration system. will grant has been travelling with the caravan through mexico the us is now tantalisingly close. the first members of the caravan are at the border crossing in tijuana after a journey of over 2500 miles. having made it this far, many run the risk of being immediately turned back. this information is so widespread among migrants, most under aware of —— this information is so widespread among migrants, most aren‘t aware of their rights or the basics of immigration law. during their recent stop in mexico city, human rights groups tried to explain the process of gaining asylum in the us. the problem for many families in this caravan is that the main reason for leaving central america, namely that

in the world of extraordinary cheering for is in the courts of cambodia once they were all the khmer rouge were overthrown i was shocked and horrified by all that was hidden from me that torture centers go around killing fields every hour.