process to hold anyone accountable for the terrible misjudgments of the iraq war, but one former administration official says there were more than just mistakes. i think if you look at the technical definition of some war crimes, i think the united states committed war crimes. there have been calls for war crime trials in england against former prime minister tony blair, george bush s staunch ally and partner during the war. blair is the only person we spoke to for this program that took responsibility for iraq. i can say that i apologize for the fact that the intelligence we received was wrong. i can also apologize by the way for some of the mistakes and planning and certainly our mistaken in our understanding of what would happen once you remove the regime, but i find it hard to apologize for removing saddam. i think, even from today in 2015, it is better that he s not
thanks, phil. our top story as we go arend a the world in 80 seconds. china. it broke out this morning at a leather plant in an eastern province. the fire reportedly spread to neighboring buildings and threatened six large oil tanks. crews sprayed cool land on to those tanks to help prevent potential explosions, nobody hurt. bangladesh. riot police battled activists from islam on sis party. the protesters are trying to stop the war crime trials. those charges stem from the 1971 war of independence with pakistan. demonstrators hurled stones at cops. they fired back with tear gas and rubber bullets and made several arrests. united kingdom. zoo keepers starting the annual animal census at the zoo. workers have-to-count more author man 17,000 animals.
the ft leads with this, too, with both the us and france calling for a significant escalation of sanctions against russia. in other news, it s now or never to limit global warming, say un scientists. they published their report today which the un secretary general has described as damning . and the telegraph leads with the government s plans to privatise the broadcaster, channel 4. offers for the channel are expected to be tabled next year. so to be tabled next year. let s begin, the paper is dominated so let s begin, the paper is dominated by ukraine as they have been for weeks now. let s start with the ftc, whose lead story is france seeks a ban on russian coal and oil, as the us urges a war crime trials. talk is there some of the details in it. , talk is there some of the details in it. y , u, talk is there some of the details in it. , , .. . , it. very significant details in here because we ve it. very significant details in here because we ve seen it. very significant detai