anna holligan reports from the hague. the dutch had been dreaming of a relatively relaxed christmas, but over the weekend, photos of crowds cramming into city centres combined with an infection rate that's now almost double the dutch government's worst—case scenario has meant there's a sense of inevitability about the christmas crackdown, which ironically means the dutch will be celebrating under what constitutes the country's toughest lockdown yet. translation: i'm sad that it has to be done, but it is important. yeah, i think that it's necessary. yeah, unfortunately. so, from today, all non—essential stores are closed, along with things like museums, cinemas, theatres and amusement parks. restaurants, cafes and cannabis coffee shops can keep on serving takeaways only. and lots of these pink signs have been going up in protest from businesses that feel as though they're being unjustly targeted

anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. us food and drug adminstration has opened the way for a second vaccine to be approved for use in america. the moderna jab maker's claims it is safe and 94% effective have now been verified.

anna holligan reports from the hague. e dutch had been dreaming of a relatively relaxed christmas, but over the weekend, photos of crowds cramming into city centres combined with an infection rate that's now almost double the dutch government's worst case scenario has meant there's a sense of inevitability about the christmas crackdown, which ironically means the dutch will be celebrating under what constitutes the country's toughest lockdown yet. translation: i'm sad that it has to be done, but it is important. yeah, i think that it's necessary. yeah, unfortunately. so, from today, all non—essential stores are closed, along with things like museums, cinemas, theaters and amusement parks. restaurants, cafes and cannabis coffee shops can keep on serving takeaways only. and lots of these pink signs have been going up in protest from businesses that feel as though they're being unjustly targeted

anna holligan, bbc news, in the hague. he number of deaths recorded on tuesday in the uk reached 506, the british government has come under intense pressure to revise its plan to relax covid—19 restrictions for five days over christmas. a meeting between the four nations of the uk to discuss to discuss the plan broke up

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anna holligan reports from the hague. latively relaxed christmas, but over the weekend, photos of crowds cramming into city centres combined with an infection rate that's now almost double the dutch government's worst case scenario has meant there's a sense of inevitability about the christmas crackdown, which ironically means the dutch will be celebrating under what constitutes the country's toughest lockdown yet. translation: i'm sad that it has to be done, but it is important. yeah, i think that it's necessary. yeah, unfortunately. so, from today, all nonessential stores are closed, along with things like museums, cinemas, theaters and amusement parks. restaurants, cafes and cannabis coffee shops can keep on serving takeaways only. and lots of these pink signs have been going up in protest from businesses that feel as though they're being unjustly targeted without enough state support to keep them afloat. traditional german christmas markets aren't as busy this year. most have already been cancelled, and a hard lockdown

but they want to force it to change track a step vasant reports from the hague the people versus shall. that's how environmental groups called the case. after people donated more than half a 1000000 euros to help fund the court hearings before this legal battle against one of the world's most powerful corporations got on the way more money was being plashed. the same court in the hague ruled last year that a dutch state should protect its citizens against the dangers of climate change. it ordered the nataline's to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for 25 percent compared to $99000.00 by the end of this year. and via mentalists, he did further based on a dutch law as a precedent for the case against royal dutch shell. and dutch lol no company is allowed to endanger the lives of citizens through its actions. that's a very legal and an ethical. and we're basing our cold case on the friends of the earth, say that more than 30 years ago, chale had secret knowledge about the sea level rise caused by global warming. and as a result, raise the legs of or threat from troll norway by 2 meters. des

embassies and dutch multinationals like shall royal dutch shell has been taken to court here in the hague for its contribution to global warming but now the largest company in the netherlands is under fire again this time for its role in large oil spills in nigeria and for legibly covering this up chad has declined always quest to respond on camera but that sound of the following written response. shall petroleum development company of nigeria does not have any formal report of named staff members in full in pipeline vandalism with sabotage is established to clean up contract it's not awarded to contractors from the host community to make sure multinationals like shell can be held accountable for the damage they do in other countries like nigeria friends of the earth are urging the government to regulate these companies to comply with law back in the netherlands steps last an al-jazeera the hague president elect joe biden is introduce more key picks for his administration several of them of veterans of the obama white house susan rice has been tapped the director of white house domestic p

the local community he would discuss the deliberate leaks which shell and with the government in the hague will be going into my review shall become one of my big chair will teach that out of business by shouting at the use of. very heavy vacuum you heard me say one you wanted to say and i heard you loud and clear. soon after the ambassador was removed from his post for leaking confidential information about attacks investigation to shell the dutch foreign ministry says that because of his removal the information about the deliberate spill snapper rage them such m.p.t. find this hard to believe. we should make it very clear that the government is always always independent and also needs to be in that position to be able to hold companies who are not following the rules accountable and how can you hold a company accountable if you are really close friends parliament members have filed a motion to demand an independent investigation into possible collusion between the embassies and dutch multinationals like shallow royal dutch shell has been taken to court here in the hague for its contribut

from the duma from the hague finished the conversation by saying you know. most of the media suit themselves as organisers of state machine themselves as being a part of the serbian cause and contributing to the syrian cause which is the only way you can explain having got online is shown in into a morning talk show having just been found guilty of genocide. or speak of normalization of. the srebrenica genocide which took place here in 1995 is by far the most popular topic for historical revisionists the execution of at least $8000.00 muslim men and boys at the hands of the bosnian serb security forces the worst mass killing on european soil since the 2nd world war is a huge staying on bosnian serb history and numerous books have been written about it by those wanting to recast the facts of that massacre. so this is by far the thorniest use normal discourse. this is also by far the best prosecuted crime all the crimes of the ninety's it's proven beyond reasonable doubt that the culprits are the leaders of other the 1st observers and i can wonder how come tha

her son prepared her for her role as a key witness in the war crimes tribunal in the hague she trying to look radko marriage in the eye while making her statement but he did not say a word to her she is firmly convinced that the war criminals will have to pay for their crimes in the next wound she's often asked why she returned to her house after the war the spine to losing her family or the. passive i decided to return to the place where i lived with my children and brought them up. i felt stronger for it i am stronger. and i've never regretted my return i'm proud of it. you know it must be hard for you sometimes when everything reminds you of. but it will only be as good of course it's hard everything is hard the only think that they'll come back one day but i am strong enough to live with it i'm not the only mother who lost everything it didn't work it is. not far away in this building hundreds of men and boys were executed in july 995 after being captured. there is not even a memorial plaque to mark the crime. just a few minutes away from the scene of this atrocity is the hero's m

justify the bone that in the hague tribunal. they were all killed she lost her husband and 2 sons now she lives alone on her own in her house and she has been living alone for 25 years that's the hardest thing is when i'm making a salad who for why why am i bothering to cook everything is hard. i feel like i've been buried alive. when he has time for his son visits man of each $100.00 is stupid coronavirus how are you going to put music with me and they only come on in. because she has no remaining male relatives selina gets financial support from the state over ness. her son prepared her for her role as a key witness in the war crimes tribunal in the hague she tried to look radko marriage in the eye while making her statement but he did not say a word to her she is firmly convinced that the war criminals will have to pay for their crimes in the next wound she's often asked why she returned to her house after the war the spite of losing her family the. parents of i decided to return to the place where i lived with my children and

testified about that in the hague tribunal. they were all killed she lost her husband and 2 sons now she lives alone on her own in her house and she has been living alone for 25 years that's the hardest thing is when i'm making a salad. for why why am i bothering to cook. everything is hard. i feel like i've been buried alive. when he has time for his son visits of each $100.00 this stupid coronavirus how are you going to put music and really come on in. because she has no remaining male relatives so leah gets financial support from the state government as. her son prepared her for her role as a key witness in the war crimes tribunal in the hague she trying to look radko marriage in the eye while making her statement but he did not say a word to her she is firmly convinced that the war criminals will have to pay for their crimes in the next wound she's often asked why she returned to her house after the war the spite of losing her family the. parents of i decided to return to the place where i lived with my children and brought

that's how and why in mantillas, call this landmark case in the hague. more than 17000 dutch citizens, together with 6 employer mantle organisations are taking one of the world's most powerful corporations to court. if you shout of deliberately putting people's lives at risk with its increased production of fossil fuels from knowing the risks of climate change, the company and the written responses as that can be singled out as a company for its contribution to global warming. and it also rejects allegations that more than 30 years ago the company had you need knowledge about the risks of climate change already. last year, the same court ruled that, failing to reduce global warming isn't violation of human rights, and also ordered the dutch state to reduce its emissions to 20 percent by the end of 2020. but this time it's not the state but the company that is on trial for a company with large funds to defend itself. but, and try a mantra missed i'm still optimistic that they can win this case. and if they do, it will have a major impact on the fight again

are awaiting trial following the closure of the war crimes tribunal for the former yugoslavia in the hague bosnian courts have taken over the process tony brooklier went to me in central bosnia which was the scene of one of the atrocities in the war and their survivors say many the guilty are still free. is a small village with a dark past it was where one of the biggest atrocities it involved in war happened 116 muslim men women and children killed by bosnian croat forces the men were shot the women and children were herded into basements that were then satellite a small room with photos next to the last documents that terrible day in april 1993 today much of the village has been repaired but the psychological damage hasn't let this be misunderstood when my dad was 73 when he was killed he was weak and disabled it is really difficult to understand how the human mind is capable of something like that. abdullah's mother and 3 sisters died in a burning basement his father and brother were executed he was shot through the head but he survived and play dead he gave evidence of the war crimes t

shot through the head but he survived and play dead he gave evidence of the war crimes tribunal in the hague and hopes for justice stick or even stray dogs really means mr dog all of us who testified tried to present all facts we had and we hope that the perpetrators will be convicted and some were but we don't believe that the sentences were strong enough all these villagers lost family members in the attack and feel that more need to face justice the war crimes tribunals started in 1993 with a budget of 270000 dollars by the time it wound up 24 years later the annual cost was around $270000161.00 people were tried and 90 were found guilty now bosnian courts of continuing war crimes trials 25 years after the war ended and there are still nearly 600 people facing war crimes charges in bosnia and many more with blood on their hands are still walking free and that's not making the reconciliation process any easier. an estimated 150 bosnian kratz assertive taken part in the amici attack 10 were convicted but 3 fighters were later acquitted on appeal they are back living in the area and lisa los

testifying about that in the hague tribunal. they were all killed she lost her husband and 2 sons now she lives alone on her own in her house and she has been living alone for 25 years that's the hardest thing is when i'm making a salad who for why why am i bothering to cook everything is hard. ringback i feel like i've been buried alive. when he has time his son visits man of each $100.00 is stupid coronavirus how are you going for music with me and billy come on in. because she has no remaining male relatives so leah gets financial support from the state. her son prepared her for her role as a key witness in the war crimes tribunal in the hague she trying to look radko marriage in the eye while making her statement but he did not say a word to her she is firmly convinced that the war criminals will have to pay for their crimes in the next wound she's often asked why she returned to her house after the war this fight losing her family the. parents of i decided to return to the place where i lived with my children and brought the

investigate beijing for alleged genocide and crimes against humanity because china is not a signatory to the hague based tribunal china maintains its goal is to really educate people and steer them away from islamist extremism weaker say that with its program of forced sterilization abortion and internment beijing is trying to wipe out every trace of the muslim minorities identity debby's correspondents mightiest printing and yulia han have this exclusive reports. scenes of a family outing with 0 ad hom her husband to assume john and their little daughter by are in turkey a safe location for now. but for good 0 a normal life is still far away she says she does not feel safe anywhere. near the months of the cold i still wake up from nightmares in which i see myself in a chinese internment camp again. the images and memories of the interrogations of the beatings and the things they did to him and their haunt me i don't feel sick for a few days and i can't sleep i argue with my family i even think about hurting myself . in 2017 good 000 han was arrested in soon junk china's westernmost region she is

severson has more from the hague. the people 1st, a shell. that's how and why a mantra is called this landmark case in the hague. more than 17000 dutch citizens, together with 6 employer mantle organisations are taking one of the world's most powerful corporations to court. if you shout of deliberately putting people's lives at risk with its increased production of fossil fuels from knowing the risks of climate change, the company and the written responses as that can be singled out as a company for its contribution to global warming. and it also rejects allegations that more than 30 years ago the company had you need knowledge about the risks of climate change already. last year, the same court ruled that, failing to reduce global warming isn't violation of human rights. and it also ordered the dutch state to reduce its emissions to 20 percent by the end of 2020. but this time it's not the state but the company that its own trial, a company with large funds to defend itself. but and brian mann from is still optimistic that they can win this

anna holligan has this update from the hague. the dutch government has made almost immediately after the british prime minister revealed the rapid rise of cases in and around london was due to this mutant strain of the virus. the new variant is thought to spread more quickly and also be harder to detect. it is not thought to be more deadly. the dutch government said that sampling here had also revealed that one case of this new variant, so they are now investigating who that individual is and how they became infected and whether there are in other individual cases beyond that one. they haven't ruled out additional travel bans that would affect ferries and trains between the two countries. there are also talking about potentially restricting travel between the uk even further due to the rapid rate of infection coming from this mutant strain of the virus. police in scotland say they will not be setting up roadblocks to enforce a christmas travel ban announced yesterday by nicola sturgeon. the first minister said a ban on travel to t

say they can't investigate the allegations because china is not a signatory to the court based in the hague. the story is prime minister scott morrison has warned china it would be in breach of global trading rules if it stops imports of australian coal his remarks follow chinese state media reports of a possible ban it's a further escalation and a growing trade dispute in a potential blow to australia's economy as nick clegg age reports from sydney. a strike here is one of the world's largest producers and exporters of coal used in both steel making and to generate power one of its major markets is china but months of imported lives have left millions of tones of the strain in cold stranded on china's coast and the industry in turmoil trying to start a political reasons not economic growth because economically it's itself china that's clearly a political stance that the parties back in. beijing faming lee confirmed to charlie was being targeted in a state backed global times newspaper saying power plants have been granted approval to import coal without clearance restrictions from anyone e

empty streets again and the hague, the netherlands third—largest city, street measures since the pandemican. nonessential shops, schools, cinemas have closed and until march only essential travel abroad is allowed. translation: lockdown is not really the solution but stricter enforcement like compulsory face mask, using the corona at an even indoors the temperatures should be controlled, that solution is far more effective than a lockdown. translation: it is precisely a good idea to closed shops. we have people doing the christmas shopping, families getting together so i think the lockdown is really necessary. over christmas however for three days dutch households are allowed three guests instead of two. like wise relaxation of the rules in germany were one house and can host a maximum of fourfamily house and can host a maximum of four family members over christmas. on tuesday, people in berlin packed the centres before shops and schools closed until the 10th of january. bars and leisure centres were already shut. in france, and leisure centres were already shl curfew ance, and leisure ce

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world's most powerful corporations got on the way more money was being planned the same court in the hague ruled last year that a dutch state should protect its citizens against the dangers of climate change it ordered the nataline's to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for 25 percent compared to 1900 by the end of this year and via mentalists he did further based on a dutch law as a precedent for the case against royal dutch shell and dutch lol no company is allowed to endanger the lives of citizens through its actions that's a very legal and an ethical and we're basing our old good guys on that new friends of the earth say that more than 30 years ago chale had secret knowledge about the sea level rise caused by global warming and as a result raise the legs of or threat from troll norway by 2 metres despite this the group say the oil giant continue to increase its production and paid international lobbyist to downplay the dangerous shall the client requests to respond on camera but in its paper sent to the court the company denies the accusations we believe the claims in this summons are in

over the legal process after the closure of the war crimes tribunal for the former yugoslavia in the hague tony berkley went to see in central bosnia the center of one of the atrocities in the war survivors there is say many of the guilty are still walking free. it is a small village with a dark past it was where one of the biggest atrocities of the bosnian war happened 116 muslim men women and children killed by bosnian croat forces the men were shot the women and children were herded into basements that would then set alight a small room with photos next to the mosque documents that terrible day in april 1993 today much of the village has been repaired but the psychological damage hasn't but this one was in this city where my dad was 73 when he was killed he was weak and disabled it is really difficult to understand how the human mind is capable of something like that abdullah as mother and 3 sisters died in a burning basement his father and brother were executed he was shot through the head but he survived and play dead he gave evidence of the war crimes tribunal in the hague and hopes

but prosecutors say they cannot investigate the allegations because china is not a signatory to the hague based court the united nations says the child marriage rates of surge in sierra leone because of the coronavirus pandemic estimates that hardships resulting from private 19 would drive 13000000 more girls worldwide to marry before the age of 18 to tour again. mary kamara is 16 years old and wanted to be a nurse but the great artist pandemic pushed her family into poverty she says she had little choice but to leave school and marry instead. when he went to meet my parents they called me and asked me about his proposal and i told them you have no money to send me to school so let me get married. marie stepfather runs a tailoring shopping komo in eastern sierra leone he's had few customers this year because of the pandemic worries husband is in his mid twenty's and offered to provide rice for her younger sisters and access to his watering hole as part of his marriage proposal. to mourn. the past months have been hard for me it's been difficult to afford enough i don't have money people d

we have more from the hague. >> we have been getting more information on this from the european president a very short statement in brussels actually. e said, it will be available he same time under the same conditions f every country. the first batches will be shipped -- in the coming days. the e.u. vaccination days have been set up for the 27th, th, and the 29th of december. and she described this as a very good way to end a difficult year and start turning the page for covid-19. that said, we are talkingou abot 27ries, and they are all prepared to even degrees. in germany we have seen mass vaccination centers set up. they are hoping to be one of the first countries to start. here in the netherlands, less prepared. we are looking around the 8th of january. there is more good news out of amsterdam. the ema i expecting to release a decisionn moderna vaccine on the sixth of january. so, there is something, some positive news here in tu europe this evening. >> let's go straight to the u.s. with president-elect joe biden is getting ready to receive his vaccination. 'let' listen in. [unintell

only source region the those who were convicted in the hague tribunal are widely seen as heroes in their communities and in serbia many of those who participated in making decisions during the war are now in power and they benefit from promoting the use kinds of post messages and narratives for instance have given his books that are promoted by the ministry of defense offer a blow by blow accounts of the nato bombing during the kosovo war however they emit the crimes committed by the serbs these books are an attempt to completely ignore the victims to keep more crimes silent and to present the nato bombing as a hostile attack by international forces in which only innocent serbs were killed actually serbs can i don't when it comes to some of the books we know that for instance alexander which is the current president of serbia wrote a couple of forwards to some of the editions now if you have a legitimate representative of a country you know write a forward for books. and less work and all that is a huge issue. but i think that tells you a lot about just how far. you know the current poli