hardtalk slobdan milosevic is in the hague, facing the most serious charge on the planet — genocide. here in belgrade, his wife protests his innocence. who does she think was responsible for the thousands of forced deportations and the mass murders, and does she expect her husband one day to come home? mira markovic, welcome to the programme. when you saw your husband recently, in the hague, and you celebrated his birthday, did you tell him that everything was going to be ok in the end? what did you tell him? has he accepted his fate? whatever the international criminal court decides it to be, will he accept it? but he is going to be tried by the tribunal, isn't he? whatever public opinion has to say about it. but you would accept that the court has been set up with the authority of the un security council, and your husband accepted that under the dayton agreement, which he signed in 1995. why does he now say that the court is illegal? mrs markovic, why is that a lie? what he actually signed up to, which is in the dayton agreement, is that the parties agreed to co—operate fully with all entities, including those authorised by the un security council, in investigating and prosecuting war crimes and other violations of international humanitarian law. he signed a document which included that provision. so why is the court, i ask you, illegal? iam i am puzzled by one of your answers. i understood that you wanted to do this interview and you wished to reply to the questions that we, in the name of the bbc, are putting towards you, am i not right in that understanding? can we go back to the time in march, when your husband was arrested. how worried were you for his safety when he was arrested? he had a gun with him at the time, were you afraid that he would use it on himself? and he's quoted as saying things like, "you will think differently of me after i'm gone". there was no danger that he was going to commit suicide? how much did you influence your husband politically? dusan mitevic said that you were the one with ambition, you inspired him, he only wanted to be great in your eyes, is that true? it's not true at all? no, but these are friends. general stefan markovic, he said that you write the speeches, and that your husband memorises and repeats them. was that true or not? let me ask you about a quote that was attributed to you in the magazine globus, saying you were angry with your husband at the elections — he should have asked for guarantees of safety. slobodan didn't ask for anything, it seems. did you say that, were you angry with him that he didn't ask for guarantees after the election? this is a quote in globus magazine, attributed to you. so you don't recognise any of these statements at all? tell me, mrs markovic, was your husband under the impression that he had made a deal with richard holbrooke, he would not be prosecuted by the international tribunal? and he never shared his impressions of any of these statesmen with you? not even when he met clinton, at the signing of the dayton agreement? did he always believe that it was possible to make a deal with western countries, and avoid the bombing of yugoslavia? not his policy of having a greater serbia at any cost, which is what the west says about him? that is how his policy was seen in the west, wasn't it? but he started off by supporting radovan karadzic and ratko mladic, didn't he? he supported them and he helped them with funds. p's admitted to doubt. —— he's admitted to that. so why did he fall out with karadzic and mladic? why did he stop supporting them? mrs markovic, what do you say to those people who don't accept your truth? who look at the trail of blood across the balkans over the last few years, look at the mass murders, the forced deportations, the rape, the torture and don't believe you, what do you say to those people who don't believe you? the west is responsible for all the bodies, mrs markovic — no, is the west responsible? mrs markovic, don't you accept any responsibility? so the west is responsible for the mass graves? the west is responsible for the places of internment and torture, the west is responsible for the rape, the west is responsible for the forced deportations of tens of thousands of people across the balkans? people are not going to believe you, mrs milosevic. people are not going to believe you. they have seen the pictures. they have seen the forced deportations of people, for the first time since the second world war. didn't those pictures touch you, as a human being? did they touch you? serbian investigators themselves are talking about the discovery of more than a thousand bodies shipped to serbia in refrigerated trucks, from kosovo. these are not bodies that go back a long way. these are fresh bodies, victims of the war in kosovo, whose existence was meant to be covered up. these are being investigated now, by serbian investigators. so why are mass graves turning up in batajnica, a suburb of belgrade, of petrovo selo in eastern serbia? if this is all manufactured, why are these graves turning up here now? mrs markovic, these are vital questions. even the president says he is ashamed of some of the things that serbs have done. you don't share his shame? your husband... mrs markovic. .. your husband, mrs markovic, faces some of the most serious charges on the planet, the charges of genocide. why are there no members of the united nations who are protesting at these charges, no members of the security council, russia is not protesting, nobody is protesting that he is held illegally? only you and your husband. why is that? the serbian prime minister, mrs markovic, says that you too are under investigation, and it is possible that you may be arrested at some point. what would you say to that? some people are suggesting that instead of denying everything, history would look more kindly on your husband if he was to accept some responsibility for the trail of blood that started across the balkans, the trail of blood that left hundreds of thousands of people without their homes, left people raped and tortured and murdered, that history would look more kindly, if he accepted at least some responsibility for that. what would you say to those people? you think he'll prove his innocence at the hague? do you not also realise that he is regarded as evil by many, many people around the world, who blame him for the trail of blood that led across the balkans? are you not aware of that? people who have seen the pictures of the forced deportations, of the mass murders and the rapes. these people are not going to believe what you say. do you believe he will come home from the hague one day? why not? thank you very much indeed for being with us on the programme. no, i'm asking questions that are of interest to the public. hello there. good morning. we saw some big contrasts across the uk on sunday, but the southern half of the uk has seen quite a bit of cloud and some rain. this is the view from one of our weather watchers midafternoon on sunday. but at the same time, the northern half of the country, it was pretty different day. dry, bright, a bit breezy as well. this is the view on the shores of the moray firth. and i think we're going to keep similar contrasts through bank holiday monday because you've got this area of low pressure parked across the south of the uk. that'll be a focus for some wetter weather. further north it should be essentially dry but quite breezy, but the breeze at least overnight helping to keep those temperatures up. the temperatures probably at their lowest in western scotland. but here is where we're going to see some of the highest temperatures as we get on into the afternoon. now, we mightjust see one or two early showers in northern england but they'll tend to fade away. generally speaking northern england northwards it's dry, bright and breezy, whereas the southern half of the uk, we've got a lot of cloud, some outbreaks of rain, some showers. they'll be heavy at times i suspect with the odd rumble of thunder. but equally a little bit of sunshine coming and going. not overly warm, though, only 11, 12, maybe 13 degrees. temperature contrast across northern england. north sea coastal areas, only ten or 11 degrees. but on the other side we'll get up to around 14 or 15 in carlisle. could hit 16, 17 in northern parts of northern ireland. only eight degrees in the eastern side of scotland with that breeze coming in from the north sea, but could go as high as 18 in the sunshine on the western side. through the evening, still got some of those showers, potentially heavy and thundery across that central swathe of england. they're working their way ever southwards, eventually clearing away. by dawn on tuesday i think most places will be dry. still a fair bit of low cloud coming into that eastern side of the uk. maybe some mist and fog as well. but temperatures are holding up at seven, eight or nine degrees in major towns and cities. a little bit lower than that in some rural spots. now, through tuesday, as our low pressure system drifts away to the south, it allows a high pressure system in scandinavia to become the driving force of our weather. and that'll be with us for a good few days. an easterly wind on a tuesday drags in a lot of low cloud to the eastern side. it will be quite cool here as well. further west much brighter skies and we'll see some higher temperatures as well, 15, 16, 17 degrees in a few places. maybe one or two spots of rain to go with that cloud further east. cloudy across the southern half of the uk on wednesday. still that easterly breeze and still quite cool along that eastern coast. head further west, particularly into the north and west and it should be a lovely day in some sunshine and the temperatures should be in the upper teens here. then towards the end of the week, a lot of fine and dry weather to be had. still a little bit cloudy up and down the eastern side, where it will be on the cool side. head further west, that's where it's going to be warmest, particularly so in the north—west. hello. this is bbc news. my name is ben bland. the headlines: donald trump says he hasn't ruled out military action against north korea — but he issues a warning about the consequences of conflict. north korea is maybe more important than trade. trade is very important, but massive warfare with millions, potentially millions of people being killed, that, as we would say, trumps trade. tornadoes rip through texas, leaving at least nine people dead and nearly 50 in hospital. emergency services say they fear the death toll may rise. mosul‘s christians still waiting to return home — seven months after iraqi forces liberated their town from so—called islamic state. hello. i am sally bundock with business. it is the final