paul francois says he became ill after inhaling a now—banned weedkiller made by monsanto.gs. caroline rigby reports. the imposing building of leon ‘s's appeals court, far removed from the serial fields paul francois once farms but this marks a later stage ina long farms but this marks a later stage in a long legal battle for the 55—year—old. the court found us biotech giants monsanto guilty for the poisoning of paul francois, who used one of its weed killers. translation: it is a huge sigh of relief. it has been a 12 year battle, 12 yea rs relief. it has been a 12 year battle, 12 years were my life had to be put on hold and my family had to suffer. says he suffered memory loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling vapourfrom loss, headaches and stammering after inhaling vapour from the now banned herbicide. medicaltests inhaling vapour from the now banned herbicide. medical tests found the hazardous chemical chlorobenzene in his body and on thursday, the court ruled in favour of paul francois's claim that it made him sick and that the product's safety labelling had been

the imposing building of lyon's appeals court, far removed from the cereal fields paul francois once the 55—year—old. the court found us biotech giant monsanto guilty for the poisoning of mr francois, who used one of its weed killers. translation: it is a huge sigh of relief. it has been a 12—year battle, 12 years where my life had to be put on hold and my family had to suffer. mr francois says he suffered memory loss, headaches and stammering, after inhaling vapour from the now banned herbicide. medical tests found the hazardous chemical chlorobenzene in his body and on thursday, the court ruled in favour of mr francois's claim that it made him sick and that the product's safety labelling had been inadequate. translation: this decision is a turning point in the battle against big companies, the giant manufacturers of pesticides. today, pesticide victims can hope to obtain justice from the court. mr francois is reported to be seeking more than $1 million in damages, though any compensation will be determined in a separate future ruling. bayer ag, which acquired monsanto last year, say

paul francois says he became ill after inhaling a now—banned weedkiller made by monsanto.s accused the company of giving insufficient safety warnings. you up—to—date on the headlines. it is now 4:30 am. now on bbc news, hardtalk. hello and welcome to hardtalk. i'm shaun ley. the united states says iran's revolutionary guard corps ‘promotes terrorism as a tool of state craft‘. it's the first time the us has labelled another nation's military as a terrorist organisation. jason rezaian, who used to report from tehran, might agree. certainly he knows what it's like to be terrorised by the state. seized from his home without warning, this us—iranian journalist was interrogated, tried and convicted on vague charges. he was held for 544 days before a deal was done to release him in 2016. he is now banned from iran for life. but is the trump administration right to see maximum pressure as the only way to affect change in iran? jason rezaian, welcome to hardtalk. you lived in iran forfive years at the time of your arrest. how unexpected was it? thanks for having me on today. it was