to somewhere, to quit, a kind of collective tragedy, to go further in our personal tragedy that we have, to go further and to live without my son, hugo. for france, this has been a chance to come to terms with a national trauma. mark lobel, bbc news. the american singer r kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison, by a us federal court in new york, after he was found guilty of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades. the 55 year old singer was convicted of all nine counts against him, in the sex trafficking trial which took place in september. 0ur north america correspondent, nada tawfik, was in court, and sent this report. r kelly s victims were ignored and vilified for years, mainly black americans who felt their voices weren t valued. this sentence means everything to them.
the 55 year old singer was convicted of all nine counts against him in the sex trafficking trial, which took place in september. our north america correspondent, neda tawfik was in court, and sent this report. r kelly s victims were ignored and vilified for years, mainly black americans who felt their voices weren t valued. this sentence means everything to them. there wasn t a day in my life up until this moment that i actually believed that the judicial system would come through for black and brown girls. i stand here very proud of myjudicial system, very proud of my fellow survivors and very pleased with the outcome, 30 years that he d do this, and 30 years is what he got. i never thought that i would be here to see him be held accountable for the atrocious things that he did to children. i don t know what else to say except that i m grateful. i m grateful for today.
and concerns are mounting about a shortage of electricity to keep air conditioners going. tokyo recorded temperatures above 35 celsius on wednesday for a fifth straight day, making it the worstjune heatwave injapan since records began in 1875. the european commission has proposed banning the use of flavoured heated tobacco products, because of concerns about their increasing popularity and health effects. the eu health commissioner said nine out of ten lung cancers were caused by tobacco, so the bloc wanted to make smoking as unattractive as possible to protect the health of its citizens and save lives. the american singer r kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a us federal court in new york, after he was found guilty of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades. the 55 year old singer was convicted of all nine counts against him in the sex trafficking trial
to go further in our personal tragedy that we have, to go further and to live without my son, hugo. for france, this has been a chance to come to terms with a national trauma. mark lobel, bbc news. the american singer r kelly has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by a us federal court in new york after he was found guilty of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades. the 55 year old singer was convicted of all nine counts against him in the sex trafficking trial, which took place in september. 0ur north america correspondent nada tawfik was in court, and she sent this report. r kelly s victims were ignored and vilified for years, mainly black americans who felt their voices weren t valued. this sentence means everything to them. there wasn t a day in my life up until this moment that i actually believed that the judicial system
sentenced to 30 years in prison by a us federal court in new york after he was found guilty of sexually abusing women, boys and girls for decades. the 55 year old singer was convicted of all nine counts against him in the sex trafficking trial, which took place in september. 0ur north america correspondent, neda tawfik, was in court, and sent this report. r kelly s victims were ignored and vilified for years, mainly black americans who felt their voices weren t valued. this sentence means everything to them. there wasn t a day in my life until this moment that i actually believed that the judicial system would come through for black and brown girls. i stand here very proud of myjudicial system, very proud of my fellow survivors and very pleased with the outcome, 30 years that he d do this, and 30 years is what he got. i never thought that i would be here to see him be held accountable for the atrocious things that he did to children. i don t know what else to say except that i m gratef