The other main stories on bbc news at 5 Sir Cliff Richard and Paul Gambaccini launch a campaign demanding anonymity for suspects accused of Sexual Offences until theyre charged. Despite no charges being brought against me and despite winning my privacy case, against me and despite winning my rivac case im against me and despite winning my privacy case, im sure there are still people who believe that stupid adage of no smoke without fire. Both the tory leadership contenders set out Spending Plans but the chancellor warns them the cash may not be there. Freak weather in mexico as hail on a sunny day leaves a thick layer of ice up to one a half metres thick. And on the opening day of wimbledon, top seed Novak Djokovic starts his defence of his title, with a straight sets win on centre court. Its five oclock. Our main story in hong kong, thousands of protesters have smashed their way into the Legislative Council building and are occupying the chamber. It followed violent clashes when riot
Defence referred to various circumstances, including the benevolent treatment by mr mladic of an assistance to some victims, his good character and his diminished mental capacity, Poor Physical Health and advanced age. For the reasons set out in the judgment, the chamber considers most of the factors a re chamber considers most of the factors are raised in the mitigation by the defence carry little or no weight. For having committed these crimes, the chamber sentences mr ratko mladic to life imprisonment. This concludes the delivery of the judgment. The chamber stands adjourned. All rise. Studio you are watching a bbc news special, live from the hague in the netherlands, where the verdict in the case of ratko mladic, the former general of the bosnian serb forces has just been handed down. As you heard and perhaps something of a surprise, ratko mladic has been given a life sentence. He was found guilty of ten of the ii sentence. He was found guilty of ten of the 11 charges against him,
Now on bbc news, a review of how parliament has tackled the coronavirus crisis, presented by david cornock. Hello and welcome to westminster in review, look at parliaments role westminster in review, look at pa rliaments role in westminster in review, look at parliaments role in the corona crisis. Borisjohnson parliaments role in the corona crisis. Boris johnson finally got thejob he had always wanted, but the Job Description had changed. I must level with you, level with the british public. More families, many more families, are going to lose loved ones before their time. The Prime Minister was almost one of them, as the Global Pandemic landed too close to home. It left him with questions to answer. 65,000 people have lost their lives because of covid i9. The Prime Ministershould welcome challenge that can save lives rather than complaining about it. It was a crisis that overturned centuries of tradition to change the way westminster works, with unexpected results. And the bbc are als
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