say i'm going to clean it we've been selling go in everywhere else in the world by going to the world court we could get the conscience of the ordinary citizen around the world saying these are against the moral conscience of people it's an illegal to use nuclear weapon tomorrow and the dream was that it would be easy to get it through the u.n. and into the world court and that eventually these weapons would be declared illegal as we had done in our own country and thank goodness that we were dreamers and i'm realistic can help. that that we were both stood by the sense of how this could happen but the real sources of international treaties customary international law and the general principles of law recognized by the legal systems of the world . that quite categorical on the batting of nuclear weapons and the legality of nuclear weapons the fact that nuclear weapons cannot be used by way of a strike threat. you know to mislead. i think that only use of force by means of nuclear weapons and that is going to lead to article two paragraph four of the united nations charter and article fifty

and into the world court and that eventually these weapons would be to cleave illegal as we have done in our own country and thank goodness that we were dreamers and i'm realistic and. thought that we would all stood by the sense of heart that this could happen either real sources or international law apart from treaties customary international law and the general principles of law recognized by the legal systems of the world. that by categorical the batting of nuclear weapons and the legality of nuclear weapons the fact that nuclear weapons cannot be used either by way of a strike or by way of straight you know the most of. our threat or use of force. by means of nuclear weapons and that these contrary to article four of the united nations charter and fifty one. is unlawful. nucular deter and says we have nuclear weapons but our goal is not to use them if. your goal is to have them at our disposal. this means that we are not in the realm of the real we are in the realm of the virtual need don't know what you're in here to read it is contrary to international law even to have in brand

the world court opinion and whether nuclear deterrence was legal and he was extremely cynical he said that . it was a mistake to go into the courts but governments would ignore it and that's true they have an answer and the other thing he relied on all the time was he said and of course we never actually will have to use them and this to me is the heart of the problem for the people who brought you to terms is that if they try and claim a level usenet terrorist doesn't work we're meant he would argue that terence does mean use of it is a use of a nuclear weapon to actually threaten to use them and that's when you go into the will cause the first time you've fought to get that threet yeah and this isn't it it was the south pacific noise and the activists that i get to have threesome clued in their original question is if you have included threats then the. nuclear states could but argued well we're only relying to terence which is threat and so we're not going to use them so i would take from him the. later from here is going to go back to the court throws region. at the time the judge

fox fought the world court. we went to the u.s. supreme court.n front of the u.s. spreert court. on the other side was the united nations, the world court and the president of the united states. texas student and fought to defend u.s. sovereignty and we won 6-3. martha: that's the precedent in this case. the question is what happens this time around? >> it's exactly the precedent. the case in 2008 that we won concerned jose mediein who had gang raped and tortured two young girls. again he was unquestionably guilty and he raised the exact same arguments. what the u.s. supreme court conclude was two things. number one, the world court doesn't have the power to bind the u.s. justice system. the first time in history a foreign court had tried to bind our justice system. number two, the president of the united states doesn't have the to force the u.s. justice system to obey the world court. that's what president obama is trying to do now. martha: what about this argument that comes from the state department that says if we don't allow his defense atto

the world court opinion and whether nuclear deterrence was legal and he was extremely cynical he said that . it was a mistake to go into the course but governments would ignore it and that's true they have. and he of the relied on all the time was he said and of course we never actually will have to use them and this to me is the heart of the problem for the people who brought me to terms is that if they tried terrible abuse and then turns to support that women who would argue that terence doesn't use absolute is a use of nuclear weapons which the threaten to use them and that's when you read to the will court the first time you want to keep it through it you know and that's the thing it was the south pacific noise in the activist that i used to have threesome clued in the original question is if you have to give a threat then the. nuclear states can but argued well we're only relying on terence which is threat and so we're not ready so i waited for him and. me too from years ago to go back to the court personnel speech and. at the time the judges agreed unanimously on the requirement

the world court opinion and whether nuclear deterrence was legal and he was extremely cynical he said that . it was a mistake to go into the course but governments would ignore it and that's true they have. and he of the relied on all the time was he said and of course we never actually will have to use them and this to me is the heart of the problem but the people who brought it into turds is that if they try to use and then turns doesn't work we're meant you would argue that terence does mean use is a use of a nuclear weapon to actually threaten to use them and that is bring you into the will cause the first time you want to keep that threat here and this indeed it was the south pacific noirs and the activists that argued to have threesome clued in the original question if you have a clean threat then the. nuclear states kind of argued well we're only relying to terence which is threat and so we're not ready so i waited for him in. return from here is going to go back to the court personnel speech and. at the time a judge agreed unanimously on the requirement for total nuclear disar

design completely not just to reduce new yes the nuclear weapons effects it's reverse since the world court decision and the americans particularly come out and said that. they see new roles for nuclear weapons and so we're back to almost like a sort of cold war situation again but with the war on terror instead and so it's going to be far more difficult to get governments to put their heads over the parapet of the nonproliferation treaty those provide a framework for ending the threat of destruction speech and very clear war and the signing sign or states they agree to take good faith efforts to eliminate nuclear weapons i'm not with that and now of course we focus on regulations by which those who are like policemen on the world scene and talk of the nuclear powers they are violating this very little because they want other countries to observe now where if a policeman violates the law we cannot expect the rest of the world to complain but the law of the only thing that would work would be one that is perceived to be nondiscriminatory and fair and equally applied to all countries one appr

the world court opinion and whether nuclear deterrence was legal and he was extremely cynical he said that . it was a mistake to have gone to court but gotten sort of nor it and that's true they have . and he of the relied on all the time was he said and of course we never actually will have to use them and this to me is the heart of the problem for the people who brought you to terence is that they try to handle abuse and then it turns doesn't work where many would argue that terence does mean use of says a use of a nuclear weapon to actually threaten to use them and that's when you're into that will cause the first time you've fought to get that through it you know and the spinning it was the south pacific noise and the activists and i do to have three syncrude in their original question is if you have included threats then the. nuclear states can bargain it well we're only relying to terence which is threat so we're not going to yours so i waited for him. to from here is going to go back to the court personnel speech and. at the time the judges think we need unanimously on the requ

world. (applause) >>> court hearing on the commutation case of esteban nunez.e had his sentence reduced from 16 to 8 years just before he left office. family of the man, nunez's son by the claim that using schwarzenegger of violating their rights by not up forming their decision. no word on when the ruling will be announced. >> president obama held a news conference hours before resuming high stakes deficit talks. the figure on national debt clock continues to grow. john boehner says the debt limit must be raised. meantime, rejecting a short time solution that quote pull off the band-aid. >> when it comes to the deficit president obama says we have to think big. >> now is the time to deal with these issues. if not now, when? >> he doesn't want a temporary deal to raise the debt limit, he wants big deal. democrats say house speaker agreed to put them on the table will letting the tax cuts expire. >> unfortunately over the weekend speaker boehner says i can't deliver. i can't produce on my side. >> the sticking pointed. republicans were note on board for raising

trade organization, world court, and a whole bunch of regional organizations, can i coax you into commenting on the prospects of a world state? >> oh. sure. i think the prospect is zero. [laughter] >> i mean -- no, i mean i just think that, you know, if you look at -- if you look at political system, it has to be based on some minimal degree of consensus about basic rules of justice, of values, and so forth. and in a big diverse democracy like the united states, we're having a lot of trouble with that, you know? in rural louisiana, people think really differently from san francisco. close to where i live. it's hard enough to manage that within an american context. but, you know, you start talking about the diversity of, you know, levels of development and cultures and everything else that exists in the world. i think it's not a reasonable prospect. what i -- this is something i actually wrote about in my last book. what i do think you can hope for is a much denser system of partial organization that overlap and, you know, some are regional and functional and provide global governance. not th

courts. >> the former news of the world editor was called before the court last year. he said he knew nothing about it. >> two days ago, news international briefed the press that they had handed over documents to the metropolitan police that should andy coulson -- showed andy coulson had authorized payments to police for information. either he or news international did not tell the truth. >> discovering the truth could take months. today, britain pose a military families became the latest group to erupt -- britain's military families became the latest group to erupted in anger. it has been released that some of them may have had their voice mails intercepted. initially, no family scheme for reducing that police had warned them they might be victims. even the allegation was enough for the british royal legion to pull out of its fund-raising with the news of the world. >> we felt that until these allegations have been investigated, we ought to suspend working with news international. >> police are investigating the case of a man killed in afghanistan. according to his fa

i got myself in a world of courts for a long time. >> jeremy bowles poses a huge threat because he isompletely unpredictable. one minute you can be talking to him, and he can be laughing and just having a normal day. and the next moment, he can literally be attacking you or me. he is from this particular gang in l.a., sarzana. >> it means a city in hell, meaning cause as much mayhem, as much damage as you can. >> through prison and through other incarcerations, he's really made connections with people from the mexican mafia. >> them people to me are the same people as me, meaning mexican mafia. a lot of people live in fear of them. me, personally, i never did. it is something i kind of grew up with. >> jeremy bowles to me is the ultimate chameleon. he basically can fit in anywhere. and with the relationship he has made with the mexican mafia, he truly is capable of doing just about anything, including killing people. >> while bowles has never been charged with murder, he freely admits that gang violence has been a significant part of his past. >> how many people have you killed? >> oh

. >> the former upload news of the world," editor told a court that he knew nothing about it. the reaction from campaigning labor mp tom watson -- >> two days ago, they said they had handed over documents to the metropolitan police that showed payments for authorized to police officers. either they did not tell the truth. >> discovering the truth could take months and could involve delving into the history of relationships with in this force and that newspaper. the military families became the latest group to erupt in anger against alleged phone hacking. it has been alleged that some of their voice mails were intercepted. no family has come forward to say that police wanted them and they might be victims. even the allegations might be enough to force the british legion to pull out of its fund raising with the "news of the world." >> this brings into question the level of support they have been providing to the families. >> police are investigating the case of a man killed in afghanistan. according to his father, e-mail messages he received after his death had been read, he sus

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world. a new york court has lifted dominique strauss cons a house arrest and six million dollars bail after down. over the credibility of the hotel room maid who alleges she was raped by him prosecutors say the woman lied to a grand jury and believe she may be linked to drugs criminals and money laundering the ex i.m.f. chief support still remains withheld by the court though the woman's lawyers insist she's telling the truth however about the sex assault which is firmly denied by. political and military leaders in venezuela have insisted that president hugo chavez remains fully in charge of the country despite lifesaving cancer surgery in cuba the fifty six year old says he expects to make a full recovery but there are fears over the seriousness of his condition crowds gathered in the country's capital caracas to wish their leader a speedy recovery echoing greetings from other latin american leaders chavez said he hopes to return to celebrate the bicentenary venezuela's independence from spain on tuesday. the chinese communist party is celebrating its ninetieth anniversary after taking pow

world. a new york court has lifted you don't any extras cons a house arrest and six million dollars bail after doubts over the credibility of the hotel room maid who alleges she was raped by him prosecutors say the woman lied to a grand jury and believe that she may be linked to drugs criminals and money laundering chiefs passport still remains withheld by the court the woman's lawyer insists she is telling the truth however about the sex assault which is firmly denied by strauss kahn. people have been killed in anti-government demonstrations across syria involving thousands of people protesters across cities held banners and red cards symbolizing their demand for president assad to step down the demonstrations were among the largest since the uprising against the regime began over three months ago local civil rights groups say almost fifteen hundred people have been killed in violence since then many by security forces. political and military leaders in venezuela have insisted that president hugo chavez remains fully in charge despite. lifesaving cancer surgery in cuba the fifty six year old

as the world becomes smaller and as multinational corporations decide where they will invest their money, they have historically invested it in the united states because we have had a court system that has been the envy of the world, but they won't continue to do that if they cannot get justice in america. there is an economic reason as well as a moral reason to make sure that our courts are open. we have a crisis in our federal system. 92 vacancies exist today in the federal court system. 15% of our federal court is vacant. we have 26 districts under federal emergencies, judicial emergencies. we have 18 judges come out with no opposition on either side, and it wasn't a political issue. could not get one of them through congress. you know, when i talk to the graduating students, i just went through that season and had a chance to talk to many, many graduating law students, and i talked about those four words come and i said, you have read millions of board to get to today. you only have to think about four words. they are inscribed over the supreme court of the united states. "equal justice under law." it doesn't say "equal justice for the rich and powerful and privilege

>>> tonight on "world news," drama in court. an accused mother weeps as closing arguments are delivered. did she murder her daughter? tempers erupt on both sides. all of it as millions watch online, on cable and in person. who took this little girl's life? >>> the record breaking fourth. scorching heat, wildfires and skiing. a holiday of extremes, and in me places, authorities taking extreme action tonight. >>> an american payday. but for whom? stunning new numbers about pay raises. what the average american is getting. what the boss is getting. >>> car trouble. with 39 million americans striving this fourth, which cars are the most likely to get you pulled over? >>> and, the american picnic. from presidents to pinups. do you recognize these faces on the fourth? >> we should do this more often. >>> good evening on this sunday night. and we begin on this holiday weekend with fireworks in the courtroom. for six weeks now, millions of americans have been online, on twitter, on their couch, following the trial of casey anthony. the

of five men and seven women made its decision just before 2:00 this afternoon, telling the court and the world they did not believe casey anthony killed her 2-year-old daughter, caylee. >> as to the charge of aggravated child abuse, verdict as to count two, we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. as to the charge of aggravated manslaughter of a child. verdict as to count three, we, the jury, find the defendant not guilty. >> reporter: casey anthony broke down crying, hugging her attorneys. at one point mouthing the words "thank you." prosecutors sat in stunned silence as the defense team celebrated. anthony smiling openly for the first time in front of the jury. >> casey did not murder caylee. it's that simple. and today our system of justice has not dishonored her memory by a false conviction. >> reporter: she was found guilty on four lesser counts of providing false information to a law officer. the maximum sentence for those offenses is four years, and she will likely get credit for the three years she has already served waiting for trial. the decision marks the end of a trial that las

and yao ming leaves the court, but not before making an impression on the world of basketball. >> welcome to pbs and america. >the shockwaves from the phone- hacking scandal continue. it was david cameron who felt the impact before parliament. cameron defended hiring the former news of the world editor andy carson. not good enough, said his critics. nick robinson has the details. >> a friend anin need is a fried until they become a political headache. cameron defended giving andy a second chance until today. >> i would not have offered him the job and he wouldn't have taken it. you don't make decisions in hindsight. you live and you learn and believe you me, i have learned. >> he said he was sorry for what the appointment had caused. was he ready to apologize for hiring him. >> if it turns out i have been lied to, that is a moment for a profound apology. and i will not fall short. >> few expected him to go that far. but it was not far enough. >> that isn't good enough. it is not about hindsight. it is not about if he was lied to. it is about the information and warning that was ignored. >

founder julian assange continues his fight against extradition at the high court in london sweden wants to question the world's most famous whistleblower over sexual assault allegations but it's important fear that extradition to the scandinavian country will open a way for the u.s. to get its hands on him lower and it is covering the trial from just outside the courthouse. today is the second day of was expected to be a two day hearing over the appeal of jude enough but whether he's to be extradited to sweden we're expecting wednesday to be given a bit to evidence on the hall of the swedish prosecutor's office since yesterday was given to. defense i phone left the court last nights completely tight lipped he didn't wave to any of his supporters who was standing outside the court he just walked away which must be a direct instruction from his new legal team that he has clients especially to deal with a steering the new legal team seem to taken on a new strategy that much more conciliatory about this case a much more concerned with european door and specifically the european arrest warrant under which students

now it's time to take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world for you tonight. a court in budapest has cleared a ninety seven year old hunger man of nazi war crimes. k. piro a former police captain denied being involved in the massacre of civilian hostages in serbia during world war two it was alleged a patrol under his command took part in the murder of jews and serbs in a raid by hunger and forces in one hundred forty two more than twelve hundred people were killed in the notorious massacre. the un's highest court has ordered both cambodia and thailand to withdraw their troops from the disputed border area around the ancient temple complex of. the two nations were ordered to allow neutral observers to monitor the cease fire the temple belongs to cambodia but much of the surrounding land is in thailand how least twenty people have died in clashes since two thousand and eight when the complex was awarded world heritage status. libyan rebels say they've taken control of a key eastern town of brave guy as forces loyal to colonel gadhafi retreated to the west but further f

three of their last four games if the twenty eight year old who played in last year's world cup final saying full court is a step up from his native land. but that. being the darkest day we want to buy me and they all just was thinking more. trying to get more interesting to places. i get a good conversation with the train. with a lot of people from a little our worship the good stories about sports games about the worship. more big grazer coming to you from being sheets here i think the level is more than all that. now russian minister lanny have given themselves a fighting chance of playing in this season's europa league they truly won one at home with classic side in the third qualifying round of the competition in the second to russia and have not played in europe. they went behind after just eleven minutes after malik man were open for the visitors but twenty one year old. got a second half equaliser at the second leg is next week. some action now from the european pre-season where you venters have got their second win in three days at the world football challenge event this time beating this one

the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange continues his bid at a high court in london to fight extradition to sweden he is one of the earth for questioning over sexual assault allegations but his supporters fear sweden will be only a staging post to the u.s. . well then estimated two million drug addicts in russia magic question whether there is a way out of the narcotics labyrinth next talks to the head of russia's federal drug control service or even off to see how the problem is being tackled. the problem of drugs and drug trafficking seems to not go anywhere no matter how much we fight it and today we're meeting with the head over russia's federal drug control service. to talk about the details of his fight and the problem. and trying to find drugs on the global scale. thank you very much for joining us today according to officials that more than seven thousand people have died in russia from drug related causes since the beginning of the here at the same time there are others who are. actually more than one hundred thousand and that is actually. why is there such a huge di

the world's most famous whistleblower julian assange continues his bid at the high court in london to fight extradition to sweden he's one of there for questioning over sexual assault allegations but his supporters fear sweden will be only a staging post to the u.s. . coming up our special report on one of the most scenic regions in russia from wash woodlands to my the mountains there's a region presents a sight to behold discovering russia is next. the region deep in the sun far east is one of russia's newest territories in two thousand and eight it brought together the chip. regions and with it a striking mix of asian and european culture. traveling around you can find buddhist temples spooling national parks and remote villages that still practice traditions that date back a thousand years but if you're flying here in the regions vibrant capital. one of. course the best way to get to know is to have a local show you around and i know one lady here who's promised to serve me a bit of what life is like in the sleigh. just over three hundred thousand people and it's a real mismatch of

world's most famous whistleblower julian sounds continues his bit at the high court in london to find extradition to sweden he's one of there for questioning over sexual assault allegations but his supporters fear sweden will be only a staging post to the u.s. . all next on our t's crossed peter lavelle and his guest take a look at the political turmoil that spelled the end of the u.s.s.r. twenty years ago. and you can see. a low in welcome to cross talk on people about an empire in disarray rupert murdoch and his immense media assets are under investigation in what is being called voicemail gate is this scandal all about murdoch and his sleazy business practices or a media that no longer serves the public good. and you can. see. the crosstalk media today i'm joined by tony pedersen in dallas he's a professor and bell distinguished chair in journalism at southern methodist university in los angeles we cross the fattiest russell he's a historian and the author of a renegade history of the united states and in oxford we go to shawn powers he's an assistant professor at georgia state uni

world has been seeing from the streets of canada after. china for asians are old today. top stories on our team a russian a foreign ministers' wives nato members for their actions and the courts look toward the arab world but it did with his french counterpart. resurface the e.u. termed over its promised bailout after parliament of moves deeper spending cuts at a state asset sell off but it must first that include radical tax increases were passed despite three days of bad protests. targeted by nato and wanted at the hague in an exclusive interview with our to meet colonel gadhafi son and shares his view on why libya is at war saif al islam thinks his country's being targeted for its riches but says the people who will fight to prevent libya are appalling on their ford controlled. i'll have more in about fifteen minutes time but first all the latest in sports with the tosh. thanks tassel this is basic course of becoming to the logical possibility to have one's dance club jockey which makes it into the wimbledon final despite dropping the first south again strong great song gone while the dollars are a ballot counting the seconds on the final as we speak. the upcoming i'm bein

government. >> we asked the world not to rush to judgment. >> reporter: outside the court, his attorney, benjamin brafman, who always insisted any sex was consensual, commended the court on its decision. >> we believed from the beginning that had case was not what it appeared to be, and we are absolutely convinced that while today is a giant step in the right direction, the next step will lead to a complete dismissal of the charges. >> reporter: in the end, the prosecution's case appears to have collapsed because of serious doubts about the credibility of the accuser. in a letter to strauss-kahn's defense attorney,prosecutors reveal that their own investigation showed the alleged victim had lied on her application for asylum about previously being gang raped in her native guinea, a story prosecutors say she has now changed. she lied about her whereabouts following the alleged sexual assault by strauss-kahn on may 14, originally claiming she hid in a hallway, when in fact she went on to clean another room before reporting the incident. lied about her taxes, falsely claiming a friend's ch

world. instead, the court amoral mechanism of extraordinary integrates the interconnectedness and cooperation. i just want to run through a few examples of that cooperation. despite she shows mitochondria, the small organelles that exist in all of ourselves. it's been released in the last 30 years or so that the mitochondria have nothing to do with us in terms of origin. they the originator has been living back. a billion years ago in an ancient ocean and came to cohabit cells of our bodies much the way ecology cohabit with the coral reef. at over 30 years they have become so closely tied in with the symbiosis that is so intricate that the day can exist for a millisecond up in the south our body and our bodily cells cannot survive without them. and that's the beginning of the complexity. they look amazed income i have hundreds of species of the curio, very simple and yellow for me. we are all like that. we're all ecosystems of complexity. if you talk the cells to me and i mitochondria away, you would still have a shadow of my entire body heat because 10% of my body mass is made up of other sp