airbase and they are at the center of a dispute with mauritius.held onto the chagos islands after mauritius became ndent from the u.k. in t 1960's. reporter: there was real suspense here in court today. at stake, the fate of a small piece of britain's old empire. when the decision came, the united nations top judges were almost unanimous. istain, they said, was and in the wrong. >> the united kingdom is under obligation to bring to annd the administration of the chagos archipelago as rapidly as erssible. repo this is what the judge was talking about, the chagos islands, territory deep in the indian ocean. back in the 1960's, britain, colonial power entire population to leave. london had cut a secret deal with washington with wanted to use the main iand as a military base. it is still in use tay. but there was a complication. this is mauritius, a much bigger island nation, which clas that the chagos archipelago belongs to it. what's more, they say that britain forced into surrenr the islands in return for being granted independence in 1960. familie

i visited this community in mauritius last year. 0livier told me of his frustration.. it's a sign of victory, that our people would be back on chagos. we will be on chagos. britain never wanted this case to come before the court but its allies deserted it, not least because of european frustration over brexit. so today, britain has suffered a humiliating defeat, told innocents that it's been acting illegally, clinging onto a scrap of its old empire in africa. the government has since pointed out that the court's opinion is not binding and said military bases in the indian ocean play a vital security role but britain may yet be forced to the negotiating table. britain may find that the world is a lonely place, britain needs trade with other —— trade agreements in africa and other parts of the world and the pressure is on the united kingdom to comply with this opinion, it will be very great. tonight, more celebrations for this small chagos community living in west sussex. we have been waiting for a long time for the right of return and our freedom for those rights. mayb

mauritius claims they were forced to give up the islands, now a british 0verseas territory in 1965, in gained in 1968. the british government evicted the entire population of the chagos islands before inviting the united states to build a military base on diego garcia, one of the larger atolls. the government take the lead by initiating discussions with the chagossian government, with a view to help to restore the rights of the chagossians and the other 53 outer isles. this is an advisory opinion and not a judgement but we'll look at the detail of it carefully and it is a complex opinion and needs analysis and he makes a good point that there will be a desire to engage with mauritius. this is a clear one that should be put right and certainly when the noble lady talks about an advisory decision, what she has to remember is that 33 countries signed the referral to the international court, along with mauritius. the whole of the commonwealth is united against us on the subject. it is not a good human rights record to forcibly expel islanders, innocent people to make way for an american ba

i visited this community in mauritius last year. olivier told me of his frustration.s decision. it's a sign for victory that our people will be back on chagos. we will be on chagos, no one can prevent us. britain never wa nted one can prevent us. britain never wanted this case to come before the court, but its allies deserted it, not least because of european frustration over brexit. so today, tim has suffered a humiliating defeat, told in essence that it has been acting illegally, clinging onto a scrap of its old empire in africa. the government has since pointed out that the court's opinion is not binding and said military bases in the indian ocean play a vital security role. but britain may yet be forced to the negotiating table. britain may find the world is a lonely place. britain needs trade and other agreements with africa and other parts of the world, and the pressures on the united kingdom to comply with this opinion will be very great. tonight, or celebrations for the small chagos community living in west sussex. we have been fighting for a long time for our

mauritius claims it was forced to give up the islands in 1965, in exchange for independence.islands were not lawfully separated from mauritius. the foreign office is yet to respond to the non—binding advisory delivered in the hague, anna holligan is there. bye! well, as an advisory opinion... as an advisory opinion, this one has been described as a blockbuster, and the chagos, two of them who were here, emerged and described it as a fairy tale. they had their victory signs in the air, saying that this was a sign they could finally go home. theyjudge's opinion was damming the accused, the uk, of acting unlawfully, when the decision was made to separate mauritius to give it its independence, and mauritius agreed to allow chagos to continue to be ruled by the uk. they said that decision wasn't fair, because one of those groups was under the role of the other, and therefore, it was the uk's responsibility to act fairly. under international law, to respect the territorial integrity and the people's right to self—determination as a basic human right, and against tarmac instead, the

s top court ruled monday that britain should hand over control of the chagagos islands to mauritius. the e court said britain's takeover of chagos in 1965 was illegal anand that chagos should have been returned to mauritius after it gained independence from the u.k. in 1968. the archipelago, located in the indian ocean, is home to a contested u.s. military base on the island of diego garcia. britain expelled many of the island's inhabitants 50 years ago to make way for the air base. original residents of the islands say they hope the e rulg means they will be allowed to return home. however, the u.n. court's ruling is not binding and britain's official response remains to be seen. speaking at a u.n. conference on disarmament monday, secretary-general antonio guterres warned that international arms control mechanisms are collapsing and called on the united states and russia to recommit to the intermediate-range nuclear forces treaty, known as the inf, and to extend the new start treaty before it expires in 2021. security,are seeking not in diplomacy and dialogue, but in developing and

says the uk's administration there is unlawful and the islands shouldn't have been separated from mauritiusding, but carries significant weight. the father of two teenage daughters who were both killed at hillsborough has described the "worst moment" of his life as he travelled to hospital with one while her sister was lying being treated on the pitch. the jury in the trial of the hillsborough match commander david duckenfield heard too from the father of a boy who died. he said he was frozen with fear when he saw the crush on the terraces, and knew his son was there. mr duckenfield denies causing the deaths of 95 people. judith moritz reports. as people were being carried out of the pens at hillsborough, this photo captured one father's plight. trevor hicks was standing in the corner of the ground, his teenage daughters were out of his reach and he sensed something was badly wrong. trevor was next to the police control box. he shouted up to the gantry for help. today, he told the jury that one officer didn't respond. another swore at him and told him to shut up. mr hicks told the court it

but it was chelsea goalkeeper kept who stole the show when he refused to be substituted the coach mauritius sorry one it to keep his reserve keeper to plagiary the shoot out but kept a however threw his arms up in protest and would not come off the pitch sorry was so angry with the situation that he initially stormed off. star was already under pressure after a poor run of form he later claimed it was all a mix up it was a big misunderstanding to be caused by four i understood here that there. is so you don't want. to depend on these. physical condition where they are lies that they would be normally after thirty four minutes when the doctor would rather have the beginning to do bench. you're watching t w news i'm sarah kelly in berlin coming up next a documentary about the kruger national park all that new york. thank you so much for watching have a great to. see . the flame. a od the documents of the crew that mash. this time they are right for the two men to all think about the body of a head. coaches have struck again. always a devastating experience for the rangers because south africa

but it was chelsea goalkeeper kept who stole the show when he refused to be substituted the coach mauritiussorry one of his reserve keeper to play during the shoot out kept however threw his arms up in protest and would not come off the pitch sorry i was so angry with the situation that he initially stormed off sorry was already under pressure after a poor run of form he later claimed it was all a mix up. it was a big misunderstanding to boot caused by former understood here that there. so i didn't want to go. to depend on this. in that physical condition or is that the situation only after thirty four minutes when do. you begin to do bench and in golf dustin johnson is celebrating his twentieth p.g.a. tour victory after dominating the w.j.c. mexico championship the american won by five strokes after closing with a five under par sixty six he also boot up to world number two tiger woods tied for tenth place after posting sixty nine in his final round but it was johnson who triumphed with five birdies on the black on the back nine it is his second win in three years at this event for him unc

haven is involved chhobi aggravation is now part of a company whose official headquarters are in mauritius an island in the indian ocean known for its lax tax laws. the first thing you should look at with every investment you make is that the company pays tax locally if it's based in marish years that won't be the case because it's a tax haven that business is trying to avoid paying tax for my. father and i can't own sequential is about corporate tax whether it's due in zambia on the riches in any details he comes in in the time span for. if only a small amount of tax remains in the country zambia will continue to be unable to pay for public services. one particular imbalances created by the risk distribution of the are to fund tax payers alone bear the losses. then it's good if the fund makes a profit then the private investors collect profits are privatized losses are socialized diffidence of and that's the artist principle that if. the german state is used here as a risk buffer for a company that wants to become the largest so in my eyes and weak supplier in southern africa georgia bank

because we thought seychelles, maldives, mauritius, whatever. and nothing was working out.s? and this was in mumbai. and nick just said, "why aren't we doing this in india? shouldn't i be taking my bride from her home?" >> jimmy: wow. [ audience aws ] >> and when he said that i was like, "oh, well --" [ light laughter ] i mean, in india, it becomes a thing then, you know. >> jimmy: it's a giant deal. >> because i know a gazillion people. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: explain what this is? this is just your family? >> this is -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: that's insane. >> this is the chojos or the jopras, whatever you want to call it. this is both of our families. >> jimmy: this is the jonas' and the chopras'. >> and the chopras. >> jimmy: yeah. >> so you could see sophie and joe there somewhere. and, like -- [ laughter ] >> jimmy: somewhere. i mean, you don't even know where anyone is. >> i'm there somewhere. >> jimmy: this looks like you hired a cast. [ laughter ] >> this is a thing called a -- [ speaking in foreign language ] that we do. it's like the rehearsal dinner, but not bori

it still carries weight and it could be used by mauritius if it decides to take this even further, toeaders are gathering in colombia where they'll be joined by the us vice—president, mike pence, and the venezuelan opposition leaderjuan guaido — who made that appeal — and who has been recognised by many countries as the country's katy watson reports. for the residents of venezuela's biggest slum, a moment of reflection after a difficult weekend. venezuela needs a height of forgiveness, says the priest, we cannot have our families divided. she knows that all too well. her daughter left to find work two years ago, she is now bringing up her granddaughter alone. translation: the government should have left the aid in. it could have been worse. it gives us encouragement that things can change. for now, maduro is still in power. with 20 years of the same government, people here are tired and note things will change overnight. after that we can, where does the opposition go now? sandy was a chance for this man to kick back and relax, think about other things than politics. for maduro, inter

noticed there in the southwest indian ocean, two tropical storms, one could move very close to mauritiusw pressure which is bringing heavy snow to the north of japan. a which is bringing heavy snow to the north ofjapan. a lot of which is bringing heavy snow to the north of japan. a lot of snowfall seeing in the last month or so and japan. about 11 degrees for shanghai and some heavy rain but for it the indochina peninsula, very hot. and across australia at the monsoon level has caused all sorts of problems with significant rainfall and record—breaking amounts over the last week or so and it will not go anywhere fast but by the end of the week it will start to pull away slowly and bring further heavy downpour is for much of queensland and across australia we see an abundance of sunshine and new zealand is looking dry and sunny. into europe, this area of low pressure is causing issues and some severe thunderstorms. that will push eastward into the middle east over the course of the weekend and meanwhile across the northwest, of europe, looking windy and mild on thursday. a bit of a brief r

says the uk's administration there is unlawful and the islands shouldn't have been separated from mauritiust. an investigation into the plane crash, which killed the footballer emiliano sala, will focus on the validity of the pilot's licence, according to a preliminary report by air accident investigators. the argentine striker had just signed for cardiff city from the french club nantes for £15 million when the plane crashed into the english channel on january 21st. inquests for the 21 victims of the 1974 birmingham pub bombings have opened with their names being read out, before a minute's silence was held as a mark of respect. six men spent 17 years injailfor the bombings, which had been carried out by the ira, before their convictions were quashed. the inquests are happening after a long legal fight by the families of the victims. 0ur correspondent sima kotecha reports from birmingham. it's the biggest unsolved mass murder on english soil of the 20th century. it was 197a. two bombs exploded in central birmingham, tearing through two pubs, and killing 21 people. the ira was thought to be

it is easy to focus on the ones we have, the seychelles, mauritius, the faroe islands...is accounted for by those smallest 21 countries. what we must think about are the five biggest, the likes ofjapan and canada and south africa. they account for the big majority share of this 12.1% of trade we are talking about, so 16 billion we have rolled over and we have another 101 billion to get done. the department for international trade says, as you mentioned, 12% or so of our trade is with these countries, including the big ones like canada and japan. that's12%. there is still another 88%, so... ? a big chunk of that is the eu, so what we are facing is... we were told it would be so easy. the easiest trade deal in history, we we re the easiest trade deal in history, we were told come with the eu. when you are that dependent on a trading bloc for trade, the relationship changes your dynamic with all your other trading partners. that is your offer. your offer was as part of the european union utterly different to your offer outside of it. people are going to in any negotiation us

and this remains the position of mauritius.ys had excellent relations with both the united kingdom and the united states. and that will continue to be the case. prime minister, thank you very much for your time. it will be interesting to see what the reaction of the british government is. little known fact, jane, there is quality sizeable population of chagosians in croydon in south london. botswana is discussing whether to re—introduce big game hunting. the southern african country has a reputation for being one of the last great elephant sanctuaries in africa, but has a significant elephant—poaching problem, according to an aerial wildlife report seen by the bbc. claims of a poaching spike last year were dismissed by the president as the biggest hoax of the 21st century. our africa correspondent, alastair leithead set out to try and verify the report's findings — and found clear evidence of poaching near the world —famous okavango delta. you may find some of the images and descriptions in his report upsetting. botswana is hom

mauritius claims it was forced to give up the islands — now a british overseas territory — in exchangetius and represent a crucial milestone in the elimination of all remnants of colonialism in africa. anna holligan has more from the hague, where the case was heard. as an advisory opinion that this one has been described as a blockbuster, and they emerged from the court describing this as a fairy tale with victory signs in the air, this was a sign they could finally go home. the judge‘s opinion was damning and they accuse the uk of acting unlawfully when the decision was made to separate mauritius, to give it its independence, and mauritius agreed to allow chagos islands to continue to allow chagos islands to continue to be ruled by the uk and they said that decision was not fair because one of those groups was under the rule of the other and therefore it was the uk‘s responsibility to act fairly under international law, respect the territorial integrity and the people‘s right to self—determination as a human right. and instead they used this decolonisation process to essentially creat

this follows a dispute with mauritius.uture of diego garcia, but also the nearly 2000 elderly people forcibly evicted by britain between 1968 and 1973. the entire population at the time was expelled. that is an advisory opinion coming in from the international court ofjustice. we will speak to our correspondence later on that. an investigation into the plane crash which killed the footballer emiliano sala will focus on the validity of the pilot's licence, according to a preliminary report by air accident investigators. a document published in the last hour highlights " regulatory requirements" as one of four areas in which further work would need to be carried out. the argentine striker had just signed for cardiff city from the french club nantes for £15 million when the plane crashed into the english channel on january 21st. let's speak now to geraint herbert, a senior inspector with the air accidents investigation branch is in our central london studio. good afternoon. when an enquiry into an accident like this happens,