sudanese omar al-bashir are a leaving south africa. all at www.aljazeera.com. >> two escaped convicted continue to evade police in northern new york. now the woman accused of helping them heads to court. >>> omar al-bashir heads out of south africa despite court order. and heading north to drill in the arctic, but the coast guard stopped their plan.

president al-bashir was enforced, and what do we see this morning welcome president al bashir flying home. >> we noted that omar al-bashir had left south africa without being arrested. also the ruling of the south african high court that ordered him to be prevented from leaving the country and ordered later today that he should have been detained wenting his surrender to icc. >> you can't punish the south africa africans they have done what they wanted to do. >> they have no mandate to punish government. the icc has mandate to pursue individuals for acts of war crimes that it is accused of. but south africa had a clear obligation to to work-- >> which they ignored. >> now it will be for the pretrial chamber of the icc to make a determination whether there was non-compliance by south africa, and for the council and for the assembly to take any measure they deem appropriate to insure cooperation. >> let's talk about the icc and africa. it seems that any form of cooperation between the court and africa members have completely broken down now. >> there are more than 20 cases. there have been issues with regard to t

sudan's omar al bashir has returned back to sudan. there was attempt to have him arrestfor war crimes charges. bashir was in south africa to attend the african summit. thousands of syrians have fled across the border with turkey trying oescape fighting between kurds and fighters from islamic state of iraq and the levant. backed by u.s. air power trying to restay a town in i.s.i.l. hands. >>> a rift is growing between australia and indonesia over claims the australian navy bribed people smugglers to stay them back to indonesia. won't confirm if the bribe took place. andrew thomas reports. >> reporter: did australia pay smugglers to return these asylum seekers to indonesia? be be the prime minister refused to answer. >> they not on the operational details of -- >> silent on my -- >> necessary and what has been done to stop the boats. >> reporter: but stopped by bribing smugglers? the allegation is that six crew members on a boat carrying asylum seekers were paid $5,000 each to turn the boat around. >> they did confirm that the australia

government has enough respect for that court considering they did not hold up that order that omar al-bashir remain in the country. and they responded negatively to how they have conducted itself. it's only a few hours ago that the government said oh, yes omar al-bashir has left the country. prior to that they said we have no knowledge of where he is. no knowledge of whether or not he is in the country. that's been frustrating for south africans because there is protocol that goes along with the foreign foreign heads ever state being in the country. there is concern. >> thank you very much for joining us with that update from joes hansberg. well patrick stewart is the icc prosecutor. i asked him what was the reaction there for south africa's failure top arrest of omar al-bashir. >> the prosecutor, of course, expected that they would fulfill their obligations under the statute, and arrest president al-bashir, but that did not happen. so of course we're disappointed, but not discouraged. not in the east. >> i mean, the icc asked south africa to do everything in its power to stop bashir from le

. >> speculation is mounting as to the location of sudanese president omar al-bashir. a spokesman for the president had announced his intention to return to sudan in spite of an order from the high court not to leave south africa. germans of the military airbase say they have seen his plane leaving. although it is still not established whether or not al bashir was on the plane. the sudanese president is wanted by the icc for war crimes, and a court case is on the way in pretoria, compelling the south african government to arrest him. human rights activists has said he must be detained before he has a chance to leave the country. our correspondent joins us now. do you have any more on where the sudanese president actually is? >> well, i have literally just stepped out of court, and the lawyer acting for the south african government has stalled a full bench of the high court and that is three judges hearing this matter, that there is still no official confirmation from government officials, whether sudanese president omar al-bashir has left south africa. he is saying tha

sudanese omar al-bashir are a leaving south africa. all at www.aljazeera.com. >> two escaped convicted continue to evade police in northern new york. now the woman accused of helping them heads to court. >>> omar al-bashir heads out of south africa despite court order. and heading north to drill in the arctic, but the coast guard stopped their plan. >> this is al jazeera america live from new york city. i'm stephanie sy. the manhunt for those two convicted killers who escaped from a new york prison is now in its tenth day. there is still no sign of them, but we're getting new details about the woman who allegedry helped richard matt and david sweat to escape. she was in court just a short time ago. >> joys mitchell has pleaded not guilty to providing tools so the inmates could break out of clinton correctional facility. you're looking at pictures of her inside the courtroom where her hearing got under way. she was going to meet the men with a getaway car but she got cold feet at the last minute because she said she still loves her husba

reporter: omar al-bashir was triumphant as he landed back on sudanese soil. al-bashir managed to leave south africa while judges deliberated his case. by the time georges -- judges ordered he be arrested and handed over to the international criminal court al-bashir had already left the country. the icc has been waiting for over five years to try al-bashir on charges of war crimes and genocide. >> i think i can speak on behalf of the prosecutor to say that, we are disappointed. south africa has always been a strong supporter of the international criminal court. in our view, it was very clear what their obligation was. their obligation was to arrest president al-bashir. reporter: the icc and human rights advocates consider al-bashir a brutal dictator. in 1989, he staged a coup in sudan, establishing a strictly authoritarian regime. but his indictments at the icc relate to sudan's western darfur region where al-bashir is accused of waging a bloody campaign to crush the insurgency. as many as 300,000 people died in the conflict and millions were forced to flee. a

two dates after omar al-bashir avoided arrest inside africa, he has yet to comment on the. we have a mixed reaction from the people there. >> on the streets of khartoum it is business as usual for the sudanese people. the president was nearly arrested in south africa. >> if he should be put on trial to aaccount for his deeds, it should be in sudan by the sudanese people. >> it's on fair. those calling for the rest of our president and want to destabilize our country. >> the >> he was allowed to leave the country despite an order calling for him to remain. a defiant bashir was greeted by supporters. they have called what happened in africa. >> we say that the international criminal court has been nearly completed in africa by the refusal of all african states to implement its decisions decisions. >> for the opposition it's a humiliation that could have been avoided. >> all of this did thought have to happen. this is a humiliation for sudan and the sudanese state. >> despite that it is thought that they would do. >> this event to enhance his image. >> during his six years in

sudan's president omar al bashir is back in his home country after fled an arrest warrant in south africa. greeted by cheering supporters, he flew out of johannesburg earlier on monday. south africa's high court has ordered an investigation as to why officials did not serve a warrant for his arrest. international criminal court be acclimationclaim he committed atrocities during the darfur incident. >> sudanese president omar al bashir is wanted by the international criminal court left south africa, after an african union summit. >> the impact of his leaving can be regard he as defeating the ends of justice or committing contempt of court. because he is a member of united nations. poord fromapart from being a member of au, his government is part of ununited nations. >> the u.n. has ordered south africa to determine how he was able to leave the country. this is in line with growing au sentiment that the icc unfairly targets african states and lacks credibility. >> this is 2015, not 1715. the concept of a european funded ngo, trying to enforce a european directed european funded court trying

omar al bashir is in johannesburg for the african union summit.cused of crimes against humanity. let's go live. what is going to happen in court today? >> reporter: well, adrian, we are waiting for the south african justice department to submit papers to the court to fight this case by civil society organizations to keep -- to have president bashier arrested here in south africa. the justice department says they are ready to to fight in tooth and nail so we are wait for this court to consider two different arguments, one from the justice department around south africa's obligation to his the african union where it's made an agreement around i minute at this that sitting heads of state cannot be arrested. and on the other hand, south africa's on the obligation to the international criminal court. considering there is an arrest warrants for president alba shear. >> let's hear from a sudanese government minister. sudan's government insistence that their president will return as scheduled regardless of the court's decision. >> we are here as guests an

the au members saying they would not follow up on arresting the sudanees president oarnl omar al bashir. so far officials have been saying very little around that. we have had reports of the president's plane landing in south africa, on saturday afternoon. this is the first appearance since 2009 and 2010. be has discouraged the sudanese president's, arresting by south africa authorities. >> thank you. >>> doctors without borders is warning the fight against ebola isn't over. there have been a spike in guinea and sierra leone. >> it's not over until it's over. i'm very concerned about the fact that there is a general fatigue in waning of attention on ebola and they are basically declaring victory before its time. we need to double our university or else we will never get there. >> aimed at ending the war in yemen, although there's some doubt as to who will actually attend. in yemen itself, saudi air strikes and ongoing fighting are taking a heavy somewhere toll heavy toll. >> rush of children and their mothers, most government services have been cut here because of the fighting around th

debate last week's cartoon urschel departure from -- controversial departure from the country by omar bashirhe was able to leave despite being wanted by the international criminal court for genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity over the conflict in darfur. in france today, paris is officially launching his campaign to host the 2020 four olympics. it is proving to be a worthy contender to rome budapest, hamburg, and boston, all vying to be in the running. remember, paris lost its bid for 2008 and 2012. here is more from the paris mayor's although today. -- paris mayor today. >> i'm delighted to be here before you today. we have seen a lot of his passion and hope brought here. i would like to thank all of the elected representatives and mayors who are here, because they, too, want to bring the people together. paris is ready. we're going to build a great victory for these games. for the olympics, for paris, for our country, thank you. genie: ben bernier is also at that center in paris where the launch took place. how did it all go? ben: you had dozens of athletes right behind me at

omar al bashir is wanted at the time international criminal court for alleged crimes against humanity in darfur. be bashir was told he would get immunity for attending this conference. so is this a battle between the high escort and the government? >> reporter: well, it certainly is the case regarding his immunity, based on an agreement between the south african government and the african union around immunity for heads of state. linked to its approach to the international criminal court. now he it has left south africa in a very difficult position in that it didn't respect the order set out by the high court. bashir was still able to leave the country and has seven days to respond to questions around that and ultimately this will lead to further questions around how south africa government respect the courts in the country and what kind of precedent has been set so far. >> does it also set a precedent in terms of how the powers of the international criminal court or perhaps the lack of its powers? >> reporter: well we have known for some time the sentiments of the african countries t

delayed because heubts be were detained in djibouti. >> explain house how sudanese president omar al bashir was not detained in south africa. >> sudanese president omar al bashir was wanted for war crimes. despite a high court order that he should stay in south africa until it rules on whether or not he should be arrested. >> the impact of his leaving can be regarded as defeeting the ends of justice or committing continualcontempt of court because he is member of you united nations apart from being a member of au and being a head of state his country is part of the united nations. >> the court has now ordered the nation to investigate why he was allowed to return to sudan. the government chose to ignore the resume of law in favor of an agreement with the african union that sitting heads of state should not be arrested. this is in line with growing au sentiment that the icc unfairly targets african states and lacks credibility. >> this is 2015. it is not 1715. the concept of a european funded ngo trying to enforce a european directed european funded courts, trying to force black africans to

da's president omar al bashir has returned home. he was be northbound johannesburg to teafned attend the african union high summit. thousands of syrians have fled across the border with turkey, be escaping the fighters of the islamic state of iraq and the levant. trying oretake a town in i.s.i.l. hands. >>> at least 20 people have been killed in a series of blasts in chad. witnesses say suicide bombers on motorcycles simultaneously attacked two buildings in the capital. one of the buildings went off at a police academy. no immediate claim of responsibility. $kenya's security ministry said the be bl al shabaab al shabaab being. >> 11 al shabaab fighters were killed by kenyan troops. one of the dead is lukman osman a kenyan. close to 50 people murdered in pekatoni alone. a british national has also been identified. thomas converted to islam when he was 19th and came to fight along al shabaab four years ago. thousands have people have come to view the bodies. the air is thick with stench. the reason this public viewing is going often i

president omar bashir who is wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes left south africa after attending an african union summit despite a high court order to stay in the country until it was ruled whether or not he would be arrested. >> his leaving can be regarded as committing contempt of court because he is a member of the united nations apart from being a member of au. and being the head of state. but his country is part of the united nations. >>reporter: the court has now ordering the government to investigate how he returned to sudan the government chose to ignore the rule of law in favor of an agreement with the african union that sitting heads of state should not be arrested. this is in line with growing au sentiment that the icc unfairly targets african states and lacks credibility. >> the concept of a european funded ngo trying to enforce a european-directed, european-funded court, trying to force black africans to send other black africans back to europe in chains is over. that's just an incredible travesty travesty. >>reporter: there's been no indication if th

. >> the international criminal court has urged to turn omar al-bashir over. instead he was allowed to leave the country. the defiantal bay sheer was al-bashir was greeted by supporters. >> we say that the international criminal court has been nearly completely ended in africa by the refusal of all african states to implement its decisions. >> for the opposition it was a humiliation that could have been prevented. >> if the regime listened to everyone else and dealt with the sudanese people in a just manner all of this would not have happened. this is a humiliation for sudan and the sudanese state. >> despite that it's thought the incident would not effect them locally. >> what i'm expecting is this has been enhance his image. >> during the 26 years in power omar al-bashir has faced set backs and obstacles. how long will he survive? al jazeera. khartoum. >> thousands of greeks have rallied on the eve of another meeting with its creditors about its financial future. all this as the grease central bank warn that the countries are paying full course towards defau

for now omar al-bashir remains a freeman in africa. "bbc news," johannesburg. >> a delay that is raising a lot of questions about what south africa good during those three hours. you are watching "bbc world news america." still to come on tonight's program, actor mall dillon draws attention to the plight of muslims in myanmar, and he speaks to us about his visit there. >> an official day of mourning is taking place in georgia for at least 14 people who were killed in flash floods in the capital. 24 people are still missing. dozens more have been left homeless there. the finance ministry has now put the damage at up to $to million, -- up to $20 million. many animals includesing hippos lyons and tigers have been seen wandering the streak. here is more. >> the flood water devastated the city. cars trees and people were all swept up in the deadly torre ent. and these images show how widespread the damage is. whole areas coated in fifth and debris after a small stream burst its banks. they are still serving for missing residents. there is n

they of course want president omar bashir to be arrested in africa for crimes against humanity as well as again site. at the african union, we are awaiting the decision of the african heads of state as the opening ceremony, which is in open session. once that's completed that hasn't really been delayed due to several hours. once that happens, we are looking at the members here withdrawing to a closed door session to discuss conditions like the i.c.c. >> i was going to ask you about the response. we know that may be of the african union members of not keen to hand him over or any south african leader. >> they are of course are not keen. the mandate of the african union indicates that no sitting heads of state from the continent will be arrested. so far african union representatives have said bashir being here is normal, he is entitled to be as one of the heads of state. there has been speculation that he could possibly have left the country. that hasn't been confirmed. there is that interdigit from the high court indicating that he can't leave the country until this matter is concluded

omar al-bashir has arrived back in khartoum after he defied a court order. he is wanted by the international criminal court for war crimes and genocide in darfur. has the terrorist known as "the untouchable one" finally been caught? lydia finds the al qaeda mastermind has been killed in a u.s. airstrike. the pentagon has yet to confirm his death. and chad pointing the finger at nigeria's islamist group boko haram. dozens of people are killed or injured in twin suicide bombs in the capital. chad has a regional offensive to defeat of the group. let's get some business news for you now. a big event every year here in paris. it is the paris air show. all the big air companies try to sell some airplanes. how has it been going? >> the biggest plane manufacturers, airbus and boeing, wasted no time going head-to-head at the end of the first day. airbus took home orders for 140 claims, while boeing was at around 80. an indian group bag a multimillion dollar contract. they will supply metallic parts. the deal will serve as a boost for the indian prime minister's campa

hello, sudan's president omar al bashir back in country after fled an arrest warrant in south africa. arrived in khartoum. flew out of the johannesburg earlier on monday. searchg's highsouth africa's high court is launching an investigation why he was not kept in the country. want ed by the international criminal court claims that he committed atrocities during the darfur conflict. more details from johannesburg. >> the south african government has seven days to respond to a request by the high court. the president went to a south african summit and was ordered to stay in the country to allow for his arrest by the south african government. despite that bashir left earlier on monday and since then a high court has said south africa's flouted international law as well as the order set out by the high court and this is in line with south africa's sentiment as well as with the african union to get away from the international criminal court where bashir is wanted for crimes against humanity. >> earlier a representative of the international criminal court told barnaby phillips that it is lo

the high court was about to rule on whether omar al bashir should be turned over to the court. before they could rule, he left. coming to us from johannesburg, it sounds like instead of waiting for the court to rule, he took off on his own. how was he able to leave the country if the i.c.c. had a warrant out for his arrest? >> well, morgan, this case has been taken to the high court here didn't include the military as a respondent and al bashir leaving from the air base did allow him the opportunity because the court wouldn't have jurisdiction over that particular area. in fact, later on sunday, we do know that his plane was moved from a civilian airport to the military air base and now it appears that was in preparation for him to leave the country. >> help me understand something then. why, then, does the african union have an agreement really not to turn over heads of state who the i.c.c. have arrest warrants for? >> morgan, this agreement is essentially why al bashir could travel. he was given assurances here that the government would not arrest him. this forms part of the

omar al bashir, syrian conflict costed dplaised 2.5 million people. in 2006, a combined united nations and be nato peace keeping force. james bays has the story. >> the situation in czar sphur are certainlyczardarfur,. >> already been reduced just 15,000 troops and police to patrol a territory the size of france. on the security council one deputy be told me ooun unamid was the most dysfunctional others want a more focused approach doing something better. >> now is not the time for unamid to withdraw. we see a role in it mediatings a conflict but any other tasks we want to have it reduce so it can focus on that core role. >> omar al bashir indicted in 2009 on war crimes charges related to darfur has said in the past he wants unamid out of his country. when i asked him about the problems he faces. >> we can leave darfur in a year if the government has the necessary conditions to make that possible. and those conditions have to do with the securities, the ability to go back home without fearing that there they may be attacked or something. we also need

. >> let's get more on our top story on the charges facing sudan's president omar bashir.he became the first ruling head of state to be indicted by the world court for crimes during the darfur war. good you with us. talk us through what you believe is happening at the moment. >> what's happening is incredible. he is in town, at large we've seen him at the summit. at the same time, we are hearing what the government response to the matter is. the dilemma the debate about whether he's in the country or not is resolved. he is in the country. it has i am applications to hand him over. the court just adjourned its hearing for 15 minutes to decide on the matter as to how he is ordered. an order forcing him to stay in the country will be -- >> what do you think should happen to him from a legal point of view? >> it's very clear, he needs to be arrested. he needs to be turned over to the i.c.c. he is facing serious crimes by the i.c.c. research also suggestion that crimes against humanity and war crimes have been committed. south africa as member state clearly provides a duty on t

. >> let's go back to the restraining order against the sudanese president omar bashir wanted since 2009 when he became the first ruling head of state to be indict by the i.c.c., accusing him of ordering atrocities in darfur, which killed 300,000 people. he's avoided going to france, turkey and south africa in the past after being warned against traveling there but chad and departmentdong go have allowed him to visit. what have you made of the action of the court deliberating whether to remove him? >> i think from legal point of view, we would say that it was a victory, really, trying to ensure that south africa implements its international obligations and that the statute ratified but also domesticated in the country and from that legal point of view, it is a victory. the question is is it a victory that can be translated into really reality and that's where politics come in, because that al bashir was invited to attend the a.u. summit. the a.u. adopted conditions where it says that the sitting heads of state and senior government officials cannot be tried or arrested while they are in

calling for the arrest of omar al bashir president of ever president of sudan at that conference. >>> whistle blower edward snowden. >>> 12 months after a series of attacks in which almost 100 people died. al jazeera catherine soy reports. >> just started rebuilding his hotel a year after it was banged down by gunmen. he was in this room about 11:00 p.m, when he was hit by continuous gun fire. started hunting for men. by dawn at least 50 men were dead and the town was terrified. >> could be paid by politicians but they were al shabaab. they were even claiming they were fighting for the rights of muslims whose land had been taken by christians. >> before they could bury their loved ones there were more talks in neighboring villages. seen people had been shot or hacked to death. kenya's government blamed local political networks. this is one of the more popular guest houses, it was completely destroyed. many people who lost their property or loved ones are yet to recover. they say they're still waiting for compensation. be left her with nine children, 12 grandchildren and no job. the go

. >> omar bashir indicted in 2009 on war crimes charges relateed to darfur, said in the past he wants unimed out of his country. the acting head of the commission was clear when i asked him about the problems he faces. >> the ability to go back home without fearing they also need to engage to. >> an example of the problems in the relationship between the government of sudan and the u.n. is a recent incident where permission was requested for an injured ethiopian peace keeper for evacuate: the request was denied and he died. when you speak to people away from the cameras u.n. officials will tell you privately that the actions of the government of sudan are one of the reasons why unimed is not working. when you speak to the security council, some will tell you that if unimed continues to fail, then eventually the u.n. should withdraw. but of course that's exactly what sudan has made it clear it wants to happen. james bays, al jazeera, of the united nations. >> security has been set up at sites across egypt after a suicide-bombing in in the city of luxor. two gunmen who were with the bom

omar al-bashir triumphantly returned to sudan in defiance of him to stay put in south africa. thank you so much for being with us. help us understand something. bashir had been told he would get immunity from the south africa government for attending the african summit. is this a battle between the high court and the government? >> the south african government has come out to say through the courts where they made reputation that this agreement was made specifically with the african union with the summit, and should president al bashir at any other time for example during the holiday he would be arrested. so this does turn out to be a battle. south africa appeared to extend its obligations to the icc but the problem here it's torn between listening to what the africa union demands of iter, as a member that have, and also what it's obligations are legally domestically and internationally to the international criminal court. going forward there will be clarity needed about how the sudanese president left the country with this investigation pending, and in that way south africa w

omar al-bashir is wanted by the international criminal court for genocide war crimes and crimes againstumanity in darfur. and the veteran leader is facing other challenges as well as we have reports from khartoum. >> he has been in power for 26 years and has just won another term in office. the strong man leading sudan has been a controversial figure throughout his tenure. when he came to power in a coup in 1989 he called it a revolution. one that was the overthrow of a democratically elected government. since then he has been seen as the only man in charge. however his party says that they're ready for when he goes. >> we're not an one-time party. we have proved we have all the means to rule the country when it comes to people. in fact, the president has always been nominateed for the job, and he's not after it. >> a job he is not after th after, but continues. >> the group that took over in 1989 from a mixed one. you have the politicians when split since then to different camps and you have the army that managed to stay as one since. but al-bashir uses both to keep running things. >>

. >> reporter: when sudan's president omar al bashir arrived in south africa late on saturday.ought with him a political and legal storm. one of the issues being discussed at the african union summit he's attending is conflict resolution, now the host nation faces the embarrassment of a legal challenge which could see bashier sent to the hague to face war crimes charges. civil society organizations have now taken south african government to court to insure the country upholds its obligations not international criminal court. a judge has told bashier he can't leave until the case is resolved. the sudanese are furious. >> translator: this court's decision does not have legal value. south africa issued in the public gazette 10 days ago the decision of the african union that african countries are not bound to any decision by the court. this was in the public gazette of south africa 10 days ago. it seems that the court does not know about this, which is bad. or it does know and this is worse. but this is a matter to be assessed by law. >> reporter: it's left the south african govern

south africa's high court is buying omar al-bashir from leaving the country.hat is until it is decided if he will be arrested on war crimes. there is a summit in johannesburg with all the sheer -- al bashir almond them. he is accused of atrocities in the western region of darfur. and a satellite has come in with -- probe has communicated with scientist. batteries ran down after landing on a comment last year. now that it has direct some might it has recharged and could have power until october. equipment makers are facing a challenging future as networking transitions from hardware to software. on top of that, juniper networks is facing reorganization and redefining its strategy. my next guest took over the home as ceo at juniper rami rahim. you are a veteran employee, now the top guy, and your time at juniper how having seen the company grow as the internet itself grows? >> last year was a productive year for us, we sharpened our strategy, we really aligned the company around a mission i think is extremely powerful and important, to get that amount of -- of v

the international criminal court is urging south africa to arrest sudan's president omar al bashir whoent. they accuse him of war crimes and crimes against humanity. >>> meanwhile, south sudan is facing a threat of starvation, amid a surge of violence in the past four weeks. the international committee of the red cross is calling for urgent action to save hundreds of thousands of people. we have this story. >> reporter: villages in south sudan surrounded by vast land used to grow food during sudan's short planting season. but what is not planted cannot grow. fighting in and around a town in central south sudan has sent 100,000 people fleeing for their lives. >> they burn up all the view for the civilians and they takes all the ladies and they even kill the young kids. >> and bring agriculture to a screeching hot. >> we're going into the rainy season. we're going toward a very difficult period for the people here in south sudan. >> the international committee of the red cross is providing some aid, but their staff was evacuated. crucial food deliveries to some 120,000 people was suspend

. >> when sudan's president omar al bashir arrived late on saturday he brought with him a preliminary and legal storm. one of the issues discussed at the summit is conflict resolution, now a legal challenge could see bashir sent to the hague to face war crimes charges. ensuring the is country upholds its obligations to the icc cek. ikeinternational criminal court. a judge has told bashir he cannot leave until the charges are resolved. be. >> the decision of the african union that african countries are not bound to any decisions made by the court. it seems that the court does not know about this, which is bad or it does know and it is worse. but this is a matter to be assessed by law. >> reporter: it's left the south african government in very difficult position. pretoria says sitting heads of state cannot be arrested. the question is, what happens now? >> what is that that prevention sal bashir from leaving south africa? is it the immigration official? he will have to be be reaforted and hearrested andput in court custody. that is not the court's possibility. the court has made a deci

gs and the satirical look at president jake onzuma and omar al bashir. the paper jokes zuma is now hosting al bashir at his sprawling estate where he is growing his nails to scratch bashir's back expecting equal treatment somewhere in the future. new warnings today about what would happen if grease and its lenders fail. greece's central bank could default on its debt and leave the euro zone, meanwhile thousands of greeks gathered in athens to show their support of getting a better deal. john siropolous has the story. >> the greek side saying it has put the best counteroffer it can on the table. creditors are demanding $4 billion of additional austerity cuts which would have to take place immediately. that means in the next six months in order to affect this year's budget and fiscal gap. have that's the tax revenue shortfall that creditors believe greece is in for. greece says we can't do $4 billion this year on top of the other austerity measures we have agreed to uphold. what we can do is a certain amount of that through consumer tax, at least a billion

various heads of state have come to south africa to attend this, including sudan's president omar al bashirwanted by the international criminal court for various charges. crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide for his supposed role in the conflict in darfur, in which at least 300,000 people lost their lives. the icc has had this arrest warrant out since 2009. and south africa is a signatory to the rome statute which underlines the international criminal court. so it is obliged, as soon as al bashir sets foot, the president sets foot on south african soil, supposedly, to arrest him and surrender him to the icc. the thing is, the african union, as an organization, has always been very, very vocally opposed to the international criminal court. they accuse the icc of unfairly targeting african leaders. and as he's here on the invitation of the au, it puts south africa in a very complicated legal situation. the president of south africa jacob zuma said in 2009 that if he did set foot on south african soil he would be arrested. but we await to see what high court judge here will decide

omar al bashir's lifetime. they draw parallels with recent history, the late leader of yugoslavia evaded justice for years but it caught up with him eventually. these are the kind of brave words we are hearing from the i.c.c. today but undoubtedly this has been an embarrassment and setback. >> why does the i.c.c. find it to difficult to get its member countries in africa to comply with its rulings? >> the i.c.c. has a particular problem in africa and that's very apparent. african leaders believe very strongly that the i.c.c. is prejudiced against them, that it almost uniquely has pursued african leaders and warlords. the response, of course, from the i.c.c. is hold on a second, that shows that we are making extraordinary efforts to show human rights are being complied with. many cases were brought by african leaders themselves and they say in part this is a reflection of the relative weakness of african judicial systems. the i.c.c. can only operate in countries which are signatories to the treaty, dudely speaki

the president of sudan, omar hassan al-bashir, managed to dodge arrest today on war crimes charges.rters cheered bashir's arrival back in khartoum, the sudanese capital. he'd been at an african union summit in south africa when a court there ordered him not to leave. he left anyway, and a south african judge today sharply criticized authorities for letting him get away. >> the conduct of the respondent, to the extent that they have failed to take steps to arrest and/or detain the president of the republic of sudan omar hassan almat al bashir, president bashir, is inconsistent with the constitution of the republic of south africa 1996 and invalid. >> sreenivasan: president bashir is wanted by t international criminal court on charges of genocide in sudan's darfur region. the u.s. military worked today to confirm that a weekend air strike in libya killed the algerian militant mokhtar belmokhtar. he's linked to al-qaeda, and accused of leading a 2013 attack on an algerian gas plant. 35 hostages were killed there, including three americans. pentagon officials say initial assessments ind

the international criminal court called for the arrest of president omar al bashir.anted for alleged war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide rising from the darfur conflict. >>> and accordsing to our affiliates in spokane, washington the president of the naacp will confront her critics who say she has been lying about her race. rachel dole sal's brother says quote, she told me not to blow her cover about the fact that she had this secret life or alternate identity. she told me not to tell anybody about montana or her family over about. stephanie elam has more on the woman behind this puzzling controversy. >> reporter: it seems like an easy question. >> are your parents, are they white? >> reporter: but for rachel dolezal it was enough to make her run from a reporter. she is professor of africana studies. for years the 37-year-old has claimed she's black. reinforcing that belief by posting pictures like this one from the spokane naacp facebook page. the caption underneath says her father presumably this black man, will be a special guest at one of their events

bashir was re-elected with 94% of the vote. the opposition boycotted the election and there were claims it was rigged. omar has been a wanted man since 2009. that's whether the internal criminal court based in the netherlands issued an arrest warrant for him. he's accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity. the charges stem from the ongoing conflict in sudan's darfur region in 2003. bashir alleged used a militia to quell the uprising. militia men are accused of carrying out mass kills and rape and the forceal remove from tribe balance land. the united nations says more than 300,000 people were killed and another 2.5 million were des played. >>> since the warrant rs was issued this traechled to a number of country across the middle east and ach rick ka. the court cannot compel countries to arrest them. it can tell them they have the legal obligation to to do it. several companies vant cooperated with the icc and claim they unfairly target african leaders while ignoring crimes elsewhere. that may be why he was able to return home without too much of a problem. >> jonathan, thank you. appreciate it. >>