former yugoslavia before the war he was a theater and film director. the yugoslav was the bloodiest conflicts in european history since the second world war tensions between a complex mix of nationalities forming the state of yugoslavia erupted into a basij civil war originate yugoslavia includes six republics with different nationalities and religious groups. the communist revolutionary and statesman tito who established the federal republic of yugoslavia managed to suppress nationalism that helped to his death in the 1980's relations among the republics quickly to terror eighty with each of them seeking their own independence is soon turned ugly old signs the nine hundred ninety five genocide in tripper needs to is one of the bloodiest pages in yugoslav history the massacre of more than a thousand muslim both the acts perpetrated by units of the bosnian serb army resulted in that commander ratko being jailed for life by the un special court in november twenty seventh. but atrocities happened on old sites in one thousand nine hundred three sixty nine serbian civilians were killed b

during the conflict in the former yugoslavia. on the french president calls for military action against human traffickers in their view but critics say he has no right to intervene in the country which is not yet recovered from the destruction inflicted by the nato led intervention. with the top stories from the past seven days on right up to the moment developments as well this is the weekly on r.t. international top story north korea say the u.s. is begging for nuclear war the statement comes just days after launched a new missile that experts say demonstrates significant technological progress washington strongly condemned the test issued a stern threat to the north's leadership the dictator of north korea made a choice yesterday that brings the world closer to war not farther from if war comes make no mistake the north korean regime will be utterly destroyed little rocket man rocket fuel for the american. i he is a sick puppy. of the korean crisis and when you speak with the north ballistic missile test it's believed. capable of hitting the u.s. mainland. according to both n

the show. the u.n. war crimes court for the former yugoslavia has officially closed its doors after almost a quarter of a century and has justice been served. accords groundbreaking work was honored at a ceremony in the hague the tribunal was set up to prosecute the perpetrators of some of the worst atrocities seen in europe since world war two u.n. secretary general and tony a good test he said that the court gave a voice to victims and rolled accountability into the world's collective conscience that all despite that high praise in the hague the court is despised in parts of the former yugoslavia and despite its repeated findings of genocide and crimes against humanity there still widespread denial in the balkans that any atrocities ever took place we take a look back at the tribunals hearings and its legacy. wooll crimes. forcible displacement the u.n. tribunal for the former yugoslavia has tried many cases of atrocities some have made history. perhaps best known the trial of the former serbian president slobodan milosevic charged with crimes against humanity he was brought befor

tribunal for the former yugoslavia finally shots and still was some victims of justice have come to an end. we begin in spain where separatist parties in catalonia are claiming victory after the regional election pro independence parties looks set to win a majority of seats in parliament the single biggest party is likely to be pro unionist bought it won't be able to form a ruling coalition the results are a blow to spain's prime minister mariano to hoard who had hoped to stall the rise of party seeking independence deposed president carter has pushed him out gave this reaction in brussels where he's in self-imposed exile. lost of the spine you know asked that the spanish state has been defeated roy and his allies have lost and has got a slap in the face from the citizens of catalonia today rouhani has sunk the three parties. are not in any way behind the political party to paper with these results in hand the situation needs to be rectified to be fixed we want you to rectify all those people you have hurt let's go to our correspondent penn hall now he is at the secessionist party head

nationalities forming the state of yugoslavia erupted into a bit of. the communist revolutionary in statesman tito who established the federal republic of yugoslavia managed to suppress nationalism but after his death in the one nine hundred eighty s. relations among the republics quickly deteriorated with each of them seeking their own independence is soon turned ugly on all sides the not resulted in their commander ratko mandates being jailed for life by the un special court in november twenty seventh. but atrocities happened on old sites in one thousand nine hundred three sixty nine so been civilians were killed by bosnia and herzegovina army forces in the scale on a massacre but an orthodox church in the cemetery burned to the ground. over all despite much evidence of war crimes conducted similar taney asleep by different forces the center of all the crimes including genocide. tonight they took goes into action again. and eventual nato air campaign conducted a number of operations to undermine the military capability of the boss and army. to this day the un special court is stil

yugoslavia the hague is closing its doors let's take a look back on its legacy now in more than ten thousand days six thousand six hundred four thousand six hundred fifty witnesses gave testimony on torture killings and ethnic cleansing in the former yugoslavia another court sentenced ninety people ranging from politicians to military officers for crimes against humanity genocide and other crimes the tribunal delivered one hundred sixty one high profile charges including against the former yugoslav president slobodan milosevic the bosnian serb leader radovan carriage and general ratko hundred thousand people were killed in bosnia and herzegovina between ninety nine to two in one thousand nine hundred ninety four as the former yugoslavia broke apart while karim carne is a barrister and former prosecutor at the united nations international criminal tribunals for the former yugoslavia and rwanda joins me now from the hague via skype very good to have you with us on the program sir can we just start with how successful do you think the i.t.c. y. is in being able to bring those or bring

yugoslavia, and a man who comes from transylvania, who is that? my father did not know him. he reason i mention that hungary's relationship to the government was unique. anybody know who that was. only italy had the same relationship that hungary did. what do we call countries that are aalie -- allies. allies. because of the holocaust the consequence itself comes very very late to hungary. you recall that the war ends -- when did the war end? what day? what month? very good. why is that significant? do you recall what he said? it's my birthday. the war and i were born the same -- the end of the war and my birth is the same day. let me put antidotally, there's another person whose birthday was born -- who was the president of the united states when the war ended may 8th, 1945. harry truman was born on may the 8th, 18 something or other, i don't know the birthday. it was harry, the war and i share a birth date. the important point here is hungary does not get the nazi invasion until march the 19th, 1944. if you think about march 19th, d-day is in june, the war is over within a year. muc

before closing the file on crimes from the former yugoslavia. atika shubert has that report. >> slobodan praljak was one of six convicted war criminals in court for the last day of the international criminal tribunal for former yugoslavia. as he heard the judge upholding his sentence, praljak stood up and drank from what looked like a small glass vial. he then told the court, "i just drank poison. i am not a war criminal. i oppose this conviction." the judge immediately suspended proceedings. the court television abruptly ended. paramedics rushed praljak to hospital too late. tribunal officials announced his death several hours later. over two decades, the tribunal has indicted more than 100 suspects of war crimes, like praljak, without such a security breach. so, how was he able to bring the poison in? dutch police have declared the courtroom to be a crime scene as they investigate. praljak was one of dozens held in a special u.n. detention facility in the hague. the court also has stringent security screenings, but small amounts of liquids are allowed in. but for those in bosnia, still

yugoslavia has come to an end a ceremony was held in the hague on thursday attended by the un secretary general antonio terrace and the dutch king it marks the end of nearly twenty five years of investigations and prosecutions over the wars in the former yugoslavia in the one nine hundred ninety. well the tribe you know has been praised for helping develop international law but as they've achieved a report some victims in sarajevo say it's failed to bring them justice but saddam is one of the estimated thirty thousand women who were brutalized in the so-called rape factories run by bosnian serb forces during the conflict. the soldier told me to take my clothes off i refused he aimed a gun at my head but to mock me and three me on the bed and. the international criminal tribunal for former yugoslavia has now being closed leaving massada and the majority of other victims like her without any justice or chance of returning to a normal life. to agree to not tell you the man who did this to me go to way he left the country and went to serbia he keeps coming back to me all the time in my chil

still missing the u.n. tribunal for the former yugoslavia is closing its doors a ceremony was held in the hague on thursday was attended by u.n. chief antonio the terrorist and the dutch king willem alexander the closure marks the end of nearly twenty five years of investigations and prosecutions related to the bloody breakup of yugoslavia in the one nine hundred ninety s. . penal has been praised for making important contributions to the development of international law but as david chaytor reports some victims in sarajevo say the court has failed to bring them justice where saddam is one of the estimated thirty thousand women who were brutalized in the so-called rape factories run by bosnian serb forces during the conflict. the soldier told me to take my clothes off i refused he aimed a gun at my head rip them off me and threw me on the bed and then killers on the international criminal tribunal for former yugoslavia has now been closed leaving massada on the majority of other victims like her without any justice or chance of returning to a normal life. to be a cretin a pro you are

hungary, the former yugoslavia. my father comes from east hungary. you know one person who comes from east hungary, from transylvania. i take it you don't know him. the reason i mention that is because hungary's relationship to the nazi government was unique. anyone know what the uniqueness of that was? relationship same as the allies. as a consequence, the holocaust itself comes very late to hungary. ends --ll that the war what day, what month? very good. why is that significant? the war -- the end of the war and i were born on the same day. but who was the president of the united states when the war ended on may 8, 1945? .arry truman is that thet point holocaust is not come to hungary until much later. i want to give you an anecdote about an incident which had into to the holocaust as i understood it at the time. in december of 1941, we traveled by train to yugoslavia, where my mother and her parents were from . we went down for a week's vacation and that kind of thing. i don't recall what we did the first day or two, but about the third day in the morning, somebody came up the elev

order. to strip it of its eastern european country. bulgaria, romania, yugoslavia, poland along with the eastern baltic states were all within the soviet sphere, and the cia and the british mi-6 or special secret intelligence service, began their own programs to actually turn those countries against the soviet union. as we all know, most of them did not work out so well. primarily because of a gentleman like kim. but about that same time, the u.s. army was rethinking its conventional mind set. the office of strategic service had been eliminated after world war ii. the peace dividend, the army was concentrating on conventional warfare. and about 1950s, people started to think we needed more of an unconventional approach to things. so a number of military officers got together and created what eventually came to be known as special forces. 1952, the first group was created. its mission was to conduct unconventional warfare. that is supporting direct action, sabotage missions, guerilla warfare, behind enemy lines. this was not a new thought, but it was a rethink of some old ways of doin

us more on that campaign. now the u.n. war crimes tribunal for the former yugoslavia deliberated for more than twenty years in the hague now the court's work is over we take a look back at the tribunals hearings and its legacy. crimes. displacement the u.n. tribunals for the former yugoslavia has tried many cases of atrocities. some have made history. perhaps best known in the trial of the former serbian president slobodan milosevic charged with crimes against humanity he was brought before the courts in two thousand and one the list of indictments was long and the trial dragged on for years with loss of its died in custody before a verdict could be reached for the trial is fear. over more than twenty years the u.n. tribunal indicted one hundred sixty one people not all of them face trials some refused to cooperate but there were some spectacular cases where war criminals were brought to justice such as the former bosnian serb leader radovan carriage who was arrested in two thousand and eight for years he'd been living quietly in disguise passing himself off as a faith healer. af

yugoslavia since the tribunals began atrocities were committed by all sides party to the conflict but longer sentences have been given to serbians and montenegrins counting up the total time of those jail terms been authorities to suggest nearly one in our fathers' and years were given to its nationals and that's in contrast to three hundred croats in just fifty years for the former yugoslavia republics however the un court has never investigated nato's involvement in the war including the use of depleted uranium munitions some of the cases have been so lengthy that several defendants have died while on trial at the hague yet or in chief of the news website the duran dot com says the tribunal set up was flawed from the very start. the major criticism of the tribunals is that it is not being impartial if was set up in the in in the one nine hundred ninety s. you're mainly at the instigation of the western powers out a time when the western powers are criticizing serbia and its government and the people the serbian people of bosnia for the war in bosnia now that is a problematic step to

, they were removed to budapest. my mother came from yugoslavia, and my father comes from eastern hungary. you know one person who comes from trance tranceal vain -- hu relationship to the nazi government was unique. only italy had the same relationship to the nazi government as hungary did? what do we call countries that are -- allies. there's a consequence the holocaust itself comes very, very late to hungary, you recall that the war ends -- when does the war end? what day, what month? very good. why is that significant? do you recall what he said? it's my birthday. the war and i -- the end of the war and my birth was the same day. and there's another person who's birthday and others that we know of who were born on that may 8. harry truman's birthday was also may 8. but hungary does not get the british invasion until march 19, 1944. d-day is in june, the war is over within a year, much, much later in our experience than henry's experience which went from 1938 on. but what i want to give you here in terms of the time that we have, is really and anecdote tt real -- the reason it

tribunals for the former yugoslavia the hague is closing its doors so let's back at its legacy in more than ten thousand days four thousand six hundred fifty witnesses gave testimony on torture killings and ethnic cleansing in the former yugoslavia the court sentenced ninety people ranging from politicians to military officers for crimes against humanity genocide and others crimes to the tribunals delivered one hundred sixty one high profile charges including those against the former president slobodan milosevic the bosnian serb leader radovan carriage and general ratko milat it one hundred thousand people were killed in bosnia and herzegovina between one nine hundred ninety two and one nine hundred ninety four as the former yugoslavia split apart the tribunals has been lauded for making important contributions to the development of international law but as david cheeta reports some victims in sarajevo say the court has failed to bring them justice those saddam is one of the estimated thirty thousand women who were brutalized in the so-called rape factories run by bosnian serb for

linked to a wider scandal national america and as the un's walk for the former yugoslavia shot to stall was something. of justice have come to an end. the united nations general assembly has voted by a huge majority to declare the u.s. recognition of jerusalem as israel's capital nolen voyde one hundred twenty eight state voted for the non-binding resolution we're just in line against the thirty five abstentions countries that sided with america to vote against the resolution were israel on tourists marshall islands micronesia. palau and tokyo well the u.s. ambassador to the u.n. had warned that she'd be taking names of states which wanted against washington stuff mike hanna has more from the united nations in new york the two thirds majority is comfortably reach this vote to a sweeping repudiation of president trumps unilateral action in recognizing jerusalem as the capital of israel the result heralded by the apparent isolation of the u.s. delegation in the chamber and the enthusiastic welcome given to the palestinians. whose foreign minister addressed the assembly and insisted that j

scale latin america and as the un's former yugoslavia war crimes tribunal finally shot since it was some victims believe their chance of justice have also come to an end. and we are taking you live to brussels now where we are hearing from the former president of. let's listen then. you must know. most of the spanish state. has been at them or least as we defeat it on. and he's. lowest on the hof. a slab of their seats he says that on you know. if you. today. the three parties that have won their elections of the month is what we are not. any way. behind the. political party that. if it. was with us is also in hand the situation. needs to be rectified to be fixed if you will to be received this. because of the statements but. we are waiting for that to rectify you know what we want to we want you to rectify all those people that you have heard. if you want to. put back. the democracy the political. element of that oh yeah we like all day i would. not members of parliament. to be free. right away. what mr hoist say today qatar. and what he explained in europe that we will work on the

general poison of his trial for crimes committed during the conflict in the former yugoslavia. on the french president calls for military action against human traffickers in their view but critics of the new.

comes from southern ungary, you may know as the form yugoslavia. ne person comes from transylvania, who is that? my father did not know him but he reason i mention that is because hungary's relationship to the nazi government was unique. uniqueness t the was? only italy had the same relationship to the nazr sir did.nment as hungary what do we call countries that a-l-l-i-e -- they are allies. as a consequence, the holocaust very, very late to hungary. the war ends -- when did the war end? what day? month? >> very good. why is that significant? >> did you hear what he said? that's my birthday. the war and i were born -- the my birthday r and are the same date and let me put ly, there is another who n born on may 8, but was the president of the united tates when the war ended, on may 8, 1945? 8, ry truman was born on may 18 something or another. but it was may 8. an i share a birth date but the important here is nazi y does not get the invasion until march 19, 1944. if you think about march 19, d-day was in june. is over within a year. much, much later, in our henry's ce, than experie

former yugoslavia is closing its doors a ceremony was held in the hague on thursday and was attended by the u.n. secretary general and turn you to cherish and the dutch king will have our own closure marks the end of nearly twenty five years of investigation is an prosecutions related to the bloody break ups of yugoslavia in the one nine hundred ninety s. . at least twenty nine people have died after a fire broke out a fitness center in the south korean city of gesture on official say most of the victims were found in the sauna it's believed the fire started in a car on the first floor of the building and quickly spread to chinese popular with tourists who visit the area's mountains and lakes at least four people have died after a ferry with hundreds on board collapsed science rather off the philippines it was travelling from the town of in found the own province to apollo islands in rough seas and navy and coast guard managed to rescue two hundred forty people some of whom were injured seven people are still missing well jim ellis island reports from manila according to the philippine

talks of ethiopia the u.n. tribunal for the former yugoslavia has come to an end a ceremony was held in the hague on thursday attended by u.n. secretary general on toy or tears and the dutch king marks the end of nearly twenty five years of investigations and prosecutions over the wars and the former yugoslavia in one thousand nineties and side story is up next. a new leader and hopes of a new era in south africa is expected to clean up the image of the ruling a.n.c. and revive the fortunes of off because biggest economy but can sit on the post live up to those challenges this is inside story. hello and welcome to the program. then you need one of africa's oldest political party says he has a new vision for his country businessmen activist and politicians to develop a household on south africans to fight corruption with the same intensity as poverty and inequality he was chosen as the new leader of the ruling a.n.c. party and a bitterly fought campaign earlier this week on up also now wishes to put all that behind and given you direction to his party the african national congress wis

, of course. and now to a story on the former yugoslavia and these two men who we re yugoslavia and these two men who were found guilty of war crimes. 100 61 people have been indicted in this tribunal, relating to various crimes to that war in the 19905 —— 161 people. mi55ion accomplished will be the message in5ide people. mi55ion accomplished will be the message inside the hall, the yugo5lav tribunal wa5 the message inside the hall, the yugo5lav tribunal was set up at the whole of the balkan conflict to hold tho5e whole of the balkan conflict to hold those responsible for genocide, approximate the 8000 mu5lim those responsible for genocide, approximate the 8000 muslim men and boys were slaughtered. the worst atrocity, the worst case of ethnic cleansing since the nazis. there is no doubt be scared of the task has been fa5t no doubt be scared of the task has been fast and to some extent the body has surpassed expectations in bringing so many fugitives to justice including the former president mo5t justice including the former president most of age who died in detention before his

is i was 5 1/2 years old. in december of 1941 we traveled from budapest by train south to yugoslavia where my mother was from and where her parents and grandparents and 20two sisters lived. we were going for vacation around christmas time. within five minutes two policemen came up, knocked on the door. my recollection is they were very decent and very civil. they said you need to come outside. we have to run a census. now, we do census every ten years, right? the nazi do censuses every 20 minutes, i think, because they believed if they knew where everybody was at all times -- and i exaggerate of course. if they knew where everybody was at all times, they could control the population, which was very true. it's unusual to have a census in the morning on the street, but it didn't seem like there was anything about it that was dangerous or anything. they told us to come out to the street, stand on the sidewalk, line up, turn left and start walking in that direction. we walked for some time. i'm 5 1/2 years old. i'm a little guy. i walked and my mother carried me and my father carried me.

? >> rene: yeah, from the former yugoslavia. >> anthony: right, and then you left yugoslavia at what age? >> rene: fourteen. people make fun of me when i say i've never driven a car but i've never -- i never had a coca cola until i was like 17. it just wasn't in a small little village where there's two cars. the first food memory i have is also from there. it was my father and the day before we'd been in the mountains picking chestnuts. and i remember so vividly as a little child, i woke up and i saw my father roasting chestnuts and then i started hearing all these things popping. twenty minutes later they were in a bowl, and my aunt, she poured milk she had just taken from the cow and we had that for breakfast. it was so natural that we went to the mountain for chestnuts. you grew your food yourself. these sort of experiences growing up they really shaped the type of cook i am today. >>> rene: so now, you have a generation of young cooks like myself and they're all over town looking for the flavor of a region. what is the flavor? what are the ingredients we have? and how do we combine t

use of edge not only was neighbor pitted against neighbor as the former yugoslavia split apart over one hundred thousand landmines are still buried there literal seeds of general milat of his crimes while there are ongoing efforts to clear them many people have been killed or like or mean have suffered life changing injuries. participating in sports has helped their mean your super victories room of normal life he's a paralympic volleyball player ten years ago he stepped on a land mine and lost the lower part of his right leg. sitting volleyball has become like a way of life for me and not only provides an outlet for all the negative energy and thoughts it's also an opportunity for me to meet my friends. and of course it helps me stay fit so i benefit physically mentally and emotionally emotive to. the club named the sons of bosnia was set up after the war for those maimed in the fighting or in landmine accidents. yousuf a bitch has been selected to play for bosnia-herzegovina as national paralympic team his twin brother are mean and the entire family support him they all live toget