are you watching t w news coming up next an in-depth look at rwandan president paul kagame that is in just a few minutes you stay with us. language courses. any time any. w. . for a hundred days between april and july in one thousand nine hundred four rwanda was ravaged by one of the most intensive campaigns of mass murder in history radical hutus killed an estimated one million people to seize and moderate hutus with the backing of a significant section of the population. to live actually well i walked through all the buildings there were bodies everywhere in every single building the wall person could peer in the courtyard as well you know there were bodies everywhere you looked. some thirty five thousand dead people the ground was littered with bodies. one divide is addicted to shit but i deeply troubling the come on my dead it will fall. on my daddy i said about we have a bit of a shit about us we can reach a lot of it but it is very small reached up and was the boss and i know i was about it was it a case in which he's got a plan to put it to chicago and how to run it what i'm go

thousand people slaughtered in the ethnic genocide that began twenty five years ago today president paul kagame has been leading a ceremony in the capital kigali commemorating the lives of the ethnic and moderate hutus who were killed in a span of just one hundred days we have more from de melanie. who's at the ceremony . remember you night i knew where this theme runs have started a three month period of coming ration of the nine hundred ninety four genocide on april seventh twenty five years ago government soldiers and what a militia commenced a systematic killing campaign which wiped out close to a million runs mostly to see today the country has come together to pay tribute to the lives lost by behind me in their godly convention center the main commemoration event has taken place in a solemn setting artists performed songs in the honor of the victims survivors had haunted testimonies take a look. now as to remember the ethnic violence that left hundreds of thousands dead. thank you for paying respect to the victims of the genocide against your accidents is now going believe invited just la

this is news live from berlin rwanda reflects on its darkest chapter president paul kagame he joins us ceremony to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the genocide that chilled nearly a million people we'll hear from our correspondent at that for more also coming up . a controversial campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he'll annex west bank settlements if he's returned to office in next week's election. and a new documentary about the gate keeper at berlin's legendary nightclub scene of the one nine hundred ninety s. they decided who got in and who have to walk away. a michael welcome to the show and thanks for joining us rwanda has begun one hundred days of mourning for the more than eight hundred thousand people slaughtered in the genocide that began twenty five years ago national leaders and invited dignitaries have held a ceremony in kigali to commemorate the lives of the tutsi and moderate hutus who were killed in a span of just one hundred days we have more from d. to abuse melanie cruel to belle who's at that ceremony. remember you night i knew

president paul kagame arrives for ceremony to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the genocide that killed nearly a million people we'll hear from our correspondent at that memorial also coming up . a controversial campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells voters next west bank settlements if they return him to office in next week's election. clash with police on greece's border with north macedonians after false rumors circulate that the so-called balkan move to northern europe will . welcome to the show. where wanda has begun one hundred days of mourning for the more than eight hundred thousand people slaughtered in the genocide that began twenty five years ago today national leaders and invited dignitaries have been holding a ceremony to in kigali to commemorate the lives of the c. and moderate hutus who were murdered in the one hundred day killing spree we have more from melanie credible who is at that ceremony. remember the night we knew where this theme runs have started a three month period of coming ration of the nine hundred ninety four genocide

president paul kagame iraq to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the genocide that killed nearly a million people will fear from our correspondent at that memorial also coming up. a controversial campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells voters israel will annex west bank settlements if they return him to office in the next week's election. for. rivals booster dortmund five zero to leap to the top of the bundesliga they're now poised to seize their seventh straight title after the biggest german football match in here. i'm michael ok welcome to the show rwanda has begun one of has begun one hundred days of mourning for the more than eight hundred thousand people slaughtered in the genocide that began twenty five years ago today national leaders and invited dignitaries have held a ceremony and could gali to commemorate the lives of the c. and moderate hutus who were murdered in the one hundred day telling spree we have more from de w.'s melanie who was at that ceremony. remember the night i knew where this theme runs have started a three month period of

known to zero a couple of would become a vital ally of paul kagame a as head of the alliance of democratic forces for the liberation of congo or a.d.f. l. . gummi himself took a backseat leaving the fighting to his right hand man lieutenant colonel james covering. my first meeting with the night is that it. was just here. in this image that a co came to me on how he how to fota was against will but in the sixty's together with the trigger for the us i had a hard on the hood of books to what i did a fool i saw this is that item on your way museveni the ugandan president provided paulk a dummy with diplomatic support and arms. he had the u.s. on his side while the french backed the leader and dictator of zaire. it was the beginning of the first congo war starting with the dismantling of the hutu refugee camps. when the in cotati attacked they left a corridor open in the town of goma providing access to the rwandan border. and a few days is here to. open the border enabling those refugees who had the opportunity to enter. their view. he saw some of the soldiers also returned to rwanda. but th

we are halfway through, president paul kagame hasjust addressed the country in english and his native french, the other official language, and he thanked rwandans for their resilience and how far the country has come. he also thanked the friends of rwanda through the ages but he also sounded a very stern warning to perceived enemies of the country from within and without, saying that whoever wa nts to and without, saying that whoever wants to mess with this country will be messed up with, big time. from here, the delegates and everyone who is participating, are expected to walk from the parliament building, all the way to the stadium in kigali, where they will have a series of commemoratives events and then a candlelit vigil at the end of then a candlelit vigil at the end of the day. that event later in the day —— the flame that was lit alley is expected to keep burning for the next 100 days. you said the president talked about thanking the people for how far the country has come. how far has the country come in the last 25 years since that absolutely horrific mass slaughter of the ge

president paul kagame he also addressed fellow rundowns emphasizing the necessity to forgive but also never to forget all of what is under minds. on traditions under scars but none of us is our own together we. were very they thought i'd throw eggs. overall you need to in true. tapas it's not only a day of remembering the victims of run the biggest tragedy it's also a sad reminder of the international community abandoning the country at its doctors time and warning that history should never be repeated. now to some of the other stories making news around the world in tunisia ninety two year old president baiji . announced that he will not run for a second term later this year told his party it was time to open the door to the youth come shortly after neighboring algeria saw its president. resign under public pressure. a fast moving fire has ravaged a residential building on the northern edge of paris witnesses say they heard a massive explosion before flames leapt up to the second floor of the building authorities said there are no known casualties the origin of the fire is yet unknow

at home and abroad paul kagame a presents his vision of africa's future renewing the idea of pan african ism the hope for cooperation and unity among all states on the continent and their independence in cultural political and energy issues. as many first did every last saturday of the month in rwanda when everyone takes part in compulsory community work. cooperation instead of conflict. i'm not. sure that. oh. if you look at. it you never see what it could socially. and the question is what. for me and africanism a shrewd move in to be bigger term. except. predict these since over spirit it tends to be new creative growth but that some people are superior to others. for these little is to devote to. that round. so but enough to. mean that. the neat and unified and. you get one of those keys. but enough you can offer the case better. because. it's been mistreated. mismanaged. both. so. the issues and the steps and then be able to call for on. we are not the entire time you soldiers who risk their lives as twenty year olds in one nine hundred ninety we are not the rwandan leader guarantor

battle for kigali on may twenty first was devastating for both tanya and the government troops paul kagame a decided to have his troops advance gradually in stages he wanted to minimize casualties among his men he would need to rebuild the country after the war rather than sacrifice them in one of the final battles of a conflict where the outcome was already clear. the. time you took one town after another in early june one nine hundred ninety four they overthrew the government which then fled to. the west of the country close to the border with so you're. friends had to acknowledge that its side in the conflict was losing on june eighteenth one thousand nine hundred for president francois mitterrand issued orders to launch. as a humanitarian measure time is running out he explained at a point in time where seventy five percent of the tutsis were already dead what were france's true intentions in rwanda where the in katon you were on the verge of taking control. you french intention to do. it to. you too must. be. if they had been. was that the film. crew you have fear the time you were ma

president paul kagame he also addressed fellow rundowns emphasizing the necessity to forgive but also never to forget all borders undermines. traditions goes but none of us is our own together we have. been chartered for its overall uniter into a new truck this. is not only a day of remembering the victims of run the biggest tragedy it's also a sad reminder of the international community abandoning the country at its darkest time and warning that history should never be repeated. now to some of the other stories making news around the world israeli prime minister binyamin this has promised to begin any jewish settlements in the occupied west bank if we elected the policy turn around this being seen as a last minute bid to rally right wing supporters ahead of next week's election and the international or the settlements are viewed as illegal. in venezuela a rival politician political factions are taking to the streets as the power struggle intensifies between anti-government and boy and the factions opposition. his supporters to maintain pressure on president nicolas maduro with anger

most of them tutsis were killed by hutu militias the killing stopped when the tutsi rebels led by paul kagame is seize the capital kigali gandhi went on to become president in two thousand and remains in power to this day. ahead of the anniversary east africa correspondent met a genocide survivor. you know you want to. this is where house used to be before the genocide nothing is left of it now. bent it all down after looting it and i mean gas prices. everything was he was just three months old when his parents and four siblings were killed by hutu militias he's a survivor of the one thousand nine hundred four genocide in rwanda the fastest of the twentieth century during which close to a million randoms mostly to see well wiped out in just one hundred days. eric was too young to remember his family dying but he says he will never forget the day his aunt told him what happened. there was talk of his unusual rejoinder she carried me on her back during the genocide right up until the killing stopped she told me how horrific it was she witnessed it all the rain was pouring down on us those were

performing songs in honor of the victims and survivors of the haunting testimony here president paul kagame and talks about remembering uniting and renewing all borders under minds. but none of us. together we. will run the threads over units. into. in new tapas. thousands of runners have embarked on a somber walk to remember it's a month to mourn those who lost their lives during the genocide but it's also symbolic walk the perpetrators and survivors walk side by side on this dark and violent past to have these people want to be as a country and it's not just those who witnessed the atrocities committed during the genocide but also the youth the future of this country which is here to highlight their role and responsibility in making sure history is never repeated. to the mrs we have to love each other so the things that happened i mean. in the. gulf too in the future there. will be united to. our marching for my family. my relatives who during this period of the four let us first together and future especially remembering what happened before and it's never happened again twenty five thou

president paul kagame led a ceremony in the capital kigali commemorating the lives of the ethnic tutsi and moderate hutus who were killed in a span of just one hundred days began a pledge that rwandans would never again turn against one another. now as to remember the ethnic violence that left hundreds of thousands dead. thank you for paying respect to the victims of the genocide against their accident who are now kind of the invited just label for members. a quarter of a million people are buried here at the d.m.z. memorial site in kigali. two militias began their campaign to my power to around as minority ethnic tutsi population on april the seventh nine hundred ninety four the day after the assassination of the country's hutu president the killings lasted until current president paul kagame a legit tutsi defense force into kigali three months later on hand to help mop the twenty fifth anniversary of the slaughter dignitaries from africa and europe excellence is the flame of remembrance to later today is a symbol of the courage resilience that randoms have shown over the last twenty

neighbors husbands even killed wives the killings last had one hundred days with now president paul kagame me took control of the country the vixens of big remembered with a week off commemoration activities which began earlier today at the kigali convention center for more now this speaks to his villainy is to god for us many it is remarkable that peace has held in a country where the spa's of the genocide all still so fresh now you've been traveling the country and talking to people what's made that possible. necessity strong will and a lot of really hard work we really are in a country where people have decided to live together peacefully side by side where communities shared by perpetrators as well as survivors and paul kagame has really made sure to get rid of the ethnic divisions in the country here for example you're not allowed to ask anyone but the hutu or tutsi he's also created a culture of remembering and there are memorials all across the country way you can see bones skulls the clothes of victims they're really a disturbing reminder but a necessary one for the crime of crimes

in years live from berlin one dad brought them to its current president paul kagame the arrives for a ceremony it's the twenty fifth anniversary of the genocide that killed nearly a million people will can't promise to survive and striving to eat the piece also coming up. migrants clash with police on three sport a little to macedonia to talk to folks room and circulate that the so-called bulk interest in old europe will be open. to the sport by in munich fresh rivals forest of gold and milk sleep to the top of the beast meat that they now know favorites for basic stray special ops the biggest game in german football coach gibbs. and christine will welcome to the program commemorations are underway in one that mocks twenty five years since the start of the genocide it's estimated more than eight hundred thousand people were killed in one of the doc hist and most brutal chaps has in recent history if an equal to extremists slaughtered members of a minority tutsi community neighbors killed neighbors has been even killed wives became exhausted one hundred days when now president or a com

this is state of the news live from the lead one of them says it's president paul kagame they are bribes for a ceremony to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the genocide that killed it and they get people killed yes a monarchist wanted at that morial coming up to. the microscope national decent to be supportive of macedonia to false rumors circulating that the so-called fall conventional to europe or be open. and intended thousands take to the streets you don't want more affordable housing a growing population and shortage of yukon struction try to have friends and house . i'm christine will welcome to the program commemorations are underway in one of the twenty five years since the start of the genocide it's estimated more than eight hundred thousand people were killed in one of the doc hist and most brutal chapters in recent history ethnic extremists vaulted members of the minority tutsi community neighbors killed neighbors has been even killed wives the killings the last of one hundred days where now president obama took control of the country the victims are being rather than that

the regime of the government of president paul kagame is controversial.ntry making political process and also economic progress in terms of prosperity? in terms of economic progress, rwanda is one of the best performing, growth is about 7%. politically, remains largely controversial. people in rwanda in the last elections, paul kagame won by 98% of the vote and it looks like he will be ruling for a long time. those critics suggest he is not tolera nt of those critics suggest he is not tolerant of dissent and some political opponents have beenjailed and some say it is time for rwanda to open a more democratic space. but a lot of people seem to have support and love and they seem to prefer the stability he has managed to bring to rwanda. interesting to talk to you. ferdinand in the rwandan capital, kigali. a british man who was exposed to the novichok nerve agent in salisbury last year england last year has met the russian ambassador in london to question him about the incident, in which his partner died. charlie rowley said he didn't really get any answers

in rwanda what's gone wrong is this paul kagame is paranoia well i think that. the wound and uganda may be suffering what you call structural stressed in the sense that i get the sense of perhaps the rays of wonder instills fear in uganda you gotta be seen in the ways of rwanda is threats to our security threats to our position as a regional hegemonic military headman and therefore you've got. what you or structure rather yes structural suckage competition or i feel what you what do you make of the current situation between uganda and rwanda structural stress or structural repositioning of british society to competition according to andrew or is this because at the heart of this dispute is apparently the position of so-called dissidents could go all the dissidents and the seventy not handing them over. look this in many ways martin goes back to your very first question about some of these rwandan figure is in the diaspora and in the rest of the region who are in fact mobilizing against the kid gobby regime you mention the likes of care a day or in cairo care a d

a lot of people criticise the government of paul kagame as autocratic, not fully democratic.ed tremendously ever since 25 years ago. “— developed tremendously ever since 25 years ago. —— luanda has developed. the imf say its outward growth rate evie is at 7% and the last time i was here —— i go and since 25 years ago, there are a lot of changes, buildings, schools, commercial establishments, it is one of the clea nest establishments, it is one of the cleanest cities in africa. politically, there are questions inasmuch as the country is very stable, the re—election last year of paul kagame was on a 98% vote but some people feel it is not giving that much democratic space. some have accused him of really clamping down rather hard on the opposition in the country and they wish they could open a lot more democratic space. thank you forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news. theresa may has defended her decision to work with labour to find a way forward on brexit, even though it has angered some conservatives. charlie rowley, who was poisoned in last yea r‘s charlie rowley, who was

mourning for those slaughtered in the genocide that began twenty five years ago today president paul kagame me led a ceremony in the capital kigali commemorating the lives of the more than eight hundred thousand ethnic tutsis and moderate hutus who were killed in a span of just one hundred days cami pledge that rwandans would never again turn against one another. remembering run does dead on the day of the brutal and renter's killing began twenty five years ago president could go and ten heads of state at the kigali genocide memorial the burial place of over two hundred fifty thousand victims of the genocide which wiped out close to a million rand and was to see here that could become flame the flame of remembrance will burn for one hundred days that's how long the fastest and so if the twentieth century lost it. in the kigali convention center right behind me the main commemoration event is taking place we just watched all across the country this is where artists are performing songs in honor of the victims and survivors of the haunting testimony here president paul kagame it talks about r

in terms of peace, the country has remained largely peaceful, stable and progressive ever since paul kagame the economy grows at an average of 7% but in terms of politics, there are those who feel it can free up a democratic space a bit more. ferdinand, thank you very much. three of the uk's children commissioners have asked you torture committee to investigate the use of physical restraint and seclusion in uk schools. government guidelines say teachers can use "reasonable force" to control children, but campaigners say restraint is often being used inappropriately. the government says it has consulted on reducing restraint, and will announce its next steps soon. bruce adamson is the children and young people'scommissioner for scotla nd young people'scommissioner for scotland and joins us now from edinburgh. thank you forjoining us. tell us to what extent do you think this is a real problem in the british education system? this is a huge human rights issue. for some of the children who need the most support. my office in scotland did an investigation into the effect of this across scotland

the president paul kagame is expected to be joined by other dignitaries to light memorial flames at the quarter of a million bodies are laid. they will whole day walk from the kigali convention centre to the stadium where they will hold the ceremony, speeches and some sort of light ceremony to remember the dark past of rwanda and how to move forward to the future peacefully. british man exposed to chop nerve agent in salisbury last year has met the russian ambassador in london —— novichok nerve agent. charlie rowley said he didn't really get any answers and he still believed russia was to blame. he was poisoned with novichok last summer. he was poisoned with novichok last summer. he lived in salisbury and he found what he thought was a bottom of —— bottle of perfume in the street and he gave it to his girlfriend, dawn sturgess. the bottle contained the deadly nerve agent, the same batch they think was used to poison the russians by sergei skripal and his daughter. tone sprayed the perfume over herself and she died. charlie got some on his hands but he washed it off immediately —— dawn s

in rwanda what's gone wrong is this paul kagame is paranoia well i think that the. ground and uganda may be suffering what you call structural stress in the sense that i get the sense of perhaps the rays of wonder instills fear in uganda you gotta be seen in the ways of rwanda is threats to our security threats to our position as a regional head to mali military headman and therefore you got. what you or structure rather yes structural suckage competition all right phil what what's what do you make of the current situation between uganda and rwanda structural stress or structural repositioning of british society to competition according to andrea or is this because at the heart of this dispute is apparently the position of so-called dissidents can go all the dissidents and the seventy not handing them over. look this in many ways martin goes back to your very first question about some of these rwandan figure is in the diaspora and in the rest of the region who are in fact mobilizing against the kid gobby regime you mention the likes of care a day or in cairo care a

the president, paul kagame, who led a rebel army which ended the fighting that a remembrance claim leg the victims are buried. charlotte gallagher has this report. this is the light! a flame to remember and reflect, a quarter of a century after the genocide. the people carrying the flames are all aged 25, too young to remember the mass slaughter. in 1994, there was no hope. only darkness. today, light radiates from this place. over 100 days in 1994, 800,000 men, women and children were murdered — women and children were murdered many by militias armed with machetes. the majority of those killed were from the tutsi ethnic group. most of the perpetrators were hutu extremists. child cries. those who survived the violence were forced to flee. 2 million people became refugees. the country will now mourn for the next 100 days, the time it took for one in ten rwandans to be murdered 25 years ago. charlotte gallagher, bbc news. a british woman has been arrested in dubai. laleh sharavesh faces a possible two years injail and a £50,000 fine after her ex husband's second wife complained about the

paul kagame a president of rwanda and head of the london patriotic front in.the rebel army and in the one nine hundred ninety four genocide wasn't when little in the orders there was and when to ask of the un follow me to reinforce with him but as i knew this blood was up and he was not floating in. a controversial meter whose success is beyond question. the timing of the london tragedy starts people fifty long t w. the british parliament has again failed to reach a majority for any way forward on bragg's that. and pays debated for options a motion for a customs union with the e.u. came closest to success is failing by just three votes if no agreement is reached britain will crash out of the e.u. on april twelfth tuesday.

hundred thousand people slaughtered in the genocide that began twenty five years ago today president paul kagame a has been leading a ceremony in the capital kigali commemorating the lives of the ethnic tutsi and moderate hutus who were killed in a span of just one hundred days. said that rwandans would never again turn against each other. shifting gears out of sports and the bundesliga blockbuster clash this weekend byron munich beat the rooster dortmund five zero to go to the top of the table as the dust settles on the most important game in germany for years mark meadows from v.w. sports joins us to tell us what it all means we were hoping mark for a bit of a classic but it kind of ended by iran have time. i mean by and basically destroyed dortmund it was for a little time so that tells the story i mean we've been building over this massive game and i'm afraid bruce you don't just didn't turn up for the football fans out there who haven't seen the best of the action yet it is. maka royce knew the stats as well as anyone ahead of this potential title decider dortmund haven't won in munich for

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and of course president paul kagame it will also address. as well as the rest of the world that is speak for thousands of london's will be heading to a more and national stadium that's where they'll be watching a reenactment by actors of the events be fool and after the genocide and the night is supposed to end on a night vigil lighting up the entire stadium to remember those who died during on the stock is down right melanie corrigible in thank you it's to greece now way proteus between migrants and me on the border with macedonia turned violent on saturday around two thousand migrants started demonstrating on the border three days to be let across false reports on line state restrictions on travel travel in europe have been lifted. thank you for a third day at the greek border with north macedonia rumors of an open border spread on social media and thousands of asylum seekers came. to live was your look your view of america and around america well the credit card was right the families are often from syria arriving in greece in two thousan

killing of eight hundred thousand people take a look at the life picture right now from the president paul kagame a had led a walk and remember and of the victims of the one nine hundred ninety four genocide of the national stadium in kigali a vigil is being held there some of the tutsis targeted in the killings round to the stadium when they came under attack by hutu militia and during a ceremony at the genocide memorial to gummy praised for reuniting after the massacre. is a hawk. our. law community is beyond repair and the dignity of the people is never fully extinguished and your simmons has more from can golly poor garma is positive turning his message to rwandans was followed up with this he said every day we learn to forgive and.

paul kagame is positive turning his message to rwandans was followed up with this he said every day welearn to forgive and not forget forgiveness being a key part of these commemorations he also referred to the population in that sixty percent of the rwanda population was born after the genocide so there is opposed genocide generation and much effort being made to address so many of the problems in integration trying to integrate so many killers and rapists amongst the population now the justice system could just get such a courts that actually went through nearly two million cases and programs such as integrating the attackers and the victims in. similar locations as others in terms of communities together trying to get all this is a is not just an act of remembrance right now it's a real aside from a healing process it's a look to the future and as the president said a real form of hope. a better campaign israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. rhetoric. i'm currently in indonesia. children who grow up here face an uncertain future but one school is trying to change that.

paul kagame is positive turning his message to rwandans was followed up with this he said every day welearn to forgive and not forget forgiveness being a key part of these commemorations he also referred to the population in that it sixty percent of the rwanda population now was born after the genocide so there is opposed genocide generation and much effort being made to address so many of the problems in integration trying to integrate so many killers and rapists amongst the population now the justice system could just get checked the courts that actually went through nearly two million cases and programs such as integrating the attackers and the victims in actual similar locations as others in terms of communities together trying to get all this is a act is not just an act of remembrance right now it's a real aside from a healing process it's a look to the future and as the president said a real form of hope. turkey has criticized israel's prime minister over an election promise to annex illegal israeli settlements in the occupied west bank on saturday netanyahu said he would extend

should president paul kagame will light a remembrance flame in the country's capital city to mark the in 100 days. president paul kagame will light a remembrance flame at the kigali genocide memorial to mark the start of a week of commemorations and a hundred days of national mourning. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has said he will annexjewish settlements in the occupied west bank if he is re—elected. israelis go to the polls on tuesday and mr netanyahu is competing for votes with right—wing parties who support annexing part of the west bank. the settlements are illegal under international law, though israel disputes this. kensington palace has disclosed that prince william has spent the last three weeks working with britain's security intelligence services. he described his experiences at m15, mi6, and gchq as "humbling", and said he'd gained an appreciation of the difficult and dangerous work being done on the country's behalf. nick west originally had 9,300 cans, —— being done on the country's behalf. a man who spent more than a0 years collecting beer cans has had to ca

president paul kagame he arrived first to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the genocide that killed nearly a million people wolf here from our correspondent at the memorial also coming up. a controversial campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells israel.

paul kagame a new president of rwanda at the end of the london patriotic front to include tiny the rebel army and in the one nine hundred ninety four genocide wasn't when little in the router's it was and when it was given me to reinforce it because of the new news but does that mean he was not floating in a group. controversial leader whose success is beyond question. time. wanted tragedy starts people fish on t w. this is the news live from berlin turkey's president suffers a blow in local elections the opposition is celebrating as it gains control of the capital ankara the commercial capital istanbul looks set to follow what does this all mean for president care to want and the future of the country we'll get the latest also coming up. it's no laughing matter.

president paul kagame iraq's first ceremony to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the genocide that killed nearly a million people here from our correspondent at that memorial also coming up. a controversial campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells voters israel will annex west bank settlements if they return him to office in next week's election.

president paul kagame may began the commemorations by lighting a flame at the genocide memorial where the two hundred fifty thousand of the victims are believed to be buried at the sites the. for all rwanda story is profound hope. local community. is beyond repair. and the dignity of the people is never for it extinguished. so while today is mostly about honoring the many who were killed it's also a time to reflect and stories of survival include investment he was just a child when the killings began in one thousand nine hundred ninety four. a marine named didn't is a. thirty four year old. genocide and genocide a survivor. i was in the.

rwanda reflects on its darkest chapter president paul kagame he joins his ceremony to mark the twenty fifth anniversary of the genocide that chilled nearly a million people we'll hear from our correspondent at that for more.

go only to improve what he knows that for that to happen france must face its past one president paul kagame a has rarely had patience for french politicians but last year in paris he praised mackerels approach but not everyone is convinced that things will change this historian curated an exhibition on the job. aside paresis show a memorial she questions what will come out of michael's commission that counts. in these two are the plans are exclusive not my fear is it will be history written from an exclusively french point of view we know a lot about france's role alongside this criminal regime but the facts and nothing that could be much more emphasis on sarkozy's comments about aras it could be seen as an act of courage if we could probably face one of the darkest chapters in france is history the commission's research will be revealed in two years if it finds that france played a role in the genocide it may anger those who believe the past shouldn't tanishq france's image today but it could also send a message to kigali that paris is ready for honest reconciliation with sasha butler al-j

paul kagame a president of rwanda. and of the rwandan patriotic front in co tanya the rebel army and of the nine hundred ninety four genocide wasn't when total in the rooms there wasn't when to ask of you in need to reinforce to them close and i need these blood draws up and he was not putting in a. controversial leader who successors beyond question. time called. and wanted tragedy starts april fifth on t w. i think that's actually want to question you should cost kingfish do you see remarkably complacent about the fact that the most powerful country on the you sent it home seemed dead what do you think is complacency the international criminal court set up to try the worst crimes on the planet as a new enemy in washington the trumpet ministration was accused of having no legitimacy and says it wants it to die my guess this week here in the hague is chilling sujit who is me president of the i.c.c. how can he defend a court.

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marking the anniversary, the rwandan president paul kagame lit a flame of remembrance.rwandan genocide are living in the uk. in spite of all the evidence being available here already in the united kingdom, the metropolitan police had indicated it could take a further ten years to process. mr speaker, the souls of those murdered in the genocide cry out for justice, but from britain, justice has, at the least, been delayed, and at the worst, denied. there is a live police investigation into a number of individuals for potential war crimes. my right honourable friend will also understand that as it is a live police investigation, there is no more i can say to this particular matter. new zealand's parliament has voted to ban all types of semi—automatic weapons and assault rifles following the christchurch attacks. the gun reform bill passed by 119 votes to one. the country's prime minister, jacinda ardern, announced changes to the law after 50 people were killed by a suspected lone gunman at two mosques in christchurch. i have to reflect, mr speaker, when i visited the hosp