outside the court in the hague. >> it is not a complicated verdict. there were five cases being brought against shell. the judge decided that shell was only liable for one of the five. in that case, shell, the company in nigeria, could have done more to prevent the sabotage of a pipeline, which was then the cause of terrible pollution in one of the villages. happiness for those villagers, but disappointment for the villagers in the other cases. i'm joined by the lawyer who represented the four nigerian farmers and dutch friends of the earth. thank you very much for joining us. a mixed verdict. are you disappointed with it? >> no, i would not say that. it could have been better. overall, it is quite a good outcome for us. at least show was held liable in one of the cases. that is a good start -- at was held liable in one of the cases. that is a good start. they have a responsibility to prevent sabotage, which is a key issue. >> people were hoping that shell, the parent company here in the netherlands, were going to be directly found liable for the actio

of this trial. >> well, first i have a really radical view when it comes to the hague, the prosecution of taylor. i would have loved to have seen taylor on trial for crimes in liberia, not minimizing what he did in sierra leone, but i also think the people of liberia deserve some answers for the kind of terror that he unleashed on them. he's on trial in sierra leone and the verdict is supposed to come any day from now. the one question i'm asking myself, even if he's guilty, how does that make it right for those amputees in sierra leone that we see on a daily basis living in camps? billions of dollars -- and this is like a policy issue now -- is being spent on keeping this one man in a cell while hundreds of thousands of people will never have the ability to live their lives right. every time i ask myself what kind of justice, because i think justice is equal, if you look at the justice scale. so if you are serving justice to one person, those who have been affected should also be served some form of justice. i would like to see, even after his verdict is handed down, and i think it's

countries is preparing to officially ask the un security council to refer the crisis in syria to the hague the move could pave the way for war crimes prosecutions by the international court the backers of the initiatives stressed that the gross violations have taken place during the twenty much twenty two month conflict and everyone responsible should be held to account it follows the latest round of mediation talks in geneva way russia the us and the top peace envoy to syria reiterated a commitment to a peaceful solution to the crisis and as a relentless fighting rages on some western experts claim damascus might be hiding a stockpile of war uranium a political analyst all monash aviv believes that that statement should be taken with a pinch of salt. there's a lot of noise about it there was a bombing in two thousand and seven the israeli jets bombed the site in syria claiming that it is a nuclear site there was no indication yes the i.a.e.a. visited the site the i.a.e.a. said that there were traces of uranium of depleted uranium but they did not confirm that there was any quantity or at

of committing notorious massacres showing the syrian conflict could soon be getting a ticket to the hague. also ahead find out if the prime minister's support can solve is the u.k. struggling taxol manufactures that report and much more just ahead. you know he's a good laboratory here mukherjee was able to build the needs most sophisticated robot which on fortunately doesn't give a darn about anything turns mission to teach music creation why it should care about humans and world this is why you should care watch only on the. world with. science technology innovation all the news developments from around russia we've got the future covered. more news today violence is once again flared up. these are the images the world has been seeing from the streets of canada. the giant corporations are on the day. you're watching r t a group of more than fifty countries is preparing to officially asked the un security council to refer the crisis in syria to the hague the move could pave the way for war crimes prosecutions by the international court of backers of the initiative stress that grows while

committing most glorious masochist during the syrian conflict could soon be getting a ticket to the hague. also i hade find out if the prime minister's support can salvage a deal u.k. struggling textile manufacturers that reports and much more just ahead. you know sometimes you see a story and it seems so poorly you think you understand it and then you glimpse something else you hear or see some other part of it and realize everything you thought you knew you don't know i'm trying hard welcome to the big picture. a group of more than fifty countries is preparing to officially asked the un security council to refer the crisis in syria to the hague the move could pave the way for the war crimes prosecutions by the international court the backers of the initiative gross violations have taken place during the twenty two month conflict and everyone responsible should be held to account it follows the latest round of mediation talks in geneva where russia the us and the top peace envoy to syria reiterated their commitment to a peaceful solution to the crisis and as a relentless fighting rages o

bbc news, the hague. >> let's talk some more about this. kate williams is a royal historian angeles be in the studio. nice to see you. this is the best way of doing things. >> there is a precedent. her mother advocated before her, her grandmother also advocated and prince wilhelm, much younger, 45. we have quite a silver market. we of queen elizabeth ii, 86, the king of norway, 75, the king of spain, 75, queen of denmark, 73 and the tricks herself is coming up to 75. >> on thursday. >> her birthday. >> generally when you look of the world -- thailand and countries all over, monarchs tend to die on the front before the handover. >> all over the world. as we are an aging population we are also an aging market. it reflects the pattern of the population. much of the monarch's across all the throws. >> do you often heard being an heir of the front is not do it is a predicament. >> the weights are getting longer. -- waits a getting longer. >> we are glad people are living longer. does the dutch royal family need a shop in the arm? prince wilhelm a

perpetrators of war crimes committed in syria to be held accountable by the international criminal court in the hague. >> the un's human rights chief, navi pillay, once an international investigation into human rights abuses in north korea. she says there is evidence of rape and a slave laborer at prison camps. she says there has been no improvement since kim jong un took power. >> at least 30 homes have been destroyed in new south wales in australia as searing heat continues to stock wild fires across the east of the country. austrian authorities described the blaze as the most ferocious they have seen in years. the country's top observatory escaped without any major damage. >> thousands of two nations have joined protests against the government -- of tunisians have joined a protest against the government. >> about 8000 demonstrators gathered outside of the interior ministry in the capital of tunis. they are unhappy about high unemployment and the government's failure to restore security. it has -- it started back in 2010. tunisia is auctioning off the expensive knickknacks and personal items the be

perpetrators of war crimes committed in syria to be held accountable by the international criminal court in the hague. >> the un's human rights chief, navi pillay, once an international investigation into human rights abuses in north korea. she says there is evidence of rape and a slave laborer at prison camps. she says there has been no improvement since kim jong un took power. >> at least 30 homes have been destroyed in new south wales in australia as searing heat continues to stock wild fires across the east of the country. austrian authorities described the blaze as the most ferocious they have seen in years. the country's top observatory escaped without any major damage. >> thousands of two nations have joined protests against the government -- of tunisians have joined a protest against the government. >> about 8000 demonstrators gathered outside of the interior ministry in the capital of tunis. they are unhappy about high unemployment and the government's failure to restore security. it has -- it started back in 2010. tunisia is auctioning off the expensive knickknacks and personal items the be

. >> we are joined -- >> we are joined by a guest who is in the hague. why has the queen made this announcement now? >> queen beatrix will be 75 years old on thursday. that was one of the two reasons she gave for stepping down to the second is that the kingdom of the netherlands is celebrating -- stepping down. the second is that the kingdom of the netherlands is celebrating an anniversary. she wanted to choose a very historic occasion two and 100 years of female rain -- reign in the netherlands. >> what kind of king will willem-alexander be? , i think he will be very disney like. he has been traveling throughout the country with his wife --, i think he will be -- >> i think he will be very businesslike. he has been traveling with his wife. he is willing to take over his mother's role. he does not have to. he is a popular young man. 45 years old, young children peered i have interviewed him myself a couple of times -- young children. i have interviewed himsel mysela couple of times. >> what does the government have to say? >> they make it clear that this

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the biggest who work against al-qaeda in northern africa and now the very same people cameron in the hague are the ones saying we've got to get it in involved in the mali operation to to to put down al qaeda groups there and so there's a real inconsistency here real hypocrisy you know why is fighting out here africa is is that the biggest cause why did we play such an active role in toppling the one leader in northern africa who actually was it was a form of against al-qaeda. hundreds of people gathered in new york to pay their respects to aaron swartz an online freedom activist who hanged himself last week the twenty six year old computer prodigies suicide came ahead of his trial for cyber crimes which could have resulted in him spending decades behind bars this week federal prosecutors dropped the charges against swartz his family and friends blame the government for his death and associates rick about reports of the crime downloading millions of academic papers in the public domain from a paid subscription database and the believe that they should be free. to essentially rocking out too

in amsterdam, the other modes of transport are so well-organized, it is just like in the hague, a car is more of a new sense that a create a car is more of a nuisance and liability. it is expensive. the other modes of transport are much more convenient. >> ok, mike, you have a question? use the microphone, please. >> separated bike paths in the united states are controversial, and they're slowly catching on. how important is it to have those facilities in place? is it maybe a quarter of importance, 50% of the attraction for people to take their bikes? i'm wondering how important it is. >> i think that you need a cycling infrastructure, both from a statistical point of view and the feeling that people have when they use it. otherwise, we do not think we would have more people cycling if we did not put in more cycling facilities. i think the cycling infrastructure is absolutely necessary. if you want to do something for the other groups, you also have to do a lot when you design your intersections. that is where the most accidents happen and where the people feel the most unsafe. we're

the biggest who work against al-qaeda in northern africa and now the very same people cameron in the hague are the ones saying we've got to get in involved in the mali operation to put down al qaeda groups there and so there is a really consistency here real hypocrisy you know why is fighting al-qaeda africa is is not the biggest cause why should we play such an active role in toppling of the one leader in northern africa who actually was it was a form of against al-qaeda and sort of what's in it for britain i think that what's happening and he said is that this threat is being used as a smokescreen for the recall of my ization along in africa by nato forces by products britain the us do you think that's why we're seeing the ignoring of the rise of al-qaeda or say in syria. absolutely because of course one of the biggest myths in international relations is that the western powers are implacably opposed to ok the last twenty thirty years and not what they will use they will use the ok to threaten some circumstances intervening a great country like afghanistan but elsewhere they would actual

fraudsters will be a major target at the new european cyber-crime center, or e.c. 3 that opens today in the hague. >> this is an example of microcamera used by camera. >> detectives here know many of the tricks of the trade, such as hidden mobile phones which transmit details of pin codes after filming them through tiny holes. they've also built a cage, a room that wire signals can't penetrate. this prevents criminals from moving data remotely from devices which may contain evidence of fraud. >> this is the place to gather information, to exchange best practices, to do joint analysis, threat assessments. but also a place where you could leave some evidence for forensic analysis. >> we identified this account from mark baker. >> officials here will now begin tracing communications that often stretch in a complex web around the world. in particular, they'll be trying to protect bankers and retailers and personal data on sites like facebook. >> let's talk about this some more, with a technology reporter and a also a former hacker. look at this new center being set up in the netherlands. putting your

impossible to remain in a party led by mr blair who is a war criminal and who should be on trial in the hagueinstead of swanning around the world making millions of dollars as a consultant to all sorts of good is the sovereign wealth funds of various dictatorships and exorbitant fees most of them in the united states plus the fees from being a director and a consultant for many multinational corporations so it's been good for business so far as mr bliss concerned he is a religious man and i suspect on the judgement day. you'll find the questioning is a little tougher than the british parliament was ever able to hold him to. the respect party believes. asking poor people to pay for the crimes of rich people the crimes and the mistakes and blunders that lead us off the cliff into recession and worse is unfair unjust and we will not accept it and reclassified wars as missions and continuing to cause the deaths of countless people in the form our empire now being recall and eyes again as well as the deaths and destruction of the lives of our own service personnel especially at a time when we have

impossible to remain in a party led by mr blair who is a war criminal and who should be on trial in the hagueinstead of swanning around the world making millions of dollars as a consultant to all sorts of grisly sovereign wealth funds of various dictatorships and exorbitant fees most often in the united states plus the fees from being a director and a consultant for many multinational corporations so it's been good for business so far as mr bliss concerned he is a religious man and i suspect on the judgement day. you'll find the questioning is a little tougher than the british parliament was ever able to hold him to the respect party believes. asking poor people to pay for the crimes of rich people the crimes and the mistakes and blunders that lead us off the cliff into recession and worse is unfair unjust and we will not accept it and reclassify and wars as missions and continuing to cause the deaths of countless people in the form our empire now being recall and eyes again as well as the deaths and destruction of the lives of our own service personnel especially at a time when we have no mo

he knew the hague and weight. >> he said to me are you a genius or what? i said i try i tell him. >> in a sea of black tuxedos, how's the demand to stand out? make sure the fit of the jacket and the break of the pants is exact. keep it classic, this isn't junior prom. but don't be aplaid to add a hint of color. in the end, it's the man who makes the tux, not the other way around. >> of course that was andrea roane reporting. she says they will be open today through inauguration day. and by the way, wusa9 is your home for all inauguration activities. our coverage will begin sunday morning at 11:30 a.m. for the official swearing in. on monday, our coverage begins at 4:00 a.m. and we will continue until 7:30 p.m. monday night. then, we'll join you again from 11:00 to midnight. of course we will be streaming live coverage on our wusa9 app and that means you can watch from your television, your phone, or your ipad. >> uh-huh. >> and today, you know the redskins aren't playing this weekend. >> i know it. >> i have show and tell. i have to show you this. this is

there were the first two -- i did the hague interview, had a number of colleagues participated as well. it was just the videographer -- they included us in the beginning. i preferred to be off-camera. when paul musgrave did the ones he did, he was also off camera. that is what gives the wonderful look -- it makes the interview useful in different formats. >> it came up in the past that you being a canadian liberal, gay, and richard nixon might not be all that excited about you running the library. i bring this up now because of the dwight chapin interview. did dwight know you were gay? >> i never denied it, but i would not bring it up. i do not know if he knew i was gay. i was shocked and delighted when i recorded this particular anecdote, but i do not think he knew i was gay. the interview is extremely important for the development of this oral history project, and we will get to that in a moment. >> this is almost two minutes -- for those who do not know, jack anderson was a columnist at one time. >> anybody who saw the movie "j. edgar," this story and the role that j. edgar hoover p

>> the painting and 34 others are on loan from the royal picture gallery at the mooritz house in the hague. you can get more information on our website. search the girl with the pearl earring. >>> the harbaughs make the "sports illustrated" cover and a surprising claim involving the raiders. >>> hi, everybody. scott reiss in the sports room. i'm doing the same thing you're doing, getting my team ready for the super bowl. by now you certainly know about the harbaugh brother angle and it is only tuesday. "sports illustrated" getting on board. behold this week's cover, jim and john along with the headline, there will be blood. as for the game, well, there will be execution of a long term plan. >> we set out to win three super bowls. this season. and two of those we've won. and our third super bowl is coming up in less than two weeks and so the feeling, how you felt is let's go to work. let's make damn sure we go back to work and get to work and get ready for this game. >> a conspiracy theorists will love this. former raiders star tim brown reiterated tuesday comments he's made on prior occasi

is thought to be linked to deal with the international criminal court that once him extradited to the hague to face trial of war crimes a prominent political figure during the period of his father's leadership was arrested in the twenty eleven when he tried to flee to a neighboring country. huge bush fires burning out of control across the australian state of victoria the blaze that started the national park destroyed up to twenty five thousand happened and is now predicted to move fast at a north easterly direction carried by strong winds several homes have been raised and managed fires still remain uncontained prompting fears of more to come the wave of bushfires has trail you nearly two weeks ago sparked by soaring temperatures that reached over forty degree centigrade. the u.s. northeastern states ravaged by superstorm sandy in late october have been promised over fifty billion dollars a by lawmakers the senate has yet to approve the measure was passed earlier this week in the house of representatives despite manny opposing the bill and while politicians are bickering over cash the stor

>> everyone's going to jump on the hague l bandwagon. has been the head of the office of management and budget which is responsible for putting forth the president's budget to the congress. they have said repeatedly, oh, we're on a path to sustainability, we're going to actually take the money in and spend it. they've had a trillion dollar

prime minister david cameron goes to the hague to give what's being referred to in some circles as the most important speech of his political career he's going to outline where he sees u.k. in the u.k. and britain's future within the you know david cameron has pressure on him from several different areas within his own party a group of conservative backbenchers calling themselves fresh start put forward a new plan that they want to see britain with in the e.u. but really completely independent now there's also been some rumblings that the u.k. could pull out of the you completely with some inside the conservative party saying britain would be fine and get on ok however the united states one of britain's major allies has been putting the pressure on david cameron and putting the pressure on britain to remain within the european union the united states and washington like having their man on the inside as it were within the e.u. meetings and they want to stay that way r.c.s. fees are only reporting there live from berlin peter thank you very much indeed for that update. france is triplin

forecasts into their high tech arms ways but analysts warning surveillance could lead to skirmish at the hague. social networking in kuwait has landed two men in jail a court has given each of them a two year sentence claiming they defamed their meter with your tweets the uprising in the country is about to market second anniversary with the government to kings of resorting to any means necessary to get dissenting voices off when journalist afshin rattansi says kuwait is just about the u.s. back to take the ship it's obvious that the united states and nato countries desire to keep their thousands of troops in kuwait and as we've seen of course there been demonstrations in bahrain and of course saudi arabia which are not being covered on any corporate media it's very difficult to cover the brutal suppression of human rights in these nato and u.s. backed dictatorships human rights groups themselves are in a sense a different subject because some of them are being knobbled by u.s. authorities but in fairness than been some human rights groups that have campaigned for the horrible human rights sit

victim to the police crackdown security forces who are working for the ministry of interior and the hague are practicing and ought to by an end and ought to by nations to human rights when confronting when pro-democracy protests and behaving across history is here and by having although they are those radical protestors they are the minority and not the majority but they are using such methods to prevent their violent security forces from entering their their and their religious and attacking on our civilians and children like we witnessed and the big you have off of the four year old child being attacked by security forces with here gas canisters. the u.s. military is now out to hold terrorist suspects. it wants this applies to both americans and thanks to the new national defense authorization act or not for you shortly plus. union flag protests and all the. people arrested for allegedly shooting at police full details all the rest of this brief break. mission and free credit take three days for charges free. free. free. free. download free broadcast quality video for your media project