bosnian serb troops overran srebrenica in july, 1995. they separated man and boys from women and girls. then they slaughtered 8,000 of them on a remote mountainside. 17 years on, people in srebrenica are reminded of the massacre almost daily. scientists are still trying to find the remains of victims who are unaccounted for. this year, families buried 500 bodies in this graveyard. ban visiting the site where many victims were laid to rest. he pointed to other massacres, the ones taking place in syria. >> when we learn lessons of srebrenica, we have to do, international community must be united not to see any further bloodshed in syria. >> reporter: ban says he and others at the u.n. are doing all they can. he says unless world powers do something, there will be more bloodshed and more innocent people will die. jun takahashi, nhk world, srebrenica, bosnia. >>> city officials say 77 people died when the storm hit over the weekend. heavy rains lashed the capital for ten hours saturday into early sunday. they inundated roads across the city

safe haven of srebrenica. they slaughtered thousands of use -- of muslim men and boys. >> it was one of the worst atrocities since the second world war. people there are commemorating the victims. ♪ >> tens of thousands of people gathered in sweltering heat for the service. it was held at the massacre memorial in the town -- in a town not far from srebrenica. bosnian muslims say it is important to hold the service every year so that the massacre will not be forgotten. about 5000 victims are buried at the site. the remains of an additional 520 victims were recently identified through dna analysis and brought to srebrenica earlier this week. some of the victims' relatives still cannot find closure. >> my father is lying here. i cannot believe it. i cannot believe my father is in his coffin. it is impossible. i cannot accept that. >> bosnian-serb forces led by ratko mladic overran srebrenica, murdered 8000 muslim men and boys, and dumped the bodies in mass graves. the u.n. peacekeeping troops could do nothing to

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. >> the genocide trial of srebrenica is now under way -- trial of former bosnian serb army commander ratko mladic is now under way. the trial was delayed after the prosecution failed to share all of its evidence with the defense. he faces 11 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. we are joined now from the hague. i assume the first witness has not started speaking yet. what are we expecting to hear? >> i left the courtroom just before the first witness appeared. we were not sure whether it would get to that point. about 10 minutes before the trial was due to reconvene, a motion asking for it to be delayed. the first 10 minutes, he has managed to delay the proceedings himself by standing up in court and struggling to get things out of his briefcase. he had a special pen that he uses because he still has trouble using his right hand after a couple of strokes. >> we do know who the first witness is and what he is likely to be talking about. >> yes, we absolutely do know who he is. the court has issued a list of the first seven witnesses who will appear. today, we will hear f

>> it was europe's worst massacre since world war ii, and 17 years later, thousands gathered in srebrenicanow they face war crimes trial at the hagelin. >> 17 years have passed, but the people here still bear the pain of what happened here in the summer of 1995. today they gathered once again with 520 coffins prepared for burial. the coffins contained the remains of newly identified victims, mainly exhumed from remote unmarked mass graves. >> my father is lying here. i can't believe it. i can't believe my father is in this coffin. it is impossible. i cannot accept that. i can't. >> bosnia has declared july 11 a day of mourning. among those taking part in today's service was a new york rabbi who survived the hall cost -- holocaust. >> we must acknowledge that for the rest of the world, we, too, share in its shame. for just as this was a crime committed against all humanity, i emphasize, it was a crime allowed by all humanity. >> the emotion is still raw and the memories fresh. more than 5,000 victims of the massacre have been laid to rest. and today as bass north korean television closed it

including the ninety ninety five srebrenica massacre the seventy year old former general denies any wrongdoing ill health has affected the hague tribunal before too with ex yugoslav president slobodan milosevic dying of a heart attack his cell in two thousand and six cheering his genocide trial it's. also brief at least nine pakistani trainee policemen have been shot dead in a gun attack in the eastern city of lahore the taliban said it was responsible for this we govern from the group killed seven security personnel at a campsite in punjab province. it's exactly twenty five minutes past nine zero this thursday evening us across the business with kate and kate it seems russia is back on track as an investor a safe haven you absolutely can then things are looking up direct investment into russia has reached fifty three billion dollars in us twenty two percent more than last year so that's posting a new post crisis record at least that's a call. the united nations a quantum best so now they analyze about forty developed countries they found out that every three bugs out of a hundred are actually

including the ninety ninety five srebrenica massacre the seventy year old former general denies any wrongdoing ill health has affected the hague tribunal before too with yugoslav president slobodan milosevic dying of a heart attack in his cell in two thousand and six cheering his genocide trial. new financial sanctions against a roma been imposed by the us government the treasury department listed a number of individuals and companies accused of breaching a european buying oil from the islamic republic the u.s. says the sanctions are intended to disrupt iran's nuclear plans which it says to make atomic weapons but rather insists for peaceful energy purposes of. the twenty six minutes past eleven in the evening now katie is there with business katie good news good news good news tell us more i know you want to change i have it now despite the walk is taking a bit of a battering today here in moscow recently direct investment international has reached fifty three billion dollars that's twenty two percent more than last year posting a new post crisis record now that's according to the united nati