Hammer brushes Reign Of Terror in cambodia classified as a genocide for the first time by an International Tribunal a guilty verdict for the last surviving leaders of the brutal regime that presided over the deaths of some two million cambodians im sorry kelly in berlin this is the day. With. Those believed real good judgement to die in free schools great zero zero two is in the story gucci float in the world both extraordinary sharing where is in the courts of cambodia once they were all the commercial overthrown i was shocked and horrified by all that was hidden from. The Torture Centers Killing Fields every aspect of starvation there and forced labor the very force of marriage was the thing that the murder its all on the record no cambodians no longer have to worry
that that what they went through was in their imagination to me it might get people to come and im so happy im a victim of the kind i really wish i used to think there was no justice for me but now i see that justice will get close enough to believe it but the main. And also coming up on the program in californias Wildfires Hundreds are unaccounted for at least sixty are dead and thats just the human toll of the place. Ok i hope you and quick if thats all i can say. But first it took nearly four decades but on friday for the first time a un back to court in the Cambodian Capital Phnom Penh found to kemah rouge leaders guilty of genocide the brutal regime wiped out around two Million People a quarter of the countrys population through Overwork Starvation and mass
executions a murderous history and for decades on is the verdict finally justice our coverage begins with this report. This is a long awaited moment to form a Committee Rouge Leaders no one chair and kid samphan are sentenced to Life In Prison For Genocide by a un backed court. Home. But the chamber has considered the gravity of the crimes including the scale of brutality the number and the vulnerability of the victims for which the accused have been convicted. These two old men the last surviving leaders of the Committee Rouge already serving Life Sentences for crimes against humanity but this new verdict is a Landmark Ruling for the first time it says that the crimes against Cambodians Vietnamese and cham minorities amounted to Genocide Delivery of the judgment today in phase two zero zero two is any story in the work of the extraordinary
chambers in the courts of. This court is once again demonstrated that he has the capacity to prosecute and try the most complex cases in accordance with international standards. The Committee Rouge under its leader pol pot sought to create a Communist Utopia by forcibly moving people from the cities to the countryside nearly two million cambodians died from Overwork Starvation and mass executions during its Reign Of Terror from One Thousand Nine Hundred Five to Nine Hundred Seventy nine plum pens museums and memorials detail the sheer horror of the past a past that lingers. They deserve to get the sentence because they committed such be crimes the rest of my Family Members were killed and the only child who survived that regime. This is an important moment for cambodia its courts recognizing that
what happened here was indeed genocide. And you spoke earlier with Award Winning journalist Elizabeth Bakker who was a reporter in cambodia during the camera who says Reign Of Terror her book when the war was over is one of the leading accounts of what was one of the last centurys worst crimes against humanity. She was also caught called on as an Expert Witness for the prosecution at the cameras trial we asked her how important the trial was oh its critical i can imagine cambodian history or this is siding without this trial and without the final verdict that said yes this was genocide as you noted it was been forty years it took decades to finally get this trial because it could have impinged on so many world powers so that cambodians no longer have to worry that that what they went through was their imagination there were many deniers well this is
a Joint Un Cambodian Trial this is the cambodian government is led by who in sin who is a former midlevel cmere was contrary he did not want the trial and it took a lot of political will on the part of the u. N. To come up with a compromise then you it was in the country there are all kinds of different compromises so it was it was a long slog but it was a very thorough one and the critics of the length i think should just read choice in the fact that now the record is straight there was witnesses corroborating every aspect of the starvation that inforce labor the rapes the forced marriages the the the murder its all on the record now and thats an incredible record. I saw a country that was emptied of society i lived there during the war and was shocked the streets were empty the people were gone there were no markets there was no life
there was no go tos were empty shops were closed schools were closed there was no music there is nothing and then you go into the country to the labor camps and i was under serious government guard so they didnt let me poke around any more than allowed but it was what was missing that was so horrible that people were living in work camps they did not look good and i was shown what was supposed to be a model camps and even though the leaders which is one of the reasons i was asked to testify even the leaders admitted to me the Social Welfare as they put it wasnt was right but since the trial started you have a new awareness that this is what happened and when you think of. The number of of. Of victims and the destruction of the society its remarkable however its not a democracy its an authoritarian regime that recently has gotten rid of the
opposition and there is nothing resembling a real rule of law so its incredible its an uneven. Recovery and i hope that it gets a little better and that was the journalist Elizabeth Becker now the verdict from the un Backed War Tribunal comes almost forty years as weve heard After The Fall of the camera crews around two million cambodians died from Overwork Starvation mass executions under the groups Reign Of Terror during the late one Nine Hundred Seventy s. But the full scope of the groups mass killings remains elusive new Technology May help researchers find those who are unaccounted for. Searching for clues of the horrors that happened here. Next to a school a former Execution Site of the chemo bruce around Twenty Thousand mass graves have been found across the country but researchers hope Ground Penetrating radar will
find more of the dead. We dont know the number of dead bodies in graves that have not been dug up. But using this technology we could discover this in graves from forty years ago. Anomalies appear possibly decomposed remains this looks like a double burial want to this looks like maybe one two three so it wont be able to see the boat but it will be able to show the outline of a grave and how deep and how wide it is. But no matter the results there will be no excavations in keeping with local tradition the remains will not be disturbed. But the search continues as can body a tries to make a full accounting of those killed by the chemo. The number of people missing in Northern California is wildfire has gone up to
above six hundred more than sixty are dead firefighters have managed to contain most of the blaze and thousands have begun returning to their communities but for some there is nothing left to come home to. This is what it looks like to lose everything. Hair i hope you and quick thats all i can say. Hold my yard. Words cant describe it. Words cant describe it. And how can they when all you are left with is the clothes on your back. Everywhere signs of a life well lived now all gone. The
base home one of more than six thousand destroyed in the town named paradise. The epicenter of californias deadliest ever wildfire for Jonathan Clark theres another reason to come back here his brother is missing. Were still trying or do whatever it takes is found. Dead or alive thats just what clarksdale we look out for each other so. So many people here were caught by surprise when high winds fans the deadly flames through that town now authorities simply cant be sure how many human remains alive beneath the ash. The shia chaos of whats happened in neighborhoods like these distorting the numbers. I want you to stand that there are a lot of people displaced and were finding that a lot of people dont know that were looking for them and that is why were
publishing this list. Firefighters are still trying to contain the Camp Fire One of three wildfires raging in california fis one is said to be forty percent under control but it will take two more weeks to put souths completely. Good morning everyone im Beautiful Boutros i represent c. N. N. And mr acosta were extremely pleased with the ruling today this is a great day for the First Amendment in journalism were very excited to have mr acosta be able to go back and get his hard pass and report the news about the white house ill turn it over to jim thanks everybody thanks for coming i just want to Say Something very briefly and that is i want to thank all of my colleagues in the press who supported us this week and i want to thank the judge for the decision he
made today and lets go back to work. Thank you. Wendy scenes right after a federal judge has ordered the Trumpet Ministration to immediately return the White House Press credentials of c. N. N. Reporter jim acosta the white house saying that it will comply now last week the white house youll recall revoked those credentials after acosta and trump tangled during a press Conference Following the midterm elections c. N. N. Sued and asked the judge to issue a temporary Restraining Order forcing the white house to give a cost us credentials at least temporarily back now heres another look at that Press Conference with trump attacking the press calling them the enemy of the people. But it is there we go well if you want us president that this caravan was an Invasion Hundreds of way thats not a debate and honestly i think you should let me run the country you run c. N. N. All right and if you did it well your rating let me ask you if i am one of the
harshness present right. Are you worried i stood up thats it thats it ive asked one of the other folks that said for me maam im listening thats enough for the present so what c. N. N. Should be ashamed of itself having you working for them you are a rude terrible person you shouldnt be working for c. N. N. Of course just sit down place. But when you when you report fake do snow when you report fake news which c. N. N. Does a lot you are the enemy of the people go ahead mr president. British Prime Minister to resign may has appointed a new brags that secretary following the resignation of dominic rab on thursday he Steven Barclay a former Junior Health minister who voted to leave the European Union in a referendum in twenty sixteen and earlier may received a boost when another leading brags it supporter said that he would stay in her government. A moment of relief for the Prime Minister a key pro brings
a voice and teresa mayes top Ministerial Team environment secretary michael gove has confirmed he is backing may. Well if you have confidence in the Prime Minister i absolutely do i have had a very good morning with a series of meetings with my colleagues here in defra im also looking forward to continuing to work with all my government colleagues at all my colleagues in poland in order to make sure that we get the best future for person this comes after a tumultuous day from may as she presented her draft deal to exit the European Union. On thursday several Cabinet Members resigned including braggs that secretary dominic robb and brags that hardliners led by m. P. s Jacob Re Smog and steve baker say they will collect the forty eight signatures necessary to trigger a vote of no confidence in the Prime Minister for the future of this country for generations generations hinges upon rejecting this policy and its become clear to me and to jacob that the only way now to reject this policy is to ask the prime
minister to go and you on this is going to government is struggling to secure a deal with the e. U. Before brags it is triggered at the end of march next year meanwhile the u. K. Remains divided over whether or not it should even leave the union. And lets get a deeper look into this now we are joined here In The Studio by john worth an e. U. Citizen with a u. K. Passport and also a blogger who writes quite extensively on the e. U. And the u. K. Welcome back to the program and could even we have to talk about what has just been happening now in the past twenty four hours i mean we essentially have some of her most senior Cabinet Members gone we have this brags that secretary the basically no ones ever heard of this she seems to be recycling people amber right also back what does this say about the state of british politics right now essentially to reason mays position becomes more and more perilous with every passing day with every passing week but nevertheless no one does get rid of her and so ultimately. Shes got nowhere else to go other than to try people shes tried before in the
case of roads or to take people like ball players and so her position how we have no one is quite ready to just take over the age to get rid of her altogether because none of them want the job because trying to negotiate breaks it is very tall and so therefore thats the thing if you keep her then she has to deliver the news to the British Population and then all of the other conservatives along it to take over the moment breaks about she has nobody wants to hold the hot potato that is. You know the big question now is really will she survive as Prime Minister and will her greggs it plan get through and id just like to do a quick reset here remind our viewers actually how all of this came about and then get your reaction there after so lets have a listen. As we leave the European Union we will forge a forge a bold new positive role for ourselves in the world brics it means threats it brics it means brics it and were going to make
a success of it im very clear brics it does mean that its the issue thats defined her premier ship from day one through the Snap General Election she called last year a lost majority it was after a crunch july summit of her country a state that theresa me began losing ministers over her bricks plan secretary david davis was first sicko followed by foreign secretary Boris Johnson four months on its all come to a head again in her cabinet. After hours of closed door talks. With a collective decision of cabinet was that the government should agree the draft Withdrawal Agreement and the outline political declaration. The was. The morning after her second break secretary dominic wrap resigned saying he could not support the deal because despite this the Prime Minister has a marriage more determined than ever if you want to microphone this is
a deal which does deliver that which is in the National Interest and im i going to see this through yes but others remain unconvinced surely now even you have to admit this is not strong and stable you know m. P. s have been debating the best way to deliver bracks it ever since the referendum took place in Two Thousand And Sixteen and theres been much criticism throughout time of the governments approach people have been ready to point out what they dont like but one simple fact remains and that is that nobody has produced any al