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. >>> resumption of trial on war crimes, crimes against humanity, nicholas hak met some of his victims. >> racially said she was gang raped as she watched her father being tortured and killed. she was abducted and used as a sex slaves for chadian soldiers. she was 13. along with other victims they want to tell their stories. stories of murder, torture, starvation, and imprisonment. 25 years on they are walking together into the extraordinary african chambers. a tribunal set up by the african union in senegal. former chadian president is expected in court on monday. they say he is responsible for the atrocities committed against them. >> translator: it is important that we listen to what he has to say and what his men have done to us. >> the trial started in july but suddenly adjourned on the second day. habre was escorted out of the tribunal calling it a mass car masquerade. habre and thinks supporters believe he is not getting a fair trial. >> translator: when there is such political pressure, there is no justice. this trial is completely fabricated. >> reporter: when habre was in pow
. >>> resumption of trial on war crimes, crimes against humanity, nicholas hak met some of his victims. >> racially said she was gang raped as she watched her father being tortured and killed. she was abducted and used as a sex slaves for chadian soldiers. she was 13. along with other victims they want to tell their stories. stories of murder, torture, starvation, and imprisonment. 25 years on they are walking together into the extraordinary african chambers. a tribunal set up by...
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nicholas hak, al jazeera, dacca. >>> reunited nationsing families separated by war in the 1950s. red cross officials met in the border village of pan moon jan. >> translator: the state did not sever sacred family ties. i came here in sincere hope, that families living in the north can at least see my face in the village. >> guatemala is to hold a runoff election. three split the vote. unclear who jimmy morales will be up against next. daniel schwindler has the story in guatemala city. >> some call him the anti-politics politician. tv comedian jimmy morales untainted by political scandals. he finished ahead but not with the 50% needed to avoid runoff. he will face either manuel desson or former first lady, sandra torres. the people have chosen but have they chosen wisely? >> we guatemalans will be a lot wiser. hopefully, a lot better politicians in the next four years. >> reporter: the man they elected as their last president otto perez molina resigned last week and appears in court on tuesday to hear whether he will be tried for his connection to the massive corruption scandal. >
nicholas hak, al jazeera, dacca. >>> reunited nationsing families separated by war in the 1950s. red cross officials met in the border village of pan moon jan. >> translator: the state did not sever sacred family ties. i came here in sincere hope, that families living in the north can at least see my face in the village. >> guatemala is to hold a runoff election. three split the vote. unclear who jimmy morales will be up against next. daniel schwindler has the story in...
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nicholas hak some al jazeera, dacca. >> separated by the korean war of the 1950s. representatives from the red cross from both countries met in the border village of pan moon jam, negotiators will try to arrange how many people if any will be allowed to meet their relatives. >> translator: the state did not sever sacred family ties. i hope that the south korean red cross tells the north korean red cross about my family. >>> a french spy has apologized for planting bombs that sank a greenpeace ship and killed a photographer. the rainbow warrior was in new w zealand. while the spy jean lu luc kista. >> express my apologize t apoloe family of fernando. express my apologies to the members of the ship. >> more accurate impression of how people are aging more accurate that is than their data of birth. look inside they say and you'll look at how old somebody really is. they believe that doctors will be able to use this perhaps to predict the onset of dementia and allow people to decide whether to screen themselves for cancer and other diseases earl yes than they would hav
nicholas hak some al jazeera, dacca. >> separated by the korean war of the 1950s. representatives from the red cross from both countries met in the border village of pan moon jam, negotiators will try to arrange how many people if any will be allowed to meet their relatives. >> translator: the state did not sever sacred family ties. i hope that the south korean red cross tells the north korean red cross about my family. >>> a french spy has apologized for planting bombs...
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nicholas hak joins me on the phone from ouagadougo. the coup leader is giving up, what sign is this going to happen in the capital where you are? >> the presidential guards have cleared the streets, nowhere to be found, returned to their barracks. really this apology comes a day. the meeting in abuja where there was an greamed that the general said he would agree but none of the civil society wanted any of it. he was warned by the chief of staff of the military that if he continued to hold on power, if his men continued to shoot on civilians that he would take action and he did so today. >> reporter: nicholas does it mean that the president or the one who was in power until all this happened, will be detained or is there going to be a big chain. >> no michel kafondo, the president of the interim government is going to take back his position to hold these elections that are scheduled, obviously there may be delay on that. no one has mentioned the prime minister colonel azida, himself a member of the presidential guard. he released kafon
nicholas hak joins me on the phone from ouagadougo. the coup leader is giving up, what sign is this going to happen in the capital where you are? >> the presidential guards have cleared the streets, nowhere to be found, returned to their barracks. really this apology comes a day. the meeting in abuja where there was an greamed that the general said he would agree but none of the civil society wanted any of it. he was warned by the chief of staff of the military that if he continued to...
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our correspondent nicholas hak is in ouagadougo. this is what he told me. >> presidential forces returned to the capital. after avoiding a bloodbath because the chief of staff here warnlgd him if the presidential guards continued to file on the people he would take action and dez sending troops towards the capital, ouagadougo. meanwhile people are taking to the streets to the main square by the military headquarters celebrating. because to them the end of the coup could be the possibility of elections that are scheduled later this year. >> well i had a chance to talk to mange chetto, and also with general diande-ri really could stay in power at one stage. >> i don't know that he was really thinking that he could hold on to power. we had a report come out just before the coup that the presidential guards needed to be disbanded. it is clearly he was concerned that he could get -- he could essentially be put on trial and it's quite clear that he is probably using this as a negotiating chip for negotiating something for himself. >> we w
our correspondent nicholas hak is in ouagadougo. this is what he told me. >> presidential forces returned to the capital. after avoiding a bloodbath because the chief of staff here warnlgd him if the presidential guards continued to file on the people he would take action and dez sending troops towards the capital, ouagadougo. meanwhile people are taking to the streets to the main square by the military headquarters celebrating. because to them the end of the coup could be the possibility...
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my colleague, nicholas hak is on the phone for ouagadougo. to talk to you on the phone so you could stay in the dark. tell us what's going on on the streets of the capital and what's being said. >> it is a rapidly moving situation. just a few hours ago, there were people celebrating in the capital in the city center. happy to hear that the coup leader, general jendare is going to hand over the interim government, happy with the idea that the elections are going to go ahead. but we also heard gun fire. we know that soldiers along the presidential guards are fighting. those are the ones that want to drop their arms and another one that want to retain power. the general's chief of staff of the army has called for the presidential guards to put down their arms and that there will be an amnesty for those who do that. but it looks like some of the members of the presidential guard are not ready to accept that compromise. >> to those who were detained by the republican guard and the coup leaders? qus. >> reporter: i can't hear you. >> those who were
my colleague, nicholas hak is on the phone for ouagadougo. to talk to you on the phone so you could stay in the dark. tell us what's going on on the streets of the capital and what's being said. >> it is a rapidly moving situation. just a few hours ago, there were people celebrating in the capital in the city center. happy to hear that the coup leader, general jendare is going to hand over the interim government, happy with the idea that the elections are going to go ahead. but we also...
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nicholas hak, al jazeera, dacca. >> now a huge monument dating back thousands of years has been discovered buried in fields in southern england. nicknamed superheng superhenge,s have disorder that the stones form part of a c-shaped arena. close to the world heritage site of ston stones stonehenge. did you always. this was here. >> absolutely not we have been working for five years now doing geophysical surveys along the entire area of stonehenge. we literally started finding this in the last period of work. it was a real shock. >> huge surprise, huge excitement and hugely significant. >> yes, it is. i think indeed in the last week we begin to suspect that there may have been up to 200 stones at this site and to put that into context, stonehenge, when it has its most actual individual stones only had about 90. so this does give you some idea of the scale we're talking about. stonehenge is about 110 meters across. this thing is nearly 480 meters, one and a half kilometers in circumference. >> that is quite extraordinary. i've been to stonehenge myself and it's quite an extraordinary site, th
nicholas hak, al jazeera, dacca. >> now a huge monument dating back thousands of years has been discovered buried in fields in southern england. nicknamed superheng superhenge,s have disorder that the stones form part of a c-shaped arena. close to the world heritage site of ston stones stonehenge. did you always. this was here. >> absolutely not we have been working for five years now doing geophysical surveys along the entire area of stonehenge. we literally started finding this in...
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nicholas hak is there. what have you learned. >> he promises to turn over to the interim government paving way to elections. as the news is announced there are already people in the streets going to the place of the inflation, center square of the nation celebrating. meanwhile the military are still moving towards the capital and as they go through villages, they're greeted with celebration and cheers. the presidential powers that were in control of the capital have returned back to their barracks. >> it does sound as if the coup leader's hand has been forced by the decision of the mainstream military to send troops into the capital ouagadougo to try disarm the coup leaders? >> absolutely. he put out a statement yesterday warning the presidential guards to stop shooting civilians. i think the framework agreement, when the announcement was made to the public what the frame work agreement that the leaders had come up with, the civilians were really disappointed by that and that really pushed the army to stay
nicholas hak is there. what have you learned. >> he promises to turn over to the interim government paving way to elections. as the news is announced there are already people in the streets going to the place of the inflation, center square of the nation celebrating. meanwhile the military are still moving towards the capital and as they go through villages, they're greeted with celebration and cheers. the presidential powers that were in control of the capital have returned back to their...