blair became leader of the labor party in the one nine hundred ninety s. change the whole structure of the labor party and had a very easy innings with the labor party because. we were desperate with an item of an election his government really had sort of three strange directions to it and they were actually sort of rather different he was always and remains a market politician he believes in a market economy he's not a socialist in the sense of any kind of economic transformation. yet his government at the same time did introduce quite important social legislation national minimum wage sure start children's centers and the human rights activists and quite good things on that and quite libertarian in the sense of age of consent and issues like that then in foreign policy starting out from an ethical foreign policy and the robin cook we rapidly descended into being a total poodle of the bush administration in the usa and blair's legacy what ever else he says or does in his life is always going to be iraq was labelled bush's spoilt puppy by the british medi

tony blair was actually brought before the. international court in the hague and investigated the rest the world would have far more respect for the international process because the moment the most prominent people who have come before it have been. the attempts at arresting the president of sudan the current trial that's going on charles taylor from liberia and the pass process on milosevic and the situation in yugoslavia but the perpetrators of this war. iraq war are in the united states and in in europe and i think it would do an awful lot for the standing of this because there is a bit of a feeling around that ok you go off to big guys in small countries you won't go after big guys in big countries what do you think blair's legacy is and how do you think it will impact position of the u.k. in terms of the rest of the world well in politics it's quite possible to go from hero to zero and back again. blair became leader of the labor party in the one nine hundred ninety s. change the whole structure of the labor party and had

an anti-war activist jeremy corbyn who was with the labor party when it was in power under blair stay with us. we are here as tony blair appears before the chilcote inquiry for the second time jeremy cotton thanks very much for talking to r.t. now this as i've said is not the first time that blair is appearing before the iraq inquiry can you just remind us what happened last time will he was very nervous to begin with came into the room and was asked some questions of a moderately robust way about the evidence leading up to his decision to recommend to parliament that we know very few to rock and then the latter part of the year it turned into a sort of tony blair lecture in defense of his policies on what he calls humanitarian intervention and then went on to warn the whole world about what he perceived to be the danger from iran and i thought the whole thing was a travesty because this is meant to be an inquiry looking into the absolute final details of the decision to go to war with iraq and it turned into from totally to force and i'm quite pleased that he's been recalled to the i

blair discome fitted. his answers were robust and confident. >> he put his case, not enough to persuade the critics, but answers which the inquiry will pour over as they start to prepare their findings. "bbc news" at the iraq inquiry. >> the former haitian leader, jean-claude bobby doc chavez returned. he expressed sorry for those who considered themselves victims of his government. >> authorities in the democratic republic of congo have arrested the commander of a raid. he led the rape of more than 50 women. he has dismissed the allegations. officials in albania say three people were shot dead on friday in clashes between riot police and protestors. they rallied in the capital city, tirana, calling for a recall. >> osama bin laden appears to be demanding that french soldiers withdraw. the afghan president is making the first official state visit to russian since the soviet invision of his country ended in 1989. he is traveling with a large del it gation of business leaders. he says he is building stronger

it does come time to blair blair didn't try to hide behind the officials and what it does is to give blair the right to the ability to hear him to define what he said his own terms rather not actually seeing the very words that he used some of them have been reported some of them have been leaked to some extent it was confirmed today but it is very important we see exactly the terms in which tony blair made a commitment to george bush in the run up to the war and so john chilcot inquiry chairman has made that very clear that we need to know what was said. in ignoring the government's top lawyer lord goldsmith the war the invasion was a legal with more un backing a blow said he was making a political not a legal case for attacking at the time but how can they be separate. well that's that's a very good question what he was talking about was the the events of january and february two thousand and three when lord goldsmith said without a second resolution we really can't rely on any of the legal arguments we really can't go to war but blair was going to the house of commons going on on

bush and the strange thing was after nine eleven everybody else condemned it but blair went one step further with a very strange speech about we have to pay the blood price for the relationship with the usa it's we went to war with afghanistan he associate himself with bush more than anybody else and i do remember at one parliamentary labor party meeting i asked him said well where's the benefits of our special relationship with the usa how much employees do you really have over bush and his reply was of i told you that the influence would form which. of us is going to cause a lot of people blair is a politician who has very high regard for his own ability has very limited respect for international law hence he would not have promulgated this idea of humanitarian intervention instead he would have worked through the un and international law i think that's his legacy and made it clear that he wouldn't allow iran to develop nuclear weapons do you think if you were still in charge we'd already be at war with iran he seemed to me to be building up a case for action against iraq from very

blair comforted. his answers once again were robust and confident. >> a put his case not enough to persuade his critics bud answers which the inquiry will pour over as they start to decide on their findings. >> three people have been killed in clashes between protesters and police in albanian. demonstrators say the government is correct -- corrupt and they allege the ruling party stole the latest elections. >> the albanian capital overcome with violence. thousands of supporters of the socialist party gathered outside the office of the prime minister demanding the resignation of the government. an calm demonstration turned into chaos. police responded with tear gas. three people were shot dead and several others were injured. four hours coming police fought running battles with the protesters who say the government is mired in corruption. albania is in total political stalemate. this is a country that has a history of street violence and undisputed elections. but it now has its sights on the european u

next tonight former british prime minister tony blair has faced the countries or iraq war inquiry for the second time to explain his decisions leading up to the invasion it was to clarify his previous ounces after witnesses question parts of his testimony and he will protesters outside called for blair to stand trial at the hague investigative journalist chris ames told me new documents sing about britain's involvement in the war more important than blair's testimony. i think to some extent the documents that are being published all the time now are giving us a picture we can always see documents more and more that say that in late two thousand and one after september the eleventh in early two thousand and two blair was looking for regime change was backing to looking to back the americans over regime change i think it's pretty conclusive that's why we went to war it is the document to do telling the story rather than mr blair especially as blair seemed rather less sure of his case towards the end he was questioned about the detail of you know why he thought that saddam wasn't complyi

especially as blair seemed rather less sure of his case towards the end he was questioned about the detail of you know why he thought that saddam wasn't complying and he talked about the inspectors not being able to have free interviews with the scientists in iraq one of the panel members pointed out that hans blix was saying towards the end that actually they were getting a lot of cooperation on that so blair changed tack and said well we didn't actually see a genuine change of heart from saddam but then he he he rather fudged that he said you know we can't be exactly sure whether it would have changed and you know there must be a case for saying he wouldn't change he seemed entirely sort of half hearted towards the end about what was essentially his main case his judgment call that saddam wouldn't change was the final justification for the war. eight people have been found murdered in the house instead of reporting russia south of family and two members of staff were killed in the violence which police believe was between rival criminal gangs r.t. sarah firth takes up the story. w

tony blair faces his toughest questions yet about the decision to go to war in iraq. welcome to bbc news. coming up later for you, pope benedict makes a moral appeal. and shot in the netherlands over pictures of a teenager in a psychiatric hospital. >> congresswoman deferreds was shot in the head and is being transferred to a rehabilitation center in texas. people lined the streets as she was driven to the airport. they described her condition as spectacular with great potential for recovery. >> very few thought that she would leave this hospital so soon. they departed through of cheering crowds. many turned out. she was cheerful and smiled when she heard them. from the ambulance, she was carried to a waiting plane. members of her family and her medical team were also on board for the two-hour journey. on the way to the next phase of her recovery. this will be her home for the coming weeks or months. renowned for its work with brain injuries. they are encouraged by their initial assessment. >> from a neurological point of view, she came in and was hoyle alert, away, c

they are blocking the messages between tony blair and george bush. the chairman said he was disappointed that the cabinet secretary has prevented it from releasing the classified comments. >> >> the chairman wrote to the cabinet secretary. they are seeking permission to extract from the letters. he wrote the material requested provide unique insight into his thinking and a commitment that he made to president bush which are not reflected in other pages. certification john was told that they cannot publish the blair letters. he expressed frustration. >> the query is disappointed at the fact that you is not able to do the request. they may not always be able to publish as fully as it would wish. nick, i spoke out against document being withheld. -- nick clegg spoke out against the document being withheld. >> the strength will rest in the acceptance by the public. it is an understanding of why you went to war. that is why i believe the cabinet office should think again. how potentially revealing are the contents of the note? we had a clue when they reje

blair and mr. hitchens. we'll also be bring in our online audience through a series of questions, too. the debate will conclude with short five minute closing statement and a second audience vote on the motion. but before i call upon our debaters for their opening statements, let's find out how the 2700 people in this body and voted as they came into the hall. we're going to get those numbers up on the screen now. 22% of you in favor to motion. fifty-seven opposed. and fully 21% if you are decided. now, we also, as you know, ask you a second question tonight. we has to come depending on what you hear during the debate, are you open to changing your vote? look at those numbers to please. wow. 75% of this audience, three quarters could change their vote, depending what you hear in the next hour and a half. ladies and gentlemen, we clearly have a debate on our hands. and remember, we will pull the audience again at the end of our proceedings to find out which of these two debaters was able to win by swaying us

former british prime minister tony blair is due to testify before the iraq war inquiry on friday but he won't reveal the details of his correspondence with george w. bush in the build up to the invasion in two thousand and three the british government rejected requests from the wire even the letters to be published because they said the disclosure would damage britain's relations with the us blair himself was reported to consider the correspondence personal the round war inquiry of investigating why the u.k. supported the us in the invasion of british politician jeremy corbyn with the with the labor party when it was in power under blair and around ten minutes time he tells r.t. that the investigation would have more credibility if it went before an international court. if european politicians former head of government in the case of tony blair was actually brought before the. international court in the hague and investigated the rest of the world would have far more respect for the international process was the moment the most prominent people who come before it have been. temps to

electors between tony blair and george bush. then take. the creative whiskey that has been buried in the south pole for more than 100 years but t. >> prosecutors have charged the former leader with misappropriation of funds from his 15-year rule which ended in 1986. he was obtained two days following his surprise return to haiti. a judge will decide if they should go ahead. we have the report. >> he is known as baby doc. he is no younger a young man. he is reminded of a darker past. he ruled haiti with an iron fist. he is accused of torturing and killing political opponents. he spent a quarter of a century and exile. he may finally face justice. he has been formally charged with corruption, theft, and other crimes. it will be reported by cuban rights groups across the world. his son returns now. >> if i look at the list of challenges that haiti faces today, there is still time to work for a political crisis it is still painfully slow. though some analysts say it has showing solidarity to the people. . markoff >> our correspondent joins us.

blair discomfort it. his answers were robust and confident. >> hit was not enough to persuade critics. >> three people have been killed in crashes -- crashes in the albanian capital. >> the albanian capital overcome with the violence. thousands of supporters of the opposition party gathered outside the office of the prime minister demanding the resignation of the government's. they set fire to cars and homes. police responded with teargas. three people were shot dead and several others injured. police fought running battles with protesters who urged the prime minister. unrest has been growing since the election of june 2009. socialists say votes were stolen and demanded ballot boxes be reopened. the government maintained they warned people. there have been several street demonstrations. this is the third -- first of violence. the prime minister spoke on national television to calm tempers. he accused the opposition leader of a criminal act. using paid bandits and criminals to change the government by forc

led conflict blair expressed regret for the loss of life but had mission to do. ignored his top lawyers advised that the rule may be illegal protesters are gathered outside calling for blair to stand trial for war crimes at the hague british politician jeremy corbyn his party was employed at the time on the invasion so the investigation would be more credible at an international court. if a european politician former head of government in the case of tony blair was actually brought before the. international court in the hague and the us to go to the rest of the world would have far more respect for the international process was the moment the most prominent people who've come before it's been. these temps of arrest to the president of sudan and we have a current trial that's going on as charles taylor from the period passed process on milosevic and the situation in yugoslavia but the perpetrators of this war in iraq war are in the united states and in in europe and i think it would do an awful lot for the standing of this because there is a bit of a feeling aroun

if the european politicians former head of government in the case of tony blair was actually brought before the. international court in the hague and investigated the rest of the world would have far more respect for the international process was the moment the most prominent people who've come before that have been. the attempts to rescue. the current trial that's going on charles taylor from liberia and the past process on milosevic the situation in yugoslavia but the perpetrators of this war. the iraq war are in the united states and in in europe and i think it would do an awful lot for the standing of this because there is a bit of a feeding around ok you go off to big guys in small countries you won't go after big guys in big countries. now living in one of the coldest countries in the world russians know a thing or two about keeping warm tested and proven by generations there's nothing quite like a gold pail vying to keep the want to chill away and is there a firth discovered that they are making something of a come back and this time it's in the wall the fashion. in the fast p

blair. >> go to the lessons learned. i've got certain lessons which i'm just going to give you which are really to do with the planning. i've then got one or two other political lessons. one of those political lessons is to do with the link between aq and iran, and what i want to say is what i was saying before and i'll repeat myself now, i wanted to make it very clear to you that i think you need to look at this issue to do with aq in iran in a broader context and also the linkages between the two. because i think there are a whole series of particularly defense intelligence reports from 2005 and 2006 which are very, very important in this regard and which detail quite extensively the nature of those activities. and so that is one aspect, as it were, on the political. the second is -- and, again, i've committed these to writing which i will give you -- but the second is on our relationship with america. because i think one recurrent theme of this is, you know, this is, the decision that we were going to stand shoulder t

former british prime minister tony blair has faced the country's iraq war in korea for the second time in his role in the lead up to the invasion it was to clarify his previous answers after witnesses question parts of his testimony blair says he discussed regime change with then president bush an admitted ignoring advice that the war was illegal anti-war protesters outside called for a blair to stand trial at the hague. in the albanian capital tehran least three people have been shot dead and several injured during a rally thousands of protesters gathered outside the prime minister's office demanding the government step down over allegations of corruption police do use tear gas and water cannons to disperse crowds who called for fresh elections the country's been in political deadlock since the opposition rejected the result of the ballot two years ago. finally in this news block and chapman the so-called sexy spy has taken another career turn this time on two russian television sets. after years of being under the radar snooping in the u.s. the spy world's pin up girl is now uncoveri

former british prime minister tony blair faced the country's iraq war in korea for the second time to explain his decisions leading up to the invasion it was to clarify his previous answers after witnesses question parts of his testimony the hearings are designed to establish exactly how when and why britain was dragged into the u.s. led conflict where expressed regret for the loss of life but emitted that he ignored his top lawyers advice that the war may be illegal protesters gathered outside calling for a blair to stand trial for war crimes at the hague british politician jeremy corbyn whose party was in power at the time of the invasion so the investigation would be more credible at an international court. if a european politician former head of government in the case of tony blair was actually brought before the. international court in the hague and investigated the rest of the world would have far more respect for the international process because the moment the most prominent people who've come before it have been. attempts at arresting the president to see the current trial th

world news in brief now and the british prime minister tony blair's face the country's iraq war inquiry for the second time over his role in the lead up to the invasion it was to clarify his previous answers after witnesses question parts of his testimony blair says he discussed regime change with then president bush admitted ignoring advice that the war was illegal and the war protesters outside called for blair to stand trial at the hague. in the albanian capital tehran at least three people have been shot dead and several others injured during a rally thousands of protesters gathered outside the prime minister's office demanding that the government step down over corruption allegations the shoes tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowds of call for fresh elections the country's been in political deadlock since the opposition rejected the result of the ballot two years ago. south korea's military has freed all twenty one crew members held on a cargo ship by pirates off the coast of somalia navy commandos stormed the vessel killing eight pirates and capturing five others the ch

. >> will tony blair's correspondence with george bush be pushed before mr. blair's next appearance in front of the iraqi inquiry. >> there's a very long-standing intention quite rightly that a serving prime minister does not and cannot order the release of papers that refer to a previous prime minister and that's why the cabinet secretary will be looking at this issue and it's a matter for him. anyone who is unhappy with the conclusions is clearly able to write to tony blair and to make their views known. for my own part, i hope this inquiry can be as open and as clear as possible so we get to the bottom of the very important issues that we're looking at. >> thank you, mr. speaker. as the prime minister will be aware, i spent most of my working life in schools and colleges. i have overwhelming evidence of the benefits of education maintenance allowances. to bring benefits to teenagers from modest backgrounds both in terms of employeeibility skills and in raising achievement. so can i urge the prime minister to go back to his position where he claims to suppo

world news in brief the exit british prime minister tony blair has faced the country's iraq war inquiry for the second time over his role in the lead up to the invasion it was to clarify his previous answers after witnesses question parts of his testimony blair says he discussed regime change with the then president bush an admitted ignoring advice the war was illegal and he was protestors outside calls for blair the stand trial of. the albanian fabric of children or at least three people have been shot dead and several others injured during a rally thousands of protesters gathered outside the prime minister's office demanding the government step down over the corruption allegations reached you tear gas and water cannons to disperse the crowd to call for fresh elections the country's been in political deadlock since the opposition rejected the result of the ballot two years ago. iran says on its nuclear program a yielding results in the turkish city of paul the six party negotiations they're expected to revive a fuel swap that would see you rein in which they outside iran but washington

gathered outside calling for blair to stand trial for war crimes that they hate. british politician jeremy corbyn whose party was in power at the time of the invasion so the investigation would be more credible at an international court. if a european politician former head of government in the case of tony blair was actually brought before the. international court in the hague and investigated the rest of the world would have far more respect for the international process because the moment the most prominent people who have come before it have been. attempts at arresting the president of sudan the current trial that's going on with charles taylor from liberia and the past process on milosevic and the situation in yugoslavia but the perpetrators of this war. cool in the united states and in europe and i think it would do it all for the standing of this because there is a bit of a feeding go round you go to big guys in small countries you go to big guys and big countries take a look now at some other stories making headlines across the globe in ireland the green p

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blair's next appearance in front of the iraq inquiry? >> my honorable friend will know that there is a long- standing convention, quite rightly, that a serving prime minister does not and cannot order the release of papers that refer to a previous prime minister. that is why the cabinet secretary will be looking at this issue, which is a matter for him. anyone unhappy with the conclusions is clearly able to write to tony blair to make their views known. for my own part, i hope this inquiry can be as open and clear as possible so that we get to the bottom of the very important issues it is looking at. >> as the prime minister will be aware, i spent most of my working life in schools and colleges, so i have overwhelming evidence of the benefits of the education maintenance allowance. it brings benefits to teenagers from modest backgrounds in terms of their employability skills and in raising their achievement. may i urge the prime minister to go back to the position when he pledged to support ema, so that we can support our economy as we m

and tony blair comes down a few times. >> it is not a day for sound bites. we will read those at home. i feel the hand of history upon our shoulders. i really do. i think we need to acknowledge that. >> not a date for sound bites but he delivered one anyway. >> i look it up. this is the total entry. we were met off the plane by helicopter. when he came to eight he did his own thing. hell of a sound bite. the people remembered that as though it was a big speech. it was not a speech at all. that popped out of his mouth. >> the founders of facebook and twittered would never have dared to dream their websites with one day be hailed as engines of political upheaval in the middle east. princess scratching their heads about haven't -- how to put these social media genie back in the bottle. one blogger was promoted from political prisoner -- as the concept of a twitter revelation become dangerous? >> [gunshots] >> in the upheavals many see the internet finally fulfilling its potential, giving repressed people the means to fight back. >> if the internet was seen as s

blair underwood shares the inside information he learned from the real commander-in-chief. and his secret for keeping his star bright in hollywood. you have made a career of challenging what it means to be black in hollywood. black in the world, i mean you have been jesus. >> exactly. >> now you're the president. >> now i'm the president. >> tell us about the new season of "the event." >> mark, i'm so excited about this. it is called "the event." it's a high-octane, conspiracy thiler type shthriller, ala "24" >> we have an african-american president already. >> right. >> does it mean, what kind of significance do you see being an african-american on screen while we have one in d.c.? >> good question. well first of all, the significance is it's not so mind-blowing. i did a film 15 years ago with morgan freeman, called "deep impact" and he played the president. it was a big deal at that time. it was unrealistic. and the fact that it is our reality now in america, it makes it almost easier to portray that role. that said, we have an african-american in the white house. we have

blair is of course a new convert to roman catholicism so i wanted to question a bit about that. and then, one can only do one thing at a time, usually in these debates, and the point i wanted him to concede was that the evils that people like myself speak about when we talk about religion, he will always -- and his co-thinkers will always acknowledge and they'll say this was done in the name of religion. and i said, you must drop that. there is scriptural warrant and authority very clearly in the holy books, which are supposed to be the word of god, for these evils. so it's a cop-out to use a vulgarity to say it's in the name of. its -- you can just say it's a parody of, you have to face the responsibility. well, in fact, when we were asked by one questioner to say what had been the strongest point made by the other, he said that he agreed that i was right. that the problem is that there is scriptural authority for a great deal of atrocity and cruelty and stupidity in the holy books. so that's my best memory of the evening i suppose. when i asked him -- i opened with a long quot

blair was involved in catholicism. i wanted to debate about that. what i wanted to concede was that the evils that people like myself speak about we talk about religion, his co-thinkers would say that it was done in the name of. i said that you have to stop that. the holy books are supposed to be the word of god for these people. it is a cop to say it is in the name of. you have to face the responsibility. in fact, when we were asked one question, to say what would be the strongest point made by the other, he said that he agreed that i was right. the problem is, there is scriptural authority. that is my best memory. i opened with a long quotation from a cardinal. it was a very wicked quotation. i wanted to know whether the catholic church was the one true church. it was quite strange. he did not come up to fight me on that. you could not tell that he was catholic at all. he could have been a very weak christian socialist liberal. it basically says the christianity is ok because it makes people do good works and give money to charity. no one denies t

blair's think again critical points. he says in korean members are disappointed by the decision. they were told the publication would harm britain's international relations. a police investigation into the plane crash in london last year that killed the polish president and 95 others has accused russian air traffic control of failing to warn pilots the aircraft was of course. the official russian inquiry has accused polish officials in the cockpit of putting the pilots under psychological pressure to land despite bad weather. police in los angeles have apprehended a teenager in connection with an accidental shooting at gardena high school. the 16-year-old student, so far unnamed, took a gun to school, it is reported, but it went off when he dropped his backpack. two people were injured. one is said to be critical. the former haitian leader is to face corruption charges. this two days after his surprise return to haiti after 25 years in exile. authorities say he will be charged with the number of offenses including theft and misappropriation of funds. human rights groups have also

blair's own recollections are important. those issues include the way in which the decision to take military action was considered and dated within the government, our understanding of what happened in iraq after saddam hussein was removed from power, and the u.k.'s preparations for our role in iraq. we shall also look at what happened after 2003 and in particular, the increase in violence which has resulted in the loss of so many lives. we ask mr. blair to provide a statement addressing a number of issues in advance of the hearing. our request and mr. blair's statements are being published now. we are also publishing a number of documents or extracts from documents relevant to this morning's hearing. mr. blair's statement covers a great deal of ground and refers to many documents. we shall not be going through it line by line this morning, but shall, of course, follow up on further points if we wish. there are other matters important for which we do not need to address in the hearings this morning. we shall not, for example

blair white makes the grab right in front. gets to the tennessee side with the clock nearing a minute. time just not a problem, excellent throw by peyton manning, blair white knew he was going to throw it behind him. >> jim: addai inside the 40 down to the 37. they're pretty close to having enough distancer that get vinatieri some sort of try. i'll be it long distance. >> phil: the tennessee titans have to think about using their time out or just going to take it -- take a chance. try to hold the colts right here. >> jim: to the 25 with 30 seconds to go. manning has the single season completion record. and the colts are in position to win this game and take the number three seed away from kansas city. >> phil: of course run it down and kick the winning fieldgoal. >> jim: three seconds to go. a 43 yard fieldgoal try to win it. let's go to new york with an james: hey, jim, you said it. here's how green bay did it. nicole lins picking off jay cutler. so green bay wraps up the win over the chicago bears and as you've indicated, th

bush and tony blair in the run up to the conflict and it won't be heard as well as the commission is supposed to question it it's reality it's called who goes on a date where's there's a politician a jammy corbin's party was in power at the time well as of this hour angels are to the investigation would have more respect if it went to an international calls i phoned the judge if a european politician former head of government in the case of tony blair was actually brought before the. international court in the hague and investigated the rest of the world would have far more respect for the international process because the moment the most prominent people who come before that have been. the attempts at arresting post and. the current trial that's going on transitory the from liberia and the past process on milosevic and the situation in yugoslavia but the perpetrators of this war. iraq war are in the united states and in europe and i think it would do an awful lot for the standing of this because there is a bit of a feeding round ok you go off to big guys in small countries you go af

ok now at some of the walls of the main stories this hour and former british prime minister tony blair has been questioned in london for a second time obey his role in the run up to the war the inquiry was investigating among all the issues why the u.k. supported the u.s. led invasion blair says he discussed regime change with then president bush and image of ignoring advice to the war was illegal when he was asked to clarify also as he gave to the panel members in january last year. so korea's military has a free all twenty one a crew members held on a kong a ship by pirates off the coast of somalia navy commandos stormed the vessel killing eight pirates and capturing five others the chemical transporter was hijacked at the weekend while on its way to sri lanka from the united arab emirates . into new zealand thousands of people have gathered near the interior ministry demanding the dissolution of the new interim government it gave them made a national day of mourning for those who died during the month long uprising that overthrew president ben ali and he says seventy eight people we

if a european politician former head of government in the case of tony blair was actually brought before the. international court in the hague and investigated the rest of the world would have far more respect for the international process because the moment the most prominent people who come before it have been. the attempts at a rest in the president of sudan the current trial that's going on charles taylor from liberia and the pass process on milosevic and the situation in yugoslavia but the perpetrators of this war. iraq war are in the united states and in in europe and i think it would do an awful lot for the standing of this because there is a bit of a feeding the rand ok you go off to big guys in small countries you won't go after big guys in big countries. want to take a look now at some other headlines from around the world the south fifty three members over deposed two museum president's family have been arrested in front of the country these are crimes against the interim leader earlier promised to live up to the people's with all their good work i live in a total break from t

prime minister tony blair is being questioned. for a second time over his role of the run up to the iraq war the inquiry is investigating why the u.k. supported the us in the invasion blair will be asked to clarify his earlier. antiwar protesters are expected to demonstrate throughout the inquiry. you called for more than a hundred and twenty people have been detained in the largest single day maffia crackdown in u.s. history they're accused of numerous violent under the. extortion to drug trafficking f.b.i. agents used twice on intelligence including assistance for more than a challenge even for the arrest which told as you do your main crime families took place in the city and in other areas that mall things of the country. south korea has agreed to join a high level military talks with the north following months of tensions between the two countries proposals were rejected by seoul as instanced relations on the peninsula have been out there worst level in years since deadly altieri exchanged between the two countries washington