they said they hoped justice would be done at ratko mladic's trial. he says the charges against him are monstrous and other noxiouoa malicio. opinions of him remain divided. these students applauded him. >> there were crimes on all sides. >> let's speak to our correspondent, peter, who is that the court in the hague. let's be clear about this. this is the start of what could be a very long process. >> yes, there is an expectation that the trial could last two or three years. earlier charles that have been protracted -- earlier trials have been protracted. >> there are people still in and serbia to see him as a hero. we've also seen that there are protesters outside the court today from the other side. this still has the capacity to divide the people. >> it is still divisive after 20 years. the people who come here, the victims and survivors of the bosnian conflict, those memories are still quite russia what happened in 1992. it is quite clear the prosecution is trying to show in the case against ratko mladic -- they want to show the extent to which he

ratko mladic was at the heart. the prosecutor said he was also responsible for the 44 month siege of sarajevo. snipers kept the people in his state of terror. the shelling was in discriminant. the court heard a recording from 1994 ratko mladic boasting. at this point, the general appeared to suppress a laugh. there was no planning to the gallery this time. we can expect a vigorous defense of his own actions and of the honor of the serbs. >> for more on the significance of today's trial, i was joined from new york by a foreign affairs columnist for reuters. he won the pulitzer prize for is reporting -- for his reporting. thank you, thank you for joining me. >> this is a very important trial. i was in bosnia last month and i was astonished at the continued denial from average serbs about what happened during the war. there are 5000 victims buried there. they're still identifying the bodies. local serbs insist that it did not happen. they see ratko mladic as a pawn of an international conspiracy. >> when you returned

ratko mladic with his allege do so role in the srebrenica massacre. and the blind act cyst chen guangcheng the tells the bbc he's brian promised a passport within a few weeks. and facebook set the price for the biggest-ever share sale, but is it worth it? and why it's never too old to give. we have the story of an 83-year-old man who offered his kidney for donation. >> hello. greece's new care taking government has been sworn in and will trun elections for a month's time. the administration has done little if anything to calm concerns about the debt. let's get a full picture of what's happening earlier. i spoke to richard gal pin in athens and in madrid where we're expecting a bond auction. >> to deep government tipping over, but it's to basically prepare for holding elections on june 17. but of course, you know, this is a very critical time, and greece is falling behind on its commitment in the bailout agreement with the european union and i.m.f. so critical decisions are not being taken. a lot of things have been suspended, because there's now a muc

also in the program -- the ratko mladic trial has adjourned just one day after it began. the judge said prosecutors may errors in disclosing evidence. it will be vigil today. london becomes the official torchbearer. >> it is midday in london, 7:00 a.m. in washington, and 1:00 in the afternoon and athens, where a caretaker government has been sworn in. it is made up of a judge, a soldier, and several leading academics. the politicians will be on the campaign trail again. on june 17, the greek people will have to choose between politicians ready to tear up the eurozone bailout deal, and those who say they will stick to it. the outcome could have far reaching consequences way beyond the borders of greece. >> [speaking foreign language] >> standing together to try to steady the greek ship as the greek people get ready to elect a new government. it will be a difficult few weeks for them and a period of uncertainty for the markets. >> [speaking foreign language] >> prayers were offered up, and probably just not in greece for this group of technocrats. the university professors,

we also saw a sorrow cutting gesture by ratko mladic. this session was briefly interrupted. all-in-all, you can say he stuck to the protocol. very different behavior to last year. >> all right, thank you for that report. >> coming up after the break, we will have more on the men and as the butcher of bosnia. >> including a look at how people in sbrebrenica are still living with the nightmares created by mladic. germany has signaled its ongoing commitment to afghanistan by pledging millions of euros in military aid to the country. >> it is meant to support afghan security forces after the withdrawal of international troops in 2014. the deal was signed here in berlin during a visit by afghan president hamid karzai. >> karzai's visit focused on the future of afghanistan after international troops withdraw in 2014. the agreement signed by the afghan president and chancellor merkel provides for continuing country. merkel called the accord a milestone that would cement the german-afghan relations for years to come. >> we want to help afghanistan helping itself. of course we hope t

ratko mladic was at its head. the prosecutor said he was also responsible for the siege of sarajevo. snipers kept the people in a state of permanent terror. the shelling was indiscriminate. the court had a recording from 1994 of mladic boasting -- whenever i come to sarajevo, i kick the out of the turks. at this point, he appeared to suppress a laugh. but there was no playing to the gallery this time, no disruptions. we can expect, when it comes, a vigorous defense of his own actions and, no doubt, of the honor he ceded to the serbs themselves. >> the former president of liberia, charles taylor, has told an international court that the victim would not testify against him. the claims that witnesses were threatened and bribed to testify for the prosecution. protesters in chile have called for the government to drop taxes. the government insists it will not give in and will raise up to $700 million in revenue. two patients in the united states who are paralyzed are able to control a robotic arm using their thoughts.

ratko mladic was at its heart. the prosecutor said he was responsible for the 44-month siege of sarajevo. snipers kept the people in a state of determinant terror -- permanent terror. the shelling was indiscriminate. >> shelf after shelf after shelf -- shell after shell after shell, not aimed at identifiable, military targets, but scattered across the city in bombardments designed to cause panic and terror. >> by the time the forces cavern -- captured --, they were well rehearsed in the craft of murder. they killed 7000. mladic insists that he was defending the serbian people. >> for more on the importance of today's trout, i am joined by a foreign affairs -- today's trial, i am joined by a foreign affairs correspondent who won the. surprise -- who won the pulitzer prize for his coverage. >> this is a very important trial. i was in bosnia last month. i was astonished at the continued denial from average bosnian-serbs about what happened during the war. there are 5000 victims buried there. are still identifying bodi

it has taken two decades to get ratko mladic to trial but after one day, the judge suspended proceedingse prosecution failed to give evidence to the defense team. this came after a tense day in court which focused on the srebrenica massacre in which 8000 men and boys were killed allegedly on the orders of ratko mladic. >> he came to court knowing that today would be devoted to the most victorious massacre of the entire war, the killing of 7000 men and boys in srebrenica in four days in 1995. >> this was and will remain genocide. "he listened with the reaction as the prosecutor -- >> he listened with no reaction as a prosecutor said that the fact of the crime was never in doubt. the srebrenica enclave had been surrounded and bombarded fourth three years. by 1995, 40,000 people had been crowded into the town. serb forces overran the enclave. 25,000 women and children were forcibly expelled. 7000 muslim men and boys were rounded up. here, and military cameraman records a man being ordered by his captives to shout into the hills, calling on his son to turn himself in. he did. he and his fath

. >> woodruff: then, we examine the case against former bosnian general ratko mladic as he faces charges of genocide and ethnic cleansing at the u.n. court in the hague. >> brown: from our "american graduate" series, ray suarez has the story of an eighth grader who turns to journalism to tackle violence in his middle school. >> if i didn't have a camera i would probably be led up with the wrong people and doing the wrong stuff and i wouldn't >> woodruff: margaret warner explores the dramatic results of a new study showing paralyzed patients moving their robotic arms just by thinking. >> brown: we update the trial of john edwards, as the defense rests its case without calling the former presidential candidate or his mistress to testify. >> woodruff: and we remember mexican writer carlos fuentes, whose prolific literary career spanned more than five decades. that's all ahead on tonight's "newshour." major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public

former serb former bosnian serb general ratko melodic faces the hague court he's accused of war crimes during the yugoslav war in the one nine hundred ninety s. . up next we hear from rod com a lot of his son darko to find out why some serbs still regard the former general as a hero stay with us. dark beach sun over serbian military leader accused of war crimes in the former yugoslavia thank you very much for your time and for being with us today thank you so your father of. seventy as of now you more than once stated that he is in poor health we know that former serbian president slobodan milosevic died while being tried by the international criminal criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia in the hague will your father be able to stand there tribunals proceedings i cannot comment. a lot about this my father of course has some. issues regarding his health we are already quite certain about that and especially. based on the turban or. we're going to read the works of man hours we feel is the need for help. since he is not only seventy years old the but has some medical concerns of c

the bosnian former bosnian serb general ratko mladic is facing war crimes. and greece and france pledge to work together to solve the euro crisis. >> coming up in sports in half an hour's time. roy sets one out for the england squad. will there be a place for the former captain rio ferdinand? >> i can honestly say i made a mistake, but at the end of the day, i think it's wrong for anyone to call me a cheat. >> in his first tv interview since his failed drug test came to light, he tells the bbc he made a mistake and david beckham reveals his love of indicators on his recent -- love of carrots on his recent trip to the white house. >> breivik continues in oslo today. he's arrived in court. four are giving their accounts of what happened at the hands of breivik at the youth camp. a search party has found parts of the black box from a russian aircraft that killed all 45 people on board. they were on a flight with potential buyers and journalists on the flight when they lost communication with them. >> indonesia special forces showing off their discovery. they ha

and as the war crimes tribunal in the hague takes up the case of former bosnian serb general ratko blot age we ask his son why the defense doesn't think the trials impartial. two pm in moscow i match reza good to have you with us here on r t our top story it's a tough road ahead for france and germany as newly elected president francois hollande and chancellor angela merkel pledged to work together to fight the crisis but they don't exactly see eye to eye on how to do it with opposing views on belt tightening and how to punish overspenders parties peter all over has more from berlin. well there was no real political bombshells dropped at the meeting between francois hollande and angle of merkel but there was also no attempt to cover up that they too don't see eye to eye on every issue. emphasized his belief that the impetus for growth is needed in the. remains committed that austerity is the only way if the eurozone is to drag its way out of the current mire it finds itself in now on the subject of the fiscal treaty francois hollande was relatively noncommittal however he did say that h

and the former bosnian serb general ratko while there is to face the hague court has accused only war crimes during the yugoslavia war in the ninety nine and. more news in just fifteen minutes first it's the sport with paul. hello welcome along with the world of school was coming up. timely bush feels he received some positive news is down the easy gary cahill would turn to training at this weekend's champions league final with blind new. truck after missing the madrid masters with a back injury while number four on the marring returns to winning ways with a heart for victory over david nalbandian in running. five champion alexander less on russia's stall pentathlete full time high off the climbing five gold medals at the world championships in italy. before us chelsea have been given an injury boost ahead of this weekend's champions league final with bon munich defenders gary cahill and luis have returned to training off to both recovered from one string problems they were easy to beat out of action for exactly a month while cahill missed the final five matches of the season did you

its future in the euro is more in the balance than a week trial starts a former bosnian serb general ratko melodic for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity prosecutor same wattage led an ethnic cleansing campaign during the yugoslav war in the one nine hundred ninety s. . changing children who are taught to hate a school in israel stands out in class by teaching jewish and arab kids both sides of the story but it's a tough battle to surmount generations of stereotypes that have previously filled the textbooks. up next to a portrait of an american jewish academic and political firebrand who sees himself as a beacon of moral truth in the israeli palestine conflict that's coming up next. you know the famous joke. a journalist goes around them asks a russian of oh and it's really the same question he first goes to the russian excuse me what's your opinion of the meat shortage the russian says what's in the pinion. the reporter then goes to the pope excuse me what's your opinion of the meat shortage the pogos what meat. you gave goes to the israeli excuse me what's your opinion of the m

trial starts of a former bosnian serb general ratko mulattoes for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity prosecutors say a lot of lead in the ethnic cleansing campaign during the yugoslavia war in the ninety's. and a lot of his son darko has been talking with r t he explains why some in his homeland regard his father as a hero stay with us. live each son of radical nazis serbian military leader accused of war crimes at the former yugoslavia thank you very much for your time and for being with us today. thank you now your father. seventy as of now you more than once stated that he's in poor health when i know that former serbian president slobodan milosevic died while being tried by the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia in the hague will your father be able to stand the tribunals proceedings i cannot comment. a lot about abuse my father of course has some. issues sort of guarding his health we are already quite certain about the and especially. the some of the. we're going to hear read the works of man your own as we feel a bit. further even to judge his h

the trial of former bosnian serb military commander ratko mulatto has been suspended indefinitely becauseof significant disclosure errors prosecutors failed to share all their evidence with the defense team which is demanding a six month delay wattage faces multiple charges from the one nine hundred ninety s. yugoslavia war including the srebrenica massacre of more than seven thousand muslim men and boys and this area which killed ten thousand civilians. north korea has detained three chinese fishing boats with twenty nine fishermen aboard and demanding payment for their release they were seized over a week ago by a korean gunboat in the yellow sea border area but there is no word yet from pyongyang china and north korea are major allies but the north is deeply reactive to what it sees as territorial infringements. kitty belbin joins us now with all that is so katie's been a bad day for the russian market so far has anything started looking better you know it rated film out we're now thing fell off when now but a two year low the russian markets are continuing to take a hit and the great

of europe's most wanted bosnian serb war crimes suspects belgrade handed over rather than general ratko to international prosecutors and the hague and move criticized by many serbs that it was slightly ahead of his rival in the first round of voting two weeks ago facing accusations of forward by supporters of the. fuels fears of post-election violence. thousands of cambodians have gathered in the capital to commemorate the victims of the camero rouge regime some two million people died during the party's brutal four year rule most notorious was the use of so-called killing fields where thousands were tortured and executed. clashes between israeli forces and palestinian demonstrators erupted during the annual knock or catastrophe day march in the west bank the rally remembers the hundreds of thousands displaced after the creation of the state of israel in one thousand forty eight well arty's has met the story of one woman who survived another war and kept it secret during the decades of the israeli palestinian conflict. for seven decades hid her secret only now has this muslim mother of

former bosnian serb general ratko melodic standing trial at the international hague tribunal he's charged with genocide during the yugoslav war in the one nine hundred ninety s. among the alleged crimes or the massacre in the town of srebrenica where eight thousand muslims were slaughtered and the deaths of more than ten thousand civilians during the siege of sarajevo the sixty nine year old was arrested by serb forces near belgrade last year his defense lawyers had asked for the trial to be postponed saying the prosecution failed to provide evidence on time they also accuse the judge of bias why did she is viewed as a national hero by some serbs and interview with r t his son darko told us why. proud of his role in the war not because i think that he's guilty of anything but because i think and know that he was doing his job to support and primarily objective all. our side was to protect our people from. being exposed to genocide and again. i think that the only point of support of my father and as is the media into so many people this saying there isn't for me is a. terrible attack on t

the trial of former bosnian serb military commander ratko melodic has been suspended indefinitely because of significant disclosure errors prosecutors failed to share all their evidence with the defense team which is demanding a six month delay lot it faces multiple charges stemming from the one nine hundred ninety s. yugoslavia war including the srebrenica massacre of more than seven thousand muslim men and boys and the siege of sarajevo which killed ten thousand civilians. north korea's detained three chinese fishing. with twenty nine crewmen aboard and demanding payment for their release they were seized more than a week ago by a korean gunboat at the yellow sea border area no word yet from pyongyang china and north korea are strong allies but the north is deeply reactive to what it sees as territorial infringements. thousands of mexicans are packing for home after finding less opportunity than they'd expected in the united states discovering a fragile economy in a weak job market many illegal immigrants are headed back south of the border reversing a decade long trend artie's medina c

trial of former bosnian military commander ratko bloody has been suspended indefinitely because of significant disclosure is prosecutors failed to share their evidence with the defense team which is demanding a six month delay that it faces multiple charges from the one nine hundred ninety s. yugoslavia war including the srebrenica massacre of over seven thousand was lamentable ways and the siege of sarajevo which killed ten thousand civilians. a gay pride march in georgia has ended in clashes with members of the country's church based union of all the dogs parents around twenty people rallied through want to tbilisi's main streets marking the international day against homophobia trouble flared though when the church group members crossed their path as no report of casualties or no reports on the casualties rather on either side. a little salt has been handed to britain during a ceremony in athens it's been a weeklong really across greece since being lit in a limb here the birthplace of the ancient games there it is the flame will be flown to the u.k. on friday accompanied by football star dav

joining me in germany in a few moments for the latest in the trial starts a former bosnian serb general ratko mulattoes for alleged genocide and war crimes but back home in serbia some still see him as their defender. changing the children who are taught to hate how a school in israel standing out in class by teaching jewish and arab kids both sides of the story. five pm in moscow. good to have you with us here on r.t. our top story our month of uncertainty lying ahead for europe with greece facing another election june seventeenth that could decide its euro fate markets and banks already on edge as athens runs out of cash while patience runs out over cuts but france's new president francois hollande and germany's chancellor angela merkel are pledging to help greece stay in the euro for more we've got our teams peter all over in berlin. what we're seeing though at the moment is the new french president francois hollande and german chancellor angela merkel have both vow to put their political differences behind them and try and work to sort out the problems in the eurozone namely those problem

ratko mladic is accused of orchestrating a horrific campaign of ethnic cleansing... during the civil war that ripped apart yugoslavia in the early 90's. in court today ... he appeared to threaten victims in open court.... drawing a hand across his neck as if cutting a throat. 8-thousand unarmed muslim men and boys were slaughtered in 1995 in the former yugoslavia. greece will have to hold new elections next month. the next round of voting will take place on june 17th. the last election that was held ten day ago... didn't produce a clear winner. voters punished politicians at the polls... angry about tough budget cuts. a so-called caretaker administration will run the country until the new election. facebook to offer more shares during its initial ipo. the days top business stories next. and later in the medical watch too much sugar wont just make you fat.. it will also make you dumb. the findings of a new study. and later, we are making an italian-style flat bread sandwich in lunchbreak. i've worked hard to build my family. and also to build my career. so i'm not abo

last week i was sitting in a trial of ratko mladic, the bosnian war criminal accused of the biggest massughter since world war ii, killing of 7,000 muslim men and boys. today we know what's happening. we have the images. there is this sectarian split that's happening. there is a cleansing of people from neighborhoods where assad doesn't want them anymore. >> the frustration, the resentment that you hear from syrians about -- about this is incredible. i had a guy in a refugee camp come up to me. he said where are you from? i said i'm american. he said tell your president shame on him. his election is not more important than the slaughter that's happening inside syria. >> 20 years later at the hague, the women who lost their husbands, the 7,000 who died, when we asked them, isn't it good that mladic is on trial? isn't that good? the answer comes back every time, no, you should have stepped in at the time and stopped this slaughter. >> i remember year two or year three of the war in sarajevo, you'd go there as a reporter, and people would -- you know, the first year of the war, people wante

last week i was sitting in a trial of ratko mladic, the bosnian war criminal accused of the biggest masslaughter since world war ii, killing of 7,000 muslim men and boys. there was laid out almost 20 years after his crimes ethnic cleansing as the government -- the government that bosnia dictated it should be and implemented when for three years the world closed its eyes and it knew what was happening from the satellite imagery and it was getting the pictures from the ground. and i sat there in that courtroom thinking this is what's happening in syria. today we know what's happening. we have the images. there is this sectarian split that's happening. there is a cleansing of people from neighborhoods where assad doesn't want them anymore. and it's -- one day we're going to -- one day he may end up in the hague in the court himself. and how many -- i wondered to myself how many tens of thousands of people will die before we reach that point. >> well, also, you know, the world cannot say that we didn't know what was happening in syria. some people said that in rwanda, well, we just didn't kn

in the netherlands, an international tribunal suspended the war crimes trial of ratko mladic, the bosnianerb army commander, a day after it began. the judges said prosecutors made significant errors in failing to disclose evidence to the defense. mladic faces 11 charges of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes tied to the bosnian civil war in the 1990s. prosecutors in florida have released evidence showing trayvon martin had marijuana in his urine and blood when he was killed. that finding comes from the autopsy on the teenager. he was shot to death in february by george zimmerman, a neighborhood watch volunteer. zimmerman is charged with second degree murder but claims he acted in self-defense. prosecutors also released a photo today taken after the confrontation showing zimmerman with a bloody nose. those are some of the day's major stories. now back to jeff. >> brown: and we turn to our newsmaker interview with treasury secretary timothy geithner, now the longest- serving member of president obama's economic team. i met up with him this morning in baltimore as the secretary

last week i was sitting in a trial of ratko mladic, the bosnian war criminal accused of the biggest mass0 muslim men and boys. there was laid out almost 20 years after his crimes ethnic cleansing as the government -- the government that bosnia dictated it should be and implemented when for three years the world closed its eyes and it knew what was happening from the satellite imagery and it was getting the pictures from the ground. and i sat there in that courtroom thinking this is what's happening in syria. today we know what's happening. we have the images. there is this sectarian split that's happening. there is a cleansing of people from neighborhoods where assad doesn't want them anymore. and it's -- one day we're going to -- one day he may end up in the hague in the court himself. and how many -- i wondered to myself how many tens of thousands of people will die before we reach that point. >> well, also, you know, the world cannot say that we didn't know what was happening in syria. some people said that in rwanda, well, we just didn't know the details of it or cambodia. we've all

. >>> the long awaited war crimes tribunal of ratko mladic is now underway at the hague. counts of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity accused of leading a campaign of ethnic cleansing during that bloody civil war that tore apart yugoslavia in the 1990s. >>> he's serving up to 33 years in a nevada prison but o.j. simpson's new attorney says he was a victim of poor legal representation asking for him to be released and granted a new trial. simpson was convicted back in 2008 on charges of kidnapping and armed robbery in a case involving memorabilia dealers. >>> researchers hope a new way of looking at alzheimer's disease will help find a way to prevent it. officials announcing a major study to test an experimental drug on patients long before they exhibit any signs of dementia. the obama administration says the goal is to wipe out alzheimer's by 2025. more than 5 million americans suffer from the disease. >>> the toronto blue jays' lowry called at unlucky bounce. after striking out in the ninth inning, a furious lowry slammed his batting helmet to the bound and

former general ratko ma laddic is charged with war crimes. they say he personally over jaw the massacre of 8,000 muslim men and boys in one city. >>> defense attorneys in the john edwards' attorney rested their case just two days after they started. closing arguments are set to begin tomorrow. the jury is expected to get the case on friday. edwards didn't take the stand, neither did his former mystery rielle hunter. we'll have a live report in a few moments, but first joe johns takes a look at how edwards went from rising politician to a guy who could face decades behind bars. >> reporter: john edwards, the politician, remember him? >> we have much work to do because the truth is we still live in a country where there are two different americas. >> reporter: but as it turned out, mr. two americas here had two very different faces himself, and one of them wasn't very pretty. people close to him said it was the face of betrayal, betrayal of the people closest to him, his late wife elizabeth, his supporters, staffers, contributors. granded, edwa