u.k. high court has ruled british troops breached geneva conventions in iraq we look into that after this. join me every thursday on the alec simon shore and i'll be speaking to guest of the world of politics sports business i'm showbusiness i'll see you then. that's the problem in this new reality is there will be no resting in peace there is no death anymore people will pay to make sure that their death is final that their death is complete that all their d.n.a. is scott. hello again the u.k. high court has found that british troops were in breach of human rights conventions abusing civilians during the iraq war with more on the outer ring. specifically we have seen four iraqi citizens being awarded damages in cases against the actions of the ministry of defense during the iraq war in the way these people were detained and now the court has decided that these four iraqi citizens are going to be awarded eighty four thousand pounds with thirty thousand going to just one of those men and the reason for this is the judge has ruled that the actions of british troops in the way they were detai

u.k. high court ruled that the ministry of defense breached the geneva conventions the one nine hundred ninety eight human rights act through on lawful detentions who do you think should bear responsibility for that. well i think we know from the united states that the orders to violate the geneva conventions in fact to exempt the country from the geneva conventions came from the very top of the us political establishment it came from george w. bush i believe it also came from the ministry of defense top officials in the u.k. with the a wink and nod or complicit agreement of the tony blair government so who is really being charged who should be charged i would say it's the top officials of these wars these wars in and of themselves constituted not only a war of aggression which is a crime against peace the greatest crime according to the nuremberg trials but they were also crimes against humanity and they were done systematically it was not accidental it was not done incidentally by soldiers in the field these came from orders from high up there's been some questions about where this no leads

u.k. high court has ruled in favor of four iraqi citizens who sued the british military for human rights abuses the ruling could pave the way for hundreds of claims over the u.k.'s actions during the iraq war and this is it has the story specifically we have seen four iraqi citizens being awarded damages in cases against the actions of the ministry of defense during the iraq war in the way these people were detained and now the court has decided that these four iraqi citizens are going to be awarded eighty four thousand pounds with thirty thousand going to just one of those men and the reason for this is the judge has ruled that the actions of british troops in the way they were detaining these people were in violation of geneva conventions as well as the human rights act citing cruel and inhumane treatment as well as unlawful detention the judge has said that these assaults quote involved the gratuitous infliction of pain and humiliation for the amusement of those who perpetrated them and quote we have to say that this comes just ten days after the international criminal court found quote reas

u.k. governments regarding the legality of these arms sales and so that needs to continue and that's a concern where i mean the high court the u.k. ruled that it was legal and it should continue just recently right but it's under appeal but and but that pressure still needs to continue despite the fact that unfortunately it hasn't gone anywhere i think that you know sure it's you know it's a proxy war but it's also a yemeni war in the sense that you know yemen has always been a fragmented country there's been the southern succession is movement there's been the whole thing rebellion and north everything in between there's al qaida and so the other thing that really needs to happen is that international actors such as the us need to sort of step you know it's a pan out from this obsession with the so-called war on terror and really look at the root causes of this conflict and try and figure out how to genuinely resolve it and to me how urgent it is this day to happen we've had the u.n. warning of widespread famine for about two years now how soon is that likely to happen well i think the callers have mentioned the importa

u.k. certainly they set their sights high. the suspects arrived in court today but entered no pleas.ne was caught red-handed last week with two explosive devices, suicide vests and knives. according to prosecutors, the two men joined isis in libya, planned to blow up the streets of downie street and go to her office and kill her. the intent was there. they were well on their way to making the explosives and it is a worrying sign these attacks continue to be plotted. >> bill: what's the indication of further attacks, benjamin? >> well, bill, nothing specific at the moment. there was a major review on terrorism announced yesterday. the home secretary here says that it is incredible to say the pace at which the attacks are being plotted. they have risen significantly. now this review went in to look at some of the mistakes made in the past and how recent terror attacks have been pulled off. among the details the manchester attack that killed 22 people last year could perhaps have been stopped. the man who carried it out had been on a watch list but despite a number of clues, had slipped