Logs. A long awaited inquiry into the conduct of Australian Special forces in afghanistan has found credible evidence of multiple war crimes. The report contains details of 39. 00 unlawful killings of civilians or prisoners and the cruel treatment of a father to other allegations include weapons being planted on bodies to conceal crimes. Turning to the inspector generals report, he found none of the alleged unlawful killings were described as being in the heat of battle. None were alleged to have occurred in circumstances in which the intent of the perpetrator was unclear, confused or mistaken. Its alleged that some patrols took the law into their own hands. Rules were broken. Stories concocted lies told, and prison is killed, nigga gauges in combat, i was more on the investigation. This is been a very long running inquiry, and it has been extremely critical of the culture within a strongly is special forces unit in afghanistan, the inquiry looked at allegations and incidents that occu
Show goes on despite the coronavirus pandemic for a major Film Festival in qatar. A long awaited inquiry into the conduct of astronomy and special forces in afghanistan has uncovered a culture of secrecy, deceit, and cover up. It found what it called credible evidence of multiple war crimes, including the unlawful killing of 39 civilians and prisoners. Nicholas gage has more on the investigation from history as capital canberra. Nearly 2 decades after the 1st destroy in troops were deployed to afghanistan astray as military faced up to some brutal truths, 23 incidents, of alleged unlawful killing of 39 people. In inquiry commission. Defense force can times what it says is credible evidence of war crimes in afghanistan carried out by the latest rally and special forces soldiers, including initiation, executions with junior soldiers were encouraged to kill prisoners and planting weapons on bodies to conceal unlawful behavior. I sincerely and unreservedly apologize for any wrongdoing by a
And the show goes on despite the coronavirus pandemic for a major Film Festival in qatar. A long awaited inquiry into the conduct of a study in special forces in afghanistan has found credible evidence of multiple war crimes. The report contains details of 39. 00 unlawful killings of civilians, all prisoners, and the cruel treatment of a foe. The 2 other allegations include weapons being planted on bodies to conceal crimes, just aspersion, conceded in detail. 57. 00 allegations of incidents and issues. He found there to be credible information, to substantiate 23 incidents, of alleged unlawful killing of 39 people by 25, a strong special forces personnel predominantly from the special air service regiment. Nicola gauges in congress with more on the investigation. This is been a very long running inquiry, and it has been extremely critical of the culture within a strongly as special forces unit in afghanistan, the inquiry looked at allegations and incidents that occurred between 2520168
Supporting the occupation and pakistans Prime Minister visits afghanistan for the 1st Time Since Taking Office and pledges to help promote peace there. And joining us go with sports, as leno messi returns to spain and says hes tired of always being blamed for the problems of oslo. No thank you very much for joining as we start this news hour with the coronavirus pandemic and the race to find a vaccine. British pharmaceutical giant astra zeneca says its phase 2 trials show promise in protecting the most at risk groups. A strong immune response was shown in those aged over 70. The vaccine is being developed in partnership with oxford university, and its now in the final stage of human testing to confirm those findings that a positive news on the vaccine front comes as cases continue to rise. More than 2000000. 00 cases have been before today in africa, but low rates of testing means the caseload is thought to be much higher across the continent. In the past cases of increased compared to
Stunning launch. And liftoff of sentinel 6. The Spacex Falcon 9 rocket roaring into space. The billion dollar project mission. What it will monitor from space to help us learn more about the earth. And musics big night. Were live in los angeles as we look ahead to tonights American Music awards. No ones around to judge me your sneak peek at the performances, the host not letting the pandemic stop them. Were creative people. Were still going to give you a big, big show. And the new awards being handed out tonight. Good morning. Since we gave you the numbers last sunday, the u. S. Has seen 1 million new coronavirus cases, and the death toll has surpassed 255,000. In only one state, hawaii, are cases low and staying that way. Here in new york state we are now seeing the highest level of cases since april. In california the surge is threatening to swamp hospitals, and the state has now put in place a nighttime curfew. Overnight, the food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authoriza