Atrocities since the 2nd world war need some massacre families of the falsehoods of Bosnian Muslims who were killed gathered to mourn the. A michael its good to have you with us russia and china have again vetoed an attempt by the u. N. Security council to continue humanitarian aid deliveries to rebel held territories in syria friday was the last day that aid agencies were allowed to bring food and vital supplies over the Turkish Border to rebel held areas and it lived and aleppo province 13 countries voted in favor of extending the aid but permanent members russia and china opposed the resolution. Humanitarian aid groups say. Cutting off the aid could spell disaster for millions of civilians. Not the food deliveries a lifesaver for the 40 families who found shelter hair on the Turkish Border. They fled homes destroyed by asterix very few of them have enough money for food theyd be lost without help from outside. Its one thing to be bombarded by fighter jets or to be locked in without food is much worse its a slow bloodless death. Almost 3000000 people in northwest syria depend on food aid like this. Trucks bring it over the border between turkey and didnt have the last rebel stronghold in syria without approval from the Syrian Regime but protected by a un resolution. Jimmy for families here the situation is virtually impossible he only made the they have nothing else besides these aid deliveries that if they start it will be a catastrophe. Some are sure of that with us a little bit since in the year. Famine looms a future never is a cut off and as the coronavirus pandemic spreads in the region medical supplies an aid unneeded here in northwestern syria moment and 6. Lets go now to use a Program Manager for the us Child Protection network a partner of save the children that operates inside syria he joins us from the city of gaza in tap in turkey i says see you with us kate can you explain how the delivery of aid works at the moment and whos receiving a supplies all. You know the morning and thank you for having me it would talking about particularly just a moment isnt really in the end all because today is saturday decision was not really human yesterdays although it had to be sure that this should be no more d the work and this is a major blow to the millions of civilians in the northwest syria specifically and live and live there to live only comes from through multiple Border Crossing points as a matter of fact we need more and more the crossing point and now the discussion is about limiting that only one specifically are you going to their nation or one person over the line of thinking is in the area which will overwork the Health System and the civilians that we live on or the coming from other side of the mill is the oil for food and for nutrition for the children and its unthinkable. Or even the late hour as we reported the Security Council resolution failed if all other efforts break down how will this affect people on the ground in syrias north west im thinking particularly about the children. Immediate effect on children and their being. You know away is what happens once a nation what happens to mr you know that no facilities will be over one responding to go in 19 children are really in need of medicines. If this is material. And we need the resources to provide clean water we need to provide the flesh world assault operation specifically children who will stand with be able to fight the Infectious Disease and the other. Places it with. A lot of water with a lot of basic light some oil ready so this aid comes through the door that is the only lifeline for this population 3000000 people 1. 5 seen month. And some of the children. So hes the Program Manager for serious Child Protection network a partner of save the children thank you so much. Weve been crossing the u. S. Now where President Donald Trump has commuted the prison sentence of his long time friend and former aide roger stone stone appeared with supporters to celebrate the president s decision he was due to begin his 40 month prison term on tuesday after being convicted of lying to congress and witness tampering during the investigation into alleged russian interference in the 2016 u. S. President ial race just. Earlier we asked the w reporter erin tilton what was behind the president s actions. Todays action shouldnt come as any surprise that it has really been following the stone case i mean stoner was of course convicted of obstruction of justice witness tampering and lying to congress in connection with the investigation and that looked into possible connections between the Election Campaign of donald trump and the russian government now that is of course something that trump has long maintained was an illegitimate investigation you know he phrased it as a partisan witch hunt and a hoax which is part of the reason he said that stone should never have actually face trial in the United States now that is of course something that a jury of roger stones peers disagreed with which is why he was sentenced to just over 3 years in prison whats interesting about todays actions from donald trump is actually that he didnt show choose the pardon stone instead he commuted his sentence which means in the eyes of the criminal Justice System of America Roger stone is still a convicted criminal but by commuting his sentence trump has managed to keep his promise and is keeping him out of jail. Until now 25 years ago today serb forces captured the bosnian town. And carried out europes worst massacre since the 2nd world war at least 8000. 00 muslim men and boys were killed there over several days they had been forcibly separated from the women and children the Bosnian Muslims had found shelter in tripoli its a during the bosnian war because it was supposed to be under u. N. Protection serb general. Just 3 bones in a piece of cloth is enough to shed light on a sad fate one of 8000 victims of the strip in the genocide is recovered from a mass grave in east to bosnia the bones are later brought together. Catherine is the director general of the International Commission on missing persons shes been instrumental in finding and identifying the bodies of the disappeared she cannot put the strap beneath the genocide behind. You know i believe in many ways every day is like 95 they are eternally dealing with this issue baumberger moved to the hague from the bosnian capital sarajevo a few years ago and the state of the art lab where d. N. A. Is extracted from skeletal samples and analyzed came with her the genetic codes can then be compared with the d. N. A. Of survivors but this is not only about victims finding closure. The lab results have been used in various trials in 2017 the International Criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia found the main perpetrator of the struggle needs a massacre the former serbian military commander ratko melodic guilty of committing war crimes and genocide. The us detected the genocide by analyzing satellite images of victims have been varied across serbian controlled east in bosnia some skeletons were torn apart then years later under the eyes of the bosnian serb authorities the dead were seen to. The aim is to allow family members to properly bury their dead. Gorgeous place and to get there on a relation is it possible that this came from one of his role in this case for the threat of. What was pioneered in is no widespread method for identifying victims used the world over to identify those killed in wars and other conflicts. And serpent is a reminder of what were all capable of regardless of which country were from that level of hatred results it can have a very very bad ending and i am scared. Catherine bond that says its up to also learn whether or not we learn from the past. Im now joined by professor hire is how little of it shes social anthropologist an Award Winning writer at our Mit University in Melbourne Australia a little of each has written about the long term effects of the bosnian war but more importantly sir you are from and have relatives who were killed in the massacre there what does this day mean for you. Well like clear about who survives regrets that this is they most of us are conscious about the whole of the year its not just a one time a year event for most of us this is something to think about how daily basis. Some more. And i know that my auntie said my uncles and my cousins who example are much more directly affected and myself i have been know to be sort of tired of genocide and i lessard really its i was you know my early teenage years. As catching boat it was crowded finding a bore getting 5 priests in. All these cases together is you know very old going process a very very traumatic experience to go through so it is our humble they they were members and they offer affection for all of us as it should be no one else understood the war was fuelled by nationalism some will say that nationalism is on the rise again in many parts of the world do you see any similarities to what is happening now and what happened back then before the war broke out. Well what is really more the point is to see exactly that continuation of the old. Time nationalist rhetoric and not go he rhetoric but also the policies and carol whole culture being if you was going to be set. Of nationalism that. Started before the war in terms of diffusion eyes of the groups in terms of justifying crimes that there will be committed even those that it created in genocide studies we have a different status of genocide from diffusion is ation to perpetration of actual physical killing still going out but they have seen impossible boston and the region is going beyond that and not its actually cultural triumphalism but genocide is even justified marc if you nearly all this is not only allowed but also promote is from above. Call nationalist elites those in serbia and in part of both terrible because they are especially active in that and this has also penetrated on to ordinary peoples lives the songs and jokes about genocide becoming almost the norm rather kind of form of extremism is very boring worrying trend how is how the individual i just want to ask you interesting 10 seconds how do we make sure this doesnt ever happen again. Well the campus of genocide study says really progression learned from the past you know the program to recognize any potential. Future genocides you need to acknowledge but have also we need to call about every other forward unfortunately and sadly we have seen those not only the rhetorical level but also terrorist attacks in norway and. I believe. There is a little of each i really appreciate your time thank you so much professor for global urban and social studies at our Mit University in melbourne italy has successfully tested a system of giant barriers designed to protect the city of venice from flooding engineers pump compressed air into individual units causing them to rise and block off in less into venices lagoon the barriers are designed to protect the city from tidal surges the system cost more than 6000000000 euros and was supposed to be in operation by 2011. Youre watching news from berlin remember you can always stay up to date on our web site www dot com and you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news for all of us here. Thanks so much for joining us well see you from with more news in 45 minutes. Combating the corona pandemic. Where does research stand. What are scientists learning. Background information and news. Our corona update. 19 special next on d w. Is for me. Its for. Being told its for. Beethoven