The litvinenko inquiry. The former russian spy killed by radioactive polonium. Im robin adams with the sport. England is closing in on [ inaudible ] in the third ashes test. Also coming up beijing. [ cheers and applause ] reporter the new olympic record. The chinese capitol becomes the first city to host both the summer and Winter Olympics. The funeral for an 18monthold palestinian baby burned to death in an arson attack has taken place. Israeli settlers are suspected of carrying out the attack in his familys home in the occupied west bank. The Health Minister says the babys parents are in critical condition. Stephanie decker reports. Reporter carried through the crowded streets, the body of 18monthold baby killed when his home was attacked and fire bombed. A tiny grave for a young life cut short. The family home in the village of duma where the baby died is a scene of total devastation. The building charred and blackened by fire. The same blaze seriously injured his parents and four y
Fighting. One obstacle has been deciding who will represent the Syrian Opposition. Dozens of different groups there, often with conflicting interests and aims. Lets go to james bayes in geneva. I know were waiting for the syrian u. N. Envoy to turn up for some kind of statement having had a chat with various officials there. What are you hearing . Reporter well that meeting has been going on, we think, for almost two hours. Two hours ago, we saw the Syrian Ambassador to the u. N. In new york, but he is also the head of the Syrian Government delegation, or at least the chief negotiator at these talks. He is here with Staffan De Mistura, the u. N. Special envoy. Reporters are gathered waiting for the Syrian Ambassador and the syrian chief negotiator, thats the capacity he is in here to come to speak to reporters at that microphone, and lay out his position. Clearly it is probably a pr opportunity for him and the Syrian Government, and he is a very media savvy man. I have seen him multipl
A russian earned oil. Refinery is to protect germanys energy security. He says, roster is no longer dependable. Partner and describes the move as an active national defense. And the w visits the hotel in kenya, where britains princess elizabeth learn, shed become queen. We hear how people in the region and for the colony feel about them on legacy. Ah, im been fizzle and thanks for joining us. A mass grave has been found outside is u. M in east and ukraine just days out to the city was liberated authority say its one of the largest burial sites found in any city recaptured from the russian army. Ukrainian police say most of the victims the civilians. The United Nations is planning to set monitors to verify the findings a pine forest hiding a horrific mass grave. And ukraine and soldiers have found more than before. 100 bodies buried near the city of israel, after it was freed from russian control wouldnt over. Here lie the bodies of 17 of their comrades, surrounded by hundreds of indivi
This report documents torture, killings, rapes, forced expulsions, and other war crimes committed by Serbian and Yugoslav government forces against Kosovar Albanians between March 24 and June 12, 1999, the period of NATO's air campaign against Yugoslavia. The report reveals a coordinated and systematic campaign to terrorize, kill, and expel the ethnic Albanians of Kosovo that was organized by the highest levels of the Serbian and Yugoslav governments in power at that time.
Hundreds of civilians were sheltering in the drama theater during the March siege of Mariupol, the southern Ukrainian port city that Russian troops destroyed and now occupy.