his egyptian citizenship. a very warm welcome to the program. judges of the international court of justice in the hague ruled serbia didn't cause genocide. the court dismissed a counter claim of serbia against croatia. anna this news coming through the past few minutes. tell us what's being said. >> reporter: in the last ten minutes you can see behind the journalists and i, they are waiting for statements from both sides. this was an historic case. the first time they have brought a case here. we are at the home of icj. they accuse of each side of committing, in this case genocide. they committed genocide in brukabar in 1991. a counter claim in connection with operation storm to try to retake land that was taken by the serbs. this is an his storic judgment. the judges decided neither side can be found guilty of committing genocide. >> yes, the ruling took some few hours to deliver. i'm sure it is complex and we've only just had it. what the reasoning was for dismissing this claim? >> reporter: the judge spent two hours giving his reasoning. he started with an hour of going through the genocide convention. we should explain, genocide according to the convention involves an intent to destroy all or part of a group. in this case they were talking the serbs on one side. just to read my notes from the courtroom. the judge ruled croatia failed to protect the group. the serbs were not acting with the intent to destroy and croatia failed to commit genocide therefore the claim was dismissed in its entirety. then they went on to talk about the operation storm, the counter claim. they said there was no doubt there was ill treatment of serbs. there was crucially no evidence. lawyers representing both sides in the cases. >> anna thank you. guy, will the serbian government be disappointed by what the icj decided today? >> reporter: i don't think so at all. most people were expecting both suits to be dismissed. it's remarkable really we got this far. these are two country that is now have friendly relations. croatia has been offering to help serbia. i's been extraordinary that so far after the event that suing each other for genocide in the court of justice. individual war crimes in croatia and serbia dealing with crimes individuals committed perfectly adequately. it's been a rather strange situation. hopefully a curtain has been drawn over it for good. >> why did the situation arise? was it previous governments and the courts taking this long to come to the decision? what went on? >> in 1999 is when croatia initially filed its suit against serbia. croatia was governed by hard line nationalists involved in fighting a war of independence. many things have changed since then. serbia didn't exist as a country. serbia filed their own suit in frustration. despite the improvement in relations, nobody wants to withdrawal the suit. >> guy is live for us at the international court of justice. they have dismissed both claims of genocide on behalf of serbia and croatia. intense fighting is continuing in ukraine. both governments in kiev. six were killed in fighting across the region. a crucial junction linking the two cities, donettesk. >> there are reports, obviously the situation with the civilian population and the surrounding town is becoming quite acute. there are reports of heavy casualties among the civilian population, not just in that area but other towns around eastern ukraine where the fighting is taking place. obviously the concern is greatest because that's where the main fighting is occurring. apparently, they are without water, without electricity, without heating. so, there have been people getting out. there have been refugees from the towns. we are told there's quite a few people left there. they are the most volulnerable. they are elderly and not able to get out. they are in their cellars. it's basically, it has been up to now, incessant shelling of the town. >> just on this talk coming out of the united states the u.s. the white house is considering supplying to the ukrainian military any reaction in kiev to that? >> no, james. no official reaction. it has to be said the ukrainians will welcome it. this is something they have been asking for and apparently behind closed doors asking for quite actively. ukrainians feel they need weapons to push back to stop this rebel event. what they say is an invasion by russian forces. the rebels are receiving it and coming over the border and seem to be very well equipped. russian equipment, stuff only available to the russian military. the question is of course will this happen? even though the administration is talking about it they haven't reached a decision. there is a fear this could lead to an escalation. other people say this is what stopped the attack and may bring the sides to the negotiating table. at the moment the peace talks, as we know have collapsed. >> david in kiev for us. max, is there anything wrong with using three people to create a healthy baby? it's a question british politicians will be asking themselves. if the answer is no, britain is the only country to approve this. mite condreyal disease converts food into energy. the treatment involves taking the nucleus of a fertilized egg and removing it leaving it behind. it is then placed into an egg from another woman. the embryo owe is then implanted back into the mother. some are questioning the safety and ethics of it. we have the report. >> reporter: poppy is nearly 4 and has mi toe condreyal disease. she can't walk and struggles with her speech. her sister lily is unaffected. they are asking to approve a technique that enables couples at risk to have a healthy baby to use a tiny amount of donor dna from a second woman. >> the proceed your to take place. it will give our girls an important option in the future and hope that we can stop the disease from spreading. it's inherited, it will pass down the female line. >> reporter: the reality is any baby born as a result of this technique will have all the key material from the mother and father affecting appearance and personal traits. the donation is treated like an organ transplant and anonymous. this dna will be passed from generation to generation, a permanent change to the human genetic code. it's been opposed by church critics. others saying a slippery slope of designing a baby. >> the families want this. the question is why would we allow these families to still suffer when we have it in our hands to do otherwise? >> reporter: if approved clinics would be free to apply for a license and the first baby born next year. bbc news. other news this hour in bangladesh, seven people killed in a bomb attack. it happened the third day of a national strike caused by the opposition. 15 others injured on the bus heading to the capitol daka. two men died after an explosion in the shopping center of perth. witnesses saw the men on fire running away. cuban state media released video of fidel castro. the pictures are the first of the cuban leader to be published in six months. they show the 88-year-old at his home with the leader of a students union. a news corporation will not face prosecution in the united states. the u.a. justice department decided no laws have been broken. it's time for business news. aaron is here. we are talking truffle and whether we are coming out. >> very good. yes, we have been talking about that. maybe a bit of a bottom for now. we'll find out. thanks. after months of reporting, a fall in the prices of the black stuff. in the last few sessions the price of crude oil jumped with crude around 55 bucks a barrel. after a seventh month wrap the bottom of the market has been hit and no surprises. those lower prices have been hitting the oil makers. bp announced they made $2.2 billion in the last three months. sounds good doesn't it? but it's compared to $2.8 billion they made earlier. we continue to keep up with the oil prices. we talk about this often on the program, "world business report" about the boom in luxury goods over the past decade fueled by wealthy emerging market buyers. buying everything from high end handbags to yummy, fine wine. could the good times be coming to an end? we have the slowdown in china and russia's economy going off the rails, europe battling deflation and japan in deflation. folks in the middle east feeling less flush about the price of oil. it is facing head winds. we'll have more in gmt. follow me on twitter. >> over an hour's time. see you then thanks aaron. >> one of the two al jazeera journalists gave up his egyptian citizenship. an australian was released sunday after more than 400 days in prison and immediately deported. they were sentenced up to ten years after being accused of banning with the muslim brotherhood. i spoke earlier about the release and what happened? >> reporter: the same way. so the egyptian authorities haven't released details. what is expected is he would be released, acomp kompccompanyied by the security forces where a plane would be waiting for him. they would take him out to canada. but, so far, nothing has been released from the egyptian authorities. on the other side, the canadian authorities confirmed the release. >> stay with us here on "bbc world news." still to come this hour more reaction to the controversial vote here in the uk. dna from three people. they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ they lived. ♪ (dad) we lived... thanks to our subaru. ♪ (announcer) love. it's what makes a subaru a subaru. ♪ grab a refreshing canada dry ginger ale. real ginger. real taste. real ahhh. you are watching "bbc world news." the international court of justice just ruled neither serbia nor croatia is guilty of genocide from 1990. the uk making a landmark ruling whether they will legalize creating babies from the dna of three people. let's stay with that story. the chair of the human embryo that regulates embreyyos in the uk. explain to me why? >> three scientific reports they commissioned said there is no evidence that the procedure is unsafe. you would say the same tr ivf. no scientist can say there is not an outside possibility, the smallest risk that it might turn out to have a safety problem. that is true if you go in to have your hip replaced. >> sure. from the third person it's a very, very tiny amount of genetic material. >> not that it's a tiny amount. it's none of the dna that determines the personality, the eye color, the hair color, everything that makes you who you are and everything that makes your parents consider you to be a true product of their genes. it is -- the mitochondria is 37 genes out of 20,000. i'm not a scientist, i'm just quoting those. the mitochondrial dna is relevant to the life so they are not born horribly disabled. it will pass on to the next generation. >> professor lisa. the daughter of the late singer whitney houston, bobbi kristina brown is fighting for her life. the 21-year-old was taken to the hospital after being found unconscious in the bathtub. her mother was found three years ago in a bathtub. family says they are at her bedside. in britain, they have launched an investigation into the mistreatment of animals. taken by the campaign group show sheep being taunted and kicked. richard's report contains the images. >> reporter: sometimes gruesome footage taken over three days of animals being routinely abused. sheep are thrown arnds before slaughter, even smashed against walls. others are actually taunted before they are killed. under the halal code animals should be killed with a single cut. they show them making repeated incisions. they have launched an investigation. one worker has already been sacked. >> it's something we would do anytime a situation like this arose. it isn't right to say this is routine but it is a company that takes animal welfare seriously. it is highly regrettable when this happens. that's the action we would take immediately. >> reporter: animal aid campaigns against animal farming. these images from a halal -- where most halal meat will reopen the debate about religious slaughter practices. they stress the findings certainly are abhorrent in islamic practice and they must be subject to the full force of the law. the use of cctv cameras should be seriously considered. most halal meat comes from animals that have been stunned. the food standard agency repeated that standards in slaughter houses have improved in recent years. this video suggests there's still work to be done. they warned they may take legal action against some of those involved. the mountains in arizona are in the southwest of the united states, home to many observatories because it's free from light pollution there. scientists from all over the world go to study. the vatican has an observatory there, too. >> reporter: the story is somebody told us the vatican has priests stationed here in these mountains doing research on space and other inhabitable worlds. >> i'm a priest. here in tucson we have a research base of the vatican observatory. >> no we are not doing anything strange. we are not trying to find aliens that we could evangelize. >> science and doctrines in the world. they are compatible and have been for years. >> i find it possible to both believe in stars and a creator. >> the vatican observatory is small. there are ten active scientists because of the curious way we are recruited. we need to be priests. >> some have insists since 1582. the vatican observatory has been in tucson since the beginning of 1981. it's had an arrangement with the university of arizona to have the research group. >> they came here when their sight in italy became too light polluted to do research. it didn't shock me when i found out the catholic church was worried about dates and calendars. what did surprise me was when i came here to arizona to find out they were also interested in magnetic light force and asteroids. >> is there a conflict between belief and what the bible has offered up on the creation of the earth and research into what you're looking at inhabilitatable worlds in other star systems? 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"bbc world news," our top story. international court of justice rules serbia nor croatia with guilty of genocide. the u.s. sending weapons to ukraine. castro on camera. videos of the 88-year-old for the first time in nearly six months. a very warm welcome to the program. the international court of justice in hague ruled neither serbia nor croatia are guilty of genocide. i have been getting reactions to the ruling. first, i spoke to anna our correspondent in court in hague before the morning's judgment. >> reporter: this was an historic case. they accused each other of committing the same crime. they accused the serbs of committing genocide in 1991. the serbs launched a counter claim in connection with the storm. this is an his to havic judgment. the judges decided neither side can be found guilty of committing genocide talking about the states to the conflict. >> yes, the ruling took some two hours to deliver. i'm sure it is complex. i'm sure it is complex and we've only just had it. what the reasoning was for dismissing this claim? >> reporter: the judge spent two hours giving his reasoning. he started with an hour of going through the genocide convention. the u.n.'s genocide convention. we should explain, genocide according to the convention involves an intent to destroy all or part of a group. in this case, they were talking the serbs on one side. just to read my notes from the courtroom. the judge ruled croatia failed to prove the intent to destroy the group. they didn't convince the judges. the serbs were not acting with the intent to destroy and croatia failed to commit genocide therefore the claim was dismissed in its entirety. then they went on to talk about the operation storm, the counter claim. they said there was no doubt there was ill treatment of serbs. there was a large scale of destruction of serbs in ok pied homes. we are waiting now to hear from lawyers representing both sides in these cases. >> anna, thank you. guy, will the serbian government be disappointed by what the icj decided today? >> reporter: i don't think so at all. most people who followed the case were expecting both the suits to be dismissed. it's remarkable, really, we got this far. these are two country that is now have friendly relations. croatia has been offering to help serbia. it's been extraordinary that so far after the event that suing each other for genocide in the international court of justice, especially when you have the criminal try bun and individual war crimes in croatia and serbia dealing with crimes individuals committed perfectly adequately. it's been a rather strange situation. hopefully a curtain has been drawn over it for good. >> why did the situation arise? was it previous governments and their decisions that oversee the courts taking this long time to come to the decision? what went on? >> in 1999 is when croatia initially filed its suit against serbia. croatia was governed by hard line nationalists involved in fighting a war of independence. many things have changed since then. serbia didn't exist as a country. the suit wasn't withdrawn and in 2010 serbia filed its own suit in frustration, as much as anything else. despite the improvement in relations, nobody wants to withdrawal the suit. >> guy is live for us at the international court of justice. is there anything wrong with creating a baby with three humans? if the answer is no the uk is the only country to allow that technique. that allows genetic diseases passed from mother to child. mitochondrial disease that affects tiny come partments that convert food into energy. the treatment involves taking a nuke lee us of an egg. it's placed into another woman that's had their nucleus removed. we have the report. >> reporter: poppy is nearly 4 and has mitochondrial disease. she can't walk and struggles with her speech. her sister, lily, is unaffected. they are asking to approve a technique that enables couples at risk to have a healthy baby by using a tiny amount of donor dna from a second woman. >> i think a change in the law to allow the proceed your to take place, will definitely give our three girls an option in the future and hope that we can stop the mitochondrial disease. it will pass down the female line. >> reporter: any baby born of this technique will have all the key genetic material from the mother and father affecting appearance and personal traits. it will be treated as an organ transplant. unlike a donor organ, it will be passed from generation to generation, a permanent change to the human genetic code. the technique has been opposed by church leaders. critics call it a slippery slope to design a baby. it has the backing of government and major scientific bodies. >> the families want this. the question is, why would we allow these families to still suffer when we have it in our hands to do otherwise? >> reporter: if approved, clinics would be free to apply for a license and the first baby could be born next year. bbc news. >> let's get some reaction. the doctor from the chair of the working group on the european parliament and spokesman for the uk secretary of state for health outlining their opposition to the bill. >> this would be for the first time in the history of mankind that the three different genetic information would be used for one creation of one human being. it would be inheritable for good for descendants. this is against the rule of european union directive on a clinical trial. this is part of your question yes, this would be against the wording of european directive where europe says it cannot change human genetic information. >> meeting scientists from all over the world. prize winning scientists have gone through a long consultation period. they say it will save lives and stop people who one woman lost seven children to the mitochondrial disease. >> this is the usual approach for this. i would say, also as a medical doctor and the one who is following this case that this proceed proceed proceedure has not been proven safe. all necessary clinical trials has not been completed in the uk or elsewhere in the world. >> if they do approve it what will be the next step from you? will you try to challenge it then? >> well this will be a question mark because there is a possibility to -- this result because the european commission and directive in the european parliament. the majority of european citizens do not approve of genetically modified food do not appreciate cloning of animals and why should we approve here the modification of gene line for humans? this is the content -- this is a political question that so many entities from all over europe are concerned and writing to our colleagues in the british parliament and the secretary of state. >> intense fighting is continuing in eastern ukraine. prorussian rebels are trying to take towns from ukrainian forces. 16 civilians have been killed over the past 24 hours fighting across the area. it is a crucial junction linking the two cities donetsk and huhank. i put this to michael who is from the osc special monitoring mission to ukraine. >> it's hard to speculate on that. it has, in the past been able to arrange temporary cease-fires. some of these range from a few minutes to up to 12 hours. of course the reason for this is for things like people to be able to move in and out for repair crews to come in and repair very very badly hit infrastructure and aid to come in. as the news reports and other reports indicate the situation is becoming very very complex. it is escalating. there's more indiscriminate fire as we saw a few days ago. crucially, what is happening in places is that there's firing from within the residential neighborhood. very very difficult on civilians. very difficult for people to get out. >> you use the word escalation. i wonder what you make of the reports coming out of the united states on monday that they were considering upping the military aid they might give to ukrainian forces. is that helpful? >> well if i could answer it this way, i think the daily reports speak for themselves. if you look at the past few days you are going to see more reports of shelling in areas which were relatively quiet for the past few days. for example, where i'm sitting. then what you will see is we do reports. we only report what we actually see. unmarked military convoys. this can range from only a few vehicles to longer lines. we have reported that in some convoys they have been towing heavy weaponry such as rocket systems. >> michael speaking to me from kiev. it's one month since the town was attacked and seized by boko haram. death toll is from 150 to 200,000 people killed. it is dangerous for journalists to travel to the town. we have testimony from those who managed to escape to refugee camps. here is their story. >> reporter: officials in nigeria say the islamist group boko haram -- >> the number of people killed. >> troops set up to fight the insurgents abandon the base after the attack. >> we are hearing them. [ speaking foreign language ] >> translator: i was in school when boko haram came after us. they burned everything. we left my father and little brother behind. >> translator: some through them to the water and the ground. the weapons and they were firing back. >> translator: they were hunting us. some were falling. others runeach the bank and the lake. they were shelling us. >> translator: before i got into the water, there were young men. one person had been shot. >> translator: we were sitting to get away. the men from boko haram were shooting at us and following us. >> all of our positions. we couldn't go back. the fire was raging. >> translator: the number of bodies was really uncountable. there were so many. women, men and children were all killed. you can see more of that special investigation by visiting our website, go to bbc news online and follow the links to our africa page. let's take a look at other news today. bangladesh, seven people killed in a bomb attack in the country. this happened on the third day of a national strike called by the opposition. 15 others injured on the bus heading to the capitol. two men died after an explosion at a shopping center in perth. the blast was thought to have taken place at an electrical transformer. witnesses saw men on fire running away from the site. do stay with us here on "bbc world news." still to come the american rapper is charged with murder after a fatal hit and run. crunch! a garbage truck backs into it. so,you call your insurance company, looking for a little support. what you get is a game of a thousand questions. was it raining? 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was there genuine concern something was wrong, do you think? >> no, no no. the cuban government likes to play with the rumors of castro's death. they hold off for awhile before coming out with the claimer about the rumors. i think they wanted to squash once and for all the rumors from a couple weeks ago of his ill health and possible death. >> social media reporting he died. it was quite di- fintive, wasn't it? >> i was in the miami bureau 15 years. in those 15 years, i think castro died 15 times. at any rate it was as a back up to his article, which he published about a week ago where he broke his silence about the proposal of normalizing relationships between washington and havana where he said he still mistrusted the u.s. but he's a supporter of peaceful negotiations. i think the photographs are there to show castro as a still healthy and even his presence in cuba's future. >> does he still play a role in decision making or cut all ties with the government and enjoying retirement? >> i think it's there as the spiritual leader of cuba. it's important he appeared with a student. he is really the real ling to the cuban ideals however much they may have changed. i think showing him with a student, he wants to bring in the new generation but may not be from the iconic figure. >> thank you for coming in. now the former rap mogul suge knight is charged with attempted murder. he hit two men with his pick-up truck. one of them died. tell me more. >> suge knight was out filming a film about a rap group in the '80s and '90s. there was a dispute with two friends. this turned out in a stance and got heated. he was asked to leave the set. he left the set and arranged to talk to the people in a nearby car park of a burger joint as it's called in compton. what happens next is unclear. there were punches thrown against windows, then suge knight ran over the two people. one died and the other is still in the hospital. his lawyer argued that those disputes, there were four men involved and suge knight was being chased and the record producer was fearful and trying to get away. what we know today is suge knight is in court, charged with murder attempted murder and hit and run. >> very serious charges, indeed. for those who aren't familiar with suge knight how big is he in the rap music world? >> suge knight has become known more for his antics away from music than actually in music. in the '90s, he was enormous. a founder of records. he built the careers of dr. dre. he produced a lot of records. also was involved in the east coast west coast rap warfare going on the battle between east and west. he was hyped up. you saw him on stage with a big cigar or smoking outside. a big, big character. but, that success that suge knight had faded away. he's known more for the problems he has. >> bbcs, rick was there. scientists have discovered birds flying in a "v" formation leave the flock. they used tracking devices to monitor the position of each bird in a group. details from victoria. >> reporter: for a large, heavy bird flying is tough. it can use so much energy that many don't survive their first migration. like the million v-shaped flocks, these rare birds fly in formation to get extra lift from the wings of the bird from front. find out how they solved the dilemma of which one takes the tiring lead. scientists in austria trained them to migrate. they sit with a gps data logger to monitor their movements. this showed the birds were impaired taking turns in who leads and follows, pairing up with one other member of the flock, they were able to have their formation constantly shift around allowing every one a much needed rest. they think this method working in twos and taking time could be the method between the cooperation in the animal kingdom. before we go let's recap the top story. the international court of justice in the hague ruled neither serbia nor croatia committed genocide in the 1990s. the judge said both sides failed to sub stan chat the allegations. that's it from me. bye-bye. how do i get hotel deals nobody else gets?... i know a guy. price-line ne-go-ti-a-tor! i know this guy... konohito... and this guy... who knows a guy. hey guy. i know a guy in new york, vegas, dallas. i've known some guys for decades and some, nice to meet ya, let's deal. my competitors may know a guy, but i know over 60,000 guys. and gals. exclusive hotel deals - up to 60% off...priceline.com ♪♪ the adventures you've been imagining. the heroes you've been admiring. the worlds you've been dreaming of. ♪ the thrills you've been craving. the moments you've been missing. the vacation you've been looking for is here. come and take it. universal orlando resort. experience it all with the wizarding world of harry potter vacation package. visit universalorlando.com introducing twix bites: cookie, chocolate and caramel in a bite-size. why didn't we think of these years ago? 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