saddam hussein i think we have some video of that. of that meeting tell me what was going on during this is what did you get this video from the iraqi television is on the iraqi television when did they give it to you recently are we back then we dug this out of the c.n.n. library i see. isn't that interesting there i am. our war on terror. begins with al qaida. but it does not in. this very phrase war on terror is irrational it's like saying. a war on role a war on violence alone that it's known since he's stepping into this possibility of country picture a wall. and already a little it kept reassuring us and we kept believing him because you don't want to think your prime minister is deceiving you in the route too long as nothing was serious. when the serious fraud office launched its investigation into all the crimes that we were covering it turned out that many of these arms deals had been forced through by tony blair personally he said 30 k. saddam salesman which ever there was a dispute ever in government he always found that. t

bush called on the kurds to rise up against the dictator, saddam hussein. they rose up.ounterattacked with helicopter gunships, we left them to be slaughtered. >> reporter: it was another betrayal. but the kurds didn't give up on the u.s. >> american and coalition forces are in the early stages of military operations. >> reporter: in 2003, president george w. bush set out to do what his father had been afraid of, to go to baghdad and get rid of saddam hussein for good. the kurds welcomed american troops in iraq as liberators. it was the beginning of a partnership that would continue for a decade and prove to be critical to u.s. interests in the middle east. the alliance would become essential when the united states called on the kurds to tackle a new threat. isis. the most brutal terrorist group the world had ever faced. by 2014, the islamic extremists were carving out a murderous state in the middle east. they called it the caliphate. and no one seemed able to stop them. but that all changed in a little kurdish town called kobani. isis fighters attacked kobani with ever

does a direct reference to the united states because the united states and saddam's baath party are an ally and now open alliance. representatives of the baath party abroad and so on are boasting of their new alliance with the united states to kick out what they call it or a me an occupation of iraq so his reference to the return of the dictatorship is directly related to that official endorsement of an alliance between the united states and saddam as bad as in iraq but they can't surely be blamed for hundreds of people being killed in the past few weeks as much reporting here maybe over $400.00 people and it's the united states saying that investigations need to be done into the use of excessive force by the iraqi authorities for being if that the u.s. is helping the killing there is legit to. it. and anger amongst the people in iraq against a corrupt state against the brutal killing of demonstrators so there is a side to these demonstrations a very important side that people are angry with corruption with lack of public services some of which this is not only caused by the successive

back to saddam hussein days what is going on in iraq he does actually and his entire fine intervention last week on friday was very critical critical to the events in general because he is or highs in mare's as the one authority that commands respect in the streets of baghdad in the south and his intervention was quite strong. that. taishan you made is a direct reference to the united states because the united states and saddam's baath party out an ally and open alliance official representatives of the baath party abroad and so on are boasting of their new alliance with the united states to kick out what they call it or a me an occupation of iraq so his reference to the return of the dictatorship is directly related to that official endorsement of an alliance between the united states and saddam is about as in iraq but they can't surely be blamed for hundreds of people being killed in the past few weeks as much reporting here maybe over 400 people and it's the united states that is saying that investigations need to be done into the use of excessive force by the iraqi authorities for b

now the corruption trial of saddam's deposed president has ended in a guilty verdict i'm al bashir was sentenced to 2 years for illegally possessing and smuggling foreign currency the judge said the 75 year old will set out his sentence in a reform center because of his age but as you can see there the courtroom in the capital khartoum descended into chaos when the verdict was read out loud as have a morgan is in khartoum and she says the judge on the case went out of his way to make a particular point. well the judge 1st of all outlined the charges against him and the actions that will be taken once those verdicts are issued if he's found guilty he did indeed issue a guilty verdict against president obama to be sure but before issuing that verdict he mentioned. that that is the name of a young man who was charged for illegal possession of foreign currency in 1989 by bush or his government when he came to power now upon mentioning him in. to which she was defense team accused the judge of being biased and a basically leaning towards the forces of freedom and change for mission that is

the war that saddam and his saudi arabian allies had hoped to end within a few days would last for 80 years and cost more than a $1000000.00 lives. and it established ayatollah khamenei as the ruler of iran and the supreme leader of shia islam. it's now almost a year since a conservative party was returned to power and i became prime minister. the time has come i think if you only to ask ourselves one of 2 important questions we didn't promise you instant sunshine. we pointed out over and over again that the nation come to accelerate doubt little for years and then jam the brakes on i'm afraid some things will get worse before they get better one year after their election such as radical reforms we're not yet producing the expected results her political future has seemed and sasan. by the end of 981 she faced a fresh challenge from the new leader of the argentinian military regime diverting is people's attention from the country's economic hardships in april 982 poto yards hearing reclaimed the falkland islands by fools as part of argentina's national territory yeah yeah but the natio

also coming up: it a turninging point for saddam. 29 members are sentenced to death h for tortrturing k kg a protester. .ustralia's bushfires worsen people are told to live their homes.

and saddam is actually very a blunt i mean you get saddam practically everywhere from sea world there are from seoul to mines. the sodium batteries are built in these chambers where there's 0 humidity even the tiniest amount of moisture would damage the batteries. the new devices are wired up to be continuously charged and discharged and they have another surprising advantage. for sudden. what we can use that should be a kind of low cost carrier which is called our carbon and this can be produced by simply by you always like to have boats for example of what can be defined. by those all the bio was materials he notes show i would say work in the. apple peel is of particular interest to the scientists because it contains a large amount of carbon which is a good conductor of electricity they just need to remove the water from the peel to prepare it for the battery. here the anode the negative and still contains graphite in a very pure form that's very expensive. but the researchers think it could easily be replaced by bio waste. they still don't know exactly what happens inside the batt

islamists like what the west did in afghanistan and what they did in iraq for a while to get rid of saddam hussein and then when the game changes they go ok now we stop supporting islam ists and we will manage the crisis in a different way we support an army general or it's a game that has been perfected in the war rooms of the western imperialist centers and they do it almost like. second nature now libya has been under attack of the west for 8 years it's supposed to be a democracy now have become tree held and saved by the west look at libya now killing. civil conflict tribal war murder terrorism rubbing off national wealth what does that remind you that remind you of iraq syria afghanistan yemen it's the same story had billing every time and some people still don't see it for me this is absurd the truth is out there and it really pains me that people choose their hatred against someone like me or saddam hussein. over the truth over what is had been every single day for years and years and years but why is it taken you show a lot and they'll talk to the media since the death of gadhafi w

is out there and it really pains me that people sure there are hatred against someone like me or saddam hussein. over the truth over what is had been every single day for years and years and years but was it taken you show a lot and they'll talk to the media since the death of gadhafi well after the collapse of the country as leaders of the political military unconscious resistance against the western project in libya we have been politically persecuted continuous attempts to silence us and to marginalize our spirit did you survive even because there are reports that you were captured. loads of reports. look there were $211.00 generator it will. be true to me is no no i mean we have always been in the middle in the heart of it. but we have been working underground inside libya and outside libya with many thousands of our leaders from all contexts and we have been leading the alternative for libya and we have been talking to our people our tribes our cities and we have been very successful only recently in the last year or 2 the political scene have changed positively namely the whole co

after eight months on the run, saddam hussein has been tracked down saddam hussein is finished because. the signatures took only a few minutes, but they have brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton in his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc world news. the latest headlines: borisjohnson says he hopes his election victory will bring closure to the brexit debate. his party won an 80—seat majority. a committee in the us congress approves two charges against donald trump, clearing the way for the house to vote on the president's impeachment next week. let's get more on events in wash

saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children.l end to 3.5 years of conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news. the latest headlines: climate talks in madrid have been further extended because of disagreements between delegates. there are concerns that commitments on cutting carbon emissions are not ambitious enough. boris johnson on cutting carbon emissions are not ambitious enough. borisjohnson has made a symbolic trip to the north of england to promise labour supporters who voted for him that he would repay their tru

saddam hussein is finished because he killed our people, our women, our children. they brought a formal end to 3.5 years of conflict that has claimed more than 200,000 lives. before an audience of world leaders, the presidents of bosnia, serbia and croatia put their names to the peace agreement. the romanian border was sealed and silent today. romania has cut itself off from the outside world in order to prevent the details of the presumed massacre in timisoara from leaking out. from sex at the white house to a trial for his political life, the lewinsky affair tonight guaranteed bill clinton his place in history as only the second president ever to be impeached. this is bbc news, the latest headlines: critics have attacked a compromise deal on tackling climate change. they say the un summit in madrid failed the people and the planet. violence in the indian capital, delhi, as protestors say a new citizenship law discriminates against muslims. here in the uk, the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, and the shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, have apologised for the party's

they've been through a lot in recent decades but during saddam hussein's reign and often times. and now they've got their freedom it's only natural that they have some adjustment to moderates. any newly appointed iraqi government should be meeting the demands of the iraqi people who have been working on resolving their issues with us. where they are into cations that iraq's parliament has candidates for prime minister mr mohammed al sistani seems to be one of them we don't know yet whether he'll win a vote of confidence in parliament delete the government however there is evidence that now it's a monster the iraqi people will finally be respected. this will happen once a rock has a new government is wise in which. a government that focuses in iraq's national interests acts according to people's expectations and responds to their legitimate demands. you do that it was only supposed to run support. you just mentioned. this well we don't support any candidates for prime minister in iraq we will only support. we don't have a particular opinion regarding any of the existing candidate

you were meeting with saddam hussein i think we have some video of that. of that meeting tell me what was going on during this is what did you get this video from the iraqi television is on the wacky television when did they give it to you recently are we back then we dug this out of the c.n.n. library i see isn't that interesting. there i am. our war on terror. begins with al qaida. but it does not in. this very phrase war on terror is a rational line saying. a war on more. when the serious fraud office launched an investigation into all the crimes that we were covering it turned out that many of these arms deals have been forced through by tony blair personally he said there's a case you don't send me. once you start a war. you open a kind of pandora's box you don't control it it controls you in the in the fog and being so odd man i gonna stand on it and i am on camera i am. today there are good terrorists and bad the bad terrorists those in yemen who the united states deems to be a threat the good terrorists those who are in syria the joke here is we've

but joe harvey when i'm kemal son summary of this is the world news from al jazeera saddam is sentenced 29 security forces to death for torturing and killing a protester where in central african republic where concerns about a resurgent violence are only growing. and a state of emergency in parts of a stray as the bush fires burn out of control forcing a rethink the new year's eve celebrations. unacceptable and vicious is how iraq's prime minister is describing u.s. airstrikes in both iraq and in syria but washington is warning of further action to protect its personnel if necessary the strikes targeted 3 camps of an iranian backed group in iraq and 2 of them in syria at least $28.00 fighters killed and $51.00 injured. now you know if we are warning the united states as we warned before that they're illegal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance. so much reaction to this iraq warning of dangerous consequences as we said iran calling it a terrorist act but the u.s. says the strikes were w

al jazeera dive from tel also coming up 10 years after international calls for a genocide trial saddam's new government says it will investigate what happened in the. russian backed syrian forces push deeper into it labor a weakness old that's forced a mass exodus. out gunned smuggled from the u.s. mexico's drug cartels al-jazeera investigates the flow of weapons leading to a record. the anger against india's controversial new citizenship no shows no signs of easing but prime minister narendra modi has come to his defense he's blaming the opposition for stoking tensions huge rallies were held again in the capital new delhi and several other states on sunday as an island to their 2nd week rights groups are accusing police of using this portion of force against the protesters so we distrust it was an irony in the capital. 7 7 it greatest challenge india's prime minister narendra modi has faced since he came to power 5 years ago dozens of people have been killed during protest against a citizenship law which many think. discriminates against muslims addressing thousands of his supporters at

active in iraq during the fall after the fall of saddam rather in 2003 but since then this group has now become part of the governments they are not only parliament but they formed the largest coalition within iraq's parliament that is now his organization is also similar to that of casale that we just heard from price was always a very interesting figure because he's not only part of a political group right now but before prior to that his group was also another off branch of the southern movement and that group fought against the u.s. coalition forces in iraq in 200-2003. after the fall of saddam he is now also very much supported by the establishment here in iran and these leaders that were present at this protest it's not a coincidence it's certainly a very thought out and deliberate move on their part and the organizations that they represent as well as this country that is there on this is meant to be a sign a show to the americans that they really are not only not welcomed in iraq as well . is that the fact that they have these very important groups that are in iraq in parliam

opposition parties in the gambia are rallying against president saddam a barrel they want him to honor his promise to stamp the empire the end of the year well he made that commitment in a deal to form a coalition government 3 years ago than our own has since changed his mind change will serve his full 5 year term but on a barrel 2216 election victory ending the 22 year rule the former leader you know you janet. well let's move on to iraq nomen the president there to end or monday to nominate you prime minister. mattie resigned last month but that stern list to come preacher says you are calling for a complete overhaul of the political system at least 476 iraqis have been killed and some 20000 injured since the unrest began. to burn and there is widespread anger over corruption high unemployment and of the services more from soon to fall to use in baghdad for us this smaller of the largest bloc in parliament supposed to put forward you know my nation for the prime minister by the end of the day he would tell us about this. well it's highly unlikely at this point that this will happen a

the election commission hasn't announced a date for the final result nor about a manly al-jazeera saddam has opened an investigation into crimes committed in the darfur region by a former government members who served under ousted president omar al bashir. the conflict between pro-government forces and ethnic minority rebels began back in 2003 the u.n. says at least 300000 people were killed and more than 2000000 displaced bashir is already wanted by the international criminal court for crimes against humanity and genocide let's bring in the son of man bell though he's a policy advisor on sudan for the enough project that's a genocide prevention organization he joins us via skype from west orange new jersey so given how significant is this dar for crimes investigation and why do you think the government's doing this now it's very significant this isn't a a daily level it's a financial institution. and this is speaks to the genuine can in the country. we now have an independent investigative arm which is not part of the if you look at it. we now have a liberal and that is going to look fl

saddam his mark in one year since the start of the uprising that ultimately led to omar al bashir is fall from power but shared less saddam for almost 30 years and now he's been convicted of corruption had morgan has more from khartoum today marks exactly one year since people in the city of baqubah tell me the law he's the bark off sudan took to the streets initially because of rising prices of food commodities but that's what he turned in for 19 government protests people demanding justice. over the. last. hour i learned. that a long time resident of the. little half of the power and all that but the fight that people are saying that their revolution has got older and while they're commemorating the anniversary today there's a train that is going to of what i'll wear the revolution and i found that they are something that the russian or i will tell you the journey that this are the year ago there's things that are still waiting. to be sheep that they're waiting for the party that they bring to mind and the birth. mother so on or a little thing that they hope the case that on what i

iran's eight-year-long war with saddam hussein's iraq is deeply, deeply felt.k: we were afraid. my brother was in the front for three years out of eight, and it was not only my brother. many young people like him. eight years of war, you know? with a country that is supported by many big powers. >> anthony: and it is worth mentioning, whatever you think, wherever we are now, that saddam, supported by u.s. government, and with our full knowledge used sarin and mustard gas on hundreds of thousands of iranians. less known in america, known and felt by everyone in iran. >> babak: and it was a mistake of united states at that time. they made a bad memory for iranians. >> anthony: but it's still, people are indeed really, really nice here. i mean -- >> babak: because people here don't hate americans. you helped a coup and then a revolution, everything, and then we captured your embassy, and okay, it's finished. we didn't kill each other. we didn't have a real fight. so, it can be some political misunderstanding which is resolved. which will be resolved, maybe i hope.

then according to our correspondent that live press and saddam thanks so much center. now a syrian civil defense agency says at least 6 people have been killed by russian and government as strikes in northwest adlib the white helmet say children were trapped under the rubble after homes were his attack syria and russia have increased bombing of the area since april with more than a 1000 civilians killed. still ahead on out of there sam was measles imagine c. crane's more lives at the prime minister says people are getting the message about vaccinations. and we take a walk along the oldest race in baghdad where history is repeating itself but the natives for votes against government meetings. hello again welcome back we're here cross much of southeastern asia we are talking about very heavy rain across much of malaysia as well as into indonesia some of the rain is going to accumulate and we are looking at some isolated flooding across much of that area notice those very dark blues and greens right here across the area extending all the way towards the western part of in

protests against increases in the price of grain and huge to the ousting of the dictator we look at saddam's uprising one year on and off he is the hopes of the protesters has been fulfilled. and reaching for the sky will introduce you to the woman and god that was doing something that no other woman in the country has done before. class running round in circles we turn a spotlight on this theater festival in brazzaville that is trying to focus on what really matters to young people today. hello i'm christine window while come to africa it's good to have you along sit abrasions have been taking place in sudan today to mark the anniversary of the uprising that erupted one year ago in 2018 the 1st readings took place in the central tang off at barra initially in approach history at a hike in the price of bridge but soon the demonstrations began to sweep across the country by april they have toppled president omar al bashir who had been in power for 3 decades in a moment i'll be joined in studio by a sudanese activist but it's a look back at how it all started. we want freedom sudanese call it

has invested millions in military aid in iraq since they told us saddam hussein so how will the u.s. attack iraq the attack on the u.s. embassy i will those 2 things affect the relationship. well i think it's fair to say that. has conducted on sunday targeting pro iranian the militias in iraq has resulted in the serious political crisis may be the most serious crisis in years for the united states in iraq they were actually government condemn the airstrikes and iraq's national security council threatened to reconsider its relationship with the u.s. led coalition so this is a very serious political crisis and now these attack on the you ass embassy in a heavy heavy protected green zone so we have to assume that the protesters may have had at least tacit permission from the iraqi security forces so this is a serious situation now presidents trump is addressing. people in iraq saying that those who want freedom and who don't want to be dominated and controlled by iran this is your time so this can be clearly criticize in iraq will be probably criticized in iraq as an attempt to interfer

in paris the iconic not saddam cathedral will not be holding a christmas mass this year for the 1st time since the french revolution the french government pledged to rebuild it after a fire earlier this year devastated the cathedral but that work will take years to complete and the building is too unstable to hold religious services to the landmark cathedral of paris still a skeleton of its former self. the work underway now focuses on stabilizing notre dame and preventing its collapse. the fire that ravaged the church's roof and spire broke out on april 15th. tons of poisonous lead melted during the blaze that spells health hazards and good reason to delay holding christmas festivities inside i think it's incredibly sad that they will be able to celebrate mass especially because it's such a revered monument for catholics probably many many families have that tradition of going every year for christmas services it is quite a break in tradition quite honestly as long as the renovation work is carried out quickly and well it is not the right moment to open at one time i think people are aw

has invested millions in military aid in iraq since so tall old saddam hussein so how will the u.s. attack iraq you're talking the u.s. embassy those 2 incidents how's that going to affect their relationship well i think that it's fair to say that the strikes conducted by the last sunday against pro iranian leisha's have resulted in a serious political crisis for the united states in iraq iraq government condemned those airstrikes and iraq's national security council even threatened to rethink its relationship with the ass led coalition and now the attack on the u.s. embassy in the havel the protected green zone so we have to assume that the protestant smile must have had at least a tacit permission from the iraqi security officials so we're dealing here with the serious political crisis didn't pass the potential of still king and american is in the country and handing an advantage to iran and its competition for more influence in iraq and as we heard the u.s. president donald trump he blames iran for masterminding the attack the relationship between the u.s. and iran is already fra

so great and huge to the ousting of the dictator we look at saddam's uprising one year on and asked if the hopes of the protesters have been fulfilled. and reaching for the sky i will introduce you to the woman in gaza who's doing something no other woman in the country has done before. class running around in circles we turn a spotlight on the fears are faced.

saddam's former president omar al bashir is found guilty on charges of corruption the courtroom erupts in chaos. hundreds of soldiers have been killed in africa sahara region leaders are discussing how to boost security. and still no agreement at this year's u.n. climate change meeting we'll be live in madrid with all the latest. and then we are hard in with sports it's been another dramatic day at golf's president's cup as internationals hold their nerve to lead tiger's u.s. team by 2 points into the final day. now it's a guilty verdict in the corruption trial of sudan's former president omar al bashir in the capital khartoum for she was sentenced to 2 years in a case centered around suitcases found in his home filled with multiple currencies worth more than $130000000.00 as you can see that the courtroom erupted in chaos as that verdict was read but she continues to deny any wrongdoing and says much of the money was a gift from the saudi crown prince mohammed bin the she was overthrown back in april after months of demonstrations and this is just the 1st of several trials that he'll

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now the corruption trial of saddam's deposed president has ended with a guilty verdict a mother cher was sentenced to 2 years for illegally possessing and smuggling foreign currency the judge said the 75 year old will serve his sentence in a reform center because of his age the courtroom in the capital khartoum descended into chaos when that verdict was read out you can see those pictures there while out let's now go to khartoum with our correspondent have a morgan here but we've just been seeing those very vocal scenes in court and now she is going to spend these 2 years in a reform center rather than a prison talk us through what we've been hearing from the judge. well the judge 1st of all outlined the charges against the president and the actions that will be taken once those verdicts are issued if he's found guilty he did indeed issue a guilty verdict against the former president on what it was here but before issuing that verdict he mentioned. that that is the name of a young man who was charged for illegal possession of foreign currency in 1989 by bush or his government when he