here in the hague in the ice city while just behind me so they started to read out. the facts they committed war crimes without referring immediately to the risk personal responsibility of rock on large their first status that there have been war crimes against humanity regarding the siege of sarajevo then the second key question was if all criteria will meet for a genocide of seven it's or this was the case the judge the judges confirmed that the seven is a massacre is qualified as a genocide so this was in a first time. the verdict of the judges today in the second time they wanted to. really to talk about the personal responsibility of ruskell large but then lot of himself who was present in the court just asked to step out of the courtroom in order to go to the toilet this was granted in a first time for of the by the judges and then it turned into a kind of situation because this little break of five minutes turned to be over an hour and it turned out that it was the strategy of the defense to drop the proceedings against a large the something we have seen sever

capital belgrade david chaser is in srebrenica but first let's go to knead barker who is at the hague where that verdict is being read out neve they've taken something of a recess what else do we know. that's right so a lot of been asked to use a facilities that's the reason why this recess is taking place it was only meant to last five minutes it's now into its seventh eighth minutes and it's expected to last a few more minutes before the judge returns and before melodic also returns to the dock as well but before that we had heard very lengthy summing up by the judge she was addressing the eleven counts of large faces warmed by one they are as you mentioned two counts of genocide and nine of crimes against humanity hand of war crimes the two genocide counts have been addressed first they include the the siege of sarajevo for which melodic she's accused of being a main architect of that siege lasted for years an estimated ten thousand people are believed to have lost their lives in the dutch did go into some detail about some of the lesser known victims of that particular case he tal

they're gathering here at the moment watching a live feed from the hague they are hoping to get some closure some catharsis and to their suffering but if you look at the graveyard around me at the moment this is the main memorial to that genocide there is still more than a thousand bodies missing somewhere in those hills behind me somewhere in the forests there finding fresh bones fresh skulls just about every week there are many families here who will not be satisfied with anything more than a life sentence formal adage and genocide because they say they have had a life sentence they've had their loved ones taken away from their fathers the hosp and sons nothing can bring them back and at the least they hope they will get some sort of revenge in justice in the hague that's what they say but in the end nothing can compensate for what to these people have suffered in this valley if you if you come here if you drive here you pass the spot where so many people were killed there hardly market you just drive past them without even knowing unless you did some research it is extraordinary an

early on, the hague tribunal tried several of the 0marska guards.trials featured miroslav kvocka. a policeman at the start of the war, he was described in court as the deputy commander of the camp. then, as now, he portrays himself as someone who saved his muslim wife's relatives from the horror of the camp. the isolated acts of kindness to some prisoners, do not absolve any individual crimes which may have been committed. the court said he was culpable of joint enterprise. he knew what was going on. the chamber finds you guilty of the crime against humanity, persecution, and the war crimes murder and torture. in the war, we used to travel into sarajevo via mt bjelasnica. we are here again. this place, reminiscent of the winter olympics, became a battleground as the focus of the war shifted from the area around prejidor to bosnia's capital. and in that long fight, a whole new chapter of war crimes began. very quickly after the war started, the bosnian serbs were driven out of most of sarajevo. they held a couple of suburbs on that flank. other than

allan little, bbc news, the hague. e—president of zimbabwe, emmerson mnangagwa, has returned to the country ahead of his installation as president. he fled to south africa when he was sacked by robert mugabe starting a train of events which culminated in mr mugabe's resignation on tuesday. mr mnangagwa told crowds in harare that the country was witnessing the start of a new democracy as our africa editor fergal keane reports from zimbabwe. this was a man who owned the moment, in front of a crowd that greeted him as a conquering hero and with a message of contempt for those he'd vanquished. "down with the traitors", he chanted. he said the zanu—pf train would keep rolling, but tempered that politicking with an affirmation of this extraordinary moment in zimba bwe's history. today, we are witnessing the beginning of a new unfolding democracy in our country. cheering. the crowd had gathered since early. "the crocodile is coming", they chanted. all day they waited for emmerson mnangagwa, he of the legendary ruthlessness, re

this is the scene live in the hague. this is the scene live in the hague. iding judge. he is outlining the charges, we can listen 110w. outlining the charges, we can listen now. translation: the accused stood trial for 11 crimes allegedly committed in his capacity as commander of the serbian republic, between may 12, 1992, and 30th november 19 95. the indictment charged, two counts of genocide and five counts of crimes against humanity, namely persecution, murder, extermination, deportation, and the inhumane act of forcible transfer. it also charged four can solve violations of the laws or customs of war, —— four counts, namely murder, acts which the primary purpose was to spread terror among the population, unlawful attacks on civilians, and the taking of hostages. the geographical scope of hostages. the geographical scope of the indictment included sarajevo, sir pulitzer, and 15 municipalities in bosnia and herzegovina. the prosecution alleged that the accused participated in fourjoint criminal enterprises, also known asjces, which i will summarise. first,

from the hague, our special correspondent, allan little, sent this report. ain some distressing images. mr mladic, sit. it has been the most emotionally charged of all the trials this court has heard. meradic, if you... mladic demanded a halt to the hearing because of his high blood pressure. when thejudge refused, mladic was led out yelling obscenities. curtains down, mr mladic will be removed from the court room. in his absence, thejudge carried on. the crimes committed rank among the most heinous known to human kind and include genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. mladic committed genocide at srebrenica in 1995, there his men rounded up or hunted down 8,000 men and boys, some as young as 12, and murdered them. the sniping and bombardment of the capital sarajevo was designed to terrorise the civilian population. a member of the srk shot a bosnian muslim woman walking on the street with her children. he's talking about the woman in the white coat, her name is dzena na sokolovic. the bullet passed through her abdomen and hit her seven—year—

or al-jazeera the hague. russia iran and turkey have agreed to support a syrian people's congress bringing together government and opposition representatives speaking at talks in the black sea resort of sochi president vladimir putin said he believed the new sanctions been reached in the syrian crisis but he warned that achieving a political solution would require compromises from all sides russia and iran are major allies of syria's president bashar al assad who made a surprise visit to such a on monday turkey back some syrian rebel groups well let's cross live to royal challengers who is in such and has been listening in to the press conference that those leaders just gave what else do they have to say really. what is interesting listening to what they are saying about this congress which is being planned a national dialogue congress it's being called putin has been talking about this for a few weeks now trying to get this idea off the ground essential he what he wants to happen is for all different represen

it was a very serious case, one verdict of the hague tribunal. tian state into responsibility for so—called ethnic cleansing in bosnia in the 19905 ethnic cleansing in bosnia in the 1990s and trying to cut away part of bosnia and creating what they called a greater croatia. this is something that people in croatia today simply won't accept. they are saying that these people, in effect, were not just on trial as individuals but that's the whole state of croatia was on trial. this is something we have seen happen perhaps that if people see that if one ethnic service is an trial than serbia itself is on trial. in this case, it was made explicit that the former president was named in the joint criminal enterprise for which these six men were convicted. now we are waiting to see what the response will be today in parliament. they have been suggestions there will be a minutes' silence for slobodan praljak. it has also been suggested that opposition parties including one led by the former foreign minister had played no part of this and this would expose

dies after taking poison at the war crimes court in the hague. to regain control of the sea after reporters without borders tries to cancel a press event that was critical of the syrian group their request was rejected by the hosts of it as an attack on free speech. very disappointed with. the international olympic committee banned for life three more russian athletes preventing them from competing in the upcoming winter games it takes the total now to sixteen. my name is neil harvey you're watching r.t. international first this hour former bosnian croat military commander slow but done prior died after taking poison at the war crimes court in the hague as the verdict was being read out at an appeals hearing in expected to produce the small bottle and drank from it in front of the judge for the euro to. stop. the. order of proof. has taken poison. dramatic scenes in the courtroom at the hague the judge announced that slobodan play the former bosnian croat military commanders twenty year sentence for having taken part in war crimes would be upheld

other check is ahead here on al-jazeera and we're also waiting for a final judgment at the hague in the case of six men accused of war crimes during a break. yugoslavia. and a day set aside to show global solidarity palestinians comes at a time when israeli pressure on occupied west bank is growing. hello the rain is still heavy in malaysia and philippines sumatra it's one focus for potential delays here is another kota bharu two hundred ninety nine millimeters reported in twenty four hours but it's a huge amount of rain in twenty four hours we had a bit more than that but about three days not far away so this is the area to watch the fairly heavy rain another one is around java the units to green is just as potential development of a tropical depression there but i think more of the energy is going to go into this one further north which is constant when i was trying to as well so this is the wet part of the world rather less so through borneo even through the philippines and then there are still of the season very big showers around here dropping some of the equator and the temp is ab

judgement in the case of bosnian serb commander ratko mladic is due to be delivered next week in the hague urban looks now at the legacy of the man known as the ‘butcher of bosnia'. a warning that some viewers may find parts of this programme upsetting. in the 1990s, terrible things happened here. and even now, bosnia's earth guards its secrets. gunfire. but in order to escape its past, this country was confronted again with the imminent verdict on general ratko mladic, whose list of war crimes led him to be dull but be butcher of bosnia. —— dubbed the butcher of bosnia. —— dubbed the butcher of bosnia. —— dubbed the butcher of bosnia. in an old factory in central bosnia, the human cost of the war is still being measured. for it is here that unidentified corpses from mass graves are being delivered even today. and the families of 30,000 still missing search for answers. this is, um... 0verwhelming, in a certain way. there are pictures of the missing. there are human remains pretty much everywhere here, by the hundreds. and then, at the end there, there are scraps of clothing and other thin

allan little, bbc news, the hague. ays before his installation as president. he fled to south africa when he was sacked by robert mugabe, starting a train of events which culminated in mr mugabe's resignation yesterday. this evening, mr mnangagwa has told crowds in harare that the country was witnessing the start of a new democracy. 0ur africa editor, fergal keane, sent this report from zimbabwe. this was a man who owned the moment, in front of a crowd that greeted him as a conquering hero and with a message of contempt for those he'd vanquished. "down with the traitors", he chanted. he said the zanu—pf train would keep rolling, but tempered that politicking with an affirmation of this extraordinary moment in zimba bwe's history. today we are witnessing the beginning of a new democracy in our country. cheering. the crowd had gathered since early. "the crocodile is coming", they chanted. all day they waited for emmerson mnangagwa, he of the legendary ruthlessness, reinvented now as an apostle of liberty. they were the ha

for the military probably taking poison at the war crimes court in the hague. to live with me. thanks for joining us tonight the u.s. ambassador to the united nations has accused north korea of pushing the world closer to war with its latest. nikki haley was speaking at an emergency security council summit. the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from it if war does come it will be because of continued acts of aggression like we witnessed yesterday and if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed. to live in the studio by some miracle for more on this thanks for staying abreast of. the creasing in the security council. what we took away from this meeting well the emergency meeting was held specifically to discuss north korea's latest missile test in which they launch successfully launch an intercontinental ballistic missile that's capable of carrying nuclear weapons and some believe it could reach washington but nikki haley echoed these concerns and even asked the international communit

genie: luke reporting for us from the hague. now, nokia, from the international affairs desk, has also been watching the development with the sentencing today. have heard of serbia weighing in, the serbian prime minister saying this verdict is not unexpected. nadia: he also said it is time to look to the future, and victims will be trying to get a sense of whether or not there will be able to do that. do they have that sense of accountability, given the atlantic -- given that mladic has been convicted of it today? the with a sense we may never have gotten to this point with mladic. he evaded capture for many years, hiding out in the serbian countryside. for a long time, it looked unlikely he would ever appear before a judge at all. this was a man, you remember, who wanted to rid bosnia of all croats and muslims, and create a greater serbia that in his mind was ethnically cleansed. in doing so, he set in motion what really have been the worst atrocities in europe since the nazi era. we heard details about two of the worst crimes c

early on, the hague tribunal tried several of the 0marska guards.e trials featured miroslav kvocka. a policeman at the start of the war, he was described in court as deputy commander of the camp. then, as now, he portrays himself as someone who saved his muslim wife's relatives from the horror of the camp. the chamber considers that isolated acts of kindness to some prisoners do not absorb any individual of crimes which may have been committed. the court said he was culpable ofjoint enterprise. he knew what was going on and didn't stop it. the chamber finds you guilty of the crime against humanity, persecution, and the war crimes, murder and torture. in the war we used to travel into sarajevo via mount igman. we're here again. this place, a remnant of the winter olympics, became a battleground as the focus of the war shifted from the area around prijedor to bosnia's capital. from the beginning of the conflict, mladic brought to bear the serb army's superiority in artillery. and as this intercepted conversation showed, used it against the population

by catherine thank you did obvious catherine martin is there reporting live from the hague for the ride healing service has admitted it concealed a huge data breach the company's new c.e.o. donna. says the hack affected fifty seven million customers around the world and happened last year but didn't inform customers that their personal information could have been stolen instead they paid the hackers one hundred thousand dollars to keep the breach secret in many countries companies are required to disclose data breaches to authorities so we're could end up facing it's football in a mixed night for the german sides in the champions league it was crunch time for dortmund they needed a win on match day five and they took the lead against tottenham with returning striker p.r. american above me and scoring the first goal but tottenham hit back through harry kane and human song to win two one result means dortmund go out of the tournament although they may still go into the europa league well it was a better night for rb leipsic who also needed a win when they travel to monaco he will then it

has been watching the images here from the court in the hague is that guilty verdict handed down to wroclaw rod colada it's we have our reporter katherine martin's who's been standing outside the courthouse in the hague and she's been following all of the latest for us as she's on the line catherine a lot of drama the court tell us about this ruling that has just been handed down. so regarding the verdict it's a life sentence and saddam was found guilty by the duchesse fog of war crimes committed an act of a savior regarding the siege of sarajevo regarding the genocide of thread britney so this is the verdict so a way to find the victims' families we just passed them here around in front of the current and it is for them the very first reaction a huge relief that finally ruskell nodded at last her to try to. war crimes an actress ever really got a life sentence the maximum. sentence which was possible this is sad it was a very it was very interesting how it went the last thirty minutes just when the judges row about to talk about the personal responsibility of rocks a lot of he just made a

at least the victims, thousands of whom appeared in the hague, have had some justice from internationalworst war criminals europe has seen since the nazis should not be overshadowed by the suicide of praljak. now on bbc news, it is time for newsnight, with evan davies. the border between north and south in ireland. is this where theresa may's vision for brexit becomes unstuck? it's the issue with the power to disrupt — britain is leaving the eu, partly to get control of its borders - but can that be squared with a no—border solution in ireland? if measures are put in place to control it again, whether that is remote—controlled cameras or customs officers, those could easily become the focus for protest or even violence, by those opposed to any tightening of control. the irish agriculture minister tells us how the problem can be solved, and what happens if it isn't. president trump retweets anti—muslim hate videos from far right britain first. does getting shocked by that, just encourage him? michael stone — jailed for the murder of lin and megan russell. but is it the biggest miscarriag

in 2007, i was a prosecution witness in the trial of praljak and his co—defendants in the hague. outraged that he was being prosecuted for, as he saw it, doing his duty. i testified because in 1993, in the depths of the bosnian war, i had seen what they had done in mostar, in the south of the country. this was the 400—year—old ottoman bridge, then under fire from praljak‘s forces. it was a symbol of the old bosnia that they wanted to dismantle. the destruction of the old bridge wasjust one item on a long list of war crimes. in 1993, bosnian soldiers who were besieged on the east side of mostar, along with thousands of civilians, were fighting back against bosnian croat forces led by slobodan praljak. he was convicted of the murder of civilians, men like frano pavlovic. with his wife and his neighbours, i tried to help him, but he was already dead. civilians were dying because praljak and his co—defendants were trying to establish an ethnically uniform state for bosnian croats, which the court decided was a joint criminal enterprise. their war crimes included the persecution of civ

the second world war have been celebrating a verdict by the international criminal court judges in the hague of sentenced the former bosnian serb commander to life in prison for his role in the murders of eight thousand muslim men and boys in the town of in one thousand nine hundred five in a moment we'll hear david chase to support from srebrenica the first this update on the hague the chamber finds rocks comrade each guilty as a member of joint criminal enterprises of the following counts count two. genocide the verdict that comal out of his victims have waited decades for but the seventy three year old former bosnian serb general wasn't in the court to hear it he'd been a gent did moments earlier for this outburst oh mr milosevic if you. if you continued like this. we adjourn his defense team had urged the judge to halt proceedings citing concerns over his blood pressure but the court rejected the plea finding guilty on one of two counts of genocide and nine of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the chaotic breakup of the former yugoslavia the court ruled that let it carried ou

war crimes tribunal this morning we'll go live to the hague also coming out. jubilation as president robert mugabe resign the man who once proclaimed only god will remove me steps down after thirty seven years in power so what's next for zimbabwe we'll get an update from the capital harare. also failed coalition talks have catapulted germany into unprecedented political uncertainty but is berlin really facing a political crisis our correspondent takes to the streets of the capital for a closer look. and a controversy over overs cover up of a massive pack data from fifty seven million over customers have been exposed to the ride sharing from kept quiet and even paid the hackers to delete the stolen information. i'm simply so much kind of good to have you with us judges that a u.n. court have begun reading out the ruling in the trial of the bosnian serb military leader right. now lot of has been charged with war crimes crimes against humanity and genocide a model chad's been in court today to hear the ruling on his heart just many of which relate to the massacre

the first need this update from the hague the chamber finds. guilty as a member of first joined common enterprises of the following counts count to genocide the verdict that came a lot of his victims have waited decades for but the seventy three year old former bosnian serb general wasn't in the court to hear it he'd been a gentle moments earlier for this outburst the mist of a light if you. if you continued like this. we adjourn his defense team had urged the judge to halt proceedings citing concerns over his blood pressure but the court rejected the plea finding guilty on one of two counts of genocide and nine of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the chaotic breakup of the former yugoslavia the court ruled that milan it's carried out a relentless campaign of ethnic cleansing aimed at ridding non serbs from bosnian territory there's nothing curious about executing prisoners there's no security about. causes people to flee from their homes. individuals prosecuted convicted by these tribunals are in receipt but she was because they'r

in doha the top stories on al-jazeera judges in the hague have suspended proceedings in the appeal case of six bosnian crites convicted of war crimes. iraq. i'm not a war criminal what i have just was pleased that. it happened just after judges up held a twenty five year sentence of slobodan and probably at the atrocities were committed between one thousand nine hundred two and ninety four as the former yugoslavia was breaking up they were found guilty of persecuting expelling and murdering muslims with the aim of creating an ethnically pure croatian state even has more from the hague. quite dramatically here in the good of the six. officials from the war time in boston it's going to be in. the previous verdict being confirmed they're accused and sentenced for huge war crimes under. one of them in the don't drive our military your journey received. the six of. them sentenced for joint criminal enterprise for huge crimes committed during the bosniaks in bosnia-herzegovina. and north korea says it successfully tested it most powerful ballistic missile yet a weapon it says can reach all of

dies after taking poison in the war crimes court in the hague. the white helmet sort of. the reporters without borders tried to cancel a press event critical of the syrian request was rejected as being an attack on free speech. for the. past midnight here in the russian capital thanks for joining us. this is our team and. we start with breaking news a congressional committee in the u.s. has just revoked america's accreditation on capitol hill received the following letter informing us of the decision the executive committee of the congressional radio and television correspondents galleries exercises with or easy to withdraw the news credentials of the network this action was taken in response to the registration of the network as a foreign agent please return your credentials to the senate sergeant. i can speak to us correspondent caleb someone who be directly affected by this case to tell us more about the season and what indeed it will mean for reporters in the u.s. . this decision essentially prevents us from doing our work on capitol hill in washington d.c. congressio

dramatic scenes unfolding there in the hague one of them drinking a substance which is lawyer says is a poison the atrocities were committed between one nine hundred ninety two and one thousand nine hundred four in poznań how to govern as the former yugoslavia broke apart they were found guilty of persecuting expelling and murdering muslims with the aim of creating an ethnically pure croatian state dennis hitch is deputy editor for the defaced project who's also associated with the balkan transitional justice project he joins us live. from sarajevo via skype thanks very much for being with us now i understand you have been following these proceedings what do you make of what's happened here. we have reporters that they will work just senior policeman and drink believe it also coming so. they will defend the. here is the first instance really well. here's the reason. that. that. was not a criminal jan substance. was the proceedings you order your order to be taken out. and now we're just waiting to see what will happen. so we heard the first. twenty five years in prison and we still ha

at the end of a very long complicated almost theatrical at points legal process at the court in the hague we found out the sentence is life in prison you may be thinking that you misheard the beginning of what the judge was saying there but in effect we can fast forward through that doubt for you he's been found guilty of and convicted on ten of eleven counts of war crimes crimes against humanity including genocide they did talk about that themselves when the war was at its height in the early one nine hundred ninety s. they refer to it as ethnic cleansing and they judge the course referring to it in terms of genocide they you can see bosnian muslims reacting to that news in srebrenica our correspondent david is there making the point that. where eight thousand bosnian muslims were killed in the hill surrounding. the can't own as the area in effect that part of bosnia was frozen in time when the war ended in one thousand nine hundred ninety two. we'll stay with these pictures and we'll talk to david cheater right now david we're seeing the reaction. obviously a highly charged atmosphere t

anna holligan, bbc news, the hague. kers as if they're self—employed could be facing unlimited liability for holiday pay, due to a court ruling. the european court ofjustice has ruled that a british window salesman was entitled to claim 13 years' backdated paid leave in a case that could have wider implications for firms operating in the so—called gig economy. it's one of the most notorious of british murders. a mother and daughter, lin and megan russell, killed as they walked along a quiet country lane in kent in 1996. now the lawyers for michael stone — the man found guilty of the crime, but who's always protested his innocence — say the alleged confession of another suspect, serial killer levi bellfield, suggests hecould have committed the murders. wyre davies has been given exclusive access to the evidence. it was an appalling murder, a brutal unprovoked attack in rural kent injuly 1996 on a family walking home from school. a5—year—old lin russell and her six—year—old daughter megan were killed in the frenzied hammer

echoes of what's just happened being very much felt still getting reaction not only from here in the hague but also from across the balkans as well i've just come out of a rather heated press conference that was attended by a lot of his defense team and by a lot of his son darko they say that they reject the findings they said that they will appeal this verdict they've also complained they said in a letter to the united nations the tribunals code of conduct was breached because of the poor health care that laddish received during the trial. right up until this last day which the verdict has been given they're hoping that the u.n. will wade into the situation and perhaps force some change should to the way in which this tribunal functions and possibly even that might actually affect the verdict itself but all of that's very unclear further afield we're hearing from alexander the president of serbia who said that all of us from the outset knew what the outcome would be just to remind you to form a supporter of hardline ultra nationalist himself in the past at least he's now managed to rebran

since the hague tribunal was created back in ninety three a total of one hundred sixty one people have been indicted for war crimes in the former yugoslavia a majority of those defendants ninety four were serbs the tribunal has been widely criticized for the way hearings are conducted the trial drag on for years even decades that means key leaders including the former president slobodan milosevic died in detention before verdicts were reached in cases where people were acquitted . of political pressure political analyst john bosnich believes the purpose of the court was to set nations against one another the purpose of the court was to set these three brother nations against each other in perpetuity so that you could divide and conquer the region general probably was convicted had no chance of winning his appeal. i think he realized that it was a death sentence the man was in his seventy's twenty years imprisonment meant a death sentence in effect i'd like to point out that this man was primarily convicted for blowing up a bridge and the bridge has since been reconstructed and if you w

high drama in the court in the hague. it was one day out so that would have been the end of the alibi. i‘m not surprised, he was always a man with a sense of drama and i‘m sure this was premeditated, clearly. what exactly did he do? talk us through his crimes. he is convicted of the ill—treatment of prisoners, muslim prisoners, in the war between muslims and croats which began in april 1993 and ended in 1994. he is charged with the command responsibility for blowing up the bridge and the ill—treatment of civilians when muslims were rounded up in the war in mostar, and herded in the hangars at the airport. president trump has used his twitter account to share inflammatory videos which were were posted online by the deputy leader of the far—right group, britain first. the footage purports to show muslims committing acts of violence. the president has been criticised on social media for spreading ‘hatred ,‘ ‘hatred,‘ a downing street spokesperson said it was ‘wrong‘ for the president to have retweeted the videos‘ but —— desp

the military commander slobodan dies after taking poison the war crimes court in the hague. so the white helmets are again in control to see that softer reporters without borders tried to cancel a press event that was critical of the syrian group the request was rejected as being an attack on free speech. very disappointing to see. the kind of sense. thanks for joining us this hour my name is you're watching r.t. international. a congressional committee in the u.s. has just one vote because a creditor nation on capitol hill received the following letter informing the channel of the decision. this decision essentially prevents us from doing our work on capitol hill in washington d.c. congressional hearings with both the senate and the u.s. house of representatives take place on capitol hill and you're required to have accreditations to be able to attend those hearings and report on them and such this will limit and essentially prevent us from from attending those hearings and continuing to do our work now this comes after r.t. america was pressured and basically forced to regi

anna holligan, bbc news, the hague. e balkans and is currently balkans correspondent for the economist. sugar ray scenes first of all in the hague today? totally bizarre and of the trial —— extraordinary scenes. and the end of the tribunal, because this is its final act, in the next couple of weeks it will close its doors. so this tribunal, which was started in 1993 by the security council, is going out with a bang, so to speak. what does his case highlight, in terms of the story of the event specifically in and around mostar in the 1990s? well, what has happened today has really highlighted something which would have passed by the rest of the world, if it had not been for the publicity he has given it today. namely, the most important thing about this trial is that it is showing the culpability of the croatian state in attempting to divide bosnia—herzegovina with serbia obviously. last week, we saw the conviction of ratko mladic, who played his role in trying to create a greater serbia, and this group of six men were th

today a convicted bosnian war criminal stood before you in judges at the hague hoping for a reduction of his twenty year prison sentence his appeal was dismissed what happened next left the court stunned and the seventy two year old defendant dead if they were seated. i'm not a real criminal i oppose this conviction i still believe. i'm burnt off in berlin also coming up a hoax or hype and alterman plan to bring peace to the middle east donald trump says he'll do what no other u.s. president ever could tonight i'll ask the president of the american jewish congress if he's buying what trump is trying to sell. or we begin the day with an apparent suicide that took place inside a courtroom today at the hague judges at the u.n. war crimes tribunal for the former yugoslavia had begun delivering their ruling a dismissal of an appeal filed by the convicted bosnian war criminal slobodan pro yacc suddenly the seventy two year old shell that i am not a war criminal and that he raised a small bottle to his lips and swallowed what he said was poison after several moments of stunned silence court

alan little reports from the hague. rter: it has been the most emotionally charged of all the trials this court has heard. mladic demanded a halt to the hearing because of his high blood pressure. when the judge refused, he was led out, yelling obscenities. >> curtains down, mr. mladic will be removed from the courtroom. reporter: in his absence, the judge carried on. >> the crimes committed rank among the most heinous known to humankind, and include genocide and extermination as a crime against humanity. reporter: he committed genocide in 1995. there, his men rounded up or hunted down 8000 men and boys, some as young as 12, and murdered them. the sniping and bombardment of the capital sarajevo was designed to terrorize the civilian population. >> they shot a bosnian woman walking on the street with her children. he's talking about the woman in the white coat. >> the bullet passed through her abdomen and hit her seven-year-old son in the head, killing him. >> last year i went to see her. she told me why she had gone to t

after choking back a vial of poison during his appeal hearing of the united nations tribe in on the hague the former bosnian croat general drank the substance twenty seconds after substance seconds after his twenty year sentence was upheld with television cameras rolling artie's alex smile of it is following the story in toronto hello alex. hello there always a pleasure alex this is a bizarre story that i'm still kind of picking up the pieces of what can you tell us about what happened today at the hague a dramatic scene i mean that's that's an understatement to say that they had today around eleven thirty am this guy was with six other bosnian croat former military and politicians they were all wanted to basically appeal their sentences of this he had twenty years they had to the different sets of pending on who it was and for what they did so he's actually served a bunch of the sentence but around eleven thirty it came through that the sentence was going to be upheld and this guy didn't want to hear that his name slobodan pla yacc and it was a general in the bosnian croat forces so when

war crimes trial in the hague has taken an unexpected story unmoral off to the bright. but the politicians to listen to them. they put themselves on the line they did accept the reject. so when you want to be president and you. know somehow want to listen. to the right to be press this is like the full three in the morning the people that i'm interested always in the waters of. the ship. but we in the caribbean who are who respect the environment who protect the environment respect the rule of law be punished for it because the one doing. the problems of the. country doesn't have a right to responsibility to protect its citizens and what have we can determine what. actions are taken in the country are impacting on all countries in the caribbean. the program for a military commander. has died after taking poison at the war crimes court in the hague as the verdict was being read out at an appeals hearing he unexpectedly produced the small bottle on drank from it right in front of the judge. here. were ordered. to have taken poison. dramatic scenes in the courtroom at the

srebrenica called once again in the horror of their own memories watching the court proceedings in the hague in a small museum in the middle of the cemetery where their loved ones are buried they wanted justice as ever then. when they came a surge of elation followed by a wave of emotion that waited twenty two years for this move but they too have all had a life sentences families and villages torn apart a heavy burden of grief that they will take to the great. among them was not jima caught in this iconic photograph of the genocide pleading with a u.s. soldier to help her get back a house meant her son and her brother but this was no safe. and they were gone forever so. i am delighted that the court has brought such a judgement i'm a happy mother i've waited for these judgment the twenty two year old mother as a sister as a wife i personally fought for these so much from day one until today more than eight thousand muslim men and boys died in the killing fields around. but still one thousand victims have not been found every week in the forests and the hills around in this cemetery they're

tribunal in the hague have sentenced mothers to life in prison let's listen to the presiding judge reading out the ruling earlier today. the chamber finds. guilty as a member of first joint command enterprises of the following counts count to genocide count three persecution the crime against humanity all the atrocities committed by this took place in the early to mid one nine hundred ninety s. during the bosnian war let's take a look back now at his role in that conflict. srebrenica the small town in eastern bosnia-herzegovina has gained infamy as the scene of a war crime in july nine hundred ninety five bosnian serb forces massacred more than eight thousand men and boys here they were acting on the orders of radical melodic the former army chief following the collapse of yugoslavia he made plans to create a greater sabria together with the right of one carriage the bars political leader melodic carriage divided the walk of war between them carried it gave the orders mullard it carried them out former head of the british army and ex nato general some mike jackson was at the time commander

military commander slobodan probably occurs died after taking poison at the war crimes court in the hague as the verdict was being read out at an appeals hearing here unexpectedly produced a small bottle and drank from it right in front of the judge. here. it is wrong to. stop police don't. order of proof. has taken poison. dramatic scenes in the courtroom at the hague as the judge announced that slobodan play the former bosnian croat military commanders twenty year sentence for having taken part in war crimes would be upheld and he would be returned to the cells when this the play act produced a small bottle from his jacket said that he was not a war criminal and drank from it we understood that he then collapsed into his chair the video feed cut out he was rushed to hospital and it was confirmed later that he died in a hospital yack had been convicted in twenty thirteen for his role in the destruction of the star bridge now the court had ruled that this caused disproportionate damage to the muslim civilian population in the region it was just last week that the international criminal tr