2007, the jury awarded john thomson $14 million. >> but the d.a.' would appeal the decision for the next four years. meanwhile, john thomson transformed his life, building an organization called resurrection after exoneration to help exonerees adjust to life after prison. he's also become a leading spokesman against prosecutorial misconduct. >> it's extraordinary to see him as a 10th grade high school dropout become a really compelling advocate, the way he has taken this tragedy that happened in his life and turned it into a force for positive change. >> after years of appeals, the d.a.'s office finally argued their case to the u.s. supreme court. >> 2011, the bitterly divided justices voted 5-4 to deny the $14 million award. >> five justices of the supreme court believed the new orleans district attorney's office could not be liable because there was not a prior pattern of similar misconduct. >> the majority opinion written by justice clarence thomas found that even though connick's office withheld evidence in the thompson case, that was not enough

sophia tran—thomson, bbc news.news. helping earthquake victims in the country, paid for sex. moscow and washington. county antrim, has died in hospital. by north korean leader kinjong—un‘s sister, for talks with the south. sport now. and for a full round—up from the bbc sport centre. wins out of two in the six nations. while ireland kept up their perfect start with a 56—19 win over italy. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson reports. if you can't do can you want a good view. can you see them? out the background noise. by england. we'll get the camera is ready. two minutes played, highball, rhys patchell didn't make it. was kicking it, right in the path ofjonny may who did the rest. joe launchbury. the ball to his team—mates. how could wales respond? followed. touched the ball down with control. no, he said. wales needed a try and this is how close they came. the line was there and so was sam underhill to grab his man. this kind of commitment wins this kind of match. 12—6 to england it finished. the game in dublin wa

third quarter klay thomson throws it down. he doesn't do that often.s team high 25 in the second half. draymond green, 11 assists to go with his 17. monster jam of his own. fourth quarter, klay on fire, the jumper. icette with the three. war warriors cruise to victory 122-105. >> we're fighting our way through some things but i like the way we have battled the last two games after those slow starts and hopefully we can maybe get a quicker start on monday. >> i was taking good shots and in rhythm and usually when i do that they go in. so you know, you got to stick with it. it doesn't matter whether you have three shots or 15. you have to take the shots there and be aggressive. >> if it does happen, you can't get discouraged knowing there's a full game, full opportunity to impose our will and do what we do. >>> college hoops. st. mary's win streak on the line taking on gone zag ga. they were never it down 12 the half. a baby hook and the bull dogs and gails are tied for the conference lead. 78-65. gail's 19-game win streak comes to a close. >>> sharks ho

- [narrator 2] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by price waterhouse coopers llp. (mournful russian music) (applause) the world changed in 1991 when the soviet flag was lowered for the last time over the kremlin. in its place was raised the flag of russia and what many hoped would symbolize a new era of freedom and western-style democracy. - by the fall of 1991, russia was moving towards independence in agreement with other soviet republics. the soviet union was about to be dismantled. - [polyakova] people including myself who lived in the soviet union at the time didn't see it coming. people were ready for a change. they wanted western values. they wanted democracy. (epic russian music) - [yelchenko] there was a lot of hope that the new russia which also became an independent state, like every other former republic, would change. that they would become a country with normalcy, with the human rights and democracy. - [kara-murza] a new era began. an era when we had genuine freedom of t

sophia tran—thomson has this report. it does contain images some viewers may find distressing.long double—decker was taking spectators and workers home from the sha tin racecourse after the last race of the day. the bus appears to have slid and flipped onto its side and hit a lamppost which cut through it. the driver has been arrested on counts of causing death and grievous bodily harm by dangerous driving. translation: the driver was ten minutes late, and he lost his temper when he started driving. some people were complaining, and he drove the bus like he was driving a plane. when he turned, the bus crashed. it was very chaotic. he drove so fast, the bus toppled immediately when making a turn so all the people fell down and piled up. some passengers managed to climb out of the wreckage on their own, others had to be cut free by the fire brigade. authorities say ten of the injured are in a critical condition fighting for their lives, while a further 20 are in a serious condition. sophia tran—thomson, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. at

sophia tran—thomson, bbc news.e thought to have died in a bus crash on the indonesian island ofjava. the bus had reportedly been taking about a0 local tourists to visit hot springs in the subang region of west java province. it's thought the bus hit a motorbike while heading down a hill at speed — causing it to roll over several times. police are investigating the cause of the collision. now to colombia, where new migration restrictions have led to long queues on the border with venezuela. the main bridge between the two countries has been opening and closing intermittently since the colombian president, announced tighter rules for venezuelans entering the country. more than 40,000 people have already left crisis—hit venezuela. thousands are expected to either stay — or travel on to other countries in south america. president trump has spoken out about his decision to block the release of a classified democratic party memo over the fbi's russia probe. the memo rebutted claims there was anti—trump bias in the fbi's

- [announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association, in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. - [narrator] afghanistan sits at the crossroads of the middle east, russia, and south asia. for centuries it has been a focal point of both trade and war. - afghans are very proud people, and because of our strategic location, we have been resisting the super powers. we have fought ghengis khan, tamerlane, alexander the great, the british, the soviet union. so really the idea of accepting the dominance of another country, is not in the gene of the afghans. - afghanistan has been referred to as the graveyard of empires because it's a very rugged, dry generally, typography. neither the russians, nor the british, nor the americans, have been able to, for a significant period of time, subdue afghanistan. and, it's not that you can't do it, it's what costs are you willing to incur. - [narrator] the costs were too high for the soviet union when various ethnic groups united as the mujahideen to drive them out of

great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters funding for great decisions is provided by price waterhouse coopers llp. (dramatic music) - [radio host] a short time ago, an american airplane dropped one mb on hiroshima. that bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. - [narrator] the seeds of nuclear proliferation were sown when the us attacked hiroshima and nagasaki at the end of world war ii. it was mankind's first exposure to a weapon that would forever alter the calculus of war. - the introduction of then called atomic weapons in 1945 had a very significant impact on geopolitics. at the time, i think all leaders were aware that this was something qualitatively different, they weren't sure what it meant. when one plane can inflict the same level of damage that it previously took thousands of planes and maybe multiple raids by thousands of planes to inflict, i think everyone realized things would be different. - the ending of world war ii brought victory but it also brought a whole set of complicated issues, that is, what would war lo

sophia tran—thomson, bbc news. some other stories making the news now.e are thought to have died in a bus crash on the indonesian island ofjava. the bus had been taking about a0 local tourists to visit hot springs in the subang region. it's thought the bus hit a motorbike while heading down a hill at speed, causing it to roll over several times. turkey says one of its military helicopters has been shot down in the north of syria. it happened near afrin where turkish forces are fighting kurdish militants. kurdish fighters say they brought the aircraft down, and claim that 16 turkish soldiers were killed. the turkish military said two soldiers on board the aircraft had died. two police officers in the us state of ohio have been shot and killed in the line of duty. the officers were responding to an emergency call in westerville in when they were fired at. the suspect was injured and is receiving treatment in hospital. president trump says his thoughts and prayers are with the officers and their families. thousands of demonstrators have taken part in an ant

) - [announcer] great decisions is produced by the foreign policy association in association with thomson reuters. funding for great decisions is provided by pricewaterhousecoopers llp. (soft music) - [narrator] the 1960's in latin america was an era of political revolutions. the reverberations of which are still felt today. - latin america was really defined, the 1960's by the cuban revolution. there was a greater push for independence, sovereignty, autonomy from the united states. - it was a region where some of the battles between capitalism and communism, between democracy and authoritarianism, played out with the greatest drama. it was an era of military coups everywhere from central america down through brazil and argentina. - there were movements not just in latin america, but in other parts of the world in the 60's and 70's to bring more left progressive government into power and in reaction to that, military dictatorships took hold in much of the southern cone and brazil. - [narrator] inspired and at times supported by cuba, a half dozen nations saw political revolutions in the 1

sophia tran—thomson, bbc news.ed to long queues on the border with venezuela. the main bridge between the two countries has been opening and closing intermittently since the colombian president announced tighter rules for venezuelans entering the country. more than 40,000 people have already left crisis—hit venezuela. thousands are expected to either stay — or travel on to other countries in south america. the foreign secretary, boris johnson, has been in bangladesh, where he's visited rohingya refugees, escaping violence in neighbouring myanmar. nearly 700,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, after a military crackdown began six months ago. reeta chakrabarti was with the foreign secretary, as he visited the balu—khali camp. cries of "welcome" to a guest from a people who have been kicked out of their home. we're going to try and get you back home, guys. borisjohnson came to see and hear himself from the victims of this huge man—made disaster. he heard story after story of arson, rape and murder. commi

mike thomson reporting on that footage that hospital staff sent into newsnight.world, but these days the former black flag and rollins band singer spends all his performance time talking, not singing. rollins hasn't fronted a band since about 2006, choosing instead spoken word performances. his latest tour is taking in every continent. so what does a punk of the past make of how those who come behind him are channelling their anger these days? and as a self—confessed rich, white and well—educated man, what has he got left to be angry about? we sent our in—house pet punk, john sweeney, to meet him. in my day, punks used to go around with safety pins through their noses gobbing at people. henry rollins was a classier kind of punk. here he is in his pomp. my name is henry rollins and this is off—road tattoo! he also ran at one point a mobile tattoo parlour. it didn't catch on. i caught up with him in london today. as an old school punk rocker, how do you feel about alt—right punks? i think, it'sjust my opinion, i see how easily a young person might be taken with an

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for thomson reuters you're quite familiar with war zones in fact you've done a lot of your work there when you see images like like we saw in our piece there from turkey when you see the clampdown on antiwar voices in turkey do you think that peace will ever return to syria mean it's it's quite complicated no because it's more like a global people will use the local people and there are so you cannot exactly when they're when their book at become empty or when they. when something so all of the people who have power or the garment even like the government or the opposition or this you have this together or the kurdish they this still not clear about what is the future if the syrian agree about what is the future they have the power to. to bring it to the whole to the united nation to get its due and this is this is like the legacy of it it's still there people still want to fight still want to get revenge and two wars have been also between like. opposition and the me who. are it's also like most dangerous thing because if you look there are twenty five million school district in to b

sophia tran—thomson has this report.tin racecourse after the last race of the day. the bus appears to have slid and flipped onto its side and hit a lamppost which cut through it. it is still unknown what caused the accident but passengers quoted by local media have said the bus was running late and driving at high speeds. some passengers managed to climb out of the wreckage on their own, others had to be cut free by the fire brigade. police have so far been unable to confirm how many people were on the bus. the bus company has made a statement, offering their condolences and has said that the driver had a good track record. major retailers in the uk are being urged to protect shoppers from an itunes gift card scam, which is conning victims out of thousands of pounds. hm revenue and customs says elderly and vulnerable people are being targeted, as our business correspondent, joe lynam explains. they acquire the contact details of elderly people and call them up and suggest that they have a huge tax bill outstanding and th

sophia tran—thomson has this report. new territories. it is unknown what caused the accident, though passengers quoted by local media say that the bus was running late and driving at high speeds. some passengers managed to climb out of the wreckage on their own, others had to be cut free by the fire brigade. police have so far been unable to confirm how may people were on the bus. the bus company has made a statement offering condolences and say that the driver had a good track record. at least 27 people have died when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed on the indonesian island of java. the crash happened when the bus, which had at least a0 people on board, hit a motorbike as it was speeding down a hill in the subang region of west java province, causing it to roll over multiple times. in ireland, sinn fein has a new leaderfor the first time in sa years. gerry adams has stepped down, and been replaced by mary lou mcdonald at a specially convened party conference in dublin. more than 2000 sinn fein leaders have enth

sophia tran—thomson has this report.r crashed in the new territories of hong kong. it was taking spectators and workers home from the racecourse after the last race of the day. the bus appears to have split and flipped onto its side and hit a lamppost which cut through it. it is still unknown what caused the accident but passengers quoted by local media have said the bus was running late and driving at high speeds. some passengers managed to climb out of the wreckage on their own, others had to be cut free by the fire brigade. police have so far been unable to confirm how many people were on the bus. the bus company has made a statement, offering their condolences and has said that the driver had a good track record. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, is in bangladesh, where he's been meeting rohingya refugees, who've escaped violence in neighbouring myanmar. nearly 700,000 people have been forced to leave their homes, after a military crackdown began six months ago. reeta chakrabarti is travelling with the foreign sec

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lebron was named game mvp and had his way early in the game klay thomson kept it close with 15 pointsad 19 points and played shut down on steph in the game's end. here's the players' thoughts on the format afterwards. >> i think that -- you know, that vibe of the format and having two guys select from your peers will be a fun show, as it unfolds year after year. >> what did you think of the defense? >> it was good. it was a fun game to play in. nba did a great job making the changes they made. they got something to play for, and overall it was better for the fans and it was better for us. it was more fun for us to play in. i don't think anyone was out there too serious but serious ps enough that it made it a fun basketball game to play in. >> played with guys i would never play with before, seeing their games up close and personal. i think it was a good formula. >> last take away on the experience? >> it's a pleasure to be an all-star and it's a great honor especially when you're here with your teammates. i hope to do this at least a few more times. it's worth, you know, having no bre

earnings to record 686 by $1 million in revenue down for .3% from the previous year according to thomsoneuters estimates as far as users, analysts are looking to see if the growth of 122% will carry over. also looking to see how twitter is handling aggression in first to spread russian propaganda may have affected growth. it is working on new tools to detect automated account activity. analysts and investors want to know how big an effect it will have on twitter's number of users in its bottom line the company has to hire more people to monitor activity. they also increased the number of carrot tears will see if that has boosted engagement as well. >> that's a good point. so much easier. but it seems i'm doing? deliver in a different way? >> in the sun rolling two hour delivery from all food stores to its prime numbers in neighborhoods of boston from the cincinnati, and virginia beach today. prime numbers of place online or through the app and will be filled by employees and delivered at amazon flex drivers. they plan to expand the service more broadly in the future. it sounds more to in

in a moment you will see he is sitting alongside the charity board of trustees, caroline thomson.we cannot give any reference for this person, he was dismissed for gross misconduct. that is what we should be able to be doing on a systematic basis. i also saw the references 0xfa m basis. i also saw the references 0xfam got when he was first employed. they gave no cause for concern. i am deeply concerned, as you have said, about the idea people can move on and that we don't put public interest first. that is the commitment we have made and we are working as hard as we can and as fast as we can with other agencies on that. i am going to have to come to another question. we will come back later on some of the other questions about some of the legal challenges you said you faced. you said that a number of times. before ido said that a number of times. before i do that ijust wanted to ask some questions about where does the safeguarding team feed into? you have set up a new safeguarding unit. does it feed into yourself? to the board of trustees? at what level is the head of safeguarding

sophia tran—thomson has this report.ecker crashed in the new territories of hong kong. it was taking spectators and workers home from the racecourse after the last race of the day. the bus appears to have split and flipped onto its side and hit a lamp post which cut through it. it is still unknown what caused the accident but passengers courted by local media have said the bus was running late and driving at a high speed. some passengers managed to climb out of the wreckage on their own, others had to be cut free by the fire brigade. police have so far been unable to confirm how many people were on the bus. the bus company has made a statement, offering their condolences and has said that the driver had a good track record. at least 27 people have died when a bus carrying domestic tourists crashed on the indonesian island of java. the crash happened when the bus, which had at least a0 people on board, hit a motorbike as it was speeding down a hill in the subang region of west java province, causing it to roll over multip

be decided on friday among them the women's ski cross and after canadian defending champion mario thomson crashed out in the heats to her compatriots to chrome advantage kelsey so lead the field from the start of the final winning gold ahead of brittney feelin so it seems funny smith got the broad base. well canada has now surpassed their best ever medal haul at a winter olympics with twenty seven but it still norway who topped the table with thirteen gold medals germany in second place also have thirteen gold the united states and the netherlands round out the top five. well the united states are enjoying their best when taken as they had plenty to cheer about on thursday when they won women's ice hockey gold for the first time in twenty years beating great rivals canada it caps a remarkable twelve months for the team last march they threatened to boycott the world championships over a lack of fair wages and support from the usa hockey. this team has has gone through so much we stood for so much. and ultimately we wanted to achieve this goal together and we did i don't think that we woul

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yesterday the chairwoman of oxfam's trustees, caroline thomson, issued a statement promising to takea m oxfam will try to convince the international development secretary that it should keep its money. it follows revelations some members of staff used prostitutes in haiti, for members of staff were sacked. three british tourists have been killed in a helicopter crash over the grand canyon in the united states. they've been named by police in arizona as 27 year old becky dobson, jason hill, who was 32, and 30 year old stuart hill. three other britons, and the pilot, were injured. the foreign office says its providing support to the families of the victims in las vegas. theresa may and the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, are visiting belfast for talks with northern ireland's main parties. there are growing indications that the democratic unionist party and sinn fein may be close to a deal to restore devolved government — although a dup source has said agreement is unlikely today. the last administration led by the two parties collapsed more than a year ago. the first footage of an

last month, phil thomson, the president of global affairs at gsk, said they have had to set aside £70 priorities when it comes to preparing for brexit? our overriding concern is that we can continue to deliver all motion is about medicines to all patients across europe. at the moment we do not know what the rules and regulations that we are having to operate by, and therefore we are having to plan for all eventualities. as you can see, that is very expensive. that line we had from phil thompson saying they were putting aside £70 million which they believe they will need to prepare for brexit, money they say they could be spending on research in cancer drugs, that is quite a strong statement to make. what is your reaction to that? you know, across the whole industry this bill will come to hundreds of millions of pounds. it's not really the money here, it's the uncertainty about our ability to deliver medicines to patients, which is the most important factor. the good news is that the uk government has been really strong on this in terms of saying, our policy is to ensure that we delive